Depending on the person, the word auction can bring to mind a dusty, hot structure full of livestock and a fast-talking announcer with a Western lilt to his voice or a cool, quiet room of well-dressed art patrons waiting for the next Impressionist masterpiece to be unveiled in a stately building on the Upper East …
Next week, ICANN opens the Internet up to new domains like .ski, .sexy, and .berlin — and Fadi Chehade has to handle people unhappy with the change. Also: time for the US to let go of its Net oversight? Starting next week, the Internet is going to look very different — and ICANN Chief Executive …
Under the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposed examination guide, entitled “Applications for Marks Comprised of gTLDs for Domain Name Registration or Registry Services,” you will have to have a contract with ICANN to operate a new gTLD registry before you apply for a trademark for the gTLD: “The applicant must show that: …
Temporarily freezes move that could have led to global corporates monopolising the WWW by privatising domains like .beauty or .book The Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN) has put on hold a controversial decision to allot closed generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) to applicants. Governments and activists had feared that allotting such …
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 …
Two industry groups argue that the retailer’s plan to control several generic top-level domains, including .book, .author, and .read, would be anti-competitive. Amazon’s effort to control dozens of new generic top-level Internet domain names is drawing fire from a pair of publishing industry groups. The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers oppose the …
ICANN has posted the preliminary results of the ICANN draw but emphasizes that they do not represent a validated or finalized result of the New gTLD Prioritization Draw. The preliminary results have been provided for information purposes only and should not be relied upon for any purpose. Final results will be posted on ICANN’s website …
The PKI-based alternative from Neustar and ARI would remove some of the cost and complexity for registries, but may create additional file-management headaches for trademark owners. Read More
13 June 2012, ICANN posted all the applied-for strings to the Application Results page of the site. On this page you will find high level statistics about the overall program as the applications work their way through the evaluation process. Read More
Alice Munyua is know in the internet Circles as an astute Kenyan representative largely been identified with the local internet in Kenya Kenic as well as the GAC . ICANNrelies on certain advisory committees to receive guidance and advice related to the interests and needs of stakeholders who are not able to directly participate in …