http://www.domainpulse.com The Beat on the Domain Name Industry - Domain Name Industry News Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:18:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Instra Corporation, a global domain name and ENUM provider, is pleased to announce that it has become one of the first accredited Registrars in Asia by RegistryPro, the official registry for .PRO domains. Chloe Li, the Registry Liaison Manager of Instra, was pleased to accept our accreditation from Matt Buckland, ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/07/01/instra-becomes-the-first-pro-registrar-in-australia/ As part of the comprehensive GNSO Improvements effort, last year the ICANN Board approved the formation of four new GNSO Stakeholder Groups (SGs). After considering proposed SG Charters that were submitted by the community and posted for public comment , the ICANN Board passed a Resolution in ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/07/01/icann-public-comment-encouraged-on-revised-gnso-stakeholder-group-charters/ NIC México has announced the .MX country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) reached 300,000 registered domain names recently, with the number of registrations today standing at 309,112. Of these, 58,000 domain names registered in 2009 alone showing a rapid growth for the ccTLD. Of these domains, 268,844 (86.97%) were COM.MX domains ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/30/300000-mx-domain-name-registrations-as-registrations-grow-rapidly/ In a move to allow domain names to be registered and accessible to as many people in the European Union as possible, the European Commission has announced speakers of Bulgarian and Greek will soon be able to have .eu websites in their own languages. This means it will be possible for ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/29/eu-coming-with-cyrillic-and-greek-characters/ Sarah Deutsche is on a crusade against cybersquatters. Deutsche has sued many businesses involved in the illicit activity, recovering thousands of domain names that play off of Verizon's brands. But what really irritates her, the Computerworld article says, is who the perpetrators are. All of the companies Verizon has sued ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/28/registrars-under-fire-for-allowing-cybersquatting/ In a detailed look at the problem of cybersquatters, Computerworld begins by looking at the case of the website FreeLegoPorn.com that "began publishing pornographic images created with Lego toys, trademark owner Lego Juris AS, which sells the popular plastic building blocks for children, acted quickly. 'The content available on the ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/28/domain-name-wars-rise-of-the-cybersquatters/ With cybersquatters increasingly infringing on trademarks, business names and product names, as well as celebrity names, Computerworld has published their seven ways to avoid falling afoul of cybersquatters. Their seven suggestions come about from asking for tips from "professionals, as well as from experts at brand-abuse monitoring vendors and companies such ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/28/protecting-your-brand-from-cybersquatters/ Abstract: This paper examines what was lost during the four years of experimenting with "multistakeholderism" in ICANN and what the stakes of the parties that influenced the policymaking process the most were. Building on Governmentality Studies' understanding of the neo-liberal project of self-governance and Organization Studies' collaboration theory, the document ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/28/deconstructing-an-experiment-in-global-internet-governance-the-icann-case-3/ Rod Beckstrom was confirmed on Friday as the head of ICANN at the board meeting that concluded the week-long meeting. In his acceptance speech thanking the board for their appointment, Beckstrom described the organisation as "beautifully complex", while he also described the position as CEO and president as "massively complex". "Rod ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/26/rod-beckstrom-confirmed-to-head-beautifully-complex-icann/ ICANN has chosen security expert Rod Beckstrom as its preferred candidate to take over the role of chief executive and president, replacing Paul Twomey reports Australian IT. The report says ICANN is expected to announce Beckstrom as the successor to Dr Twomey on Friday at its meeting in Sydney that has ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/25/beckstrom-new-icann-ceopresident/ Internationally-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck launched a bid for the .FOOD generic Top Level Domain at the ICANN Sydney meeting today. .FOOD is the brainchild of Wolfgang Puck, a world-renowned master chef and restaurateur, and Minds+Machines, a consultancy dealing with proposals for new gTLDS. At the meeting in Sydney today, Kurt Pritz, Senior ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/22/food-launched-by-wolfgang-puck-at-icann-sydney/ The European Commission last week called for more transparency and multilateral accountability in the governance of the internet while praising ICANN saying that the organisation has worked well. Praising the private-sector nature of ICANN, the Commission said it "agrees that private companies should continue to take the lead in the day-to-day ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/21/european-commission-icann/ Following a very successful experiment with remote participation at the last meeting in Mexico City, ICANN have expanded its use to the main room for the Sydney meeting. ICANN is using Adobe's Connect software, which allows people to see everything in a particular session on one screen: live video, live ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/20/register-now-for-remote-participation-for-icann-sydney-meeting-live-video-audio-presentations-and-chatroom/ On 17 June 2009, ICANN received the attached communication from Catherine Sigmar, General Manager at Registry Services Corporation (dba RegistryPro) (see, icann.org/correspondence/sigmar-to-pritz-17jun09-en.pdf) requesting an amendment to the .PRO Registry Agreement (see, icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/pro/). RegistryPro has paid fees of US$121,900/year for the last several years which are significantly higher than other comparably ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/17/icann-opens-public-comment-period-on-icann-fee-amendment-from-pro/ The Domain Roundtable Aftermarket.com auction catalogue has been posted and is available for early bidding at Aftermarket.com. Be the first to bid on a catalogue of high-quality premium domains before the LIVE auction on June 16th. The auction will feature many sought after domains including: HighDefinition.com MultiVitamin.com WeightTraining.com CustomBoots.com 3GPhones.com Early bidding will continue until the LIVE ... http://www.domainpulse.com/2009/06/16/domain-roundtable-2009-auction-catalogue-posted/