ICANN Publishes Fourth Annual Update on the InterNIC Whois Data Problem Report System and Announces Whois Data Accuracy and Availability Audits
ICANN recently launched a new program to address Whois related compliance issues. The program includes an annual Whois data accuracy audit, ongoing monitoring of registrars’ Whois servers for functionality, and the annual publication of a statistical summary of information gathered from the Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS).
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Following a number of member requests Nominet has decided to extend the deadline for the current governance consultation by one week to 9 May 2007. Nominet has also decided they shall host a panel discussion on the issues within the consultation to seek further member feedback on the same day as the AGM (2 May 2007). Nominet is updating its Articles of Association, the document that describes how the company interacts with its members, and the way in which it is governed. There are several issues which the board would like to address. Because of the number and complexity of the issues, Nominet is dividing the issues between two consultations. This first consultation deals with Board composition, policy and fees. (Read more…)
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Nominet members can now cast their vote in the 2007 board election. There are six candidates standing. The candidates’ statements and CVs are in the election booklet along with details explaining how to vote (click here for The Nominet announcement). Nominet will be hoping to avoid a repeat of 2006’s voting fiasco, which meant the winners had to be reinstated after calls for a revote The Register claims.
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ICANN has released a toolkit for Web site designers and application developers to fix problems caused by recently added Internet addresses. Some Web sites and applications are rejecting addresses ending in newer TLDs such as “.mobi” or “.info,” causing inconvenience for users, ICANN said. (Read more…)
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Under a preliminary injunction issued yesterday by US Federal Court Judge, Manuel J. Real, ICANN now has the right to terminate RegisterFly’s accreditation as soon as possible. The provision to ICANN of current and accurate data for all of RegisterFly’s domain names has also been ordered by the Court as RegisterFly failed to meet the conditions of a temporary restraining order (TRO) which the Court issued on April 16, 2007.
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A dispute between a Tribeca resident who bought the domain Tribeca.net in 1995 and who decided to use it 11 years later for a short-film festival called the Tribeca Network. The website officially launched in 2006. But somewhere in between 1995 and 2007, the Tribeca Film Festival was born. Both sides registered appropriate trademarks. Now the latter group have sent the former a cease-and-desist letter for trademark infringement at the end of 2006. A federal lawsuit was filed in late January and the owner of tribeca.net has since countersued for harassment. That it for now, the case is still ongoing!
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World Wrestling Entertainment in the USA filed suit in federal court Wednesday against a Minnesota man who it says is misappropriating the trademarks of an organization that was run by the “legendary Verne Gagne” from the 1960s to the 1990s. … WWE wants a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from using the trademarks or the awastars.com Internet domain name; all profits resulting from the alleged infringement; legal fees and expenses, and other unspecified damages.
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On 13 April 2007, ICANN received a communication from Telnic requesting an amendment to the .TEL registry agreement. Telnic has suggested language identical to the pricing terms in the 13 March 2007 amended .MOBI Registry Agreement. The amendment language created a fee cap of $0.75 per transaction. If approved by the ICANN Board, the amendment would change the amount of fees paid by Telnic to ICANN.
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When someone registers a domain name that includes the name of a major trademark, it is advisable to use extreme caution if you want to prevent being involved in expensive lawsuits.
Recently, a small car repair shop in Germany found itself in the midst of a legal battle against French car giant Peugeot. To promote their car repair and tuning facility, they had decided to register the domain name Peugeot-tuning.de. Needless to say that the German branch of the French car manufacturer Peugeot didn’t waste much time suing. The court battle turned out to be very interesting… (Read more…)
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