After posting objections for new gTLD application of .Cam and .Bom, claiming that they are confusingly similar to .Com., Verisign (VRSN) the company that operates the .Com registry is reported to have filed more objections that now include .Network, .Company and .Vet. Read more
Intellectual Property Watch By Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that its Trademark Clearinghouse database, through which rights holders can submit their eligible trademarks prior to and during ICANN’s launch of new domains, will start operating on 26 March. Any trademark holder, private person, or …
Godaddy is reporting that the election of Pope Francis is causing 100′s of new domain name registration within the 1st hour of the election. “Keywords such as Pope, Francis, Bergoglio and Habemus Papam were used in identifying the new domain names registered with Go Daddy.” “In the first hour 479 domains were registered with Go …
11 March 2013: Chehadé Calls for an Increase in African Registrars Addis Ababa, Ethiopia… The President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said he is moving ahead immediately with plans to have six new ICANN representatives on the African continent. “ICANN used to say if you want to participate in Internet …
Absence may be attributed to the AU bypassing Ethiopian immigration protocol without declaring itself as the host of the event officially and providing behind the scene logistical accommodation for ICANN and participants. ICANN participated with the regional IG community in two important events in March 2013. These events were attended by regional stakeholders from government, the private sector and civil society. The …
A flurry of response exchanges were featured in last week between the Domain on industry columnist Kevin Murphy of DomainIncite and DotConnectAfrica (DCA), one of gTLD applicants for .africa. DCA sent two rejoinders in 24 hours responding to his comments and to provide detailed answers with an aim to clarify what it has termed …
Go Daddy announced on Wednesday that it has rescinded two of its new gTLD applications, .home and .casa, in order to focus on providing non-competitive services to its registry partners. The announcement comes out of Go Daddy Registry Days, its meeting in Phoenix with new gTLD applicants. Go Daddy says the meeting with new gTLD …
ICANN has posted on its site the withdrawal of two more new gTLD applications bring the total of withdrawn applications to 21. “ProMark Brands Inc. (“ProMark”), a subsidiary of H.J. Heinz Company (“Heinz”), had filed this application for a .KETCHUP gTLD with the intention of bringing to market a trusted, hierarchical, and intuitive namespace for …
When one looks at the African domain applied for it’s a geographic top level domain that has attracted a not so palatable confrontation between the applicants of the current ICANN gTLD round DotConnectAfrica and Uniforum otherwise known as ZA Central registry or AfricainOneSpace. The main issue that has come to fore apart from the fact …
Dubai, U.A.E… The President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says it is time for the Arab world to step up its involvement in determining the future of the Internet. “The Internet is becoming far more user friendly for the Arab world,” said Fadi Chehadé. “Now it is time for Arabs …