Tag Archives: ICANN

Mon 3rd March 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
iSchool Will Make Their Proposal to End U.S. Control of ICANN in Brazil - It is no secret that the U.S. having full control over ICANN has rubbed a lot of foreign governments the wrong way. There have been a whole host of proposals on the table as to who and how the Internet should be managed. The latest proposal which will be submitted first in Singapore and then Brazil, comes from the School of Information Studies or iSchool. They posted their intentions tonight on their website located here From the article: Researchers at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) ... read more ...
Thu 27th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Verisign Answers ICANN’s Name Collision Study With Its Own Blog Post - The report “centers on the technique of “controlled interruption,” initially described in a public preview shared by Jeff Schmidt last month.” “With that technique, domain names that are currently on one of ICANN’s second-level domain (SLD) block lists can be registered and delegated for regular use, provided that they first go through a trial period where they’re mapped to a designated “test” address.  ” “The staged introduction of new SLDs is intended to provide operators ... read more ...
Wed 26th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Publishes Study On Mitigating Risks of DNS Collisions & Opens Comment Period - An independent report commissioned by ICANN, Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions, has offered a set of concrete recommendations on how to mitigate potential risks of domain name collisions A name collision occurs when an attempt to resolve a name used in a private name space results in a query to the public Domain Name System (DNS). “This report takes an in-depth look at the collision issue and the potential risks and impacts, and gives us some very clear advice aimed at how to help ... read more ...
Thu 20th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Is ICANN Leaving The US? Here Is Akram Atallah Of ICANN’s Answer - At the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference today that was held in Washington DC the question was asked to Akram Atallah of ICANN; is ICANN planning on moving from the United States? Here is the answer of Mr Atallah: There are no plans to move outside of the US, but you have to be somewhere, your have to be incorporated somewhere, so its an ongoing issue When ICANN was first created by contract with the US,  it was always envisioned that the multistake model would work so well that at a certain point, ... read more ...
Fri 14th February 2014
Wed 12th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Breaking: The EU Wants Global Control Over ICANN In Wake Of NSA Revelations - In a press release issued by the European Commission this morning entitled “Commission to pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance”. The EU stated the intend to “pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance” “”In the wake of large-scale Internet surveillance and reduced trust in the internet, the European Commission today proposes a key reform to the way the Internet is managed and run. The proposal calls for ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Opens Up Comment Period On Inconsistent Decisions On CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM - ICANN has just opened up a comment period “to solicit community input regarding a proposed review mechanism to address perceived inconsistent Expert Determinations in the String Confusion Objection process in the New gTLD Program” The comment period is limited to the Expert Determinations made on String Confusion objections for .CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM. The comment period closes on March 11, at 23:59 UTC To file a comment you can do so by sending an email here. The String Confusion Objections ... read more ...
Sun 9th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Says Brands Are At Risk of Domain Abuse - Katy Bachman at AdWeek did a piece on ICANN and their statement that brands are at risk of domain abuse. They are warning brands to protect their intellectual property by using the Trademark Clearing House. The article mentions that many brands are not rushing to pay  the $150/year per domain fee to register each brand. From the article: Try to follow this. Icann, the international organization that has begun to roll out hundreds of new generic top level domains over the objections of brands worried ... read more ...
Sat 8th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String Confusion Cases - The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Confusion Objection Expert Determinations. The effect of this proposal, and the issue that is likely to be before the NGPC after the close of the public comments, is to consider implementing a new review mechanism in the String Confusion Objection cases ... read more ...
Tue 4th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10′s Of Million In Upside - On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN rules if there is more than one applicant for a particular domain name extension or string otherwise known as a new gTLD,(including those strings found by panels to be confusingly similar) the winner will be decided by a Last Resort Auction held by ICANN. However ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy - The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is “deeply concerned about the implications that the Auction Rules in the gTLD program may have for the protection of public policy interests, competition, openness and innovation.” “ICANN should implement Auction Rules that are consistent with its Bylaws, its non-for profit status, the objectives of the new gTLD Program and the Applicant Guidebook to promote ... read more ...
Sat 25th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Fadi Chehadé: If We Fragment The Internet, ‘It Will Not Be The Internet As We Know It’ - In an article in the Huffington Post, the CEO of ICANN said that fragmentation of the Internet was a primary concern. From the article: Fadi Chehadé, CEO Of ICANN, told HuffPost Live at Davos he thinks the “biggest threat” to innovation is a fragmented Internet. “The biggest threat is to start building walls that create frictions. Frictionless Internet, where innovation is permissionless… is critical,” he said. ... read more ...
Fri 24th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
IBM/ Deloitte Goes With Trademark-ClearningHouse.Uno & TMCH.Uno to Promote Spanish Brand Awareness.” - IBM Deloitte which operates the Trademark Clearing House for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) announced they will use the domain names TRADEMARK-CLEARINGHOUSE.UNO and TMCH.UNO to Promote Spanish Brand Awareness.” Dot Latin LLC announced today the delegation of two key domain names to Deloitte IBM to support the Trademark Clearinghouse. Deloitte manages the Trademark Clearinghouse , as part of the brand protection component of the new generic Top Level Domain ... read more ...
Sun 19th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN BC Committee Tells ICANN Not To Allow Singular & Plurals Strings (Again) - Elisa Cooper the Chair of the ICANN Business Constituency has told ICANN (again) not to allow singular and plural’s strings of the same word. The letter dated December 30, 2013 was just  published yesterday on ICANN’ site yesterday. We at TheDomains.com previously stated that allowing singular and plural strings of the same word i.e. .car and .cars was going to be a huge mess and was one of the top policy mistakes ICANN made in the new gTLD program. Of course the problem has gotten worse ... read more ...
Fri 17th January 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Health field tarry village objections - .Health applications move forward after lengthy objection process. The objection process against .health top level domain names is over. Both DotHealth, LLC and Donuts have survived community objections filed against their applications. They previously survived limited public interest objections. The community objections were filed by the ICANN At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). Panelist Jan Paulsson took a bit different approach to this determination than other ... read more ...
Thu 16th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Google Registry Tells ICANN They Should Finish Off Last Resort Auctions In Six Months - Uniregistry told ICANN in its comment filed on the subject,  that one year was too short of a period. Google Registry also makes a very good point that under the proposed ICANN Last Result Auction rules, there is a  30 days prohibition, once the date of a Last Resort auction is scheduled, from the parties to the auction to communicate. In the case  of applicants that have a many strings in contention like Google, if they are in an auction for March for one string, lets say against Amazon, Donuts, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Infographic on Protecting Your Trademark -

