Tag Archives: auction of last resort

Tue 12th August 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN publishes updated new TLD Auction schedule - Delays now require all-party consent, so contention set resolution should accelerate. ICANN has published an updated “auction of last resort” schedule for new top level domain names. It’s harder for individual applicants to postpone these auctions now that the framework for handling name collisions is finalized. Postponements are now only possible if all parties in the contention set agree to the postponement. In that case, auctions can be postponed up to two ... read more ...
Fri 30th May 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
First ICANN “Auction of Last Resort” to take place subsequent week - First of many planned new top level domain name auctions to take place next week. It’s a last resort, and it kicks of next week. ICANN will hold its first new top level domain name auction next week to settle the contention set for .信息, which roughly translates to “information”. Afilias, the registry behind .info, will bid against Beijing Tele-info Network Technology Co., Ltd. for the name. At least seven auctions were originally scheduled to take place ... read more ...