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ICANN is asking for comments on “Closed Generic” gTLD Applications and the comment period opened yesterday 5 February 2013. ICANN is seeking public comment on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD applications and whether specific …

Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), the .biz .us and .co registry among other things, announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012 and provided guidance for 2013. Revenue increased 34% to $831.4 million in …

The New gTLD Program Committee has received correspondence from the community addressing “closed generic” TLDs and understands that members of the community term a “closed generic” TLD as a TLD string that is a generic …

Tumblr, Inc. has filed 9 separate UDRP complaints at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. All complaints were filed in the past 2 weeks and all 9 disputed domains appear to be typos of Tumblr.com. …

ICANN is seeking comments on a revised New gTLD Registry Agreement Including Additional Public Interest Commitments Specification and the comment period opened yesterday 5 February 2013. ICANN is seeking public comment on a revised draft of …

In a letter dated 31st of January 2013 Microsoft asked ICANN to consider requiring applicants for closed generic TLDs to either open the TLD or withdraw for a full refund. Microsoft expressed their concern, similar …

ICANN sent a notice of breach to Israeli registrar Black Ice Domains. As of 5 February 2013, Black Ice Domains, Inc. is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for …

This week, 831 transactions (715 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.63 million ($1.42 last week). Only 257 domains (235 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

The domain name nyg.com didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $36,666 USD but the reserve price wasn’t met. The auction had 256 bids from 227 bidders. There were 3 bidders with a $10,000 bid or higher. …

It is more than 7 weeks after the 1st Exclusive .info auction ended at Go Daddy and a lot of domains have not been transferred to their new owners. At first I thought that the …