On 19 February 2010, the Independent Review Panel issued its Declaration in the Independent Review filed by ICM Registry challenging ICANN’s denial of ICM’s application for the .XXX sTLD.
Pursuant to ICANN’s Bylaws, the Board of Directors considered the Panel’s Declaration at the Board’s meeting on 12 March 2010, and directed [...]
Guns.com was the top reported sale in the week to March 7 on Domain Name Journal’s weekly list of domain name sales, selling for $800,000. The sale was far bigger the second top sale, guagua.com, which sold for $100,000.
The top country code Top Level Domain sale was risultati.it at number five, which sold for €32,000 [...]
Following Google’s move to leave China, the registrar Go Daddy has announced it to is going to stop offering .CN domain name registration in testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
Go Daddy’s General Counsel Christine Jones told members of Congress that her company would discontinue offering new “.cn” domain registrations because of the new registration [...]
ICANN this week gave preliminary approval to four countries and two territories in five language scripts for additional internationalised domain names (IDNs) as part of its IDN Fast Track Process.
The announcement sees Hong Kong receiving preliminary approval for ‘Hong Kong’ in Chinese. Others to gain preliminary approval were the Palestinian Territories for ‘Palestine’ in Arabic, [...]
A global trade association for the adult entertainment industry has written to ICANN expressing their outrage at the prospect of a .XXX top level domain, saying the proposal is “not of the industry and that the proposal does not have the community’s support.
The letter from Diane Duke, the Executive Director of [...]
ICANN is pleased to announce the successful completion of String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLDs. Announcements for the completion of each request are provided here: icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/announcements-en.htm.
The requesters may now initiate delegation of the IDN ccTLDs by following ICANN’s standard processes for TLD delegation, through the IANA function.
Also, included are two sets [...]
In 2009, the number of disputed domain names arbitrated by WIPO jumped for the third consecutive year, jumping by 18.5 per cent to 4,688 from 3,958 in 2008. This compares to an increase in domain registrations of eight percent over the same period to 192 million from 177 million in 2008.
However there was a decrease [...]
The International Olympic Committee appears to think it has the rights to all sport, given a recent letter to ICANN that raises concerns on the .SPORT gTLD proposal in particular, and new gTLDs in general.
A letter from Urs Lacotte, director general of the IOC, and Howard Stupp, the IOC’s Legal Affairs Director, says they wish [...]
In a change in policies to crack down on scammers and fraudsters, the .RU the Coordination Center, the registry for .RU domain names, has modified its registration policies as of 1 April 2010.
As of April 1, all .RU registrants will be required to verify their identity through the following means:
Companies and organisations will be required [...]
InternetNZ have announced they will be slashing the wholesale price for .NZ domain names by 16 per cent as of 1 July 2010.
At its meeting last Friday the InternetNZ Council committed to a reduction in the wholesale fee for .NZ domain name to $1.25 per month, down from $1.50 per month. This reduces the annual [...]
