I saw a very troubling stat on the blog last night. A post I did a month ago about a joke going around around the Internet about domain names, got 5 times the readership as the post I wrote on Friday about the comment period closing on the URS proposal, which would give trademark holders a fast track to take down any domain that had a trademark and was parked. Only 64 of you had the interest … [Read more...]
Comment Period For The Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Closes On Monday:
We have talked about it since it came out, and now the time to put your comments on record at ICANN for the proposed Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The comment period closes on Monday July 6th. Although the URS on its face only applies to the new gTLD's, comments made by representatives of ICANN clearly indicate that they will in fact apply to all existing extensions (.com. .net. &.org) … [Read more...]
The ICA “Urges The Commerce Department to Extend and Revise Their Agreement with ICANN”
The Internet Commerce Association (the "ICA) made public tonight the comments it filed with U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) which is considering their agreement with ICANN with expires on September 30, 2009. If anyone doesn't understand the importance of having the ICA representing the interests of the average domainer, after taking into acccount this letter, the amicus brief that the ICA … [Read more...]
Appeals Court Reverses & Allows Suit Against Verisign To Go To Trial: This Is A BIG Deal
A lawsuit was filed in 2005 over the no bid, VeriSign contract, with ICANN which gave VeriSign a monopoly to administer the .com and .net registries., by the Coalition for ICANN Transparency (“CFIT”). Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reversed the lower court, and allowed the case to proceed against VeriSign, in the case of: CFIT v. VERISIGN, INC. The court … [Read more...]
The ICA’s Take On The Uniform Rapid Suspension & What’s it’s Going To Do About It
The Internet Commerce Association (the ICA) has just released its statement regarding the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proposal of the trademark group making up the IRT committee of ICANN. Yesterday we published a post, discussing the IRT committee and their proposals to increase protection for trademark holders in the domain world and make effect that would have on all domain holders, the … [Read more...]
Hate UDRP’s: Say Hello To Something Much Worse, The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS): Get Ready To Lose Your Domains
Trademark holders, unhappy with UDRP's, a system under which they already have over a 85% win rate, formed a group, The Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), which was given committee status by ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency "to give additional protection to trademark holders in the implementation of new gTLDs". If you want to see a list of members of the IRT click here. The … [Read more...]
Catching Up With The ICA & Important ICANN Issues They Are Working On To Protect Your Domains
On a quite Sunday, you should spent a few minutes and check 2 posts this week by the Internet Commerence Association (ICA). As a frequent reader to this blog, you should know due to the roll out of the new gTLD's there is a ton of activity going on with ICANN and many parties are weighing in. You should also know that because all registries what to be treated the same under ICANN rules, any … [Read more...]