The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Confusion Objection Expert Determinations. The effect of this proposal, and the issue that is likely to be before the NGPC after the close of the … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10’s Of Million In Upside
On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN's history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN rules if there is more than one applicant for a particular domain name extension or string otherwise known as a new gTLD,(including those strings found … [Read more...]
European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy
The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is "deeply concerned about the implications that the Auction Rules in the gTLD program may have for the protection of public policy interests, competition, openness and innovation." "ICANN should implement Auction Rules that are consistent with its Bylaws, … [Read more...]
Fadi Chehadé: If We Fragment The Internet, ‘It Will Not Be The Internet As We Know It’
In an article in the Huffington Post, the CEO of ICANN said that fragmentation of the Internet was a primary concern. From the article: Fadi Chehadé, CEO Of ICANN, told HuffPost Live at Davos he thinks the "biggest threat" to innovation is a fragmented Internet. "The biggest threat is to start building walls that create frictions. Frictionless Internet, where innovation is permissionless... … [Read more...]
IBM/ Deloitte Goes With Trademark-ClearningHouse.Uno & TMCH.Uno to Promote Spanish Brand Awareness.”
IBM & Deloitte which operates the Trademark Clearing House for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) announced they will use the domain names TRADEMARK-CLEARINGHOUSE.UNO and TMCH.UNO to Promote Spanish Brand Awareness.” Dot Latin LLC announced today the delegation of two key domain names to Deloitte & IBM to support the Trademark Clearinghouse. Deloitte … [Read more...]
ICANN BC Committee Tells ICANN Not To Allow Singular & Plurals Strings (Again)
Elisa Cooper the Chair of the ICANN Business Constituency has told ICANN (again) not to allow singular and plural's strings of the same word. The letter dated December 30, 2013 was just published yesterday on ICANN' site yesterday. We at TheDomains.com previously stated that allowing singular and plural strings of the same word i.e. .car and .cars was going to be a huge mess and was one … [Read more...]
Google Registry Tells ICANN They Should Finish Off Last Resort Auctions In Six Months
Google Registry in its comment filed on the ICANN Last Resort says ICANN plan to conduct all of the Last Resort Auctions within one year is too long. Google wants the ICANN Last Resort Auctions to be all held within 6 months. Uniregistry told ICANN in its comment filed on the subject, that one year was too short of a period. Google Registry also makes a very good point that under the … [Read more...]