ICANN expelled a pdf and an infographic for brands looking to strengthen their trademark.

icanninfographic

Via: thedomains.com

Wed 15th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Uniregistry Wants ICANN To Slow Down The Last Resort Auction Schedule - Uniregistry, Corp. (“Uniregistry”), an applicant for 52 top-level domains has gone against many other new gTLD applicants in asking ICANN to slow down the new gTLD Last Resort Auction Schedule. In its comments to ICANN on the new gTLD Last Resort ICANN auction rules Uniregistry says it “is disappointed that ICANN changed the “5-TLD-per-month” cap from its initial proposal.” “On the current draft schedule, Uniregistry has three months in which it will have seven TLD applications go ... read more ...
Mon 6th January 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Is Hiring For Positions In The United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey - Looking for a Job? ICANN Is hiring From the United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey, if your in need of a Job ICANN is hiring. Current Listings Accounting and Finance Staff Accountant-Receivables (213706-025) Los Angeles, California, United States Board Support Board Support Assistant (213695-025) Los Angeles, California, United States Board Support Content Manager (213696-025) Los Angeles, California, United States Executive Assistant (213712-025) Washington, District of Columbia, United ... read more ...
Tue 31st December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
New York Times Interview Vin Cerf On ICANN/ITU & Where The Internet Is Going - The New York Times just published an interview with Dr. Vin Cerf in a story entitled “Viewing Where the Internet Goes”. The backdrop is due to the ” Snowden affair”, ” the new year is likely to see renewed calls to change the way the Internet is governed”. “In particular, governments that do not favor the free flow of information, especially if it’s through a system designed by Americans, would like to see the Internet regulated in a way that would “Balkanize” it by preventing ... read more ...
Sun 29th December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Shocking; ICANN May Make Money Off The New gTLD Program - ICANN released its 1st  quarterly financial statement, as Domainincite.com,  pointed out, ICANN has spent $119.2 million of its original $344.9 million program budget (which comprises application fees net of refunds).” “As of September 30, it still had $225.7 million in cash dedicated to the program, which is accounted for separate to ICANN’s regular operating budget.” ICANN completed the  initial evaluations of  (IE) of the 1930 applications in August. One can argue that ICANN therefore ... read more ...
Tue 24th December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains - ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutions Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. Former registrant-customers of Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. should receive notices from BigRock Solutions Ltd. advising of the transfer. Customer questions about the transfer should be directed to BigRock Solutions Ltd. The Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) of Dynamic Dolphin, ... read more ...
Mon 23rd December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Is ICANN Going To Hold Registries; The $25K .Sucks One To What They Said In Application?? - Vox Populi Registry Inc. (VOX) was in the news last week when it put up a site taking Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain, per year, and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain threatening trademark owners to act now because if they wait until the Sunrise Period, the cost would be $25,000. The $25,000 Sunrise fee is a per domain per year fee and of course unprecedented and especially troubling because its being offered to trademark holders in the Sunrise ... read more ...
Sat 21st December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Internet is about to knowledge one of the biggest changes: ICANN - The Times of India sat down with Fadi Chehade of ICANN and conducted a small interview. Fadi Chehade is the president and CEO of the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an organization that allocates web addresses and assigns unique protocol numbers on the internet. In an email interview with Kim Arora, he discussed ICANN’s globalization efforts, digital surveillance and the future of the internet. Chehade discusses DNS security, his efforts to move governance of  ... read more ...
Tue 17th December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions - ICANN has opened a comment period on its Last Resort Auctions “To gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD Program.” “The Auction Rules have been updated since the initial release of the Preliminary Auction Rules on 1 Nov 2013 based on feedback received including during the Auctions Webinar on 7 November 2013 and the ICANN 48 Meeting in Buenos Aires. The documents being published for comment are: Auction ... read more ...