Tag Archives: ICANN

Mon 16th September 2013
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Interisle cashes in as new TLD hopefuls compensate for some-more data - New TLD applicants turn to Interisle for more data in effort to avoid more delays. Interisle Consulting Group dropped a bombshell on new top level domain name applicants when it submitted its 197 page report to ICANN about name collisions and new top level domain names. As a result of the report, about 20% of applied-for strings were grouped into an “uncalculated risk” pool, which means that they could face three to six months of delays as ICANN further studies ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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ICANN Sends Breach Notice To A Top 10 Domain Name Registrar, Register.com - ICANN sent a “Breach Notice” to Register.com yesterday giving the domain name registrar until October 2nd, to provide information to ICANN and cure the Breaches or face a possible Registrar termination. Register.com is owned by Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) and is a top 10 domain name registrar in terms of domain name under management. Shares of Web.com traded down just about 4% in trading yesterday Here is the notice “”” Please be advised that as of 11 September 2013, Register.com, Inc. (“Register.com”) ... read more ...
 
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GAC Tells ICANN It Can Proceed Normal Evalution Process On .Wine and .Vin - The “GAC agreed in Durban to set a firm deadline for providing a potential safeguard advice regarding .wine and .vin. and in a letter to ICANN today, the Governmental Advisory Counsel, (GAC) advised the ICANN Board that the GAC has finalized its consideration of the strings .wine and .vin and “further advises that the applications should proceed through the normal evaluation process” The letter signed by Heather Dryden Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) goes on to say: “While ... read more ...
 
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Valideus Asks ICANN To Clarify Details On Its Last Resort gTLD Auctions, All 16 Points - Valideus which is private company “currently managing 5% of all new gTLD applications”, including Amazon’s sent a letter to ICANN asking for a lot of details on ICANN’s “Last Resort Auctions” which are scheduled to begin in mid-October. Included in the requests are many valid concerns about the amount of the deposits that will be required to participate in the auction, who will hold the funds, when the winning bidders funds are have to be paid to ICANN and even when there will be a contract ... read more ...
Wed 11th September 2013
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Name.space files Opening Brief in interest of new TLD lawsuit - Company claims new TLD program is a conspiracy to enrich a select few and that ICANN is violating antitrust laws. Name.space has filed its opening brief in an appeal of a lawsuit it brought against ICANN last year. Name.space operates an “alternative root” whereby certain internet users can access domain names such as .online and .blog. It applied to have 118 of its alt-root domain names become part of the official root during ICANN’s 2000 “proof of concept ... read more ...
Tue 10th September 2013
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First village conflict decisions: .Architect conflict prevails, .Fly and .Gay fail - ICC issues first three community objection decisions. More controversy about new top level domain names is coming as the first community objection decisions have been released by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The International Union of Architects was successful in its objection to Donuts’ application for .architect. The group is backing a community application filed by Starting Dot for .archi. In a statement, Donuts spokesperson Mason Cole said “We ... read more ...
 
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Key takeaways from .Architect village conflict decision - The .Architect objection had some unique characteristics, but the panelist’s decision may concern other applicants. The International Chamber of Commerce today issued its decision (pdf) on an objection to Donuts’ application for the .architect top level domain name. The panelist found in favor of the objector, International Union of Architects (UIA), which is backing a rival application for .archi. As we found with string similarity objections, different panelists ... read more ...
Fri 6th September 2013
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Is ICANN Looking To Move From US Jurisdiction to Switzerland? - According to a taped interview with the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade at the Asia-Pacific Regional IGF in Seoul, ICANN is looking to “Become an International Organization and indicted that ICANN would consider setting up a legal structure in Switzerland which to some means that ICANN maybe looking to move jurisdictions from the United States to Switzerland. ICANN currently is based on California and incorporated under the laws the state of California and the United States. ICANN also has non-profit ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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How to write a minute to ICANN for limit impact - Get noticed! Get your opinion heard! Here’s a guide to sending a letter to ICANN. ICANN is somewhat unique in that it publishes much of the correspondence it receives. This means a lot of interest groups and stakeholders in the ICANN process tailor their letters for public consumption, not for ICANN. For this reason, I’ve put together a handy guide on how you can get the most out of your letter to ICANN. Address your letter to ICANN’s CEO, Board, and everyone ... read more ...
Wed 4th September 2013
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Wow: Check Out Verisign’s Scathing Letter To ICANN - In a scathing letter from Chuck Gomes, Vice President of Verisign to Fadi Cheladeto CEO of ICANN Mr. Gomes lists 6 “examples of ICANN’s Unaccountable Actions as Requested by ICANN CEO Fadi Chelade” The letter itself fills in the back story as it is an outgrowth of a discussion that the two men had during “the GNSO discussion at the recent ICANN meeting in Durban. ” “In that exchange, I indicated that ICANN was not holding itself accountable and that ICANN was elevating risk- avoidance ... read more ...
 
