Some ideas from the GAC have surfaced and it seems they found a new focus. Instead of tons of requests and ideas and brainfarts they now produced a 2 page document that sorta covers all the wishes from the GAC and the law enforcement agencies. Law Enforcement Due Diligence Recommendations for ICANN- Revisions to...
Succes ? One could certainly say it is. A few issues still ahead. Trademark Clearinghouse, URS Batching The TLD Application System, or TAS, held 2091 applications – either submitted or in...
We looking at 2500-3000 new gTLD’s if i am correct. ICANN is expecting at least 1,268 applications for new generic top-level domains, according to CEO Rod Beckstrom. Last time...
As expected ANA (Association of National Advertisers ) demands a full investigation of the ICANN TAS system. In additional comments, Liodice underscored the severity of the problem, stating: “The...
This week was not the best week for ICANN. TAS went down for 4 days. POOL is offering a service for 25K that will try to get your gTLD...
Remember the fuss in Costa Rica a few weeks ago ? The GAC pushing for protection for the RC and ICO. What a wonderfull event that was. IGP Blog...
ICANN released information about the batching/gambling process Introduction The New gTLD Program is unique in its global scope and its mission to open the domain name space to competition...
29 March TAS Registration Deadline The window has closed for anyone planning to apply for a new gTLD to register and submit a TLD application request. As of 25...
Kevin Murphy from DI posted the following : Applications withdrawn prior to the posting of the applied-for strings are qualified for a $180000 refund (if such payment has...
Renewal Process Renewal Provisions The existing .com Registry Agreement, like other registry agreements, provides that the agreement shall be renewed for an additional term upon its expiration, absent a...
More pressure from ICANN for the domain name Registrars. “We have a registrar accreditation agreement and if one party doesn’t comply, ICANN will give a warning and if...
Update : the new number is now 839 From what i understand when there are more then 500 applications for new gTLD’s ICANN is going to batch the...
How will ICANN handle the claim from namespace.us regarding 482 gTLD’s they applied for back in 2000. Namespace.us currently runs an alternative root system where people can already register...
Recent legal actions (Rustock, Coreflood and Kelihos, among others) resulting in disrupting or dismantling major criminal networks have involved seizures of domain names, DNS name server reconfiguration and transfers...
Seems ICANN didn’t put enough into the shopping cart and the NTIA (controlled by the DOC) now cancelled the request for proposals. ICANN was warned by Lawrence Strickling from...
The second round of negotiations between the Registrars and ICANN was more or less a disaster. Of the long list of proposals the registrars and ICANN could only find...
RAA-DT: 1) Insert language in the RAA defining a security breach as “the unauthorized access to or disclosure of registrant account data”. 2) Insert language in the RAA requiring...
LEA: Registrars and all associated third-party beneficiaries to Registrars are required to collect and securely maintain the following data: (i) Source IP address; (ii) HTTP Request Headers (a) From...
Registrar shall not engage in activities or conduct that results in: (i) a conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony or other serious offense related to...
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