Chanel is targeted by companies selling cheaper knock offs of their products, as are most brands. They’ve probably been pursuing and seizing domains etc., for years, but I’d never landed on one until today. This is what I got: The message contains a very clear warning to would be counterfeiters (emphasis added) : This domain… Continue reading Chanel Domain Seizure Page
Month: January 2013
RIPE 66 Registrations Open
The 66th RIPE public meeting is taking place this May in Dublin. Registrations are now open with prices ranging from 125 Euro for a day to 350 Euro for the full meeting. The meeting venue is Dublin’s Burlington hotel which is quite central. Full details on the official meeting site.
Cheapies.com Gets Another Breach Notice From ICANN
It looks like there’s a pattern emerging. Remember the 10 registrars that got breach notices last week? While some have “cured” the breach another one of the 10 has been sent a new breach in the last 24 hours. Cheapies.com was sent a new breach notice yesterday. You can download the letter here. This time round… Continue reading Cheapies.com Gets Another Breach Notice From ICANN
CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN
CIRA, the registry operator for the Canadian ccTLD .ca, is raising its profile at the moment. They’ve taken over the frontpage of La Presse today, though it’s not viewable form outside Canada: Why are they doing this? Very simply it’s all related back to the launch of IDNs in .ca in order to support French… Continue reading CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN
Mat Bao Fix Some Of Their Compliance Issues
Vietnamese registrar Mat Bao appears to have fixed *some* of their issues with ICANN’s Compliance team: But if you scroll down the Compliance notices page you’ll see that they’re still not out of the woods: The earlier, and arguably more serious, breach still remains open. Assuming they don’t ask for an extension they’ve got until… Continue reading Mat Bao Fix Some Of Their Compliance Issues
Verisign To Dual Stack EPP Servers
Verisign has been offering IPv6 connections to their EPP servers for the last year. However as of March 14th the Verisign registry backend will become dual stacked ie. the hostnames for IPv4 and IPv6 connections will be identical. While this may not impact that many registrars now, it will become more important over time, though… Continue reading Verisign To Dual Stack EPP Servers
Portuguese ccTLD Board Resigns
The board of FCCN, the entity which runs the Portuguese ccTLD (.pt) has resigned en masse. The resignation was prompted due to the Portuguese government’s merging of FCCN with part of the Ministry of Education. An interim board has been appointed with João Nuno Ferreira as chair. More on this here and here
Vietnamese Registrar Mat Bao Has Two Breaches At Once
Today’s list of 10 registrars that received breach notices included Vietnamese registrar Mat Bao. What makes this quite interesting is that the company had already got a breach notice back in December. The original breach notice, which I wrote about back then, was in relation to them not complying with a number of obligations under… Continue reading Vietnamese Registrar Mat Bao Has Two Breaches At Once
ICANN Compliance Sends Breach Notices To 10 Registrars
ICANN’s Compliance team has been busy.This evening they published 10 breach notices that had been sent to registrars. All of the registrars in question have ignored ICANN’s notifications to them about the audit program. However several of them also owe ICANN accreditation fees as well. The registrars found to be in breach are: Korea Electronic… Continue reading ICANN Compliance Sends Breach Notices To 10 Registrars
.Cat Registry Whois Now Respects EU Privacy Laws
The .cat domain registry has changed their whois policy and output so that it is compliant with Spanish and EU privacy laws. As of January 7th private individuals who register (and use) .cat domain names can opt to have their details removed from public whois. Law enforcement and other concerned parties can still gain access… Continue reading .Cat Registry Whois Now Respects EU Privacy Laws