Domains and trademarks. Always an "interesting" topic. This time round the US trademark office has rejected a trademark application for .music … [Read more...] about US Trademark Office Rejects Application For .Music
Only 6 ICANN Comment Periods Open
Normally in the weeks prior to an ICANN public meeting there is a buzz of activity as documents need to be submitted to meet the deadlines before the public meeting. While this has happened as usual and the deadline is still open until Tuesday for the GNSO council meeting on 22nd June, there are currently only 6 comment periods open. Whether or not … [Read more...] about Only 6 ICANN Comment Periods Open
Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective
The "hot topic" at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore will, of course, be whether or not the new TLDs will actually launch or not. Sure, they'll launch at some point, but ICANN has been pushing to make the big announcement at Singapore. There has been a lot written over the last couple of years about new TLDs over the last couple of years. We are now coming into what … [Read more...] about Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective
ICANN 41 Schedule
If you're planning on either attending the ICANN 41 meeting in Singapore or participating remotely here is the schedule As usual the meeting doesn't officially start until Monday, but there is a very busy schedule of meetings from Saturday morning onwards. The schedule is "subject to change" and if the last meeting is anything to go by, there will … [Read more...] about ICANN 41 Schedule
Why Won’t ICANN Answer Questions?
During the last public ICANN meeting in San Francisco there was a public forum. This is quite normal. Several people asked questions of the ICANN board, some were answered, others weren't. Why not? Nigel Roberts from the Channel Isles registry asked the following (for the sake of clarity I'm republishing the entire section of the transcript): >>NIGEL ROBERTS: … [Read more...] about Why Won’t ICANN Answer Questions?
IEDR To Change WHOIS Service
The IEDR will be changing how their whois server "rate limits" queries starting June 20th.From June 20th onwards they will be using an approach similar to that adopted by Nominet.The number of queries per IP will remain unchanged at 100 per day for the public. … [Read more...] about IEDR To Change WHOIS Service
Senior ICANN Staffer Leaves To Join .Bank – Conflict of Interest Anyone?
Craig Schwartz has been headhunted by BITS. Seemingly they're planning on bidding to run a .bank domain extension so adding Craig to their staff wouldn't be such a bad idea However isn't there a small bit of conflict of interest? Should senior ICANN staffers be running off to work for prospective registry operators? … [Read more...] about Senior ICANN Staffer Leaves To Join .Bank – Conflict of Interest Anyone?
Kz Registry Wants Domains To Be In Country?
It looks like the .kz domain registry is taking rather odd steps to control their namespace.They're basically demanding that all .kz domains be hosted "in country"! At least that's my understanding of the text below - decide for yourself:We hereby notify you that, in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Order of the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of … [Read more...] about Kz Registry Wants Domains To Be In Country?
ICANN Hires New CSO – Jeff Moss
ICANN has apparently hired Jeff Moss (aka Dark Tangent) as CSO. Moss is a well known figure in the internet security community and was founder of Black Hat and the Def Con conferences. However isn't Moss a bit conflicted? Isn't he on one of the review teams? So how can he work for ICANN whilst also reviewing it? I suspect this will be clarified when a more official … [Read more...] about ICANN Hires New CSO – Jeff Moss
French Domain Registry AFNIC Breaks New Record
The French domain name registry, AFNIC, which manages .fr, the country code for France, announced earlier today that they had broken the 2 million domain name mark.Congrats! … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry AFNIC Breaks New Record