ICANN’s 37th public meeting, which is to be held from March 7th to March 13th 2010, is to take place in Kenya. Kenya had previously been slated to act as host for a meeting in 2008, but due to security concerns the slot was re-allocated.
DotMobi Wins Net Visionary Award
Last night the Irish Internet Association celebrated its annual awards ceremony in Dublin – the Net Visionaries. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Trey Harvin, dotMobi CEO, was shortlisted for the Mobile Internet Innovation award. I’m delighted to report that Trey went home last night with the award! Congratulations to all the dotMobi team!
Gillette.ro WIPO Decision Provides Interesting Comments
One of the WIPO decisions published today relates to gillette.ro. The registrant (respondent) didn’t make any submissions in their defence, so the decision could have been quite banal. However some of the panelist’s comments under the “Registered and Used in Bad Faith” section are quite interesting under: The Panel disagrees with the Complainant’s submission that… Continue reading Gillette.ro WIPO Decision Provides Interesting Comments
Air France Win WIPO Case
One of the more recently reported WIPO UDRP cases that caught my attention was in relation to airfrance-suck.com The decision, which went against the registrant, makes for some interesting reading. The salient points being: The “suck” suffix can be a legitimate defence A lot of “suck” or “sucks” related WIPO cases end up being ruled… Continue reading Air France Win WIPO Case
Domain Roundtable Early Bird Pricing Ends Today
I love the way some of the domainer events are using Facebook to keep people like me up to date! In any case, the Domain Roundtable tickets go up in price after midnight tonight (not sure which timezone). If you register before midnight you can avail of the $895 rate. More details on their site
Tucows Takes Over Parava’s Domains
Tucows is taking over the 33 thousand odd domains that were under the accreditation of Parava. The full announcement of the transfer on the ICANN site includes contact details and more. Unfortunately the deaccredited registrar did not transfer billing data, so registrants will need to contact Tucows (under their Hover.com brand) to renew their domains.… Continue reading Tucows Takes Over Parava’s Domains
IE Domain Registry Announces Record Growth
The IEDR, which is the current registry operator for dotIE (.ie), announced today that its quarter 1 registration figures were the highest to date. Close to 10 thousand IE domains were registered in the period up to the end of March 2009, which is a 28% increase over Q4 2008. Though the press release doesn’t… Continue reading IE Domain Registry Announces Record Growth
Nominet Introduces Phishing Lock and Other New Features
Nominet maybe attracting some undue attention due to behind the scenes squabbles, governance reviews and proposed policy changes, but the registry is also developing new features and services. Today they announced a number of things that are worthy of attention. The biggest one in many respects is the introduction of a new domain locking mechanism… Continue reading Nominet Introduces Phishing Lock and Other New Features
IRT Draft Report Comments Phase 1 Closes Today
If you want your comments to be considered in the final IRT report then you need to get them in today. More details here and previously submitted comments here
New TLDs Need Sanity
The much vaunted launch of the new TLDs as announced at the ICANN Paris meeting last year is probably a bit of a damp squid in many respects. Don’t expect to see any actual progress there until next year at the earliest. In the meantime you can read all about the plans people have for… Continue reading New TLDs Need Sanity