ICANN: NGPC Progress on GAC Advice
May 22, 2013

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) wishes to share with the ICANN community its progress in consideration...

Donuts Commits 63 gTLDs To Private Auction
May 20, 2013

Donuts Inc. have committed to a private auction for 63 of the 307 new generic Top Level Domains it has applied for. 10449

ICANN: New gTLD Contracting Webinar
May 18, 2013

Join ICANN staff for a New gTLD Contracting Webinar. This webinar session is intended to focus on the Contracting process...

ICANN Response to ICA: URS Providers will become Contracted Parties by Philip Corwin, Internet Commerce Association
May 15, 2013

Responding to questions posed by ICA Counsel Philip Corwin at the Public Forum in Beijing, ICANN is now on the record...

Afnic welcomes the green light for the .bzh and .paris New gTLDs
May 14, 2013

[news release] The two applications, the first in the opening of New Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs), obtained ICANN’s approval...

GAC Faces Scathing Complaints Over New gTLD Advice
May 13, 2013

ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee is facing scathing complaints from several applicants including Minds + Machines...

ICANN: NGPC Progress on GAC Advice
May 11, 2013

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) wishes to share with the ICANN community its progress in consideration...

.MELBOURNE One Of 300 Passing ICANN’s Initial Evaluation
May 11, 2013

The first Australian generic Top Level Domain application has passed its initial evaluation. On Friday ICANN said '.melbourne'...

ICANN: New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of GAC Safeguard Advice
May 8, 2013

Purpose (Brief): To solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable...

NCSG Cites ICA in Request for ICANN Board Reconsideration of TMC Claims “Trademark + Fifty” Decision by Philip Corwin
May 8, 2013

On April 19, 2013 ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) filed a formal Request for Reconsideration with ICANN’s...

ICANN: Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures for New gTLDs: ICANN Seeks Service Providers for Registry Restriction DRP and Trademark PDDRP
May 7, 2013

ICANN is issuing today two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to identify potential providers of Registry Restrictions Dispute...

ICANN: Beta Testing for Pre-Delegation Testing to Begin in May
May 3, 2013

In an effort to help applicants and their Registry Service Providers (RSPs) prepare for Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT),...

.XXX Prices Slashed To .COM Prices In May
May 3, 2013

ICM Registry, the registry for .xxx domain names, has announced the prices for TLD will be slashed to as low as $8.99 for registrations...

ICANN: Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures for New gTLDs: ICANN Seeks Service Providers for Registry Restriction DRP and Trademark PDDRP
May 1, 2013

ICANN is issuing today two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to identify potential providers of Registry Restrictions Dispute...

ICANN: Proposed Final New gTLD Registry Agreement
April 30, 2013

Purpose (Brief): ICANN is seeking public comment on a revised draft of the New gTLD Registry Agreement that will serve as the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators. ICANN has made certain updates and changes to the New gTLD Registry Agreement in response to community feedback on the version of the New gTLD Registry Agreement posted for public comment on 5 February 2013 and discussions of the New gTLD...