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Verisign lists the grievances with ICANN - VP of Policy cites six ways ICANN could be more accountable. During the ICANN meeting in Durban in July, Verisign VP of Policy Chuck Gomes complained that ICANN’s number one priority seemed to be “protecting ICANN the corporation”, and that this came before serving the public interest. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade asked Gomes to provide a list of areas where ICANN could increase its accountability. Gomes has formally responded, citing six items. One of Gomes’ grievances ... read more ...
Sat 31st August 2013
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17 new tip turn domain registry contracts signed - Finally some progress for new TLD applicants, but it’s slow. ICANN has updated its statistics through yesterday for the number of new top level domain contracts it has signed. It signed 13 contracts this past week. 12 of those were signed by Donuts, which leaves just one other company signing an agreement this week. (Unless some of the contracts Donuts signed haven’t been fully executed.) Given that eleven of the contracts Donuts signed this week are not IDNs, ... read more ...
Fri 30th August 2013
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101 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE; 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing .Sex; .Islam; .Stockholm; .Ford; .Volvo - 101 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. 8 applications are heading for extended evaluation. Like last week one of the applicants who filed Legal Rights Objections to all other applicants own application got flagged for extended evaluation this time Defender Security Company  application for .home. Another application heading to extended evaluation is the Lance Armstrong Foundations application for .livestrong The 8 new gTLD applications which were classified as eligible ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Signs Contracts With ICANN on 12 new gTLD’s - Donuts has signed 12 new gTLD  registry contracts with ICANN.   BIKE .CAMERA .CLOTHING .EQUIPMENT .ESTATE .GURU .HOLDINGS .LIGHTING .SINGLES .VENTURES .VOYAGE (.ENTERPRISE, in Simplified Chinese script)   According to a press release; all of Donuts new gTLD applications  have passed ICANN Initial Evolution. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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ICANN finally signs some-more new TLD contracts; Donuts signs a dozen - A dozen Donuts as ICANN finally starts inking more registry agreements. Since ICANN signed four new top level domain registry contracts at its meeting in Durban in mid-July, no more have been signed. Until now. Donuts is reporting that it has signed a dozen (hopefully glazed) more registry contracts with ICANN. It signed one for 游戏, Chinese for “Game”, at the Durban meeting. The contracts cover .bike, .camera, .clothing, .equipment, .estate, .guru, .holdings, ... read more ...
 
