Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Chehadé : It was just a misunderstanding
· Policy & LawICANN CEO explains domain "hogging" comments made during the Davos Annual Meeting. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has responded (pdf) to a letter from Internet Commerce Association (ICA) regarding domain "hogging" comments he made in a Huffington Post ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Catching Up with The Internet Commerce Association
· Policy & Lawby Philip S. Corwin, Counsel, Internet Commerce Association [Asking a lawyer to keep a guest post to 600 words or less is impossible. So Phil Corwin's ICA update is a bit longer. But it's a great update, and it's good to know that ICA is still ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Who Will Throw Domain Investors Under the Bus?
· Policy & LawWhen will Washington decide to screw domain investors? When the U.S. health care bill passed, one of the provisions that got some attention is a tax on indoor tanning salons. The 10% tax goes into effect in July. When I saw this provision, I ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Big Changes for Internet Commerce Association
· UncategorizedICA to be replaced with new organization. This past weekend I caught word that Internet Commerce Association, the non-profit representing domainers' interests, was effectively shutting down the overarching organization. I caught up with board ... Continue Reading7 Comments
ICA Asks ICANN to Halt Expedited Domain Arbitration Plans
· Policy & LawDomain owner organization wants ICANN to review expedited UDRP proposals. Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter to ICANN, asking it to halt plans by two domain name arbitration providers to introduce different version of expedited ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Name Companies Spend $2M Lobbying Washington
· UncategorizedAnalysis shows over $2M spent in first half of year on lobbying. Domain name related companies continue to spend millions of dollars lobbying representatives in Washington, a study by Domain Name Wire shows. The analysis used public records filed with ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domain Industry Blog Watch
· UncategorizedA look at what domain bloggers and news sites are writing about this week. Various domain news sites and bloggers have written some great articles this week that are worth referring to. Demand for new gTLDs - Michael Berkens beat me to writing a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN.gone? Internet Battle Set for this Fall
· Policy & LawU.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) questions future of DNS management. ICANN's Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the U.S. government ends in September, and already countries around the world ... Continue Reading6 Comments
ICA Asks ICANN Ombudsman for Investigation
· Policy & LawInternet Commerce Associations requests investigation of Implementation Recommendation Team. Internet Commerce Association Counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter to ICANN's ombudsman requesting an investigation of Implementation Recommendation Team ... Continue Reading4 Comments