Tag Archives: ICANN

Wed 20th February 2013
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ICANN Tells POLITICO On Closed Generic gTLD’s: “The Train is Leaving a Station” - Politico has posted about the new gTLD closed generic controversy asking “should a company be allowed to run a generic term such as tire, insurance or book as a domain and wall off its use from competitors?” In response, Akram Atallah, ICANN’s chief operating officer, told POLITICO “The train is leaving the station,” “There are a few instances where stakeholders are feeling this is an issue that could limit competition, and therefore, we should bring it to the forefront.”Philip ... read more ...
Tue 19th February 2013
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GM Withdraws Two More new gTLD Applications: .Cadillac & .Chevrolet - After withdrawing its application for .GMC, General Motors has withdrawn 2 more of its new gTLD applications with ICANN. GM has withdrawn its applications for .Cadillac .Chevrolet which become the 16th and 17th new gTLD application to be withdrawn. Officially General Motors still has a two new gTLD application remaining for .Buick and .Chevy but that seems like only a matter of time until those applications are withdrawn as well and reflected on ICANN.org. In all GM spent close to $1 Million dollars ... read more ...
Sat 16th February 2013
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.GMC Becomes 15th New gTLD Application To Be Withdrawn: General Motors - Add General Motors to the list of companies that have withdrawn their application for a New gTLD with ICANN as .GMC has becomes the 15th withdrawn New gTLD application. The application which had a priority number of 1911 which means General Motors didn’t bother to spend the $100 to pull a ticket in the prioritization draw. General Motors known throughout the world as GM planned on operating the .GMC extension on a closed basis, not allowing members of the public to register a .GMC domain. Although ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2013
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Breaking: IFFOR’s Tax Return: Only $208K In Revenue From .XXX; Are 90% Of All .XXX Registration Defensive? - The 2011 Tax return for IFFOR has been filed and our friend George Kirikos of Leap.com found it (pdf) So IFFOR’s tax return is important for two reasons. First IFFOR return shows us how how much money the non-profit, which is suppose to receive $10 for each .XXX registration, actually received from ICM the operator of the .XXX TLD and how IFFOR spent the money. Second the return is important to see how the money ICM the registry operator of the .XXX TLD  paid to IFFOR matches up to ICM reported ... read more ...
Wed 6th February 2013
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Closed Generic New gTLD’s - Well ICANN is addressing what has become the hottest topic of the new gTLD program by just opened the comment period on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD applications and whether specific requirements should be adopted corresponding to this type of application. Stakeholder views are invited to help define and consider this issue. In particular, comments would be helpful in regard to proposed objective criteria for: Classifying certain applications as “closed generic” TLDs, i.e., how to ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft Is Latest to Come Out Against Closed Generic New gTLD’s In Letter To ICANN - ICANN just published a letter it received from Microsoft.com which is objecting to closed generic strings. Here is the letter sent from  the Assistant General Counsel , Trademarks Microsoft Corporation, Russell Pangborn: “”Re: Closed Generic Top-Level Domains (TLDs) Dear Dr. Crocker and Messrs. Chehadé and Chalaby: We are writing to express our concern, similar to concerns expressed by Australia and Germany in their respective Early Warnings, regarding private, exclusive ownership of closed ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Opens Up The Comment Period on The New gTLD Registry Agreement - ICANN has just opened up the comment period on The New gTLD Registry Agreement. “The New gTLD Registry Agreement is the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators”. “ICANN proposes to revise the New gTLD Registry Agreement in connection with developments since the last posting of the Applicant Guidebook in June 2012 and a general review of the contractual needs of the new gTLD program. Among ... read more ...
Tue 5th February 2013
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NewgTLDSite.com Starts Petition Asking ICANN To Stop Closed Generic New gTLD’s From Being Awarded - Tom Gilles of NewgTLDSite.com just started an online petition to be sent to ICANN to stop closed generic strings from being awarded and is hoping to get 100,000 signatures. The petition is on change.org. Here is how the letter that Mr. Gilles wants to send to ICANN reads: I do so for the following reasons:1.  Closed generic word registries defeat the mission and purpose of ICANN, The New gTLD Program and are not consistent with the Affirmation of Committments with the U.S. Dept of Commerce. 2.  ... read more ...
