Earlier today we told you that ICANN Published A Study On Mitigating Risks Of Name Collisions from new gTLD domain names. Tonight Verisign published an answer to the study ICANN. On its company blog Verisign, in a post entitled "Uncontrolled Interruption? Dozens of “Blocked” Domains in New gTLDs Actually Delegated", Verisign in part says: The report "centers on the technique of … [Read more...]
ICANN Publishes Study On Mitigating Risks of DNS Collisions & Opens Comment Period
An independent report commissioned by ICANN, Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions, has offered a set of concrete recommendations on how to mitigate potential risks of domain name collisions A name collision occurs when an attempt to resolve a name used in a private name space results in a query to the public Domain Name System (DNS). "This report takes an in-depth look at the … [Read more...]
Is ICANN Leaving The US? Here Is Akram Atallah Of ICANN’s Answer
At the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference today that was held in Washington DC the question was asked to Akram Atallah of ICANN; is ICANN planning on moving from the United States? Here is the answer of Mr Atallah: There are no plans to move outside of the US, but you have to be somewhere, your have to be incorporated somewhere, so its an ongoing issue When ICANN was first created by … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Comment Period To Allow New gTLD Registries To Register Domains To Non-Trademark Holders In Sunrise
ICANN opened up a comment period yesterday to allow new gTLD registries to allocate the 100 domain names it is allowed to allocate to itself to other than trademark holders during sunrise under certain conditions. The comment period closed on February 28th ""Section 4.5.1 of the Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements (the "TMCH Requirements") contemplated the … [Read more...]
Breaking: The EU Wants Global Control Over ICANN In Wake Of NSA Revelations
In a press release issued by the European Commission this morning entitled "Commission to pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance". The EU stated the intend to "pursue role as honest broker in future global negotiations on Internet Governance" ""In the wake of large-scale Internet surveillance and reduced trust in the internet, the European Commission … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Up Comment Period On Inconsistent Decisions On CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM
ICANN has just opened up a comment period "to solicit community input regarding a proposed review mechanism to address perceived inconsistent Expert Determinations in the String Confusion Objection process in the New gTLD Program" The comment period is limited to the Expert Determinations made on String Confusion objections for .CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM. The comment period closes on March 11, … [Read more...]
ICANN Says Brands Are At Risk of Domain Abuse
Katy Bachman at AdWeek did a piece on ICANN and their statement that brands are at risk of domain abuse. They are warning brands to protect their intellectual property by using the Trademark Clearing House. The article mentions that many brands are not rushing to pay the $150/year per domain fee to register each brand. From the article: Try to follow this. Icann, the international … [Read more...]