.NL Dispute Resolution System Now Entirely Electronic
SIDN has modified the Dispute Resolution Regulations for .NL domain names as of 4 March 2010. As a result of the changes, much of the correspondence that previously went by post will in future go by email.
For example, an initial complaint will have to be submitted to the WIPO Arbitration ...
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.NO Holds Consultation on Domain Names for Individuals
UNINETT, the .NO (Norway) registry is currently holding a consultation process on how individuals can register Norwegian domain names in the future. The consultation process will be open until 17 May.
The major issue is whether private individuals should continue to register domain names in the PRIV.NO category or be allowed ...
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.ZA to Introduce Rules to Thwart Squatters
Responding to concerns on cybersquatting, the .ZA Domain Name Authority (Zadna - the South African registry) has announced they will be introducing new regulations in 2010.
“In .ZA, licensing regulations are expected to come into operation this year. The .ZA licensing regulations will allow Zadna to license the ...
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$1m Poker.org Sale Tops Domain Sales in Recent Weeks
The sale of poker.org for $1 million was the biggest sale in the three weeks to 21 February according to Domain Name Journal’s list of reported domain name sales. The sale was the largest .ORG sale ever with the previous record being engineering.org, sold several years ago for $198,000.
Other big ...
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.MX Passes 400,000 Domain Registrations
.MX, the country code Top Level Domain for Mexico, has passed the 400,000th domain name registration reports NIC Mexico.
As of 4 March, NIC Mexico reported the following breakdowns for each classification of .MX domain names:
Type of dominion
Amount
Percentage
.com .mx
292,135
73,01%
.gob.mx
5,253
1,31%
.net .mx
412
0,10%
.edu .mx
6,485
1,62%
.org .mx
14,572
3,64%
.mx
81,270
20,31%
TOTAL
400,12
To register your .MX domain name, check out America Registry ...
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TRAFFIC Milan conference and hotel registration are now open
[news release] Targeted TRAFFIC is gearing up for its first 2010 European show, which will be held on April 27th-29th 2010 in Milan, Italy. Milan is the largest metropolitan area in Italy with an estimated population of 7.4 million. The city has the largest financial and business center in Italy, ...
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DomainSponsor Expands DOMAINfest to Europe
Early October event in Prague will focus on networking, building European business interest in online real estate–
[news release] DomainSponsor®, the domain monetization business unit of Oversee.net® and organizer of the DOMAINfest® series of conferences, said today that it will expand the highly regarded franchise into Europe with a conference in ...
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ICANN: Public Comments Requested on Chairs Draft Interim Paper for Policy on Introduction of IDN ccTLDs
The Chair of the ccNSO’s Internationalised Domain Name Country Code Policy Development Process Working Group (IDN ccPDP WG) for the selection and delegation of IDN ccTLDs is pleased to announce the publication of the Chairs draft Interim Paper [PDF, 170 KB]. The purpose of this paper ...
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AFNIC Re-Appointed .FR Registry; Announces Loosening of .FR Registration Requirements
AFNIC was re-appointed as registry for .FR domain names for a further seven years on 2 March, 2010 by the French Minister for Industry, Christian Estrosi.
The decision was predictably welcomed by AFNIC who said the decision is confirmation of the organisation’s long-standing policy for developing the ccTLD.
“As well as due ...
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Typosquatting May Earn Google $500 million per year
Researchers at Harvard University have discovered that Google may be making around half a billion dollars per year via typosquatting, says a NewScientist report.
“Moore and Edelman started by using common spelling mistakes to create a list of possible typo domains for the 3264 most popular .com websites, as determined by ...
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