Tag Archives: ICANN

ICANN is seeking public comments on a Proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), particularly on areas where ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team have not been able to reach agreement in principle. This represents the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar C I Host, Inc. on the 1st of March 2013. CI Host website at cihost.com does not resolve, there are no working telephone …

Objections to new gTLD strings must be submitted by 13 March 2013 at 23:59:59 UTC in order to be considered by Dispute Resolution Service Providers (DRSPs). The objection process is intended to afford businesses, individuals, …

ICANN is seeking for comments on the revised proposal of the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to serve as a UDRP dispute resolution service provider. “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve as …

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Power Brand Center Corp. on the 28th of February 2013. Power Brand Center Corp.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned …

ICANN published the Agenda for the “ICANN Special Board Meeting” that is being held on the 28th of February. Included in the “consent agenda” is the topic “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve …

Yesterday, February 26 2013, Afilias Limited send a notice to ICANN that they will be increasing the annual wholesale .INFO domain registry fee to $8.16 (including the ICANN fee), effective September 1, 2013, following the required …

ICANN released today the string similarity contention sets for New gTLD program. ICANN focused on the visually similar gTLD strings that resulted in only 2 “Non-Exact Match Contention Sets”: .hotels & .hoteis (small l is …