Actions suggest Verisign is ready to bring .web to market, not to bury it. Shortly after domain name registry Afilias filed for Independent Review over the .Web top level domain, Verisign filed an amicus brief asking for an end to the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Afilias files for Independent Review on .Web, further delaying domain name
· Policy & LawIt's still going to be a long time before .web domain names are available to register. Following a lengthy ICANN process and failed lawsuit filed by Donuts, Afilias has filed a complaint about .Web under ICANN's Independent Review Process. Here's ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Public Interest Registry (.Org) tax return provides insight into registrar marketing deals
· ServicesLatest tax return doesn't reflect new Afilias contract. Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages the .org top level domain, has filed its 2017 tax return (large PDF). It provides fresh insight into the non-profit's finances for 2017. It doesn't ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Donuts loses appeal in .Web case
· Policy & LawCourt of Appeals agrees that covenant not to sue is valid. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has ruled against top level domain name company Donuts over the .Web domain name. Donuts was one of the applicants for the .web ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Afilias moves HQ to United States
· ServicesTax law changes influence decision to move headquarters to U.S. Domain name registry Afilias has made the United States its legal headquarters, moving it from Ireland. The company created a new Delaware company, Afilias, Inc. and made its previous ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Australia’s .Au domain names are now managed by Afilias
· ServicesHandover to Afilias is now complete. It's already July 1 in Australia, and that means that Afilias is now the backend registry service provider for over 3 million domain names ending in .Au. .Au domain overseer auDA put the contract for managing .au ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.LLC and .INC domain names are on their way
· UncategorizedWith .Inc acquisition, we'll finally see two of the better corporate identifier domains this year. It's been a long wait, but two of the best "corporate identifier" top level domain names are coming to the market. Afilias' .LLC domain name is in the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
April’s top domain stories on Domain Name Wire
· UncategorizedHere's a list of the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. Also, check out the list of podcasts from the past month -- there were some great ones! 1. GoDaddy is closing an expired domain “loophole” - Backorders placed after ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Afilias plans to file IRP to halt .Web
· Policy & LawMore slowdowns for .web domain name. A lawyer for domain name registry Afilias says the company plans to file a Cooperative Engagement Process (CEP) and subsequent Independent Review Process (IRP) should ICANN move forward with delegating .Web to Nu ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Afilias hits pause button on Whois plans
· Policy & LawCompany backtracks on plans to redact Whois...for now. Two days after informing registrars that it planned to redact almost all information from Whois records to comply with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Afilias has put its plans ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment