You can integrate the fact pattern and the questions in order to support defend your arguments. I want to see an introduction, 3 supporting arguments and a conclusion. Additionally, your response post must be analytical and value added and not simply repeat what you said in your first post. I want you to analyze and evaluate what a peer stated.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit entity that organizes Internet domain names. It is governed by a board of directors elected by various groups with commercial interests in the Internet. One of ICANN’s functions is to authorize an entity to serve as a registrar for certain top-level domains (TLDs). ICANN entered into an agreement with VeriSign to provide registry services for the “.com” TLD in accordance with ICANN’s specifications. VeriSign complained that ICANN was restricting the services that it could make available as a registrar, blocking new services, imposing unnecessary conditions on those services, and setting the prices at which the services were offered. VeriSign claimed that ICANN’s control of the registry services for domain names violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Using the information presented in the chapter, you might want to consider the following questions when you answer the Debate this prompt.
Should ICANN’s actions be judged under the rule of reason or be deemed a per se violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act? Explain.
Should ICANN’s actions be viewed as a horizontal or a vertical restraint of trade? Explain.
Does it matter that ICANN’s directors are chosen by groups with a commercial interest in the Internet? Why or why not?
If the dispute is judged under the rule of reason, what might be ICANN’s defense for having a standardized set of registry services that must be used?