A recent meeting hosted by Deloitte on 20-21 August in Brussels between the technical providers of registry and registrar services and the ICANN-selected vendors for the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) service…
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
ICANN announced this week it will be holding its second meeting for 2013, and 47th all told, in Durban, South Africa. It will be the second time the organisation has…
The Following Public Comment periods are Recently Opened or are approaching their Comment or Reply Period Close dates between 30 August – 09 September 2012. As a member of the…
The 2012 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for seven leadership positions within ICANN.
Melbourne IT’s involvement with ICANN dates back to 1999, when ICANN awarded it one of the first five registrar licenses to compete with the then-monopoly of Network Solutions Inc. in…
The redesign of ICANN.ORG was launched on 27 February 2012. As we pass the six-month mark, we’d like to get your feedback. Is the redesigned site easier to use? Do…
Purpose (Brief): The IDN ccPDP report on the draft policy recommendations for the selection of IDN ccTLDs associated with the territories listed in the ISO 3166-1 (IDN ccTLDs) within the…
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has upheld the SWITCH’s right to provide a link to its independent subsidiary switchplus ag.
[news release] SIDN, the company behind .nl, is organising the 2012 Domain Name Debate at the Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague on 28 September. SIDN uses such debates to gauge…
The operator of the website for mobileapps.com has hit on hard times and is selling the domain name, with bids starting at $1 million.
Never let facts get in the way of a good story. Sweet & Maxwell have gone on the warpath against cybersquatters saying that disputes over cybersquatting are at record numbers….
There may be a case for governments having more say in the way the internet is run, EU digital commissioner Neelie Kroes told ZDNet last week, but — even if…
The impact of the introduction of hundreds of new generic Top Level Domains that will be available for the public to register domain names in is a hotly debated topic,…
[news release] The Internet Society today announced that it has been selected by the African Union (AU) to conduct community mobilization and technical aspects workshops to support the establishment of…
Bra.com topped the Domain Name Journal sales chart for the week to 12 August, marking the fifth consecutive week where a six-figure domain sale topped the sales charts.