Tag Archives: ICA

Sun 10th January 2016
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The ICA Is Having a Coming Out Party At Namescon; Come Join US -

Michael Berkens, Esq. is a owner and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also a co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. that sole around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in Dec 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com that is a consultant in a new gTLD space and a attorney of super reward domains. Michael was also one of a 5 Judges comparison for a a Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com competition this year.

Via: thedomains.com

Mon 27th July 2015
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Donuts Becomes 1st new gTLD Registry to Join The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) - Donuts has become the 1st new gTLD registry to join the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) as a Silver member. The ICA is a non-profit advocating for the rights and interests of domain name owners and related service providers. Although Donuts is also a member of the DNA (As is a company I’m a Director of,  RightoftheDot.com) the DNA and the ICA have different mission statements. The ICA is the only organization which is “concentrated on protecting the rights of domain name registrants” ... read more ...
Thu 21st May 2015
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ICA Sounds The Alarm: Tell ICANN No to URS during .Travel – Or It Will Travel to .Com - Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (the “ICA)  just published a post,  sounding a very loud alarm, to head off what would be the first step that would make all .Com domain name subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension Policy (URS) which allows “trademark holders” to go after domain names. To remind everyone the URS which is only in effect for new gTLD’s is now being proposed in the new contract for the .Travel Registry which is not a new gTLD but an incumbent Top Level Domain ... read more ...
Wed 13th May 2015
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Here Is The Statement Phil Corwin Of The ICA Will Be Giving To The House Judiciary Committee - Here is the Statement of Philip S. Corwin,  Counsel, Internet Commerce Association   will give today to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet The hearing is entitled: “Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet’s Operation” The hearing should have a live webcast here and is scheduled to start at 10am EST Here is Mr. Corwin statement and there are some ... read more ...
Thu 12th March 2015
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Is The Trademark Clearinghouse Causing New gTLD's To Lose 6X The Number Of Registrations? - Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), just published a very interesting story on how the trademark clearinghouse (TMCH) program maybe negatively effecting the numbers of new gTLD’s registrations to a factor of 6X. Its a great read and I think Phil maybe on to something. As an unintended consequence of trying to protection legitimate trademark holders, there is a lot of game-playing at the TMCH where words like “the” “great”, “cool” “luxury” and hundreds of more ... read more ...
Fri 6th February 2015
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ICA responds to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé's "Hogging" remarks - ICANN boss made questionable comments in Davos last month. Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, following remarks Chehadé made at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. In a video interview with Huffington Post, Chehadé said: The reality is, the more there are names, the less people will actually be hogging names in order to charge a lot for them. Because if somebody took your name on dot-x, you can go get another name on dot-y now.” ... read more ...
Thu 4th December 2014
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Domain Holdings Joins The ICA As A Silver Member - Domain Holdings, has become the latest member of The Internet Commerce Association (the ICA) which is a trade group that represents and protect  domain name holders and those with interests in the domain business. Domainholdings.com has entered the ICA as a silver member which requires a annual contribution of $5,000-$9,999 I reached out to Alan Dunn of DomainHoldings to ask him why the company thought it was important to become  a member of the ICA. Here is their statement: “”Joining the ICA ... read more ...
Wed 8th October 2014
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ICA Changes Membership Structure, Add New Board Position & Voting Procedures For Board - The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced today that it passed a resolution (Here is the full Resolution) which changes its membership structure, adds a new Board Positions changes the voting procedures for members of its Board. Under the resolution the new levels of membership are as follows: Platinum members are for those individuals and/or corporations that contribute $25K or more per year Gold Members are those that contribute between $10,000-$24,999 per year Silver members are for ... read more ...
Tue 17th June 2014
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Phil Corwin Posts Update To His .XYZ/Netsol Post on ICA Site & His “Mistake in Judgement” - Phil Corwin has just published an update to this post he published the other day on the ICA website entitled ICANN is MIA on XYZ. As we told you on Sunday, some including thedomains.com felt that the portion of Mr. Corwin’s post that seemed to be a personal attack on Mr. Negari was inappropriate and out of line. Mr. Corwin has now addressed this, with a statement posted on the ICA Website in which he  apologize to Mr. Negari entitled “Personal Clarification Regarding .XYZ Article” Here is ... read more ...
