The National Arbitration Forum, (NAF) has just released its proposed Supplemental Rules for Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) , including complainant fees that range from $375 - $500 depending on number of domains involved. The fee for the domain holder who gets hit with a URS is $400 if the complaint is for more than 16 domain names. However all domain holders will have to pay for a … [Read more...]
38 More New gTLD Pass IE: .Hiv. .Eco, .Green. .Wiki, .Coupon
38 more new gTLD applications passed Initial Evaluation (IE) today in results released by ICANN. Those passing today includes an .Eco application by Donuts, the application for .Green filed by dotgreen.org, .Hiv, and Google application for .Docs. Other applications passing IE today include those for the new gTLD strings; .Blog, .Online .Cam, .Wiki, Tattoo .insurance and Amazon's new gTLD … [Read more...]
.Bloomingdales Becomes 45th WIthdrawn New gTLD Application
Macy's Inc. just withdrew its new gTLD application for .Bloomingdales with ICANN. The application had a prioritization number of 1150 and becomes the 45th new gTLD application to be withdrawn. The .Bloomingdales registry was going to be operated on a closed basis. Here is how Macy's described registry, the new .bloomingdales gTLD will operate as a restricted registry, in which Macy’s Inc … [Read more...]
1&1 Owner of Mail.com Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Mail
1&1 Mail & Media GmbH, whose parent company is United Internet AG, just withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Mail. I think this is a very meaningful withdrawal because of the fact that as the applicant owns Mail.com and stands to be the biggest benfificaly of having the .Mail new gTLD and the most at risk for loss of business to a .Mail new gTLD. .Mail for this … [Read more...]
Microsoft Doesn’t Like Google’s Dotless .Search But Supports The GAC’s Move Against Closed Generics
Microsoft issued the following statement exclusively to TheDomains.com last night regarding events this week in at ICANN: “As the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to ICANN recommended this week, it is contrary to the free and open ideals of the Internet for a private commercial entity to act as gatekeeper to domains that consist of generic industry terms like .search, .cloud or … [Read more...]
38 More New gTLD Pass Initial Evalutions: 1st Non-IDN’s Passed is .Play: .Church & .Mormon Pass Too
39 more New gTLD applications have passed ICANN's Initial Evaluation (IE) and for the record the first non-IDN new gTLD extension to pass IE, is Amazon's application for .Play. Other applications passing today are for the generic .Party, .Energy, .Food Some of the new religion new gTLD's passed today as well as both .Mormon.and .Church passed IE Other generic applications passing today … [Read more...]
MiTek USA, Inc Withdraws All 4 Of Its New gTLD Applications Making it 43 Withdrawn Apps
MiTek USA, Inc. has withdrawn all four of its new gTLD applications. The withdrawn is now reflected in ICANN's website. The four new gTLD's applications were for .MII, .Connectors, .MITEK and .SAPPHIRE. .Mii faced rejection as being too close to .Mil, the domain name extension for the US military. MiTek was the only applicant for any of the 4 withdrawn new gTLD's The four withdrawn … [Read more...]