GNSO approves motion for changes to registrar accreditation agreement. At the Mexico City ICANN meeting, Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) approved a motion to adopt changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) including new ... Continue Reading6 Comments
VeriSign Notifies Registrars About Domain Tasting Changes
· Policy & LawVeriSign sends notice about changes to add grace period rules. As required by a new ICANN policy, VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has notified its registrars about changes to the Add Grace Period policy. These changes were made to limit the practice of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN Releases Four Updates for New gTLDs
· Policy & LawICANN releases draft "Explanatory Memoranda Papers" for review. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today published four draft papers about the introduction of new global top level domains (gTLD). (For a primer on these new ... Continue Reading5 Comments
New Top Level Domain Names: Challenges and Opportunities
· Policy & LawA look at the coming launch of new top level domain names and what it means for trademark holders, domainers, and the internet community. The overview of the new TLD (top level domain) process below is based on my research and a discussion last week ... Continue Reading7 Comments