Tag Archives: ICANN

Tue 12th January 2010
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Trademark Group Hijacks New TLD Comments - INTA asks members to submit comments in opposition to Expressions of Interest for new TLDs. Last month ICANN opened up a comment period on its Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model (EOI), which I’ve written about before. I checked in today hoping to see some constructive comments on the EOI draft, such as costs and procedures. Instead, I was greeted with short, terse comments such as: “I do not support ICANN’s acceptance of pre-registrations ... read more ...
Thu 31st December 2009
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2009 Domain Dunce Award: Parava - Domain name registrar shuts down, exposing a host of unknown problems. It wasn’t quite RegisterFly, but the fall of domain name registrar Parava this year was a stark reminder that the domain registration business remains poorly regulated with lax compliance. ICANN sent a breach notice to Parava on February 27th, notifying it of major infractions including not paying accreditation fees, failing to escrow whois data, and failing to take action in response to invalid ... read more ...
Mon 21st December 2009
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Expressions of Interest for New TLDs Still a Long Wait - Idea to get data on new TLDs will probably take longer than expected. If the current draft plan (pdf) for accepting “Expressions of Interest” for new top level domain names is adopted in similar form, ICANN won’t start accepting applications until June 2010 at the earliest. The delay is because ICANN will shift its planned communications efforts for new TLD applications to promote Expressions of Interest instead. The current proposal for Expressions of Interest ... read more ...
Thu 17th December 2009
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VeriSign Sends You An Early Christmas Present: .Com and .Net Fees To Increase 7% - I Guess VeriSign just sent all of us an early Christmas present. My registrar just informed me that they received a notice today from VeriSign today that they were raising their fees by 7% on July 1, 2010. VeriSign fees for .com registrations and renewals will be increasing to $7.34 from its current $6.86 and .Net fees for registrations and renewals will be increased to $4.65 per year. Don’t forget ICANN’s fee of $.20 (currently) , is in addition to VeriSign’s fees and of course each registrar ... read more ...
Wed 16th December 2009
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ICANN to Hold Live Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement - Live consultation to settle differences on domain name registry agreement. ICANN has scheduled a live consultation regarding the new top level domain name registry agreement for Thursday, 7 January 2010. The goal of the consultation is to discuss open issues in the agreement including: the process for amending the agreement, aspects of registry services reviews, and registry/registrar separation. One other major issue that should be discussed: (lack of) limits on ... read more ...
Tue 15th December 2009
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ICANN May Green Light EOIs for New Top Level Domains in February - Expressions of Interest for new TLDs move forward. The idea for “Expressions of Interest” for new top level domain names cleared a hurdle last week, as ICANN’s board asked staff to push forward on the idea. The unofficial minutes from the ICANN board meeting on December 9 explain what will happen next: Whereas ICANN staff has presented an analysis of the potential benefits of an Expressions of Interest (EOI) process, and has developed a preliminary EOI process ... read more ...
Fri 11th December 2009
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“Much Worse Than The URS”, The Comment Period On The Fast Track UDRP Closes Tomorrow Friday Dec 11 - On November 11th the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) proposed a quick, cheap,  fast track UDRP process. The ICA says this proposal “is worse than the URS, and a danger to all current Domain  name portfolios.” “Allowing it to be put in effect via Supplemental Rules would be a scandalous travesty.” By reducing the complaint form to a bare minimum, a very low application fee, and without providing any penalty for losing, this process will encourage parties to “take a shot” to get domains ... read more ...
Thu 10th December 2009
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Arbitrator Asks Good Questions About Expedited UDRP - Domain name arbitrator asks good questions about Expedited UDRP. The Hon. Neil Brown, a UDRP domain name arbitrator, has submitted comments to ICANN regarding Czech Arbitration Court’s plans for expedited UDRPs. He actually phrases them as rhetorical questions, but they certainly raise a number of issues. They’re worth reading in their entirety, but here’s a summary: Can the Expedited Decision proposal be implemented by amendments to the Supplemental Rules ... read more ...
