With .Sex, some-more explanation a ICDR doesn’t have the act together -
Despite what the official list says, SX Registry lost its objection against .sex.
So I’m going through the updated list of string confusion objection decisions when I think I’ve hit a great story: SX Registry SA has prevailed in its string confusion objection against the .sex domain name!
This is a goldmine story for me. There are so many great headlines I could write about this one.
So I start to write my story and do some research on the .sx country code as ... read more ...
Tag Archives: International Centre for Dispute Resolution
Tue 24th September 2013
Fri 13th September 2013
9 String Confusion Objections dismissed, Commercial Connect loses 8 -
.Shop applicant Commercial Connect is the big loser in the latest batch of String Confusion Objections.
After a long drought, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) has posted an updated list of String Confusion Objection decisions.
Today’s list includes nine more determinations, all found in favor of the applicant for the domains.
First, Verisign lost its objection to Donuts’ application for .network. Verisign argued that it was too similar to .net.
The ... read more ...
Thu 29th August 2013
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 ...