Category: icann

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

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

Vietnamese Registrar Gets Slapped By ICANN Compliance

Vietnamese registrar Mat Bao has been issued with a formal breach notice by ICANN Compliance. The registrar appears to be having pretty serious issues. They’re not escrowing domain data to Iron Mountain (or anyone else)  even though they’re a relatively new registrar and would have been obliged to do so as soon as they started… Continue reading Vietnamese Registrar Gets Slapped By ICANN Compliance

Fadi Chehadé Explains Brussels Meeting

Philip Corwin from the Internet Commerce Association has published an email from Fadi Chehadé that explains this week’s “secret” meeting in Brussels. Over the past week or so there had been rumours of a meeting being held in Brussels about the Trademark Clearing House. However it wasn’t clear to many either who was organising the… Continue reading Fadi Chehadé Explains Brussels Meeting

Cayman Islands Joins GAC

Seemingly the Cayman Islands has appointed a representative to ICANN’s GAC – where all the governments hang out. Their appointee, who should be attending the meeting in Toronto next week, is Mr Samuel Rose. Mr Rose hails from the Caymans’ Ministry of Finance, Tourism and Development. This appointment might have something to do with Frank… Continue reading Cayman Islands Joins GAC

ICANN Launching 2nd Round of Accountability & Transparency Reviews

When ICANN signed the affirmation of commitments back in 2009 it committed to conducting regular reviews on its accountability and transparency. According to the AOC these are meant to happen at least once every 3 years. So, although the ink has only just dried on the first round, ICANN is now seeking volunteers for the… Continue reading ICANN Launching 2nd Round of Accountability & Transparency Reviews

Strickling To Crocker – ICANN Needs To Do More To Protect IP

The US Department of Commerce’s Larry Strickling has written to ICANN again. This time it’s about new TLDs, the RAA, law enforcement and trademark protections in new TLDs. By the tone and choice of words it sounds like the US Department of Commerce either assumes that ICANN will be able to force registrars to agree… Continue reading Strickling To Crocker – ICANN Needs To Do More To Protect IP

ICANN Advertising For Director of gTLD Registry Services

ICANN currently has a number of job vacancies open, which isn’t that surprising for an organisation of its size. One of them, however, caught my eye: Director, gTLD Registry Services, Los Angeles, United States Reading the job description this sounds very like the role formerly held by Kurt Pritz (well – one of his roles… Continue reading ICANN Advertising For Director of gTLD Registry Services

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