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,…
Category: ICANN
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…
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…
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;…
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…
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…
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Three more new gTLD applications were withdrawn with ICANN today and two are very interesting.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…