According to a press release out today Hexonet has become the latest registrar to start taking "pre-registrations" or really expressions of interest for new gTLD domain names. As normal there is no charge for submitting a pre-registration and of course no guarantee that the pre-registration will result in a registration. Here is the press release. HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) announced … [Read more...]
ANA Warns Commerce Department About “Top-Level Domain Tsunami”
According to marketingvox.com, The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) urged the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to work within the Internet stakeholder processes of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to advocate for a "Do Not Sell registry" at the upcoming ICANN Board meeting next month in Toronto. The letter went on to note that "it would be a disaster for … [Read more...]
Radix Responds To Attack Letter on New gTLD Applications By Publishing Threat Letters From Attorneys
We wrote earlier today about the comment filed by the global law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP to ICANN saying that Radix's applications for new gTLD should be denied by ICANN based on the activity of Directi. I just received this response from Radix, which applied for 31 new gTLD's including .Ping, to the comment posted by the law firm, which represents the Ping golf equipment maker, … [Read more...]
eBay Loves Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Trademark Rights Protection Mechanisms For New gTLD’s & Hates TLDH
eBay filed several comments this afternoon with ICANN in support of Frank Schilling's Uniregistry applications for new gTLD's. While praising Uniregistry eBay bashes Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) policy. In its comments praised Uniregistry's trademark rights protection mechanisms contained in their application. eBay writes: ""eBay Inc. supports Uniregistry’s proposed trademark … [Read more...]
Manwin Owner of YouPorn.com Files Comment To ICANN Objecting To ICM’s Application for .Sex, .Porn & .Adult
Manwin owner of YouPorn.com just filed a comment with ICANN Objecting To ICM's Application to operate the new gTLD's .Sex, .Porn & .Adult. ICM is the operator of the .XXX TLD. Like the FSC yesterday, Manwin objected just to the applications filed by ICM not the application to operate .Sex filed by Internet Marketing Solutions Limited. In its comment, Manwin Licensing International … [Read more...]
American Medical Colleges Files Comments In Objection To the New gTLD .Health, .Medical, .Hospital .Doctor, .Healthcare & More
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) "a nonprofit association representing all 138 accredited US and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems; and 90 academic and scientific societies" filed an objection today with ICANN against the application for the new gTLD .Health, .Medical, .Hospital, .Healthcare., .Doctor, .College, … [Read more...]
Blacknight to ICANN: “The Registration of Generic Key Word TLDs Should Be Available to All People”
According to a press release we received today, Irish registrar and hosting company Blacknight sent an objection letter to ICANN concerning several new gTLD applications, which may seek to operate non-trademarked generic word TLDs in a “closed” manner. ""Blacknight have drafted a letter to ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) seeking clarification on pending gTLD … [Read more...]