Frank Schilling's Uniregistry withdrew applications for two new gTLD's today reflected on ICANN's site. The application were for .Media and .Country Both of these application were due to have Initial Evaluation by ICANN released tomorrow as they had prioritization numbers 1,242 and 1,232 respectively so by withdrawing tonight Uniregistry picks up a 70% refund instead of the 35% it would have … [Read more...]
Over €1M Deposit Required To File A New gTLD Objection With The ICC, Partridge IP Law Tells ICANN
At the ICANN Open Forum today at Durban An attorney Mark Partridge took the floor to tell ICANN how much money an objector has to tie up to get their objection heard by the ICC. The ICC hear objections to new gTLD's that are based on limited public interest objections and community objections. Here is his statement: I have a new issue to present involving TLD objection process. I'm … [Read more...]
GAC Mucks Around But Leaves Durban With Hundreds Of New gTLD Apps Hanging In The Wind
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) just issued a summary of what it did during the ICANN meeting in Durban and issued what now appears to be a trend for ICANN meetings by issuing a "Communique" in this case forever to be known as the Durban Communique in which it addressed a few new gTLD applications but left the elephant in the room as Pink as ever. Going into the meetings the BIG question … [Read more...]
Constantine Roussos Says ICC Must Disregard Any New Policies/Changes & GAC Advice Made After Objection Deadline
In a letter sent to ICANN by Constantine Roussos on behalf of DotMusic, Limited who objected to other applications for the .Music new gTLD it urges ICANN to tell the ICC that is must disregard any new polices, changes and GAC advice given after the deadline for filing formal objection which was April 12, 2013. Mr. Roussos told TheDomains.com; "We note that Objections were filed BEFORE GAC … [Read more...]
Pinterest Lastest To Lose Legal Rights Objections To .New gTLD .Pin As 3 More Objections Are Thrown Out By Wipo
WIPO has decided three more Legal Rights Objections to New gTLD application and in all three cases the Objector has lost and the New gTLD applicant has won. The cases decided today are: Pinterest's objection to Amazon's application for the new gTLD .Pin; Defender Security Company objection to Merchant Law Group's application to its application for the new gTLD .Home and The Canadian … [Read more...]
.Amazon May Not Be Dead Yet As Trademark Groups Urge ICANN To Follow International Law Not GAC Advice
Trademark Groups urged ICANN to follow International Law not GAC advice and to approves the new gTLD application for .Amazon Claudio Digangi spoke on behalf of the International Trademark Association (INTA) on particularly on the geographic names issue. "INTA strongly supports the recent views expressed by the United States. in particular, that it does not view the sovereignty as a valid … [Read more...]
Lawyers Jump On New gTLD Wagon To Sell Webinar On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection & Application Decisions”
We knew that the new gTLD process would cause a lot of new businesses to spring up but we weren't counting on this one. A company is selling a Webinar aimed at Attorney's On "Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection and Application Decisions". The Webinar is subtitled: "Leveraging the Appeals Process and Courts to Overcome ICANN Determinations Absent Guidance" Here is a description of … [Read more...]