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…
Category: ICANN
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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….