Board wants .web participants to make their argument...again. ICANN's Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) is set to decide the fate of .web. But first, it wants everyone involved to rehash what has happened. The quick backstory: a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Panel admonishes Afilias over .web appeal, Verisign claims victory
· Policy & LawIndependent Review Panel says appeal was frivolous and orders it to pay ICANN's legal costs. An Independent Review Panel (IRP) has denied Afilias' latest attempt to wrest control of .web away from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and has ordered the company to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
PIR acquires 4 charitable top level domains, announces RSP contract bidding
· UncategorizedNon-profit expands its TLD portfolio and announces bidding for backend registry services. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that manages .org, has acquired four top level domain names in two transactions. First, the non-profit ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign applies pressure to ICANN to delegate .web
· Policy & LawVerisign is tired of delays (as it should be). Verisign is applying pressure to ICANN to delegate the .web top level domain name to it. Today, the company published a blog post that follows up to a letter (pdf) that Nu Dot Co sent to ... Continue Reading6 Comments
What’s next for .Web
· Policy & LawThis week, ICANN published an Independent Review Panel (IRP) decision in a long-running dispute about .web. You can read the background and the result of the decision here. So, what's next for .web? It depends. Afilias was the runner-up in the ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Panel faults ICANN and tells it to make a decision on .web
· Policy & LawPanel determines that ICANN violated its bylaws by failing to make a decision about Verisign's deal for .web. "...[ICANN] has violated its commitment to make decisions by applying documented policies objectively and fairly." This is the big ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Donuts completes Afilias acquisition
· UncategorizedDonuts now owns Afilias. Top level domain name company Donuts has completed its acquisition of Afilias, the company announced today. Donuts’ CEO Akram Atallah said, “We expect no changes in the short term, and ample notice on any changes that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Is Chehadé why ICANN’s board is reviewing Afilias deal?
· Policy & LawFadi Chehadé is still on Donuts' board. Top level domain name company Donuts announced last month that it is acquiring Afilias. Later this week, ICANN's board of directors will consider a change of control request for Afilias. As Kevin Murphy of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Org in 2019: $67.5 million to ISOC, $18.3 million to Afilias
· UncategorizedNon-profit that runs .org publishes tax return. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organization that runs the .org top level domain, has published its 2019 tax return (pdf). There are two big numbers on the return. First, the Form ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Donuts is acquiring Afilias
· UncategorizedA blockbuster transaction in the domain name industry as two registries combine. Donuts, the largest top level domain name operator in terms of number of extensions, is acquiring domain name registry Afilias. The deal includes Afilias' "owned ... Continue Reading10 Comments