Tue 8th December 2009
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8 TLDs I’ll Express an Interest In - At $100 a pop, I’d submit an Expression of Interest for a bunch of new top level domain names. Tomorrow ICANN’s board will consider accepting “expressions of interest” for new top level domains from applicants. On DNW Radio a couple weeks ago, Minds + Machines founder Antony Van Couvering suggested that these expressions of interest require a $55,000 payment. I agree that a substantial fee should be required to make it predictive of actual applications. Others ... read more ...
Wed 25th November 2009
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Adam Dicker Shutting Down Domain Registrar - GoDaddy VP no longer using his accredited registrar. I always thought it was odd that DNForum owner Adam Dicker still owned his own domain name registrar after he took a job as VP at GoDaddy. So when I saw that ICANN was not renewing his accreditation for Domain Jingles, Inc., it gave me a chance to reach out to him. As it turns out, Dicker moved his domains to GoDaddy a long time ago and hasn’t been actively using his registrar. In response to an email, Dicker ... read more ...
Mon 23rd November 2009
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ICANN CEO Beckstrom’s Monthly Newsletter For Nov is Out - Rob Beckstrom has published his monthly newsletter entitled “The Beckstrom Starfish Report“ for November. I actually was not aware that the CEO of ICANN had his own monthly newsletter, but I received a copy of it via e-mail this morning. Beckstrom talks about his first 100 days as president of ICANN, the international oversight of ICANN away from sole US control and the New Top Level domains. Beckstrom has been since taking over the position, been much more accessible to all involved in the domain ... read more ...
Sun 22nd November 2009
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Comment Period On New gTLD Guidebook V3 Closes Today - The deadline to comment to ICANN on Version 3 of the gTLD guidebook (adobe file) is today at midnight. To see all of the comments submitted so far you can click here. To submit your own comment click here. As always once you submit your comment you will receive a confirmation e-mail from ICANN, in which you will have to click on a link in the e-mail, otherwise your comment will not be submitted. As far as topics to comment about you can always object to the Guidebook still leaving the door opened ... read more ...
Thu 12th November 2009
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ICANN Asks for Your Feedback on “Expressions of Interest” - ICANN asks for feedback on Expressions of Interest for new TLDs. As I’ve reported before, ICANN is exploring accepting “expressions of interest” for new top level domain names. This would allow applicants to put their hat in the ring for new TLDs and give the internet community an idea of the scale and complexity we’re dealing with. In principle, it sounds like a good idea. The devil will be in the details. ICANN just opened up a comment period to provide ... read more ...
Fri 6th November 2009
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IP Constituency Distances Itself from CADNA - Letter insinuates that CADNA does not take a balanced approach to intellectual property rights. The ICANN IP Constituency is distancing itself from the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA). In a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom, J. Scott Evans, President of the Intellectual Property Constituency, referred to a recent discussion in which CADNA was referred to as being a member of the constituency. During our presentation, Mike Silba made a reference to the ... read more ...
Fri 30th October 2009
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Friday Domain News Bytes - Quick news updates before the weekend. It’s the Friday before Halloween and there’s a lot of domain news to report. I’ll be taking off early today to go to my daughter’s Halloween school carnival (she’s dressing up as a Flamingo), so here’s a condensed version of all the news that’s fit to print. IDN TLDs are coming! ICANN’s board has approved the fast track IDN country code domain name process. Here’s what you need to know: 1. These are the ... read more ...
Wed 28th October 2009
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ICANN Asks for Input on What Its Priorities Should Be - Fill out survey to (hopefully) shape ICANN priorities. ICANN has opened a survey listing a couple dozen priorities and asking stakeholders to rank each priority as Low, High, or Very High. Examples of priorities include: -The introduction of new top level domain names -Introduction of internationalized domain names -Security concerns and DNSSEC -ICANN complying/meeting Affirmation of Commitments -Compliance of existing contracts I’m not sure how seriously ICANN ... read more ...
