According to the New York Times, Mr. Puck’s lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, responded to the lawsuit filed by Minds+Machines against Mr. Puck and his wife by stating: """The Pucks remain strongly committed to the .food domain name and are excited about I.C.A.A.N.’s work. When the Pucks asserted their rights in the business they helped create, Minds + Machines and Top Level Domain Holdings filed a … [Read more...]
The Battle For .Eco & Just One Example Of The Nightmare ICANN Is Creating
I bet few domainers have an interest in the proposed .Eco domain, which is one of those new gTLD's, that has more than one interested party wanting to own the extension. (.nyc is another propose new extension with expected multiple applicants ) .Eco its looking like its going to be a battle between two political heavyweights, former United States, VP Al Gore and former Russian ex-president … [Read more...]
Front Running On Proposed g’TLD’s: Companies Are Getting Trademarks On g’TLD’s
You need to check out a very interest article just published by Michael Palage, who is an adjunct Fellow with The Progress & Freedom Foundation, entitled "New gTLDs: Let the Gaming Begin, Part I: TLD Front Running" The article talks about how certain companies, which are prospective g'TLD applicants, have already filed trademark applications associated with generic TLD strings such as … [Read more...]
Does The Internet Need A Non-Profit Extension? .NGO Is Proposed
There is a movement afoot to roll out a new gTLD that would be exclusively for charities and non-profit entities. I know your asking isn't that what .Org's are suppose to be for. The answer to that question is of course, but since the registry never required anyone to prove its non-profit status before obtaining or registering a .Org, its a opened extension. What is being proposed is a … [Read more...]
The Australian Government Says No To .XXX
The Australian government said today opposes an .XXX or any other gTLD that would establish a RedLight District on the Internet. According to a story appearing in the Australianit.news.com.au, the AusRegistry, which operates the domain registry for .au, said that it has been approached by several entities planning to apply to register adult-themed gTLDs including, .xxx and .sex, however, a … [Read more...]
Comment Period For The Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Closes On Monday:
We have talked about it since it came out, and now the time to put your comments on record at ICANN for the proposed Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The comment period closes on Monday July 6th. Although the URS on its face only applies to the new gTLD's, comments made by representatives of ICANN clearly indicate that they will in fact apply to all existing extensions (.com. .net. &.org) … [Read more...]
It’s Official: ICANN Wants The Proposed Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Rules To Apply To .Com’s
Back on June 1 we told you about a new proposal by the IRT a group of trademark holders who have committee status with ICANN and their proposal for a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for all new gTLD's. In that post we told you that this was going to be a problem for all domains holders, including existing extensions like .com, .net and .org. Today, in a very negative article on domaining, … [Read more...]