Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 19 November 2008
A draft ‘Applicant Guidebook’ for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is now available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian for review and comment at http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm . The draft Guidebook provides information for those interested in applying for new generic top-level domains.
Designed to accompany the draft Applicant Guidebook is a set of Explanatory Memoranda that are intended to assist understanding of the implementation work for new gTLDs.
2009 ICANN Nominating Committee Convenes in Cairo
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 19 November 2008
The 2009 ICANN Nominating Committee (Nom Com) has been convened and met for the first time on 7-8 November, immediately following the 33rd International ICANN Public Meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Prior to the Cairo meeting, on 28 August 2008, the ICANN Board appointed Tricia Drakes as Nom Com Chair. Tricia has selected Alan Levin as Associate Chair. Due to the bylaws, Hagen Hultzsch, the previous Nom Com Chair will serve as an advisor to the current Nom Com.
2009 Nom Com will select:
Posted by Jeff Behrendt , Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Nominet, the governing body of the .uk domain space, has not been a happy place since the contentious Board election earlier this year. Events have really come to a head in the last week.
On November 10, 2008, one of the domainer members of the Board of Directors, Jim Davies, issued a public letter calling for the resignation of both the CEO, Lesley Cowley, and the Executive Chairman, Bob Gilbert, of Nominet. In his letter, Mr. Davies claims that the CEO and the Executive Chairman have engaged in a campaign against him since his election, including making false allegations, including allegations of criminal conduct, and mishandling complaints against him.
ICANN Goes to Sydney in June 2009
Posted by David Goldstein , Tuesday, 18 November 2008
ICANN has selected Sydney as the venue for their June 2009 meeting that they expect around 1,700 experts from around the world to discuss issues regarding the future of the Internet such as new gTLDs, internationalised domain names and the security of the DNS.
Pisos.net makes Six-Figure Sedo Domain Sale
Posted by David Goldstein , Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Sedo’s domain name sales for the week to 11 October resulted in a big .net sale with pisos.net selling for €150,000. “Pisos” means “story” in Spanish. Other notable sales were aed.nl, selling for €25,500, rencontre.org (€25,000 – meeting in French), voyance.net (€25,000 – clairvoyance in French) and telefonbuch-deutschland.de (German telephone book) selling for €19,500.
Posted by David Goldstein , Tuesday, 18 November 2008
In his speech at the ICANN meeting in Cairo, the ITU’s Hamadoun Touré "spoke openly of the ongoing ‘war’ between ICANN and the ITU writes Milton Mueller. Mueller notes Touré demanded a stronger role for governments in ICANN, dismissed ICANN’s GAC as "cosmetic" (quite wrong says Mueller) and correctly accused the IGF of "avoiding issues" but also rather harshly dismissed it as a "waste of time." Mueller commended "Touré for his forthrightness, which is all too rare in international organizations. Unfortunately, his blunt speech supports the wrong cause."
RickLatona.com Announces Auction List for TRAFFIC Down Under
Posted by Jeff Behrendt , Monday, 17 November 2008
The TRAFFIC Down Under Conference starts in Australia tomorrow. They are featuring two live domain auctions, one held by Aftermarket.com and a second held by RickLatona.com . Today RickLatona.com released the list of domains that they will be offering on auction on Thursday. You can view the list of domains here.
There are a range of domains for all budgets. Highlights of the auction include stellar geo domains, such as Belgium.com and Venice.com. As well, many domains are offered without reserve.
It is also possible to bid on the auctions in advance, or to bid online during the auction. To participate, you can go here.
Posted by press , Monday, 17 November 2008
Amsterdam/Prague 17th November – A few hours before the launch of its Grandfather period, the CO.NL Operator is proud to announce that the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) has agreed to commit the resources of its Online Dispute Resolution Platform to .CO.NL domain names. Court Orders Wikipedia.de Blocked
Posted by Jeff Behrendt , Sunday, 16 November 2008
If you go do Wikipedia.de, which is how many Germans access the German version of Wikipedia, instead of forwarding to the German version of Wikipedia, you will find a legal notice which, translated into English says:
The county court of Luebeck (North Germany) has issued an order in the name of Lutz Heilmann, Member of Parliament (left party/post-communist) that the German Wikipedia (Wikimedia e.V.) must not allow linking its domain wikipedia.de to the Web site wikipedia.org, as long as the German language version of wikipedia.org makes certain statements.
Posted by David Goldstein , Sunday, 16 November 2008
Taverse Legal asks "Have you implemented a domain name strategy?" The reason they ask this questions is "Many established businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups fail to account for their use of domain names in their general business planning. A comprehensive and effective domain name strategy can often boost profits and extend your marketing to new niches, all while defending from would-be cybersquatters and others that would seek to cash in on your business’s goodwill. An effective domain name strategy consists of a plan to protect your trademarks in domain names, to register generic domain names related to your business niche, to defensively register domain names similar to your trademarks, to monitor for confusingly similar domain names, and to handle cybersquatters and typosquatters through legal and extra-legal means."
