ICANN just issued a "thought paper"" entitled "Guidance for Preparing Domain Name Orders, Seizures & Takedowns" According to ICANN this “thought paper” offers guidance for anyone who prepares an order that seeks to seize or take down domain names. " However having read through the paper, what I don't see discussed is the legal rights of registrants and protections they should be given … [Read more...]
DotGreen Suggests How ICANN Should Use Funds From Contention Auctions
In a letter sent to ICANN by Annalisa Roger the Founder and CEO of DotGreen Community which has applied for the .GREEN TLD, suggested that ICANN use the proceeds of an auction of a contention string to go back to the "communities of users" for that particular string. As a backdrop, according to the ICANN Guidebook for new gTLD's , if applicants for a particular TLD or one found by ICANN to be … [Read more...]
NTAG Comments On RPM’s & Strawman Proposal
The New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) submitted comments today regarding ICANN staff’s “strawman proposal,” made in response to the IPC/BC quest for additional new rights protection mechanisms (RPMs). ""NTAG is a group of applicants operating under the umbrella of the Registry Stakeholder Group. NTAG is a diverse group of over 90 members accounting for nearly half of all new gTLD applications. … [Read more...]
ICANN Decides Where To Invest its $355 Cash Haul From New gTLD Program
The ICANN Board adopted a New gTLD Funds Investment Policy selecting Bridgebay Investment Consultant Services to assist in the design of a specific investment policy for management the funds held for the New gTLD Program" Here is the relevant part of Board Resolution. "ICANN has collected approximately US$355 million of application fees from applicants for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in … [Read more...]
ICANN 2014 Meeting Locations Announced: Singapore, London & North America
ICANN has announced that their 2014 meetings will be held in Singapore, London and somewhere in North America. The 2013 meetings will be held in Beijing China, South Africa and Buenos Aires. ICANN recently held a meeting in Singapore in June 2011, however that meeting was originally set for Jordan but due to conflicts in the middle east at … [Read more...]
ICANN 48 To Be Held In November 2013 in Buenos Aires
ICANN has selected Buenos Aires, Argentina as for their Latin America fall 2013 meeting. The Meeting will be held from 17-21 November 2013 The budget shall not to exceed US$2.37 Million The Buenos Aires meeting is designated as ICANN's 2013 Annual General Meeting. If your wondering Thanksgiving in the United States is November 28, … [Read more...]
New gTLD Applicant Group Blasts ICANN On “Slippage Of Timelines” In Program
New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) blasted ICANN on meeting its deadlines and time frames on various on the new gTLD program. The letter cites 6 major issues involving the new gTLD program and ICANN for extending previously announced deadlines: Release of Contention Sets Release of Background Screening Results Extension of Rights Protection Comment Window Extension of Objection … [Read more...]