Trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 domain names with the WIPO Center in 2012 under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)….
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Several weeks ago, ICA intervened with ICANN’s Board to request that the revised application of the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) be withdrawn from its Consent Agenda and put…
Building upon last week’s release of results for the first 30 applications, today (29 March) ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers…
The attached ICANN Board-Stakeholder Action List sets out what the board heard in Toronto where board action was required, what the proposed action was, and what we’ve done since the…
[news release] Europe’s oldest Web Award is presenting its Honorary Award 2013 to the SWITCH Foundation – and hence to an organisation for the first time rather than to an…
First Initial Evaluation Results Confirm Eligibility, Technical and Financial Strength; Industry Operational Veterans Join Senior Staff [news release] Donuts Inc., a registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), has…
Single and two character domain names could be coming to .fr and other registries Afnic manages should the public consultation underway give the registry the green light.
Although domain registrations slowed in 2012, .DE cemented its position as number one ccTLD with 15.3 million registrations at the end of 2012. Of these, 14.3 million were registered in…
After five sales charts in a row over six weeks with domain name sales topping six-figure sales, it had to end sometime and it did in the week to 24…
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), designed to protect trademarks in new generic Top Level Domains, launched today (26 March).
This document provides a procedure for establishing some of the Label Generation Rules for the root zone. The procedure provides a mechanism for creating and maintaining the rules with respect…
[news release] The .PW Registry today announced the general availability of .PW domain names, which will enable anyone from anywhere to establish their professional presence online. The newest TLD on…
Abstract: Some critics oppose ICANN’s authorization of closed gTLDs, claiming they could be anticompetitive because closed domain registry operators would have monopoly control over generic TLDs of potentially broad appeal….
ICANN’s institutional memory seems to be slipping, and that concerns us.
ICANN Friday announced the first 27 generic Top Level Domains passed initial evaluation.