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Sina tops Tencent in conflict over Weibo tip turn domain names - Panel handles tricky case involving what many consider a generic term. In a heavyweight battle of Chinese internet stars, Sina Corporation has won two objections it lodged against Tencent for the top level domain names .微博 and .weibo. Sina and Tencent were the only applicants for .weibo and .微博, so the contention set has been settled. I’m not so sure about the outcome of these Legal Rights Objections. But my feelings echo dissenting panelist Matthew Harris, ... read more ...
Thu 29th August 2013
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Analyzing new TLD fibre conflict panelists - A breakdown of panelists’ decisions and what went wrong. I’ve called String Confusion Objections a clusterf@ck based on seemingly conflicting opinions by different panelists. It’s clear that which panelist is assigned to a case has a lot to do with the outcome, which is a sign of a poorly designed system. Whether it’s ICANN’s fault or International Centre for Dispute Resolution’s fault is up for debate, although I’ll point out ICANN gave very little ... read more ...
Wed 28th August 2013
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As Comment Period On New gTLD Name Collisions Come To An End, Comments Flood Into ICANN - As the comment period for the Name Collision report comes to an end there were plenty of comments submitted by applicants and others. May of the comments simply endorsed the letter of NTAG to ICANN submitted during the comment period, while others siply asked for the comment period to be extended Here are some of the more interesting submitted comments: The Afnic/CORE consortium, the registry service provider for the .paris TLD. submitted this comment on behalf of the City of Paris, applicant for ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Newest On Name Collision: 20% Uncalculated Risk New gTLD’s Can “Begin Contracting” But Puts Exection Of Contract On Hold - ICANN issued this statement on name collision report last night and the effect it will have in contracting: “ICANN has solicited community comment on the mitigation steps outlined in the staff recommendation paper, with a comment close date of 27 August 2013 23:59 UTC. Pending receipt of community feedback on the staff mitigation proposals, ICANN intends to proceed with New gTLD applications as follows: Low Risk – Eligible applicants will be invited to begin contracting and may proceed through ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to start constrictive routine on “uncalculated risk” strings - Applicants can start the contract process but can’t sign agreements yet. ICANN has released an update on how it’s handling potential name collisions with new top level domain names as it relates to contracting. The group will move forward with the contracting process even on strings that fall into the “uncalculated risk” bucket – but it won’t execute the contracts just yet. ICANN anticipates it will take 3-6 months to further study the potential effects ... read more ...
Tue 27th August 2013
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ICANN Approves $200 Million Dollar Budget For 2014; 306 Employees & Still No Revenue From New gTLD Auctions - ICANN just approved  its 2014 budget which is coming in at over $200,000,000 in revenue. The budget anticipates ICANN staff growing to over 300 people but the real kicker, in our opinion is that ICANN still has virtually no revenue allocated coming in from the “Last Resort” New gTLD auctions. We have noted in past years that ICANN has not allocated any revenue coming in for auction of new gTLD strings where there is more than one applicant although the Guidebook that ICANN have produced, call ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without URS Being Included - According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board,  ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included. On the issue of not requiring the URS to be added to the registry contracts ICANN said: “”There was a specific community concern raised, and subsequent letters provided to the Board, regarding the inclusion of a requirement for the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to be included in the renewed agreement, ... read more ...
 
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ICANN renews contracts for .org, .biz, and .info - New registry agreements don’t include URS, but do include 10% annual price hikes. ICANN’s Board of Directors approved the renewal of contracts for .org, .biz, and .info last week. The board declined to add a provision to the contracts that could require the registry operators to add Uniform Rapid Suspension in the future. The Intellectual Property Constituency had asked ICANN to add this provision, arguing that adding it later may be part of a messy policy process. Of ... read more ...
Mon 26th August 2013
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ICANN Corrects Friday’s New gTLD Initial Evaluation Posting: Taipei Is Eligible for Extended Evaluation - On Friday in releasing its Initial Evaluation results ICANN mistakenly showed that the new gTLD application for the Geographic area of  .Taipei failed IE and was not eligible for Extended Evaluation. However today ICANN has correct what was an error on their part and is showing the application for the new gTLD application  .Taipei is in fact eligible for extended evaluation. The application for .Taipei was submitted by the  Taipei City Government. ICANN website has now updated the information ... read more ...
 
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Nau strikes again: Google wins .tours conflict opposite Donuts - .Tours and .Tour top level domain strings found too similar, will be placed in contention set. Another day, another inconsistent string confusion objection for new top level domain names. This time Google has won an objection (pdf) against Donuts’ application for .tours. Google applied for .tour, and now .tour and .tours will be placed in a contention set as a result of the ruling. Once you see the panelist’s name for this decision, you won’t be surprised by ... read more ...