Archive for the ‘gTLDs’ Category
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Today ICANN published a draft model for soliciting Expressions of Interest for new generic top-level domains. According to the model, parties interested in submitting applications to acquire new gTLDs will be required to provide basic information about the application and a deposit of $55,000 which can be used as a ...
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
To say that it’s been quite a year in the world of domain names would be an understatement. From compromised ccTLD registries, to the delay of new gTLDs, some of the events of the past year have been surprising, while others could easily have been predicted.
Regardless of whether you could ...
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Yesterday, ICANN’s Chief Operating Officer, Doug Brent was asked by ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee why they were continuing to move forward with the launch of new gTLDs when they had not yet been able to resolve complaints.
Brent stated that Internet users have long called ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
For years, corporate domain name administrators have scoffed at every new second-level and third-level ccTLD liberalization, and rightly so. Until recently, most had continued the practice of registering significant numbers of variations, misspellings and typo-squats.
While I have never encouraged the practice of registering every variation in every geography, as this becomes ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
In a recent Washington Post article, Rod Beckstrom, former Director of the National Cyber Security Center and ICANN’s newly appointed CEO, provided his initial views on ICANN, and its plans for the launch of new gTLDs.
According to the article, Mr. Beckstrom said that he was “a bit overwhelmed by the ...
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
In an effort to facilitate discussions around issues of trademark protection, malicious behavior and other program details within the new gTLDs, ICANN will be hosting a series of events.
The events are scheduled to occur:
Wednesday, June 24th in Sydney during the 35th ICANN Meeting
Monday, July 13th in New York
Wednesday, July 15th ...
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Over the weekend, ICANN released a number of important documents including:
Amended Guidebook Sections and Explanatory Memoranda
Analysis of Public Comment to Applicant Guidebook version 2
Final Report on Trademark Protection in New gTLDs
Draft Implementation Plan for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
New Registrar Contract
Root Server System Root Scaling Study
Please find ...
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
The IRT (Implementation and Recommendation Team), which was formed by ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency, has identified a number of proposed solutions to address trademark protection issues and their final report will be published on May 29th.
Their proposed solutions in the last draft included:
IP Clearinghouse, Globally Protected Marks List and ...
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
During the last ICANN meeting in Mexico City, ICANN identified four overarching issues with respect to the new introduction of new global top-level domains (gTLDs). One of the issues identified was the economic impact of new gTLDs.
The meeting also marked the release of two economic studies commissioned by ICANN. Neither ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
By now, most companies have begun the process to understand how the introduction of new gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains) will impact their respective businesses. Some companies are considering submitting applications to operate their own branded gTLDs. Many others are focused on how to address the anticipated launch of new gTLDs ...
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