Tag Archives: GNSO

Tue 10th March 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New Rules Considered for Domain Name Registrars - GNSO approves motion for changes to registrar accreditation agreement. At the Mexico City ICANN meeting, Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) approved a motion to adopt changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) including new amendments. These changes are now open for public comment, after which the ICANN board of directors will vote on the changes. These changes will have major effect on domain registrars that have found ways to slip through ... read more ...
Fri 9th January 2009
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VeriSign Notifies Registrars About Domain Tasting Changes - VeriSign sends notice about changes to add grace period rules. As required by a new ICANN policy, VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has notified its registrars about changes to the Add Grace Period policy. These changes were made to limit the practice of “domain tasting”, which is registering a domain and returning it for a refund within the grace period if it doesn’t deliver enough traffic. The text of the notice is below: Please be advised that ICANN formally announced ... read more ...
Wed 22nd October 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN Releases Four Updates for New gTLDs - ICANN releases draft “Explanatory Memoranda Papers” for review. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today published four draft papers about the introduction of new global top level domains (gTLD). (For a primer on these new TLDs, see New Top Level Domain Names: Challenges and Opportunities.) The papers cover: 1. Resolving “string contention” when more the one entity applies for similar TLDs 2. Proposed process for geographic TLD ... read more ...
Tue 21st October 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New Top Level Domain Names: Challenges and Opportunities - A look at the coming launch of new top level domain names and what it means for trademark holders, domainers, and the internet community. The overview of the new TLD (top level domain) process below is based on my research and a discussion last week with ICANN’s gTLD Program Director Karla Valente. Opinions are my own and not those of Valente or ICANN. Why new TLDs? There are already many top level domain names — from .com to .org to .info to .mobi. Many of ... read more ...
Tue 8th January 2008
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
DOMAIN TASTING REPORT ISSUED, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NOW OPENED - The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) which is ICANN’s main policy body released its report on domain tasting today. ICANN describes domain testing as follows: “Domain tasting is where someone uses existing legitimate processes to register a domain name and then tests to see if the address has sufficient traffic to provide more income than the annual registration fee (usually through the addition of pay-per-click advertising). If the address is deemed sufficiently profitable, it is ... read more ...