Both Chanel and Adidas/Rebook filed federal lawsuits today over domain names. These are separate suits to the suits Chanel and Adidas filed last week. Both suits as the one's filed last week, were filed in the Florida Southern District Court. Here are the 54 domain names subject to the latest suit by … [Read more...]
The NewYorker Mag Covers New gTLDs: “The Great Internet Land Grab” & Calls Mr. Schilling A Squatter
The New Yorker Magazine just did a cover story on the new gTLD program entitled "The Great Internet Land Grab" "Suddenly reorganizing the way we navigate the web with new strings like .guru, .club, or .google might seem frivolous or strange, but entities like ICANN and its stakeholders insist that they will make the Web more intuitive and user-friendly; an address like AdoptA.dog is slightly … [Read more...]
Archeo (Marchex) Puts Up Over $7,400,000 (Estibot Value) Of Domains In Auction At SnapNames
Archo the company that Marchex is hoping to spin off into a separate public company is holding an auction of 71 domain names that have an appraised Estibot value of over $7.4 Million dollars. The auction which is currently ongoing closes on September 26th at 3:15pm Here are the domain names in the auction along with the reserved ranges and the Estibot valuation for each. If your looking … [Read more...]
ANA: ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has just weighted in on the Name Collision issue in a in a letter sent to ICANN. The title of the letter is "ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability" It should be noted that the ANA has not been the greatest fan of the new gTLD program in general. "The Interisle Consulting Group clearly stated in the … [Read more...]
On Day Of Hacking, Melbourne IT Announces CEO Theo Hnarakis will Step Down By the End of Year
Melbourne IT chief executive Theo Hnarakis will step down by the end of year after more than a decade as CEO according to afr.com The move comes on the day that it appears hackers associated with the Syrian Electronic Army Group hackers gained access the New York Times and Twitter amongst others although Melbourne IT who hosted the websites domain names. However, the story did not mention … [Read more...]
As Comment Period On New gTLD Name Collisions Come To An End, Comments Flood Into ICANN
As the comment period for the Name Collision report comes to an end there were plenty of comments submitted by applicants and others. May of the comments simply endorsed the letter of NTAG to ICANN submitted during the comment period, while others siply asked for the comment period to be extended Here are some of the more interesting submitted comments: The Afnic/CORE consortium, the … [Read more...]
ICANN Newest On Name Collision: 20% Uncalculated Risk New gTLD’s Can “Begin Contracting” But Puts Exection Of Contract On Hold
ICANN issued this statement on name collision report last night and the effect it will have in contracting: "ICANN has solicited community comment on the mitigation steps outlined in the staff recommendation paper, with a comment close date of 27 August 2013 23:59 UTC. Pending receipt of community feedback on the staff mitigation proposals, ICANN intends to proceed with New gTLD applications as … [Read more...]