ICANN has published the contention sets identified by the string similarity review for applications submitted as part of the new gTLD Program. The full list of contention sets are posted here: PDF [162 KB], CSV [65 KB] or from the Applicants’ Corner page on the new gTLD microsite. The String Similarity Panel assesses whether a …
— downplaying the serious issues which should benefit the ICANN new gTLD program applicants DotConnectAfrica has reportedly sent a letter to the Congress on 21 February 2013. The intent does not appear to have been directed at the issues concerning the ICANN ombudsman Chris Lahatte and his unsatisfactory response to DotConnectAfrica’s claim, that there existed …
The Ham Brothers, Vertical Axis just lost a UDRP on the typo pheonixcontact.com to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG of German. As a UDRP the case is a slam dunk for the International trademark holder. However the case serves as a cautionary tale for those domain holders that believe that all they have to …
DotConnectAfrica has taken a swipe at the delay of ICANN to check into the detailed issues of the conflict of interest, and has made apparent its impatience in the pace at which ICANN is dealing with its whistle blowing, in its 4th letter to ICANN dated January 31st, 2013 . “However, we write to express …
Ms. Sophia Bekele DCA Registry Services, Kenya Mr. Neil Dundas Uniforum ZACR, South Africa Compare your Benefits: In my research since the .africa domain became official, I have been looking and comparing the various houses and their benefits towards the African context. I have looked at the publicly available information and drew up the …
Dr. Steve Crocker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shinkuro, Inc., the current Chair and former Vice-Chair of the ICANN Board, an Internet pioneer, an early leader of ISOC and the IETF, and the creator of the RFC document series. He continues to speak about, and participate in, the development of the Internet through Industry …
ICANN has published a letter from Microsoft.com which is objecting to closed generic strings. Here is the letter sent from the Assistant General Counsel , Trademarks Microsoft Corporation, Russell Pangborn: ”Re: Closed Generic Top-Level Domains (TLDs) read more
The New gTLD Registry Agreement is the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators. ICANN proposes to revise the New gTLD Registry Agreement in connection with developments since the last posting of the Applicant Guidebook in June 2012 and a general …
An important talk every TLD applicant should have with their back-end provider. New top-level domain applicants are getting plenty of advice nowadays about how to launch their new Registry. In addition to thinking about their branding and distribution, they should also be thinking about their business practices with Registrars. read more
In December 2012, ICANN announced the start of work to collect and publish data which would help correlate performance of L-Root with growth in the root zone. The first set of measurements concerned with identifying growth in the root zone, was published last month. read more