ICANN has laid out for the first time, a timeline for the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) In a session today ICANN stated the cost to each registry would be between $7,000-$10,000 It seems unclear based on questions from the crowd whether that $7K-$10K fee would be per registry or per TLD. Despite the question being asked, there was no answer. For those applicants which applied for … [Read more...]
ICANN: “URS $300-$500 Price Target For URS May Not Be Met”
In a morning session at the ICANN Conference, in what was called an update to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system "implementation work indicates that the $300-$500 cost target any not be met." To remind you the URS is suppose to be a quicker faster and cheaper version of the UDRP of "clear cut cases of abuse" a repaid take down of sites. "How can we refashion the URS to get closer to … [Read more...]
ICANN Suspends Digital Archery Part of New gTLD Program Throwing Batching Process Into Limbo
Just one day after Kurt Pritz took over direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program, ICANN announced that it suspended the Digital Archery portion of the New Generic Top-level Domain Program "pending further analysis of the process", thereby throwing the whole batching process of new gTLD applications into limbo. "The primary reason is that applicants have reported that the timestamp … [Read more...]
ICANN Names Fadi Chehade As CEO
On Friday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is announcing Fadi Chehade as its CEO effective this fall. According to ABC News here is some background on Mr. Chehade: AGE: 50 EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, computer science, Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1985; master's degree, engineering management, Stanford University, 1986 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Systems … [Read more...]
ICANN: Kurt Pritz Appointed to Take On Direct Oversight of the Entire new gTLD Program
ICANN just announced that "Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program in an interim capacity". "He will assume the responsibilities of New gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar, who has resigned, in addition to his responsibilities as Senior Vice President for Stakeholder Relations." "Kurt will remain in this interim role, building on the … [Read more...]
How You Can Object To A New gTLD Extension & What Its Going To Cost You (Hint It’s Not Cheap)
So what if you want to object to a new gTLD string? The first thing you should know is that not everyone can file an objection. The second thing you should know is that filing an objection is not free, nor is it exactly cheap (pricing is at the end of the piece). The cost to object varies depending on the basis for your objection, of which there are 4, and like the UDRP in some cases, if … [Read more...]
ICANN: Issue 2.0 Takes New gTLD Application Details Offline
Another ominous 'issue" has been revealed tonight by ICANN which forced them "temporarily disabled viewing of the application details" for the new gTLD applications that was just published yesterday. In an announcement posted on ICANN' site: "We are looking into reports of an issue with the posted new gTLDs applications on the ICANN website. We have temporarily disabled viewing of the … [Read more...]