ICANN has sent a notice to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland 1052 New Zealand A Notice of Breach of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA): ""Please be advised that as of 5 August 2013, Pacnames Ltd. (“Pacnames”) is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) dated 26 February 2012 (“RAA”). These breaches result … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Name Collision Study Could Derail 20% Of All Applied For New gTLD Strings
ICANN released the Name Collision Study it commission, which suggests the the applications for the new gTLD's .Corp and .Home be indefinitely delayed and that 20% of all new gTLD applied for strings be delayed for at least 3-6 months as additional studies are conducted. "ICANN commissioned and today releases the results of a study that considers the likelihood and impact of name space … [Read more...]
ICANN Publishes Dotless Domain Name Security and Stability Study Report & Recommends More Studies
ICANN released the Dotless Domain Name Security and Stability Study Report (pdf) tonight which was prepared by Carve Systems. Dotless Domains are a big topic of conversation ever since Google announced it wanted to operate the new gTLD .search as a "Dotless Domain" The bottom line of the report is that technically Dotless domains are possible, but there are some issues which require … [Read more...]
92 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .Quebec; .Honda; ,Android; .Staples; .Gap; .AARP; .Porn
92 more new gTLD's passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting the results today are the Geographic applications for .Quebec; and .Scot Leading .Brands applications passing today were the applications for .Android; .Honda; .Staples; .Gap; .AARP; .GMO; and .Ram Some generic string passing today included .Organic; .BlackFriday; and .Porn With today's results ICANN has gone … [Read more...]
ICANN Will Start Enforcing the New Expired Registration Recovery Policy (“ERRP”) At The End Of The Month
On August 31, 2013 ICANN will start enforcing the new Expired Registration Recovery Policy ("ERRP") . The ERRP is expected to promote better understanding of registrants' options and help alleviate common issues related to the expiration of gTLD registrations. This policy is intended to help align registrant expectations with registrar practices by establishing certain minimum communications … [Read more...]
104 New gTLD’s Pass ICANN IE: .Sydney; .Wow; .Gmail; .Catholic; Volkswagen; .Walmart; .MIT; .Comcast; .Realtor
104 new gTLD's passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today. The highlights for this week include the one of the most beautiful cities in the world .Sydney and some applications filed by Google's Charleston Road Registry Inc which had been passed over in some previous weeks IE results including .Gmail; .Wow; .FYI; .Shop; .Fun .Fly and .RSVP Other interesting new gTLD applications passing this … [Read more...]
Tucows Follows Uniregistry & Withdraws Two gTLD Applications .Media & .Marketing Leaving Donuts The Only Applicant
Three more new gTLD applications were withdrawn with ICANN today and two are very interesting. Tucows, Inc. withdrew two of its new gTLD applications one for .Media, just one week after another applicant Uniregistry dropped their application for .Media. and .Marketing just a little over a month after Uniregistry dropped their application for .Marketing. Tucows application for .Media had … [Read more...]