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Minds & Machines Replace CEO Antony Van Couvering With CMO Toby Hall

February 22, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Minds and Machines (Top Level Domain Holdings) is one of the publicly traded companies involved in the TLD space.The company trades on the UK stock market with the symbol: LSE:MMXEarlier this morning news broke that the company's board had voted unanimously to remove company founder and CEO Antony Van Couvering.Van Couvering broke the story himself in a blog post … [Read more...] about Minds & Machines Replace CEO Antony Van Couvering With CMO Toby Hall

CENTR Appoints New Board

February 19, 2016 by Michele Neylon

2016 CENTR Board

CENTR, which is the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries, recently held its General Assembly in Budva, Montenegro. One of the outcomes of the meeting was the election of a new board.The new board is made up of representatives from the four corners of Europe: CENTR is happy to announce that it has elected its new Board of Directors at the … [Read more...] about CENTR Appoints New Board

ICANN55 Preparation Webinar For Business Stakeholders

February 11, 2016 by Michele Neylon

ICANN's business engagement team are organising a webinar next week to help prepare business stakeholders for the upcoming meeting in Marrakech.Topics being covered include:ICANN55 Public Meeting in Marrakech and sessions of interest Opportunities to follow, participate and join the work of business stakeholders in their various constituency groups Latest topics in … [Read more...] about ICANN55 Preparation Webinar For Business Stakeholders

Freenom Fail To Comply With ICANN Suspension

September 1, 2015 by Michele Neylon

The battle between ICANN's Compliance team and Freenom has got plenty of in depth coverage by Kevin over the last few weeks. It's been an interesting topic to follow.However ICANN finally prevailed and was able to impose the suspension which is scheduled to run from 26 August 2015 at 00:00 UTC to 24 November 2015 at 00:00 UTC.The terms of the suspension are clearly laid … [Read more...] about Freenom Fail To Comply With ICANN Suspension

If Sunrise Numbers Are An Indication .Online Will Do Well

August 18, 2015 by Michele Neylon

Sunrise domain name registrations used to be a good way for both registries and registrars to get sales and revenue. With the advent of new TLDs however the numbers for most extensions have been lacklustre, with registries being "lucky" to get a couple of hundred domains in the sunrise period (on average)However one could also argue that some of the objectively "better" … [Read more...] about If Sunrise Numbers Are An Indication .Online Will Do Well

P is for Proxy

August 11, 2015 by Michele Neylon

Last night Google unveiled their new plans for global domination, which involves the company morphing into something new "Alphabet".And new TLD types around the globe rejoiced, as the online behemoth chose to use a .xyz domain name for their big reveal(They also made a funny reference to another .xyz in the source code .. )But while "G is for Google", then "P is for … [Read more...] about P is for Proxy

Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs

June 12, 2015 by Michele Neylon

Californian wine producer Gallo Vineyards Inc., has signed contracts with ICANN for two top level domains:.barefoot .galloIf you are a wine drinker then you'll probably recognise them as being two of the company's more popular brands.A lot of brands have applied for and got their own top level domain name, but what makes this interesting is the wine angle. While … [Read more...] about Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs

Lufthansa & WeightWatchers Win URS

May 9, 2015 by Michele Neylon

The URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension System) is a new rights protection mechanism that was introduced as part of ICANN's New TLD rollout. Unlike the UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy), if a complainant prevails in a URS they do not get the domain. All a URS can do is result in the domain being suspended for the rest of its registration period.Two URS decisions that were … [Read more...] about Lufthansa & WeightWatchers Win URS

APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase

May 5, 2015 by Michele Neylon

The APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) has released their report for Q4 of 2014. It makes for fairly depressing ready, as you'd expect, but it's worth taking the time to have a look over it.So which TLDs are most (ab)used in phishing and malware attacks?It's hardly surprising that .com is the most (ab)used (46%) - it's also the most popular domain extension. What is a … [Read more...] about APWG Phishing Report Reveals Crimeware Increase

ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case

May 5, 2015 by Michele Neylon

The controversy over the competing .africa TLD applications has been going on for some time. A recent decision by the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (ICDR) said that ICANN had breached its own by-laws and has questioned why ICANN won't allow a current board member and the former GAC Chair to speak to them and provide evidence.A letter that was published on the … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair To Give Evidence in .Africa Case

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