new gTLDs

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...


London gets go ahead for new ‘.london’ TLD
June 12, 2013

[news release] The Mayor Boris Johnson has welcomed news that London has been given the green light to develop a top level...


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...


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...


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....


First Private Auction Used To Determine Right To .CLUB gTLD Application
June 7, 2013

The contentious private auctions for the rights to new gTLDs has got underway with the first auction being used to determine the rights to operate .club. 10548


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...


ICANN Appoints First Two New gTLD Data Escrow Agents
June 1, 2013

Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc. and NCC Group have been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow...


ICANN: Security Studies on the Use of Non-Delegated TLDs, and Dotless Names
May 29, 2013

ICANN's mission and core values call to preserve and enhance the operational stability, reliability, security, and global...


Guardian News Withdraws gTLD Applications In Apparent Deal Over .COM Domain
May 28, 2013

Last week Domain Pulse reported Britain's Guardian newspaper was rebranding itself online, and will soon transfer its domain...


ICANN: Pre-Delegation Testing: Beta Testing & Resources Update
May 25, 2013

ICANN has extended Beta Testing invites to over 200 applicants and published an updated set of resource documents...


ICANN: Applicant Responses to GAC Advice from the Beijing Communiqué are Available for Review
May 25, 2013

In the GAC Beijing Communiqué [PDF, 156 KB], the Governmental Advisory Committee issued advice to the ICANN Board of Directors...