Back to the drawing board for Nominet & .uk
February 28, 2013After announcing their plans to push for a shorter .uk second level domain back in October 2012, UK domain registry Nominet has been forced to rework the idea after it failed to garner much support.
ICANN publishes string similarity contention sets
February 27, 2013ICANN published its list of new gTLD contention sets that were identified during the string similarity review. On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, ICANN released the string similarity contention sets that were accumulated during the string
ICANN to unveil Trademark Clearinghouse
February 26, 2013ICANN has announced their plans to unveil a global repository of trademark information, the Trademark Clearinghouse, in preparation for the introduction of new gTLDs.
ALAC may raise objections to .health gTLD applications
February 18, 2013ICANN’s At-Large Advisory Committee may raise objections to five .health gTLD applications.
Google files UDRP against owner of 21 domains
February 15, 2013Google filed a UDRP complaint with the National Arbitration Forum against the owner of 21 Google-related domains. Google filed a UDRP complaint with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) against the owner of 21 Google-related domain names. The
Sedo racks up $1.57m in sales for the past week
February 15, 2013In the past week, Sedo’s marketplace conducted 800 transactions totaling $1.57m – the highest selling domain, Apuestas.com (“bets” in Spanish), sold for six-figures at €165,000 EUR (approximately $222k USD). The highest selling ccTLD was Veterinar.se, “veterinary” in Spanish, sold for €8,000
15th Feb 2013 Google files UDRP against owner of 21 domains
February 15, 2013Google filed a UDRP complaint with the National Arbitration Forum against the owner of 21 Google-related domains. Google filed a UDRP complaint with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) against the owner of 21 Google-related domain names. The
CEO of ICANN sets target date for TLD delegation
February 15, 2013Fadi Chehadé – the CEO of ICANN – has surprised a few in the industry by setting what some have called an “aggressive” timeline for the first new TLD delegation. The CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé has
Closed gTLD debate threatens big brands
February 14, 2013A recent public comment period was opened up in order to garner some feedback with regard to some gTLDs having been proposed with “single-registrant” business models. More precisely, the registry for the gTLD would have control over all of