The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) met in Beijing during the week of 4 April 2013. Sixty-one (61) GAC Members participated in the meetings and (8) Observers. The GAC has reached consensus on GAC Objection Advice according to Module 3.1 part I of the Applicant …
The headlines out of ICANN’s meeting in Beijing may be all about new domains, but it is the quiet, systemic evolution of ICANN itself that holds the greatest promise for Internet users globally. ICANN President Fadi Chehadé opened the meeting by announcing that it was ICANN’s “season to evolve,” and setting forth a series of …
To help prepare you for the 16 April 2013 launch, ICANN has published brief online video tutorials intended to give you an overview of how to navigate the portal, including how to create and electronically submit cases to our customer service team. Watch Tutorial Videos Now!
Duncan Burns to Guide Rapidly Expanding Communications Efforts Beijing, China… The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that Duncan Burns has been named as the organization’s Vice President of Global Communications. Burns is leaving Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Washington, D.C. to lead ICANN’s rapidly expanding global communications team. “Duncan has the international …
Beijing, China… The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that Duncan Burns has been named as the organization’s Vice President of Global Communications. Burns is leaving Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Washington, D.C. to lead ICANN’s rapidly expanding global communications team. “Duncan has the international experience and leadership skills we need “ said …
ICANN now says they will be done with the Initial Evaluation for new all new gTLD applications by the end of August 2013 The statements came in a session from the ICANN Beijing meeting, entitled “New gTLD Program Status ICANN released some other important dates and time frames for the new gTLD process: …
Beijing, China… ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé announced today that the organization will open its first new global engagement office in Beijing. “Engagement with China is not merely an option, we simply must engage at every level or we will lose our legitimacy,” said Chehadé. “This is part of our effort to …
IDG News Service – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected three emergency back-end registry operators to guarantee domain names within a new generic top-level domain (gTLD)A will resolve in the event of a failure at a new TLD operator, it said on Tuesday. [ALSO: Groups say ICANN unprepared for gTLD …
Marking another milestone in the implementation of the community-developed New gTLD Program, ICANN today announced the selection of three geographically diverse emergency back-end registry operators, or EBEROs. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Neustar, Inc. and Nominet were selected to guarantee domain names within a new gTLD continue to resolve in the event of …
Companies looking to protect their brand identity on the Internet from phishers and cybersquatters will soon be faced with a dot-com identity crisis. “We’re hostage to the situation,” said Bob Liodice, president and CEO of the Association of National Advertisers, which has been fighting hard to convince Icann to put into place better trademark protections. …