Domain Name News

A total of 499 PIC Specs have been received and are now posted on the Current Application Status page on the new gTLD microsite. In an announcement on 5 February 2013, ICANN requested that New …

ICANN participated in an event, as part of the Arab IGF initiative, in Dubai, UAE from 3-5 March. The Arab Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting was hosted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of UAE as part …

Domain Name: avayo.net UDRP Provider: National Arbitration Forum Case Number: 1487607 Complainant: The complainant is probably Avaya Inc. that has filed 6 complaints since 2008 and has lost 2 of them as the company has …

In an announcement on 5 February 2013, ICANN requested that New gTLD applicants submit PIC Specifications. PIC Specifications provide applicants with the opportunity to make public interest commitments based on statements made in their applications …

This week, 842 transactions (844 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.35 million ($1.6 last week). Only 278 domains (279 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

Namejet released it’s auction sales report for February 2013. Only domain names that were sold for over $2,000 are listed, Namejet was unable to provide a list of domains that sold for lower amounts. The …

EURid just published “.eu identity” magazine for Spring 2013. The latest issue has some interesting articles such as the one where Digital strategist, William Deckers, reveals five unique advantages that Internet businesses have over their …

An updated version of the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) Procedure [PDF, 168 KB] and the URS Rules are now available for download. Last month ICANN apointed the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) as the first URS provider. …

Sears filed a UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) complaint at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The complaint was filed for 96 domain names, all relating to Sears or Sears services such as: searcad.com …

ICANN announced the implementation of the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (“ERRP”). All ICANN-accredited registrars and gTLD registries are required to comply with the Expired Registration Recovery Policy by no later than 31 August 2013. This …

ICANN just published the Approved Board Resolutions for the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board that was held on the 28th of February. “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve as UDRP Provider” was …

UDRP complaint for WeKnowMemes.com was denied by 3 member panel at WIPO while the domain UrbanHome.com was transferred as the owner didn’t ask for a 3 member panel and got a crazy decision in return. …

In an announcement on 26 February 2013, ICANN published a list of string similarity contention sets wherein two or more applied-for gTLD strings are identical or so nearly resemble one another visually that they are …

WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet, the leading domain name auction platform, and Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, …