News is flowing after ICANN's latest round of meetings: "ICANN is pleased to announce the designation of two new sponsored Top-Level Domains (sTLDs), .JOBS and .TRAVEL. The ICANN Board approved the designation at the 22nd ICANN International conference ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN meetings begin in Argentina
· Policy & LawICANN meetings will run from April 4 to April 8 in Argentina. ICANN's agenda items include: -DNS Security -Domain Name Hijacking -The World Summit on Information Society -Regional At-Large meetings with user groups from across Latin America ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Gripe site wins trademark case
· Policy & LawA San Diego man won a trademark infringement suit for his domain www.bosleymedical.com. The man set up the site to gripe about Bosley's hair restoration program. According to an AP article, "The appeals court, mirroring rulings by at least two other ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling
· Domain Sales, Policy & LawAs a reminder that domain name hijacking was alive and well even before ICANN's recent policy changes, a federal appeals court last week rejected Steven Cohen's appeal last week that he pay businessman Gary Kremen $65M for stealing the domain name sex.com ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy starts petition to keep WhoIs privacy
· Policy & LawGoDaddy, perhaps the most vocal opponent of the recent decision to nix proxy registrations of .us domain names, has created an information site and petition in favor of keeping private WhoIs registrations. You can visit the site at ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.net domain name prices may drop
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Policy & LawIt looks like prices for .net domain registrations might drop under Verisign's proposed new deal with ICANN. The proposal calls for a registry charge of $4.25 per domain name per year, including a $.75 ICANN tax. Currently, the fee charged to registrars ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Telcordia: Keep .net domain at Verisign
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTelcordia released its official report on which registry it thinks should managed the .net extension going forward (see "Nuetral Party to Evaluatate .Net Applicants by March 28"). Telcordia recommended that Verisign retain management of the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Apple fans don’t understand domain name rights
· Policy & LawI came across a posting on SpyMac today about the itunes.co.uk domain. The title of the posting shows how little Apple fans understand about domain names. Many of the comments are about how Apple has been wronged and that Benjamin Cohen is a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Speaking of cybersquatting…
· Policy & LawNow here's a case where someone uses a trademarked name to capitalize on a situation. Paul Pashibin registered the Internet domain name tcfbankstadium.com on the same day TCF announced a deal with the University of Minnesota for a $35 million stadium ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ITunes.co.uk Owner to Appeal Domain Order to High Court
· Policy & LawThe (current) owner of itunes.co.uk is appealing Nominet's decision that forces him to hand the domain name over to Apple. And with good cause. As owner Benjamin Cohen said in a statement, "I must admit that we were not expecting the decision by ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment