The co-chairman’s of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, wrote to ICANN telling them they need to approve Amazon’s application for .Amazon which has been rejected due to “rights” asserted by Brazil nor Peru…
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Namecheap Launches Respectourprivacy.com To Save Private Whois Registrations
Namecheap.com, in association with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Fight For The Future (FFTF), launched the website Respectourprivacy.com to allow people to file a comment with ICANN letting them know they…
.Sucks Gets Almost 3,400 Domain Registrations At Prices Up To $2,499 in Sunrise
The .Sunrise period for the new gTLD .Sucks generated over 3,400 domain name registrations at pricing ranging up to $2,500 per domain name. Premium .Sucks Sunrise registrations were sold for up to…
Electronic Frontier Foundation Tells ICANN Not To Extend URS To .Travel
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) has filed a comment with ICANN objecting to the Extension of Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to .Travel Domains. “The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization…
Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today…
When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final Report July 2017
There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD’s. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest…
ICANN CEO Fadi Writes On Huffington Post “A Critical Moment for the Future of the Internet”
In a story just published by the HuffingtonPost.com, entitled “A Critical Moment for the Future of the Internet” the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehadé, who has already announced he will be stepping…