Yesterday I was having a couple of meetings at the restaurant where the ICANN conference is being held with some RightoftheDot.com clients. As we were seated a large group walked passed us and sat down at the adjoining table and I couldn't help but notice their attendee badges. Homeland Security, ICE, Interpol, FBI, DOJ. Serious guys. It was a large group of over 10 and all were law … [Read more...]
Report Says 1/2 Of All Rogue Online Pharmacy Domains Are Registered At Two Registrars & Internet.bs is #1
A new report says that 1/2 of all rogue online pharmacy domain names are registered at two registrars. According to LegitScript verification and monitoring service for online pharmacies, "at least one-third of all active rogue pharmacy sites are registered at Internet.bs," and maybe responsible for up to "nearly 44 percent." The story first reported by krebsonsecurity.com interviewed the … [Read more...]
Beckstrom: 254 Registered Users In TAS For New gTLD’s
In his remarks from the opening ceremony of the ICANN conference, the CEO Rod Beckstrom said that as of last night there are now "254 registered users in the on-line application system." "Each user can submit multiple gtld applications, so when the registration period closes later this month on the 29th of March, in just 17 days, we will know the total number of users, but we will still have … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Paul Keating ON “ABUSIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FILINGS” The UDRP Case Of AutoOwnersInsurance.com
This Guest Post was written by Paul Raynor Keating, Esq.[1] one of the preeminent attorney’s practicing in the domain industry. Paul has handled many UDRP’s and had some thoughts about a recent UDRP involving the domain name autoownersinsurance.com. Paul's post appears unedited: ""The recent decision in autoownersinsurance.com is a perfect example of things going from worse to horrible. … [Read more...]
Manwin Amends Complaint Against ICM & ICANN & Drops 2 State Claims & Talks Of Settlement
According to a Press Release by Manwin Licensing International, they filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit for antitrust violations against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ICM Registry (ICM). In the PR Manwin says that the amended complaint drops two related state law claims against ICM and ICANN. "While Manwin believes that it would have prevailed on … [Read more...]
FCC Commissioner Warns Of Treaty That Would Move Control Over Domains From ICANN To The UN & Worse
In a op-ed piece written by Robert M. McDowell who is a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for the New York Times Today, Mr. McDowell warns of an international movement afoot to give take control to regulate the domain name system away from ICANN and the US and hand it over to the United Nations. As the NYT story is by subscription only we can't quote much from the story but … [Read more...]
Update On Manwin Vs ICM on .XXX: Motions To Dismiss Off The Calendar: Settlement Talks Underway?
In the ongoing lawsuit that Manwin filed against ICM Registry and ICANN over the .XXX TLD, the parties today entered into a joint stipulation that allows Manwin to file an amended complaint by January 17th and gives ICM 60 days to file a response to the complaint. You may remember that ICM filed motions to dismiss the case filed by Manwin, the operator of adult sites such as YouPorn.com in … [Read more...]