Tag Archives: peter dengate-thrush

Wed 13th June 2012
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Peter Dengate Thrush’s greeting to today’s tip turn domain reveals - Former ICANN chairman notes some surprises today, but says he’s still digesting all of the data. Peter Dengate Thrush was chairman of ICANN’s board when it finally approved the new top level domain plan. Now he’s with Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH), which is one of the biggest applicants for new top level domains. It is applying for 68 on its own accord and 92 in total. I just got off the phone with Dengate Thrush and asked him what the biggest surprises were ... read more ...
Mon 22nd August 2011
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ICANN’s Peter Dengate Thrush Problem - Conflict of interest, whether real or imagined, looks bad for ICANN as it faces fresh criticism over its new TLD plans. ICANN has a problem. As criticism mounts against its approval of the new top level domain name program, some groups are pointing fingers at an inherent conflict of interest. The key example is former ICANN Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate Thrush. One month after pushing through a vote on the new TLD program in his last meeting as Chairman he ... read more ...
Mon 18th July 2011
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Former ICANN Chairman Joins Minds + Machines - Peter Dengate Thrush joins publicly traded company poised to profit from new top level domain names. That was quick. Less than a month after pushing through a vote approving the new top level domain name program at his last meeting as ICANN Chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush has joined a company applying for new top level domain names. Dengate Thrush will join Top Level Domain Holdings (parent company of Minds + Machines) as Executive Chairman. His compensation package ... read more ...
Mon 8th March 2010
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ICA Requests Action on Czech Arbitration Court Policy Changes - Internet Commerce Association wants ICANN to act quickly on move by UDRP provider. Internet Commerce Association counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush asking it to act on Czech Arbitration Court’s new UDRP policy. Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), one of the newest UDRP providers, proposed a new scheme in which it would charge only 500 EUR to file a domain name complaint and arbitrators ... read more ...