A survey of the domain registration behaviour of Fortune 100 companies conducted by Minds + Machines reveals that they have not registered many of their trademarks in recently created generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
In the study it was found a sample of 1043 brands were registered in less than 30 per cent of the eight new [...]
[news release] VeriSign, the operator of.com, announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver the opening keynote address at its Policy Impact Forum in Washington D.C. on March 16. This event is part of a larger industry-wide campaign led by VeriSign recognizing 25 years of Internet innovation.
In March 1985, the first .com domain name was [...]
In what is being described by Chinese government officials as a means of tackling online pornography, individual domain name registrants are now able to register domain names, but are being forced to meet regulators and produce identity documents. Online activists are describing the new requirements as added censorship for Chinese internet users.
An earlier freeze on [...]
ICM Registry, the applicant for .XXX generic Top Level Domain, hopes to begin offering .XXX domain names in 2010 following an independent review of its application to, and subsequent refusal by, ICANN.
The rejection of ICM Registry’s application was always controversial, however the first ICANN Independent Review Process decision since the process was introduced six years [...]
There were 192 million domain names registered around the world at the end of 2009, an increase of eleven million registrations over the previous quarter, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign.
Over the previous twelve months, registrations increased by 15 million, an increase of eight per cent over the fourth quarter [...]
Zone File Access Concept Paper [PDF, 260 KB]
Cost Model Information
Draft Program Development Snapshot High Security Zone Top-Level Domains Advisory Group (HSTLD AG) [PDF, 144 KB]
In one of many efforts to mitigate the potential for malicious conduct in new gTLDs, ICANN formed the Zone File Access (ZFA) Advisory Group and [...]
ICANN Strategic Plan July 2010 – June 2013 [PDF, 947 KB]
After extensive consultation with the community, including a workshop in Seoul as well as a first time ever survey conducted last Fall, the Strategic Plan [PDF, 947 KB] is being posted following its approval by the ICANN Board at its February [...]
The saga of the sex.com domain name has taken another turn. The saga was expertly described by Kieren McCarthy in his book called Sex.com. In the publicity for the book McCarthy asks “how far would you go to get the internet’s most valuable property?”
Well, the answer it seems is that one will go too far [...]
A working group has been formed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communicationsto consider whether there is a demand in the country for new generic Top Level Domainssuch as .OSLO or .TRONDELAG. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority will chair the group.
Norid, the registry for .NO domain names, will be represented in the working [...]
ICANN’s Kevin Wilson has posted on the ICANN blog a report on ICANN’s commitment to accountability and transparency that outlines the progress ICANN has made in this area.
ICANN has posted two new guidelines – the Cost Accounting Guidelines and the other is the Procurement Guidelines, both of which are posted on their website at icann.org/en/financials/general.htm.
The [...]