Mon 26th October 2009
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The Most Important Domain Conference is Happening in Seoul - ICANN #36 kicks off in Seoul. Hundreds of domainers are gathering in New York this week for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference. It should be a great time and good for business. But the conference that will have a bigger long term impact on domainers’ pocketbooks is going on some 7,000 miles away in Seoul, South Korea. That’s where ICANN is holding its 36th international meeting. A number of game-changing decisions will be influenced or decided at the meeting: -Registry/registrar ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Timeline Slips, Frustration Boils Over in Seoul - Frustration, anger greets session on new top level domain names. In the opening session on new gTLDs at ICANN’s meeting in Seoul, frustrations boiled over after it became apparent the timeline for introduction of new top level domain names has slipped. Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President at ICANN, led the session. The transcript tells an ugly tale. Pritz didn’t talk about specific dates, but basically said things would be slowed down to get it right. One example: The ... read more ...
Wed 21st October 2009
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The Worst Extension Of All Time Looks Like A Go: .Post - According to a couple of press releases today,  it looks like ICANN is going to approve, what I consider the worst and most unnecessary gTLD of all time; .POST The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is the sponsor of the .POST top-level domain.  The UPU, is responsible for setting the rules for the universal network of international postal mail exchanges. The CEO of ICANN  Rod Beckstrom is quoted as saying: “”This validates the ICANN model for fostering expansion of and innovation in the domain ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Web Site Overhaul Moves Forward - ICANN.org redesign moves forward. For an organization that’s at the center of the internet, ICANN’s web site is outdated and difficult to use. Over the summer it asked for feedback on the current web site and is working through the process of redesigning its web site. An outside consultancy compiled survey results and interviewed users of the web site to put together a new web site structure. First images of what the web site might look like are promising, highlighting ... read more ...
Fri 16th October 2009
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Domain Registries Clarify Stance on Registry-Registrar Separation - Afilias, PIR, and Neustar explain their position on a critical change to the domain name sales channel. Domain registries have a lot to lose if registry/registrar separation ends with the introduction of new top level domain names. Representatives of several registries, including Afilias, Public Interest Registry, and Neustar, have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN’s board and CEO that says ICANN is misstating the registry constituency’s position on registry/registrar ... read more ...
Thu 15th October 2009
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Kieren McCarthy Leaving ICANN - ICANN public participation GM announces his resignation. Kieren McCarthy, who officially is ICANN’s general manager of public participation, announced today that he is leaving the organization at the end of November. If you think it’s hard to connect with ICANN now, you should have experienced it before Kieren came on board. He has made it much easier to interact with ICANN and access information from the organization. It was no easy task to get public participation ... read more ...
Wed 14th October 2009
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ICANN Asks GNSO to Weigh-in on Domain Trademark Issues by December - GNSO given two months to weigh-in on intellectual property issues for new top level domain names. ICANN President CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush have sent a letter to Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), asking it to weigh-in on intellectual property issues related to new top level domain names by December 14. The letter (pdf) explains proposals put forth for protecting the rights of intellectual property owners during and ... read more ...
Tue 13th October 2009
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UDRP’s Turns 10 and Holds A Conference To Celebrate - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) marked the 1oth anniversary  of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) yesterday with a conference that “brought together over 200 stakeholders from around the world”. I was not invited. I guess I’m not a “stakeholder”. I wonder if anyone from the domainer community got an invite to this conference, although I’m pretty sure the answer is no. Domain holders are appearently not stakeholders. According to WIPO, the conference ... read more ...
Mon 12th October 2009
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DirectNIC Picks adult Red Register Domains, ICANN Notifies Two More Registrars - More registrar transitions thanks to ICANN enforcement. Domain name registrar DirectNIC will take over domain names that were registered at Red Register, which was recently de-accredited by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Red Register had approximately 7,000 global top level domain names under management. Billing contact information was not provided by Red Register, so customers should provide billing information to DirectNIC to ensure ... read more ...