The 68th new gTLD application has been withdrawn today. The new gTLD application was for an IDN: 广东 Which was applied for by the Xinhua News Agency and had a prioritization number…
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ICANN Orders Further Study On Dotless Domains
ICANN announced last night they were authorizing further study into dotless domains. Google recently announced that they were changing their application for .Search to an open rather than closed registry and they…
Famous Four’s DotHealth Creates Governance Council To Provide Imput On .Health
Dot Health Limited which is a Famous Four’s application to operate the new .Health top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the creation of a Governance Council that will allow the world health…
FairSearch Tells ICANN They Still Don’t Like Google Application For .Search
In a letter sent by FairSearch.org (FairSearch) to ICANN they urge ICANN to reject the new gTLD application for .Search filed by Google even after Google changes their application to make it…
91 New gTLD Pass IE: .NYC, .Microsoft, .GOP; .Kiwi, .Monster, .Berlin, .Youtube
a Total of 91 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) including 8 applications which were previously passed over. This is the most new gTLD applications to pass IE in a…
ICANN Approves The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) As A UDRP Provider
The ICANN Board approved the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) as an UDRP provider. The approval of ACDR as the first UDRP provider located in the Middle East “enhances ICANN‘s accountability…
ICANN Fall 2014 Meeting Heading Back To The US To Los Angeles
The ICANN Board announced tonight that is has selected Los Angeles California as its location for its third Meeting for 2014 The ICANN 2014 North America Public meeting, will be held…