Governance

ICANN: Community Priority Election: Now Open for Early Election
June 15, 2013

At the request of New gTLD applicants, ICANN is offering a means to indicate their intent to elect for Community Priority...


ICANN: Initial Report on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs
June 15, 2013

Purpose (Brief):  The Generic Names Supporting Organization ("GNSO") Policy Development Process Working Group tasked...


ICANN: NGPC Progress on Addressing GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs
June 15, 2013

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 11 June 2013 to discuss the GAC Beijing advice regarding singular...


ICANN Webinar: Internationalized Domain Name Variant TLD Program Update
June 14, 2013

Below is an ICANN invitation to join the IDN Variant TLD Program webinar indented to provide a status update of the Program...


DotConnectAfrica Suffers Final Blow In Bid For .AFRICA
June 12, 2013

The .africa bid by ZA Central Registry received a boost this week when a controversial rival application from DotConnectAfrica...


ICANN Ombudsman Decides Slightly Late gTLD Objections Are OK
June 11, 2013

The ICANN Ombudsman has said that allowing complaints that are up to five minutes late about the objection process to the new gTLD...


ICA Seconds Call for Strengthened Registrant Rights Statement by Philip Corwin, Internet Commerce Association
June 11, 2013

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has endorsed and suggested additional improvements to the alternate statement of Registrants’...


One Third of New gTLDs Pass ICANN Initial Approvals To Date
June 10, 2013

ICANN is around the one third of the way through its initial evaluations of new gTLD applications, with 628 being approved...


First European Elected To Chair ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group
June 7, 2013

Blacknight's CEO Michele Neylon has been elected as Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group within ICANN. The Irishman is the first European to hold the position. 10558


ICANN: NGPC Adopts Resolution Accepting Nine Items of GAC Beijing Advice on New gTLDs
June 7, 2013

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 4 June 2013 and adopted a resolution accepting nine items of the GAC's...


ICANN Upcoming Webinar on TMCH & IDNs
June 7, 2013

ICANN has announced details of its next webinar, which will discuss Internationalised Domain Names and the Trademark Clearinghouse....


ICANN: Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IDN Root Zone LGR Integration Panel and Advisors to All Panels
June 7, 2013

Today, ICANN's IDN Variant TLD Program moves forward with initiating the implementation of the IDN Root Zone LGR Procedure...


ICANN Announces Top-Level Executive Changes To Bolster Operational Effectiveness
June 7, 2013

ICANN yesterday announced a number of changes that the organisation says will bolster its operational effectiveness. The most...


APWG Report: Cybercriminals Perfect Mass Attacks on Server Farms to Mount Phishing Blitzkriegs
June 5, 2013

[news release] A new phishing survey released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) at its conference this week reveals...


ICANN: Pre-Durban Policy Update Webinar Invitation – 27 June
June 4, 2013

Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Durban remotely or in person, you're invited to a quick...