Nominet's non-executive director elections have been going on for the last few weeks. They have, as usual, been a little controversial, as various parties made accusations against both Nominet, its board, staff and the other candidates (not necessarily in that order and not necessarily by the same people at the same time .. ) This is "normality", though it's not particularly … [Read more...] about Nominet Elections – Big and Small Elected
Expletive Renders UDRP Complaint Void
Calvin Klein are a well known fashion company. The "CK" and Calvin Klein logos are well known. So you'd almost expect a domain dispute involving a domain name with the term "Calvin Klein" in it to be a "slam dunk". However UDRPs and other domain disputes are not quite that predictable as they rely on several factors: the rules trademark law precedent the … [Read more...] about Expletive Renders UDRP Complaint Void
OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format
OVH, a French registrar and hosting provider, has been sent a breach notice by ICANN. The registrar had not updated its whois format to be compliant with the 2013 RAA. So for example, a whois lookup on ovh.net currently returns: # local time : Friday, 16-May-2014 15:22:25 CEST # gmt time : Friday, 16-May-2014 13:22:25 GMT # last modify : … [Read more...] about OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format
Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
Nominet are involved in several new TLDs, but they are going to be running the new TLDs for Wales. Earlier today Nominet confirmed the launch date for both .cymru and .wales - September 1st 2014. The launch will be done in phases with general availability (GA) being planned for Q1 2015 Here's the launch phases: One of the challenges Nominet faces with .wales and … [Read more...] about Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
Chinese Registrar Bizcn Hit With Breach Notice
Chinese registrar BizCN.com has been hit with a breach notice by ICANN. The registrar might not have exactly a "stellar" reputation in certain circles as it's often associated with "rogue online pharmacies" and other forms of online abuse. ICANN's letter to BizCN outlines a number of issues associated with a couple of domains specifically rapetube.org … [Read more...] about Chinese Registrar Bizcn Hit With Breach Notice
DotGlobal’s James Bondesque Video
The .global registry released this video a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure if I love it or hate it, but it's definitely better than some of the ones I've seen so far .. Enjoy: http://youtu.be/yFblFlOe7fY … [Read more...] about DotGlobal’s James Bondesque Video
Small French Registrar Smacked by ICANN Compliance
A small French registrar based in Paris has been sent a breach notice by ICANN's compliance team. Mistername appears to be a very small registrar and from what I can gather has less than 100 names on its accreditation (if it has more then I'm obviously looking in the wrong place!). The Mistername site is incredibly rudimentary and seems to consist of only a couple of … [Read more...] about Small French Registrar Smacked by ICANN Compliance
NameCheap Gets Slapped By ICANN
NameCheap has been sent a breach notice by ICANN's Compliance department. The notice, which was sent yesterday, shows that ICANN has been trying to get a response from NameCheap since the middle of March of this year. NameCheap, apparently, is not meeting its contractual obligations to: keep data about domain name registrants and their dealings with NameCheap list … [Read more...] about NameCheap Gets Slapped By ICANN
Lesley Cowley To Step Down From Nominet
Nominet CEO Lesley Cowley is leaving the company. Ms Cowley, who has been with Nominet for more than 15 years will depart in July. Nominet hasn't appointed her replacement yet. Here's the release: Nominet is announcing the departure of Lesley Cowley OBE as CEO. The Nominet Board acknowledges the contribution Lesley has made to establish Nominet as a widely respected … [Read more...] about Lesley Cowley To Step Down From Nominet
IEDR Launch New Site
IEDR have launched a new website (screenshot below). The new site also combines the former "why.ie" site's content back into the main site. … [Read more...] about IEDR Launch New Site