In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer…
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Former VP of ICANN Hired By Facebook For “New Domain Name System Strategy & Management Team”
Denise Michel who was formerly with ICANN as VP of Strategic Initiatives and Advisor to the President, has been hired by Facebook to work on Facebook’s new “Domain Name System Strategy and…
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the…
DOMAIN TASTING REPORT ISSUED, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NOW OPENED
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) which is ICANN’s main policy body released its report on domain tasting today. ICANN describes domain testing as follows: “Domain tasting is where someone uses existing…