An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has awarded 25 Google-related domain names to Google,after the company submitted a complaint,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain names . Read More
ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) – the special stakeholder group responsible for providing government advice to ICANN on issues of public policyhas an important role to play in the remaining evaluation and delegation phases of the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) program. For some applicants, the future of their new TLD projects may rest Read More
When we talk ‘internet regulation’ these days, it is code for either Big Brother or corporations trying restrict their content on different platforms (aka piracy). Read More
There is a belief that a shared environment, between fixed line and mobile, will be the most likely scenario going forward. There is a big push behind rich media application and integration, including video on demand and interactive video/ content provision Read More
Nearly one month after ICANN announced that three of the new gTLD applications had been withdrawn (and on the eve of a webinar on the “Application Evaluation Progress”), They are: .and, .are, .est and .ksb. Read More
The Web Index, designed and produced by the World Wide Web Foundation puts Tunisia in first place (30th overall) in Africa, while South Africa is second regionally, followed by Egypt and Mauritius. Kenya takes first place in terms of Economic Impact of the Web, though it ranks fifth in the region overall. Read More
Family First New Zealand – a political party that recently collected up to 50,000 signatures against marriage equality – forgot to renew their domain name. Instead, it was snapped up by a pro-Marriage Equality movement.Read More
Today, the government gave up the Rojadirecta fight with a brief court filing that voluntarily dismissed the case but offered few details about why it had done so after battling for over a year. Read More
Forgetting to renew a domain name can have several consequences. It can cause a loss of business, hassles in getting the domain name re-registered and a competitor may register it. Read More
According to new figures out last week, the number of disputes over domain names hit 2,944 in July 2012, compared with 2,775 in July 2011 – marking a 6pc increase on the year. Read More