Talk about the land of golden opportunity. Less 1/2 hour after touching down on the ground in Colombia, I was walking around with over a million in my pocket. 1.7 Million to…
Category: ICANN
Beckstrom: ICANN Doesn’t Take Down Websites
Over the last week I have gotten several comments on my various posts on the domain name seizures with people asking what ICANN position is on them. Well Rod Beckstrom CEO of…
The ICANN Meeting That Looked Like A Dud, Is Suddently Looking Like A Battle
When I started asking people a few weeks ago whether they were going to attend the ICANN meeting in Colombia that starts today, the vast majority of the responses I got was…
Breaking News: US Government Opposes Launch of New gTLD Program in Cartagena
ICANN acknowledged on their blog today, that they received a letter today from the US Department of Commerce opposing the introduction of the new gTLD’s program in Cartagena. In its letter to…
ICANN New Guidebook: Terrorists Now Ok: Domainers 3 Strikes & You’re Out
In the new Guidebook issued by ICANN yesterday, (pdf) if you’re a domain holder that loses 3 or more UDRP (yes they are so fair and well grounded), you will be in…
Our Take On The ICANN Registry/Registrar Decision: The Big Guys Win/The Small Guys Lose
Yesterday ICANN shocked the domain world when it announced it would not prohibit registrars from owning registries and registries from owning registrars. Up to yesterday all the guidebooks on the new gTLD’s…
WTR: 81% Of Global Brands Applying For New gTLD’s Will Make It, Rather Than The .Com Their Master Brand
According to a study conducted by World Trademark Review (WTR) magazine found that of those brands planning to apply to run a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), 81% plan on making their…