Tag: Top-level domain

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

Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution

If you have a look at the new TLD applications you’ll quickly see that there are quite a few in competition with each other. ICANN will be sorting out some form of “draw” to see who goes first and there’s also going to be objections, string contention and government “advice”. But one of the things… Continue reading Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution

Dotme Registry Reports Stellar Growth

The .me domain name registry is growing from strength to strength. Earlier today they issued a release in which they reported their latest growth figures. They’ve not only surpassed the 650k domain name mark, but they’re also the fastest growing ccTLD (country code top level domain) in Europe according to the latest CENTR report. The… Continue reading Dotme Registry Reports Stellar Growth

.pw ccTLD Being Relaunched by Directi

Directi have announced their plans to relaunch the .pw ccTLD officially next week at the ICANN meeting in Toronto. The country code .pw was originally assigned to Palau, which is a small island in the Pacific (I had to look it up!) Under DirectI’s plans the .pw will be re-purposed as “professional web”, though how… Continue reading .pw ccTLD Being Relaunched by Directi

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

Nominet Sucking Up To Law Enforcement With New Proposals?

Nominet, the registry for *.uk, has opened a public consultation on the re-introduction of .uk domain names ie. domains directly under .uk such as businessname.uk The proposals from the registry, however, sound like they’re heavily influenced by the law enforcement “asks” during the current RAA negotiations. They also ignore the recent Article 29 Working Party… Continue reading Nominet Sucking Up To Law Enforcement With New Proposals?

Cloud Registry’s Calendar For ICANN Toronto Is Now Available

The guys in Cloud Registry have made available a “sane” iCal feed of the ICANN Toronto timetable You can grab it here They’ll try their best to keep it up to date, but it’s a free service to the ICANN community, so you get what you pay for 🙂 I’d recommend following them on Twitter… Continue reading Cloud Registry’s Calendar For ICANN Toronto Is Now Available

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