 
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ICANN New gTLD Committee Not Sure How To Handle Closed Generic Applications - Its seems pretty clear that the New gTLD committee of ICANN doesn’t know what they should do about what is fast becoming one of the biggest issues of the new gTLD program, applications for closed generic strings. The issue generic strings like .App and .Music which were applied for by  companies like Amazon, which would not allow any third party registrations, but rather keep the entire generic string for their own use. The minutes of The Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN ... read more ...
Fri 1st February 2013
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If ICANN and WIPO can’t approve with WHOIS, who can? - Technically ICANN and WIPO’s whois records aren’t compliant. Since the meltdown of Registerfly.com several years ago, ICANN has continued to promise to better police compliance with the registrar accreditation agreement (RAA), including the WHOIS provisions of the RAA. I have recently heard that one of the clauses of the RAA which ICANN Compliance is looking at is this one: 3.7.7.1 The Registered Name Holder shall provide to Registrar accurate and reliable contact ... read more ...
Wed 30th January 2013
Tue 29th January 2013
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If You Get An Objection To Your String, You Have To Pay The Fees Upfront Too - If your are an applicant for a new gTLD and someone files a formal objection to your application, not only does the objector have to pay the fees, but the applicant for the new gTLD has to pay the fees as well. During a webinar held today entitled: New gTLD Objection Dispute Resolution” it was made clear that not only does the party filing an objection have to pay the fees, but since its a loser pays model, the new gTLD applicant has to pay the fees as well once the objection is filed. At some ... read more ...
Thu 24th January 2013
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ICANN Publishes “Thought Paper” On Domain Seizures Without Discussing Protecting Rights - ICANN just issued a “thought paper“” entitled “Guidance for Preparing Domain Name Orders, Seizures Takedowns” According to ICANN this  “thought paper” offers guidance for anyone who prepares an order that seeks to seize or take down domain names. ” However having read through the paper, what I don’t see discussed is the legal rights of registrants and protections they should be given from domain seizures. The “thought paper” from what I read assumes the domain holder in question ... read more ...
Tue 15th January 2013
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DotGreen Suggests How ICANN Should Use Funds From Contention Auctions - In a letter sent to ICANN by Annalisa Roger the Founder and CEO of DotGreen Community which has applied for  the .GREEN TLD, suggested that  ICANN use the proceeds of an auction of a contention string to go back to the “communities of users” for that particular string. As a backdrop, according to the ICANN Guidebook for new gTLD’s , if applicants for a particular TLD or one found by ICANN to be similarly confusing and placed by ICANN into a contention set, cannot resolve the dispute ... read more ...
Thu 10th January 2013
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NTAG Comments On RPM’s & Strawman Proposal - “NTAG concurs that ICANN should not—by interpreting an extension as “implementation’’—unilaterally require extension of the 60-day minimum. NTAG further agrees the 60-day period is the result of a multi-year process and should not be arbitrarily changed without Council action”. 2. The Special Trademark Issues Review Team’s (STI) unanimous consensus that claims should be a pre-launch RPM (Sec. 5.1), and the STI’s rough consensus that post-launch claims should not be required at ... read more ...
Mon 31st December 2012
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2012 Domain Dunce: The .com agreement renewal - Verisign lost an awful lot of market cap but consumers won. It’s difficult to say who exactly is the deserving subject of this Domain Dunce Award. It goes way back. In 2006 ICANN settled a long running dispute with Verisign by giving it a very nice contract to run the .com registry. The contract allowed Verisign to increase prices 7% per year in four of the six years of the contract. The contract was up for renewal this year, and ICANN rubber stamped a new contract ... read more ...
Fri 28th December 2012
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2012 Domain Dunce: TAS and Digital Archery - “Glitch” filled system gets Domain Dunce honors in 2012. ICANN’s new top level domain program is the most watched initiative in the non-profit’s entire history. So you’d think ICANN would have double and triple checked all of the technology supporting it, including the TLD Application System (TAS). Alas, TAS failed. Big time. In April ICANN had to take the system offline due to a technical “glitch”. The glitch made it possible for some applicants to ... read more ...
