A dissenting panelist on the .Sports IRP decision of 5th May 2016 notes ICANN’s actions on the .Africa IRP which is the only applicant to beat ICANN and proceeded to sue in a California court. The .sports /.sport new gTLD: Two applicants SportAccord and Famous Four Media applied for .sport top level domain in 2012, …
ICANN is currently being sued in Los Angeles court for running a sham process in order to award the .africa domain to its preferred bidder and was recently served with an injunction to prevent it from handing over control of that extension despite the legal case. –Kieren McCarthy on theRegister The efforts by the Republican …
The latest letter of May 19th by U.S. Senators Cruz, Lankford & Lee’s to the U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and NTIA’s Larry Strickling has raised sustained concerns by the US government legislator on several issues of magnitude. The letter touches fears that the transition will be an entry to endangerment of internet freedom; power …
The Senate Committee led by U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Examining the Multistakeholder Plan for Transitioning the Internet Assigned Number Authority” on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10:00 a.m, ET. The hearing will examine the proposed transition …
“However, nothing that ZACR presents changes the fact that DCA has shown a serious question as to the merits of its ninth cause of action or that the balance of harm weighs in DCA’s favor. The facts that the Court previously considered – irrespective of the error – support the issuance of the preliminary injunction. …
In support of its Motion to Reconsider and Vacate Preliminary Injunction Ruling, Defendant ZA Central Registry, NPC (“ZACR”) relied upon the Declaration of its current CEO Mokgabudi Lucky Masilela (“Masilela Decl.”). However, DotConnectAfrica Trust fires back in opposition, via a response it filed on May 16th 2016 presenting detailed evidentiary objections to his declaration, some …
The the US government through the assistant commerce secretary Larry Strickling and state department ambassador Daniel Sepulveda have warned that Chinese government could fragment the internet if it pursues new registration rules for online addresses. The warning is in response to a decision by the Chinese government in late March to require all domain names …
In Opposition to ZACR’s motion to dismiss, which was filed on 10th May 2016 , DCA Trust Lawyers argue that contrary to what ZACR states, DCA has adequately stated claims against ZACR for declaratory relief, intentional interference with contract, aiding and abetting fraud, and unfair competition, and argued that the Court should deny ZACR’s motion …
The parent company of WordPress, Automattic, has announced its acquired the top-level domain .blog—which, according to Marketing Land, did cost the company around $19 million. WordPress in their blog to announce the buy out says “Now we’re excited to announce a brand new way to create a unique identity for your website: .blog, a top-level domain extension …
In Opposition to ZACR’s motion to dismiss, which was filed on 10th May 2016, DCA Lawyers argue that contrary to what ZACR states, DCA has adequately stated claims against ZACR for declaratory relief, intentional interference with contract, aiding and abetting fraud, and unfair competition, and argued their reasons that the Court should deny ZACR’s …