Mon 16th June 2014
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The Removed ICA Post on XYZ: My Thoughts, What Mr. Corwin Has To Say, & The Missing Emails - Ron Jackson wrote two stories at DnJournal.com, over the weekend covering a post written by Phil Corwin, that post was published on Circle ID and on the ICA website on Friday entitled ICANN is MIA on .XYZ, and its subsequent removal on Saturday from the ICA website. I highly suggest if you haven’t done so you should read Mr. Corwin’s post on CircleID.com (along with the comments) and Ron’s summary of the post he wrote on Friday and the story he wrote yesterday on the removal of the post from ... read more ...
Thu 29th May 2014
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The Internet Commerce Association’s Website Gets A Big Makeover -     The Internet Commerce Association’s (ICA) Website has undergone a massive redesign. The ICA has a new, sharp-looking website at InternetCommerce.org. The ICA wants to thank Michael Castello for leading the initiative to update the ICA site and for providing the mock-up, and Michael Sumner for creating the new site. The site just relaunched and now contains information on members, news and issues of importance to domain holders, mission statements along with all of the ICA’s blog post. Founded ... read more ...
Thu 8th May 2014
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Special Rights for IGOs and INGOs Could Lead To Registrant Rights Disappearing When it Comes to UDRP - A slight change of one word could open the door for domain registrant rights to evaporate over time. Currently ICANN is looking at a Preliminary Issue Report on Access by IGOs (Inter Governmental Organization )and INGOs  (Inter Non Governmental Organization) to the Curative Rights Protections of the UDRP and URS. You can read all the comments here. The Intellectual Property Constituency (“IPC”) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (“GNSO”) would like to see the language changed when ... read more ...
Tue 15th April 2014
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The ICA Comments on ICANN Preliminary Issue Report on IGOs and INGOs - Phil Corwin of the ICA has sent a comment to ICANN regarding the Preliminary Issue Report on Access by IGOs and INGOs to the Curative Rights Protections of the UDRP and URS. In that report, the staff recommended the GNSO Council initiate a PDP (Policy Development Process) to see if they should modify the UDRP and URS process so that IGOs and INGOs could access these as to basically go after their acronyms at the sld level. This could subject legitimate domain owners to having to engage in a legal ... read more ...
Mon 23rd September 2013
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Phil Corwin Of ICA Appointed To Internet Committee of a International Trademark Association (INTA) - Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been appointed to the serve on the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for a two-year term commencing in January 2014 International Trademark Association (INTA) is the largest group of its kind. Mr. Corwin stated: “This will allow me to bring the perspective of domain registrants and others into the Committee’s consideration of trademark policy on the Internet Committee for the next two years!” This ... read more ...
Sat 21st September 2013
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CADNA: Costs Of Defensive New gTLD Registrations To Be Double The Total Cost Of All .Com Registrations - As pointed out by the Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has launched another offensive at the new gTLD program teaming up with the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB) to launch a month-long “‘Know Your Net’ gTLD public awareness campaign” “Their goal is to enact amendments to the U.S. Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) that would expand the law’s coverage beyond domain registrants by creating secondary ... read more ...
Fri 30th August 2013
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ICANN Declares Initial Evaluation Of New gTLD’s Over But There Are 29 To Go Including .Search & .ABC - In a press release this afternoon ICANN proudly announced that the “Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program is concluded.” “This is an extraordinary landmark which demonstrates the progress in this program,” said Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Generic Domains Division. “We are looking forward to the innovations that these new introductions will enable on the Internet.” “Out of the 1,930 new gTLD applications submitted, a total of 1,745 ... read more ...
Sat 20th July 2013
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The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process” - ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting that concluded on Thursday. First for the report, then some comments will follow: “”Issues relating to Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) and uniformity of providers started to arise within ICANN in 2010. Commenters raised ... read more ...
