Archive for 2009

ICANN Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews

ICANN Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews

ICANN is publishing today for public comment a discussion draft that addresses the requirements and implementation processes for the reviews called for in the Affirmation...

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Domain Pulse 2010 in Switzerland Getting Closer

Domain Pulse 2010 in Switzerland Getting Closer

The Domain Pulse 2010 conference, the premier domain name conference in the German-speaking countries, will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland on 1 and 2 February. The...

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E-numbering can help India avoid 11-digit regime

India can adopt telephone number mapping to avoid migrating from 10-digit mobile number to an 11-digit number. The ever-increasing number of fresh subscribers every...

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ICANN 2009 Annual Report Published

ICANN 2009 Annual Report Published

The 2009 Annual Report [PDF, 5.7M] for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been published online today. As you can see, it is changed...

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ICANN Publishes the December 2009 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Report

ICANN Publishes the December 2009 Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Report

ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Department published its fourth Semi-Annual Contractual Compliance Report [PDF, 475K]. This report summarizes ICANN’s...

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Fears Russians Will Not Support Cyrillic TLD

The Russian government is supporting the introduction of a Cyrillic internationalised Top Level Domain, but the Russian public does not seem so keen to follow, reports...

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ICANN Requests Public Comment on One & Two-Character .CAT Domains

ICANN Requests Public Comment on One & Two-Character .CAT Domains

ICANN is today opening a public comment forum on a proposed amendment from Fundacio puntCAT to Appendix 6 of the .CAT Registry Agreement.

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ICANN Requests Public Comment on One & Two-Character .CAT Domains

ICANN Requests Public Comment on One & Two-Character .CAT Domains

ICANN is today opening a public comment forum on a proposed amendment from Fundacio puntCAT to Appendix 6 of the .CAT Registry Agreement.

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ICANN: New gTLD Program – ICANN Proposes Draft Expression of Interest / Pre-Registrations Model

ICANN: New gTLD Program – ICANN Proposes Draft Expression of Interest / Pre-Registrations Model

ICANN is publishing today for public comment a draft model for soliciting Expressions of Interest for new generic top-level domains (new gTLDs) [PDF, 192K]. According...

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ICANN: Public Comment: STI Report on Trademark Protection in New gTLDs

ICANN: Public Comment: STI Report on Trademark Protection in New gTLDs

The Special Trademarks Issues Working Team (STI) has published its Report on its recommendations to create a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension...

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VeriSign Increases Registry Fee for .COM and .NET Domains

VeriSign Increases Registry Fee for .COM and .NET Domains

VeriSign, the registry operator for .COM and .NET domain names announced this week that effective 1 July 2010 there will be an increase in registry domain name fees,...

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ICANN Status Report to the GNSO Council on AGP Limits Policy Implementation

ICANN Status Report to the GNSO Council on AGP Limits Policy Implementation

ICANN today is posting its second status report [PDF, 61K] to the GNSO on the implementation of its recommendations for the Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy....

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Cybersquatters Take Advantage of Tiger Woods

Cybersquatters, quick to take advantage of people’s misery, whether personal or more widely in the face of widespread disaster, have been quick off the mark...

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ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement

ICANN Consultation on New gTLD Registry Agreement

ICANN invites community participation in an open consultation regarding the proposed registry agreement for new gTLDs. This meeting is being organized in response...

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DotAsia Publishes Draft IDN Launch Policies

DotAsia Publishes Draft IDN Launch Policies

Pinyin, Romaji and Romanized Domains could get Priority to Register in IDN [news release] Following the announcement on November 18, 2009, DotAsia today published...

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