Nominet's non-executive director elections (NED) results have been announced. There had been three candidates running for one position. The final result sees Key System's Volker Greimann elected. Nominet has also released details of the how the elections panned out. The turnout for the vote was low, which is unfortunate, with only 372 Nominet members voting out of a total … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Executive Director Elections Results Announced
Australia’s ccTLD To Allow Direct Registrations
Australia's country code (ccTLD) will allow "direct" registrations in the .au ccTLD in the future. Following on from a consultation process last year, the board of auDA has announced their intention to update the domain registration policy to allow people and organisations to register .au domain names. Up until now you could register under .com.au, but not directly under … [Read more...] about Australia’s ccTLD To Allow Direct Registrations
Short IE Domains Auctions Started Today
Auctions for contested "short" .ie domain names started earlier today. The private auctions are being handled by UK based company Divido who already do some auctions for .io and .ac. It is expected that the auctions will take a couple of weeks to complete. The auctions are open to applicants for "short" 1 and 2 letter (or number) .ie ccTLD domain names which were … [Read more...] about Short IE Domains Auctions Started Today
French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports' goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own "dotbrand". While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own domain extension it's still rare to see … [Read more...] about French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Facebook Has Acquired A Registrar
Facebook has acquired an ICANN accredited registrar. According to a tweet from Pinky Brand (below) the news came via an update from ICANN to registry operators https://twitter.com/pinkybrand/status/720719396323196928 On the GNSO Council call this evening Susan Kawaguchi confirmed the acquisition. So who did they acquire? They've acquired a registrar called … [Read more...] about Facebook Has Acquired A Registrar
RIPE Publish 2015 Law Enforcement Requests
RIPE NCC has published information related to law enforcement requests they got during 2015. In total they got: 8 requests None of the requests came with a court order (or similar) from a Dutch court. RIPE is a Dutch entity, so subject to Dutch law. What of the requests themselves? They fall into two categories: Information that is public Information that … [Read more...] about RIPE Publish 2015 Law Enforcement Requests
ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Senator Cruz and ICANN have been involved in a game of "swap the letter" for the last couple of months. Earlier this week Cruz and Co sent a letter to ICANN that displayed a couple of key things: they were very unhappy with how ICANN had been responding (They're not alone in this one!) They were displeased with ICANN's concept of time (hey we've all been there! Welcome … [Read more...] about ICANN Sends Reply To Cruz And Co
Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released
The preliminary agenda for Domaining Europe has been released. The event runs over 3 days, with day 1 (Sunday) being dedicated to networking and 1 to 1 meetings. Monday and Tuesday are themed, with Monday focussing on .com and "legacy" domains, while Tuesday's focus will switch to new TLDs and future rounds. There will be a variety of talks covering: European … [Read more...] about Preliminary Agenda For Domaining Europe Released
IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched
This year's IGF is being held in Mexico in Guadalajara. While the official site for the IGF is maintained by the UN here and will probably be the main destination of any attendees, the local hosts usually put together a site with pertinent information. This year's site is now live. At the moment the site provides some details about the venue, but little else. The 2016 … [Read more...] about IGF 2016 Local Host Site Launched
Give Feedback On The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) was created specifically to address concerns voiced by IP rights holders in relation to the new TLD program. It's not the most popular or successful facet of the new TLD program in many people's minds. According to the most recent statistics from the Trademark Clearinghouse less than 40 thousand marks have been registered with them. That's a … [Read more...] about Give Feedback On The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)