We heard a rumor a weeks ago that ICANN was going to cancel the June Meeting scheduled for Jordan to Singapore and wrote about it back on Feburary 17th ICANN has just made it official that the June ICANN meeting where the new gTLD's my finally be approved will be held in Singapore. The meeting will be June 19th-24th 2011. As I have wanted to fly on Singapore Air for quite a long time as … [Read more...]
ICANN Working Group Issues Recommendations Regarding Domain Hijacking
The working ICANN working group published its recommendations on the proposal that would allow domain owners to claw back domains for up to six months in the case of theft of a domain. Some worried that this provision would be used to undo a transaction by a seller that got a higher offer on a domain after a sale was made public or by someone who just changed their mind after a sale: ""The … [Read more...]
House Rep. Promises Hearings On New gTLD’s: “We Want To Ask Them Why It Is Necessary & Important To Do That”
During his remarks this weekend on C-Span Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who is the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, he promised a that the House would be holding a hearing on ICANN's plan on expand the number of top level domains otherwise known as new gTLD's. "We are also going to hold a hearing on ICANN's plan to dramatically expand the number of domain extensions, which … [Read more...]
ICANN: No Vote On New gTLD’s At ICANN SF
According to ICANN.org blog, there will be no board vote on the new gTLD's at the San Francisco ICANN meeting in March. ""We wanted to provide some additional information on the work being carried out by ICANN’s Board of Directors and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to prepare for their upcoming meeting in Brussels on the new gTLD program. As detailed in our recent announcements … [Read more...]
US Wants To Make Loser Pay For All Costs & Domain Transferred Under New Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS): ICA Responds
On last Friday, January 28th the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) submitted a paper to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee containing its suggestions for what position the GAC should push for at its February 28 – March 1 meeting with ICANN’s Board. According to the letter the U.S. wants the GAC to ask ICANN to make the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) into a “loser pays” system. The DOC … [Read more...]
We Should Find Out Next Week If UDRP Reform Is Coming: ICA Corwin Reacts
Next week on February 3 the GNSO (General Names Supporting Organization) of ICANN will take a vote on a motion that will determine whether ICANN will consider UDRP reform. The motion up for vote includes the following: ""RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of the UDRP. This effort should consider: How the UDRP has addressed the problem of … [Read more...]
WTR: Trademark Owners Plan to A Big Push For More Protection Before ICANN March Meeting
According to the WorldTrademarkReview.com, trademark holders are planning on making a big push for more protections for them and less rights for domain name holders during the ICANN board meets with the Government Advisory Council (GAC) next month before the ICANN March meeting in SF. The GAC is an ICANN advisory group made up of representatives from many governments. As we reported from the … [Read more...]