Category: Domainnews
Important Revelation: UniForum Does not have Government support for its .Africa application!
Africa has 17 applications, 4 being geographic gTLDS, including ” .africa” which according the guidebook: “An application for a string listed as a UNESCO regions or appearing on the “Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings” In the case of an application for a string appearing on …
Fadi Chehadé speaks during DNS Summit in New York
On April 23, Fadi Chehadé met with leaders of ccTLDs, Registries, and Registrars in New York City for a milestone event that converged our work initiated during each of the CEO Roundtables hosted since the beginning of this year. Throughout the roundtable series, Fadi Chehadé says “I have learned a great deal and have been profoundly impressed …
ICANN solicits Public Comments to address GAC advice
ICANN has opened the window for the public comments to solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of New gTLD strings. Current Status: GAC Beijing Communiqué issued on April 11, 2013 includes GAC Advice on New gTLDs. Next Steps: New gTLD Board Committee …
In wake of gTLD security criticism, ICANN announces emergency back-up registry operators
IDG News Service – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected three emergency back-end registry operators to guarantee domain names within a new generic top-level domain (gTLD)A will resolve in the event of a failure at a new TLD operator, it said on Tuesday. [ALSO: Groups say ICANN unprepared for gTLD …
ICANN launches brand database for trademarks
Net address regulator ICANN has launched a database to allow businesses to register their brands, ahead of the release of a raft of new domain names. It is hoped the Trade Mark Clearing House (TMCH) will mitigate concerns about cyber-squatting and trademark infringement. Nearly 2,000 new suffixes, known as generic top-level domains (gTLD), will be …
Trademark Clearinghouse, To Protect Trademarks In New gTLDs, Launches Today
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), designed to protect trademarks in new generic Top Level Domains, launched today (26 March). The TMCH has been developed to be a global repository for trademark data to protect trademarks. As of the launch, rights holders will be able to submit trademark data for verification. The TMCH will enable companies and …
Uniforum’s attempt to convince ICANN Independent Objector to block DotConnectAfrica’s .africa Application Flops
“For these reasons the IO, who is primarily acting as a “safety net”, does not in principle intend to file an objection on the community ground” The Independent objector has released his findings about the new gTLD ICANN applications, among the casualties of the objections are 24 objections against new applied-for gTLDs before the International Chamber of …
Breaking: ICANN releases Initial Evaluation Results for First Set of Applications
Today marks a major milestone in the New gTLD Program: Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the first set of new gTLD applications have been released to applicants and the general public. This achievement is the result of many years of policy development and implementation work to bring diversity, competition, and innovation to the Domain Name …
ICANN 47 in Durban South Africa: Invitation comes Pre-Beijing, Surprising!
In an unprecedented turn of events, ICANN 47th Meeting has been scheduled for Durban South Africa. The meeting at the International Convention Centre has been announced alongside the 46th Beijing meeting. This becomes the 8th, meeting in Africa, the first ever was held in Cairo, Egypt in March 2000 the most recent was held in …