Tag: new gtlds
GAC Advice leads to TLDH withdrawing four new TLD applications
Major new TLD applicant TLDH says it will withdraw four applications after discussions with governments. Top Level Domain Holdings, a publicly traded pure play applicant for new top level domains (London: TLDH), plans to withdraw four of its top level domain applications after receiving government advice. In a recent release issued , the company writes: …
ICANN Appoints Additional URS Provider
Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) and ICANN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing ADNDRC as a Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) provider. ADNDRC is well known to the Internet community as an established Uniform Domain Name Dipute Resolution Policy (UDRP) provider, with offices in Beijing, HongKong, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur. It has …
Google Does The Right Thing Opening Several Closed Generic Applications
Over the last few months one of the areas of attention in the new TLD project has been “closed generics”. I’ve written about this several times in the past and I’ve also raised the issue in as many fora as possible. Yesterday ICANN published a letter they’d received from Google with respect to several of …
International Chamber of Commerce posts its list of all filed Objections
In line with the New gTLD Dispute Resolution Procedure, ICC has published below a list of all the registered Objections filed with the ICC International Centre for Expertise. According to ICANN, International Chamber of Commerce will deal with the following cases, Limited Public Interest Objections String contradicts generally accepted legal norms of morality and public …
The GAC Advices on New gTLD Applications Including Closed Generics
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 …
ICANN Launches the New gTLD Customer Portal with Video Tutorials
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!
New gTLD Initial Evaluations Should Be Completed By End Of August says ICANN
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: …
ICANN Engagement Center to Open In Beijing
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 …
In wake of gTLD security criticism, ICANN announces emergency back-up registry operators
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 …