Afilias and Amazon ICC new gTLDs community objection Wins .HEALTH and .BOOK

On .health “.health” THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR EXPERTISE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CASE No. EXP/409/ICANN/26 PROF. ALAIN PELLET, INDEPENDENT OBJECTOR (FRANCE) vs/ AFILIAS LIMITED (IRELAND) This expert determination arises out of a Limited Public Interest Objection by Professor Alain Pellet, Independent Objector (“Objector”), to the application of Afilias Limited (“Applicant”) for the generic …

Uniforum’s attempt to convince ICANN Independent Objector to block DotConnectAfrica’s .africa Application Flops

 “For these reasons the IO, who is primarily acting as a “safety net”, does not in principle intend to file an objection on the community ground” The Independent objector has released his findings about the new gTLD ICANN applications, among the casualties of the objections are 24 objections against new applied-for gTLDs before the International Chamber of …

UNIFORUM ‘s Objections against DotConnectAfrica’s .africa Application not Successful

The ICANN Independent objector has concluded that he would not object to DotConnectAfrica’s .africa application. The IO may have also appeared to be overreaching his mandate predetermining DCA’s case before hand. In his response to the .africa, a gTLD that we have been following closely, the ICANN IO concluded he would not object to DCA’s application and …