On Friday in releasing its Initial Evaluation results ICANN mistakenly showed that the new gTLD application for the Geographic area of .Taipei failed IE and was not eligible for Extended Evaluation. However today ICANN has correct what was an error on their part and is showing the application for the new gTLD application .Taipei is in fact eligible for extended evaluation. The application … [Read more...]
ICANN Spends Almost $1.5 Million On NON-STAFFERS To Attend Last Two ICANN Meetings; Including GAC Members
According to two reports published by ICANN.org its spent over almost $1.5 Million in transporting, housing, feeding and for Visa's for 379 NON-ICANN staff to attend the last two ICANN meetings. ICANN of course pays for its own staff's air travel, hotel and Per Diem fees to compensate for meals, even the cost of Visa's to get people into the country, but ICANN also paid those costs not for … [Read more...]
UPDATED 85 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE, 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing .Rio; .NetFlix; .Ping; .Lamborghini .Tiffany
85 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. In a record setting week where 7 applications were send to extended evaluation and one geographic new gTLD failed the application process and is not eligible for extended evaluation. The 7 New gTLD applications that are heading for extended evaluation are: 818 FRL Metaregistrar B.V. 1186 EXPRESS Express, … [Read more...]
Napa Wine Association Letter to ICANN Makes It Clear They Should Have Applied For .Napa/.Wine Instead Of Just Whining
After reading the letter sent by Bruce Cakebread telling ICANN how the 500 members of the Napa Valley Vintners need protection from the new proposed gTLD's of .Wine and .Vin, I walked away thinking that the wine producers of Napa simply missed their chance to apply for .Napa and/or .Wine and now just want to whine about it. In his letter representing the association Mr. Cakebread told ICANN … [Read more...]
National Association Of Realtors Reminds ICANN .Realtors Is a Brand App & Should be Outside Of GAC Advice
In a letter sent to the Chair of the new gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) The National Association Of Realtors reminded ICANN that its application for the new gTLD .Realtors is a brand application, not a generic application and should be freed from GAC Advice. Oh by the way they would also like a response to their letter of over a month ago on the same subject: "We send this correspondence for … [Read more...]
ICANN Denies Booking.com Request To Reconsider String Similarity Panel Ruling; Bad News On Cam Vs Com?
In turning down Booking.com request for reconsideration the ICANN Board appears to also have bad news for those that think the Board will step into settle the .Com Vs .Cam split decisions. As for Booking.com ton July 7th 2013, they submitted a the ICANN Board to reconsider the ICANN staff action of 26 February 26th 2013, when the String Similarity Panel placed the applications for .hotels and … [Read more...]
ICANN Screwed Up By Not Requiring Joining All Objections By One Objector Against the Same String Into 1 Proceeding
Last nights news that a International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) panelist ruled (pdf) that .cam and .com are too confusingly similar to coexist after two different panels ruled days earlier that the strings were not similar confusing, shouldn't be a huge surprise to anyone in the domain space. After all anyone that follows UDRP's on a regular basis knows there is little consistency … [Read more...]