David Redl, the assistant Commerce secretary for communications and information, reportedly told GOP lawmakers before he was confirmed that he would convene a panel to look at unwinding the Obama administration’s move to international control of the internet. According to a Politico report, Redl told Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) in a letter …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has designated an emergency interim registry operator for the generic top-level domain (gTLD) .WED. An Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) may be temporarily activated if a gTLD registry operator reaches an emergency threshold of downtime for any of the five critical registry functions. These functions are: …
Microsoft has recovered seven infringing domains that were being used in a scheme involving fake Microsoft licences. In a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy dispute at the Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, Microsoft alleged that the seven domains, which all included some form of the Microsoft trademark with generic terms, such as “download” and “licence”, were controlled …
Nominet has today published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2017. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain is being used for criminal activity. The criminality report shows that the number of .UK domains suspended between 1 November …
Amazon.com beat ICANN in the accountability mechanism called Independent Review Process IRP. Amazon was one of the largest applicants for new domain names, but its .brand strategy was slowed down when governments opposed its .amazon application. Amazon’s applications had been rejected three years ago after ICANN accepted Governmental Advisory Committee consensus advice. Amazon beat ICANN …
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) a London-based AIM-listed company which provides registry back end solution for numerous new gTLD registries including DCA Trust the applicant for .Africa, has agreed with Germany’s KSregistry GmbH (or “KSregistry”) to provide its market leading services for 14 Top-Level Domain (“TLD”) extensions currently managed by Open Registry, which KSregistry acquired from Group …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN“) today announced that the plan to change the cryptographic key that helps protect the Domain Name System (DNS) is being postponed. ICANN believes it prudent to follow its process and to delay the changing of the key rather than run the risk of a significant number …
LONDON (Alliance News) – Software firm CentralNic Group PLC on 25th Aug 2017, Friday said it will buy SK-NIC AS, the manager of Slovakia’s top-level internet domain, .sk, for up to EUR26.1 million and added it expects to report a rise in revenue for the first half of the year. The initial cash consideration for …
The battle for the control of the .Africa top level domain may yet become more protracted after a recent court decision to have the case proceed to trial. BackGround DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust after winning an IRP and still rejected by ICANN went to court and filed its first Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on 26 February 2016, …
Amazon.com was the latest winner in the ICANN Independent Review Process IRP. Amazon was one of the largest applicants for new domain names, but its .brand strategy was slowed down when governments opposed its .amazon application. Amazon’s applications had been rejected three years ago after ICANN accepted Governmental Advisory Committee consensus advice. Amazon beat ICANN …