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Court Awards Verizon Largest-Ever Judgment In a Cybersquatting Case

time December 24th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

[news release] Northern California Company Ordered to Pay More Than $33 Million

In the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, a federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million in a case in which an Internet domain registration company tried to take advantage of Verizon and Verizon customers by using Internet names chosen to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon names. … more

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US Govt Advises ICANN Not to Risk DNS “Security and Stability” in gTLD Expansion

time December 22nd, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoThe United States Department of Commerce has advised ICANN not to “jeopardise the security and stability of the DNS” if it goes ahead with its plan to introduce new gTLDs. … more

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Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Nominations for its Advisory Council

time December 21st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

dot org logo[news release] .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking Internet leaders to fill  four (4)  open seats on the .ORG Advisory Council. … more

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Nominet Renewals Research Survey

time December 21st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Nominet logo[news release] Nominet is currently sending out a survey request to find out why people renew or do not renew .uk domain names.

This type of research is part of their ongoing renewals activity with registrants and is essential to ensure that we understand what customers want from the .uk domain name system. The research will also help both Nominet and their registrars to provide the highest levels of service to customers. … more

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There’s More .Me To Go Around At Second Public Auction

time December 21st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Dot ME logo[news release] The .ME Registry announced today five highly coveted .ME domains will go up for LIVE auction at DOMAINfest Global ‘09 in Hollywood, CA. DOMAINfest Global ‘09 is set to take place Jan. 27-30, 2009 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.

The five .ME domains available are: Contact.Me, Read.Me, Feed.Me, Alert.Me, Save.Me.These .ME domains will be available in the LIVE auction, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, Jan. 29 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST (4:30-8:00p.m. EST). … more

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Image of fi-domain name surveyed

time December 21st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

[news release] FICORA has surveyed the interestness of private persons towards the fi-domain name and what their image of the fi-domain name is. The survey was implemented by an e-mail questionnaire sent to current customers and a questionnaire intended to potential customers on two websites (mtv3.fi/saa and suomi24.fi). … more

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Revamped Whois Inaccuracy Reporting System Goes Live

time December 21st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoA redesigned system for receiving reports of inaccurate domain name registration data has gone live today. … more

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Proposed .AERO Sponsorship Agreement Posted for Public Comment

time December 21st, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoThe proposed .AERO Sponsorship Agreement is posted for public comment and can be viewed here [PDF, 56K] and appendices here [PDF, 748K]. The current agreement was due to expire on 17 December 2006 and was renewed a number of times, similarly to the other proof-of-concept sTLDs, to permit adequate time to satisfactorily conclude the renewal negotiation. … more

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ICANN Advisory: Add Grace Period Limits Policy

time December 17th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoICANN announces implementation plan for new consensus policy

ICANN is today announcing the implementation plan for the new Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy adopted by the ICANN Board on 26 June 2008. A grace period is a specified number of calendar days following a gTLD registry operation in which the operation may be reversed and a credit may be issued to a Registrar. AGP is typically the five-day period following the initial registration of a domain name. Currently, when a domain name is registered through a registrar, that registrar may delete the domain name at any time during the first five calendar days of the registration (the AGP) and receive a full credit for the registration fee from the registry operator. AGP appears as a contractual term in some, but not all gTLD registry agreements. … more

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Kredit.de Worth a Lot of Credit for Sedo

time December 17th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Sedo logoSedo had some big sales in the week to December 7, with kredit.de (credit) the biggest seller selling for €892,500 (US$1,244,700) followed by another six-figure seller, sc.com ($300,000). The former sale showed there is still a lot of money in the financial world despite the current financial crisis and the latter showing the value of two-letter domains. … more

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First, the Scandal. Then the Web Site?

time December 17th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

The propensity for cybersquatters to register domain names when a scandal or disaster erupts has attracted the attention of the Deal Book in The New York Times. … more

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ICANN: Revisions in Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement

time December 17th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoICANN today posted a revised set of proposed amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. The amendments are intended to provide additional protections for registrants and improved enforcement tools. These most recent changes include two additional amendments and are a result of public comments received and subsequent community dialogue. … more

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Business Gets Knickers Twisted on New gTLD Proposal

time December 16th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

Business is lobbying ICANN in an effort to stop the organisation allowing applications for new gTLDs. While the creation of new gTLDs will have brand owners and trademark holders sitting up to monitor the situation, it is most likely that if there are to be hundreds of gTLDs approved, most will not have enough registrations for them to be unduly concerned. … more

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ICANN: Second Consultation on Registry/Registrar Report this Friday

time December 16th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoResponding to community requests for additional dialogue about the requirements for the separation of gTLD registries and registrars, ICANN posted a 9 December announcement about two open consultations on the CRA International report titled, “Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars” [PDF, 493K]. The first consultation occurred in Washington, DC on 11 December 2008, and the MP3 recording of that can be found here. … more

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ICANN: Cairo Public Forum Response Published

time December 16th, 2008 by author David Goldstein

ICANN Cairo logoA summary and response to questions raised at the public forum in Cairo has been published (see below for links).

The response seeks to capture the comments made during the public forum and, where possible, provide answers to questions raised. Input has been split into three areas - comments, questions and suggestions – and split up according to subject. … more

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