Thu 6th June 2013
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ICA Tells ICANN The Draft Of RAA Agreement Is “Deficient in Scope” - The Internet Commerce Association  (ICA) submitted comments to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) website, on the current  draft  statement   of  Registrants’   Rights  and   Responsibilities  (RRR)  calling it “deficient in scope”. “We prefer the alternate version proposed to ICANN by the Non­ Commercial  Stakeholders  Group  (NCSG) and propose  that a modified  version  of it be adopted   as  the  final   RRR said Phil Corwin in his ... read more ...
Wed 15th May 2013
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3 More New gTLD Withdraw; .Inc, .Ltd and .Mail - 3 More new gTLD applications have been withdrawn on the ICANN site. C.V. TLDcare out of the Netherlands  withdrew its two new gTLD applications for  .Ltd and .Inc Prioritization numbers for the two applications were 1,381 and 1,503 respectively Afilias, also withdrew its application for the .Mail new gTLD which had a prioritization number of 1,724 This marks the second withdrawn application for .Inc but don’t worry there are still 9 more applicants. This also marks the second new gTLD withdrawn ... read more ...
Sat 6th April 2013
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Guest Post By Bill Sweetman “Why we Support The ICA” - This is a guest Post by Bill Sweetman who is General Manager of YummyNames, a service from Tucows.com, a top 5 domain name registrar,  that allows marketers, entrepreneurs, and startups to buy premium domain names for their business. Bill is also a member of the ICA Board: “”The domain investing industry, as wonderful and exciting as it is, is pretty small compared to other industries and consists of a relatively small number of individuals, companies, and related service providers. It is very ... read more ...
Fri 14th December 2012
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Assistant Secretary Of Commerce Larry Strickling’s Statement on WCIT Dubai - The Assistant Secretary Of the United States Department of  Commerce Secretary Larry Strickling just issued this statement on the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) which just wrapped up in Dubai: “I have just returned from Dubai and the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), which wrapped up today having failed to reach consensus on a revision of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs). ” “At last count, the United States and ... read more ...
Tue 27th November 2012
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ICA Tells Dept Of Commerce To Make Verisign Roll Back .Com Prices By $2 To Match .Net & Limit Increases To CPI - In a 16 page letter sent by Phil Corwin  the Internet Commerce Association (ICA)  to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), the ICA urges the DOC the DOJ not to approve the renewal of the Verisign contract to operate the .com registry unless Verisign rolls back wholesale prices of .com domain names to the same price it charges for .net domain registrations and to limit price increases in the future to the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Verisign ... read more ...
Wed 21st November 2012
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So What Does A GAC Early Warning Really Mean & Where Do Applicants Go From Here - Last night we published the list of the 242 new gTLD’s applications that got hit with a GAC early warning. The GAC is the Governmental Advisory Group to ICANN. So what is the effect of receiving an GAC early warning and what happens from here, we look to the new gTLD Guidebook for answers: The GAC Early Warning is a notice only. It is not a formal objection, nor does it directly lead to a process that can result in rejection of the application. However, a GAC Early Warning should be taken seriously ... read more ...
Tue 6th November 2012
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Escrow.com Joins The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) - Escrow.com, has just become a member of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Escrow.com is the world’s leading Internet escrow company and in  announcing it was the newest member of the ICA said that it “continues to take a stance on protecting Internet commerce and the domain name industry and marketplace by recently supporting leading Internet trade organizations such as the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). ” “The ICA is made up of responsible businesses and individuals who have ... read more ...
Sun 24th June 2012
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ICANN: “URS $300-$500 Price Target For URS May Not Be Met” - In a morning session at the ICANN Conference, in what was called an update to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system “implementation work indicates that the $300-$500 cost target any not be met.” To remind you the URS is suppose to be a quicker faster and cheaper version of the UDRP of “clear cut cases of abuse” a repaid take down of sites. “How can we refashion the URS to get closer to our cost goals and still keep the protection rights for registrants? It has become clear that none ... read more ...