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Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years

February 11, 2016 by Michael Berkens

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 role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the successful transition of the IANA functions." "To ensure that root operations continue to perform at the same high level during the expected 10-year term of … [Read more...]

Former VP of ICANN Hired By Facebook For “New Domain Name System Strategy & Management Team”

November 6, 2015 by Michael Berkens

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 Management Team" which she says "will help improve the global framework for domain names, IP addresses, numbers and related elements." Denise "will be working across Facebook departments and collaborating … [Read more...]

Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS

October 10, 2015 by Michael Berkens

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 Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). This Preliminary Issue Report is the result of that request. "The question of who legally has rights to, or is the legitimate holder of, a domain … [Read more...]

DOMAIN TASTING REPORT ISSUED, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NOW OPENED

January 7, 2008 by Michael Berkens

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 legitimate processes to register a domain name and then tests to see if the address has sufficient traffic to provide more income than the annual registration fee (usually … [Read more...]


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