Lawsuit alleges Verisign has maintained an illegal monopoly over the .com registry. A California man has sued (pdf) Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and ICANN, alleging that their agreements governing .com have allowed Verisign to maintain an illegal monopoly ... Continue Reading1 Comment
TrustName customers report domain thefts after ICANN de-accreditation notice
· Domain RegistrarsCustomers question TrustName's response to alleged unauthorized transfers. Several customers of TrustName, a domain registrar that received a de-accreditation notice last week, claim that their domains have been stolen from the registrar. ICANN ... Continue Reading18 Comments
ICANN de-accredits “bulletproof” domain registrar
· Policy & LawRegistrar that catered to registrants likely to receive DNS abuse complaints loses its accreditation. In the end, it wasn't as bulletproof as advertised. ICANN has officially terminated the registrar accreditation of Fewmoretaps OU, d/b/a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
D3 partners apply for .gate and .sui
· UncategorizedWeb3 companies apply for domains in partnership with D3. Two web3 companies have confirmed that they have applied for top level domain names. Both are partnering with D3 on their ventures. Gate, which operates one of the largest crypto exchanges ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN’s answer on pre-Reveal Day deals doesn’t settle debate
· Policy & LawICANN’s response leaves room for competing interpretations of the Applicant Guidebook. Yes? No? Grey area? On Sunday, after getting conflicting thoughts from sources, I reached out to ICANN to ask whether applicants for the same string are ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ICANN rejects request for new TLD application extension
· Policy & LawApplicant filed request for reconsideration over top level domain application deadline. ICANN's Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) has denied a reconsideration request (pdf) from a prospective new TLD applicant who wanted extra time ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN: 1,600 new top level domain applications submitted
· UncategorizedApplications down slightly from 2012 round. ICANN announced today that it received 1,600 applications for top level domain names by the deadline yesterday. That's down about 17% from the total in the 2012 expansion round. Eleven hundred of the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Ethereum Name Service takes key step toward .ens
· Policy & LawNew foundation structure clears a hurdle for ENS's new TLD application. Ethereum Name Service has a new entity, clearing the path for the organization to obtain a new top level domain name. ENS token holders approved a proposal for "Next Era of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Welcome to the busiest month in the domain business
· UncategorizedThis August will be unlike any other. You probably read this headline and scratched your head. Isn't all of Europe out of the office? Isn't this the month that everyone is on the beach and no one is buying domain names? That's true, but this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign finally gets .web, plans to launch domain this year
· UncategorizedThe company paid $135 million in a 2016 auction before a drawn-out dispute. Finally. After a decade of fighting, Verisign announced yesterday that it now controls the .web top level domain. Nu Dot Co applied for the .web top level domain in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
