Tag Archives: ICANN

ICANN’s new infographic provides a high-level explanation of the Rights Protection Mechanisms that Trademark holders and their representatives can use to combat infringement during the Domain Name System expansion. New gTLD Program Rights Protection Mechanisms …

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com on the 20th of December 2013. ABSYSTEMS INC dba yournamemonkey.com ’s ( “ ABSYSTEMS ” ) Registrar Accreditation Agreement (“RAA”) with the Internet …

ICANN opened today a comment period for New gTLD Auction Rules. The purpose is to gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD …

Registrar NameJuice.com (“Brandon Gray”) has been behind the “Domain Registry of America”  (DRoA) or “Domain Renewal Group” scam that sends domain name expiration letters all over the world asking for domain name renewals at the price …

In the context of the recent Caribbean ICT Week, Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO, and Ms. Bernadette Lewis, Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation and …

ICANN Ombudsman has received a number of complaints about the results received from the dispute resolution providers in the new gTLD applications. He replied to these complaints and he said that the real problem is …

As of 5th of December 2013, 1 more ICANN accredited registrar (Jetpack Domains, Inc.) is in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Please be …

ICANN today issued comprehensive advice to IT professionals worldwide on how to proactively identify and manage private name space leakage into the public Domain Name System (DNS) and thus, eliminate the causes of name collisions …

ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Pacnames Ltd to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Pacnames Ltd. The affected gTLD …

Fadi Chehadé and Steve Crocker officially opened the new Washington DC office located at 801 17th Street Northwest during a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 13. This office serves as ICANN’s North American Engagement Center. …

The ASO Address Council (AC) is pleased to announce that Mr Kuo Wei Wu has been re-elected to fill Seat 10 on the ICANN Board for a three-year term. Mr Wu’s term will start at the end of the …

ICANN has launched a Strategic Planning Portal. Community input is a vital element of ICANN and the new Portal further integrates the community’s feedback in shaping the future direction of ICANN and it’s work. This new website will allow interested individuals and organizations from around …

The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. ICANN has ramped up the number of results to batches of 100 prioritized applications per week. The total number of passing applications is now …

The International Sugar Organization sent a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on the 29th of May saying that because if the International Organization for Standardization complaint to ICANN about the preventative protection for the acronyms of …