Thursday, August 19th, 2010
As a result of ICANN’s IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, which was launched in November of last year, a number of new ccIDNs (Country Code Internationalized Domain Names) have been successfully added to the root including: China (.中国, .中國), Egypt (.مصر), Hong Kong (.香港 ), Russia (.рф), Saudi Arabia (.السعودية), ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
With the launch of new gTLDs expected to occur early next year, many are closely examining the opportunities and risks associated with ICANN’s Program.
Although still in draft format and subject to change, keep these gotchas in mind as you think through your strategy.
A 70% Refund Sounds Great - If you ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
A fourth draft of ICANN’s New gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook has been released.
In addition to the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN has also published summaries and analysis of the public comment period.
The latest version includes:
Incorporation of trademark protections, including improvements to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS), the Trademark Clearinghouse (TM Clearinghouse), and ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
In a recent survey of MarkMonitor’s global corporate client base*, nearly 22% of respondents stated that their companies are intending to apply for a new gTLD.
Twenty-three percent stated that their companies did not intend to apply for a new gTLD, while more than 55% still did not know which route ...
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Friday, May 7th, 2010
On Thursday, May 20th, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is hosting a webinar to introduce newcomers to the world of ICANN and policy development.
ICANN is dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and to ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
After almost 3 years of numerous reports, comment periods and multiple implementation plans, ICANN has finally approved the delegation of the first set of IDN ccTLDs as a result of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
Specifically, the ICANN Board approved:
Delegation of the .рф ("R.F.") domain representing the Russian Federation to ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
In addition to Egypt, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia which had successfully completed the second phase of the IDN Fast Track Process earlier this year, ICANN announced today that China, Hong Kong, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Tunisia have also successfully completed the second phase.
ICANN’s IDN ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
For those closely following the ICANN Meeting in Nairobi this week, the EOI (Expression of Interest) model seemed like a foregone conclusion. In fact, ICANN had scheduled a webinar on March 18th to explain the process despite the complaints of the community and large-scale disagreement amongst proponents of the EOI.
As ...
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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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