. DCA’s latest Memorial submitted by international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP – which represents DCA in the DCA vs. ICANN IRP – indicates that appear to be an anomaly on ZACR’s .africa endorsement section amongst others. . It states that: “The Board itself undertook to promote the AUC’s attempts to secure .AFRICA; …
The DCA Vs ICANN IRP has taken a new turn. According to the newly published documents that include Ms. Sophia Bekele’s expert testimony and the Second Memorial on the Merits by DCA’s legal representatives, new explosive details have been brought to the fore on how the .Africa new gTLD application was processed. Bekele has detailed …
ICANN has responded to a letter by Mr. Lucky M. Masilela the CEO ZA Central Registry who had written to ICANN to express his worries on .africa delays saying that “In terms of ICANN’s by-laws the IRP panel should strive to issue its written declaration no later than 6 months after the filing of the …
The third African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) took place in Abuja, Nigeria from 10 to 12 July 2014. The Internet Governance Forum is one of the major outcomes of the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society. The African internet governance space was very active in the lead up to the World Summit on Information …
If ICANN indeed is not giving lip service to its accountability process, then it should respect the outcome of its own Independent Review Process (IRP) During the ICANN 50 Press Conference in London the ICANN president was fielding questions from Journalists and .africa came in discussion as the string that has been mentioned quite severally …
In a developing story, the DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) has won Round One in its case against ICANN for the “.africa” domain. The launch of the .africa TLD by the ZACR has therefore been delayed due to the ongoing Independent Review Process between ICANN and DotConnectAfrica (DCA) The win stems from the fact that DCA received …
ICANN has on Monday 24 2014 signed a registry agreement with the ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa to operates the .africa top-level domain. The agreement comes even as DotConnectAfrica is going through ICANN’s own Independent IRP process. “Fortunately for ICANN, I think there’s a better chance of me getting elected Pope”, said DI’s …
DotConnectAfrica in a published Press Release yesterday announced that its Amended Notice of IRP is the latest step towards resolution of the dispute between ICANN and DCA Trust over ICANN Board decisions and actions taken with regard to DCA Trust’s application for the .africa new gTLD. Notice further says ICANN is committed to publishing documents …
As reported by Michael Berkens on thedomains.com. Vox Populi Registry Inc. (VOX) was in the news last week when it put up a site taking Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain, per year, and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain threatening trademark owners to act now because if they wait …
The contrast between that two applicants goes more than Pioneer-ship of their Campaigns for their respective TLDs. They are also amongst very few women applicants at ICANN which also adds to the parallel. Despite, as the new gTLD process progresses, more and more applicants are facing diverse tangents and directions as regards their applications. New …