Sun 23rd December 2012
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ICANN Decides Where To Invest the $355 Cash Haul From New gTLD Program - The ICANN  Board adopted a New gTLD Funds Investment Policy selecting Bridgebay Investment Consultant Services to assist in the design of a specific investment policy for management the funds held for the New gTLD Program” Here is the relevant part of Board Resolution.“ICANN has collected approximately US$355 million of application fees from applicants for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in the New gTLD Program (net from pre-reveal withdrawals). “The purpose of these application fees is ... read more ...
Sat 22nd December 2012
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ICANN 2014 Meeting Locations Announced: Singapore, London & North America -           ICANN has announced that their 2014 meetings will be held in Singapore, London and somewhere in North America. The 2013 meetings will be held in Beijing China, South Africa and Buenos Aires. ICANN recently held a meeting in Singapore in June 2011, however that meeting was originally set for Jordan but due to conflicts in the middle east at that time, the meeting was moved to Singapore in February of that year. For those that haven’t gone to Singapore or London for that matter I ... read more ...
 
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ICANN 48 To Be Held In Nov 2013 in Buenos Aires -           ICANN has selected Buenos Aires, Argentina as for their Latin America fall 2013 meeting. The Meeting will be held from 17-21 November 2013 The budget shall not to exceed US$2.37 Million The Buenos Aires meeting is  designated as ICANN‘s 2013 Annual General Meeting. If your wondering Thanksgiving in the United States is November 28, 2013. The good news is you have almost a full year to get some Tango lessons in before you hit Buenos Aires. The next ICANN meeting will be held in ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Applicant Group Blasts ICANN On “Slippage Of Timelines” In Program - New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) blasted ICANN on meeting its deadlines and time frames on various on the new gTLD program. The letter cites 6 major issues involving the new gTLD program and ICANN for extending previously announced deadlines: Release of Contention Sets Release of Background Screening Results Extension of Rights Protection Comment Window Extension of Objection Deadline Extension of Completion of Initial Evaluation Results Clarifying Questions and the number of TLD that ICANN will delegate ... read more ...
Wed 19th December 2012
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“Internet Villain” Stephen Conroy wants purpose on ICANN ATRT - Australian politician behind censorship plan wants to be part of ICANN review team. A politician who, together with his government, was named “Internet Villain of the Year” in 2009 by an ISP trade group, wants a role on ICANN’s Accountability Transparency Review Team (ATRT). Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband in Australia, submitted his nomination to ICANN on December 14. Conroy is perhaps best known in internet circles for wanting to set up a firewall ... read more ...
Tue 18th December 2012
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Google Leads Those Applicants Not Pulling Paid Tickets At 24: Here’s The Full List - After ICANN drew all the tickets that were purchased for the new gTLD prioritization draw last night, ICANN drew the rest of the applications, again those not purchasing the $100 draw ticket. ICANN previously stated that those not purchasing tickets would be placed at the end of the cue and ICANN did in fact place them after the last paid ticket 1,776 which was .financial. Interestingly out of the 142 applicants who spent $185,000 to file a new gTLD application but didn’t spend the $100 to acquire ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Contention Sets: Winners .Tickets & .Green Losers .Soccer & Everyone Else - I went through the new gTLD  contention sets, those new gTLD extensions applied for two or more parties, to figure out based on the draw which ones would be done with initial evaluation first and which ones will go later on in the process. Looks like the winner is .tickets which has the earliest draw number of 259 and the last number 528, next up seems to be .Green with the earliest draw number of 159 and the last draw number of 859. On the loser side of the equalization it looks like its .Soccer ... read more ...
 
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The Unofficial Results From The ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for New gTLD’s - After over 13 hours the final ticket of the 1,766 purchased was drawn in the ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for new gTLD’s and the unlucky winner was .finance. Here is the unofficial results of all the 1,766 tickets purchased as drawn by ICANN. The first 108 were IDN strings which we excluded: Priority #     String     Applicant Name 109    PLAY     Amazon EU S.à r.l. 110    dog     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited 111    DNP     Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 112    delmonte ... read more ...