Yesterday an independent panel, the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (pdf) found in a 80 page decision, in favor of the ICM Registry against ICANN for its decision to eventually reject the .xxx extension and ruled that ICANN had to pick up all the costs of the independent panel to the tune of $475K and reimburse ICM the fees it paid for the application to the tune of another $241K. (ICM … [Read more...]
NonProfit? ICANN Releases Salaries: Beckstrom Over $2.2 Million Guaranteed; CFO $270K Per, Lawyer $230K Per PLUS PLUS
ICANN released its "compensation practices" today (pdf file) and for an organization that is "non-profit" there is some serious money being made by the insiders. According to the document, CEO Rod Beckstrom entered in to a three year employment agreement effective 1 July 2009 with a base salary of US$750,000 per year. Right. 3 years @ $750K per Guaranteed. In the height of the … [Read more...]
Comment Period On Uniform Rapid Suspension Procedure Closes Today: Get Your Comments In
As we discussed the other day, ICANN is considering the recommendation of one of its groups to "create a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure to protect trademarks" The public comment period ends today , 26 January 2010. You can read the proposal here. (pdf) To see all the comments submitted so far, click here. To make a comment you have to send an e-mail to … [Read more...]
VeriSign Sends You An Early Christmas Present: .Com and .Net Fees To Increase 7%
I Guess VeriSign just sent all of us an early Christmas present. My registrar just informed me that they received a notice today from VeriSign today that they were raising their fees by 7% on July 1, 2010. VeriSign fees for .com registrations and renewals will be increasing to $7.34 from its current $6.86 and .Net fees for registrations and renewals will be increased to $4.65 per … [Read more...]
“Much Worse Than The URS”, The Comment Period On The Fast Track UDRP Closes Tomorrow Friday Dec 11
On November 11th the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) proposed a quick, cheap, fast track UDRP process. The ICA says this proposal "is worse than the URS, and a danger to all current Domain name portfolios." "Allowing it to be put in effect via Supplemental Rules would be a scandalous travesty." By reducing the complaint form to a bare minimum, a very low application fee, and without … [Read more...]
ICANN CEO Beckstrom’s Monthly Newsletter For November is Out
Rob Beckstrom has published his monthly newsletter entitled "The Beckstrom Starfish Report" for November. I actually was not aware that the CEO of ICANN had his own monthly newsletter, but I received a copy of it via e-mail this morning. Beckstrom talks about his first 100 days as president of ICANN, the international oversight of ICANN away from sole US control and the New Top Level … [Read more...]
Comment Period On New gTLD Guidebook V3 Closes Today
The deadline to comment to ICANN on Version 3 of the gTLD guidebook (adobe file) is today at midnight. To see all of the comments submitted so far you can click here. To submit your own comment click here. As always once you submit your comment you will receive a confirmation e-mail from ICANN, in which you will have to click on a link in the e-mail, otherwise your comment will not be … [Read more...]