The American Hospital Association (AHA’s) which they say represented "more than 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and health care organizations, and its 40,000 individual members", filed an objection with ICANN to the new gTLD of .health. "Since 1898, the AHA has worked to advance the health of individuals and communities, and to lead, represent and serve hospitals, health systems and … [Read more...]
eBay Loves Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Trademark Rights Protection Mechanisms For New gTLD’s & Hates TLDH
eBay filed several comments this afternoon with ICANN in support of Frank Schilling's Uniregistry applications for new gTLD's. While praising Uniregistry eBay bashes Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) policy. In its comments praised Uniregistry's trademark rights protection mechanisms contained in their application. eBay writes: ""eBay Inc. supports Uniregistry’s proposed trademark … [Read more...]
Manwin Owner of YouPorn.com Files Comment To ICANN Objecting To ICM’s Application for .Sex, .Porn & .Adult
Manwin owner of YouPorn.com just filed a comment with ICANN Objecting To ICM's Application to operate the new gTLD's .Sex, .Porn & .Adult. ICM is the operator of the .XXX TLD. Like the FSC yesterday, Manwin objected just to the applications filed by ICM not the application to operate .Sex filed by Internet Marketing Solutions Limited. In its comment, Manwin Licensing International … [Read more...]
American Medical Colleges Files Comments In Objection To the New gTLD .Health, .Medical, .Hospital .Doctor, .Healthcare & More
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) "a nonprofit association representing all 138 accredited US and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems; and 90 academic and scientific societies" filed an objection today with ICANN against the application for the new gTLD .Health, .Medical, .Hospital, .Healthcare., .Doctor, .College, … [Read more...]
ARI Registry Services Publishes A White Paper Calling An Alternative Model To Trademark Clearing House
ARI Registry Services, working in consultation with Neustar, Verisign and Demand Media , published today three white papers that outline concerns with ICANN’s current Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) proposal and "provide an alternative model that addresses those concerns whilst meeting all the requirements outlined in the Applicant Guidebook and those further stipulated by ICANN". The proposed … [Read more...]
Only 2 More Days To Comment To ICANN On The New gTLD Program
September 26th is the last day to file a comment on the new gTLD program, any of the applicants or strings. As of publication there are almost 8,000 posted comments. If you would like to comment you will need to create a user account with ICANN which you can do here. You can view all the submitted comments here. … [Read more...]
ICANN Publishes Schedule For ICANN 45 Toronto Meeting
ICANN has just published the full schedule for its Meeting in Toronto and as usual its jammed packed with sessions and meetings many going on at the same time in different rooms. If you have never gone to an ICANN meeting and live in North America this is going to be your last chance for a while as the next two meetings in 2013 are already set for China and South Africa. The conference is … [Read more...]