The new top level domain objection process became a sore spot on the road to new top level domain names. ICANN and its various constituents had goals for which types of new top level domain names would find their way to the internet. Limit ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Ameritrade loses .broker objection against company that spent $4.7M in IG.com
· Policy & LawIG Group's .broker top level domain name application survives objection procedure. TD Ameritrade has lost a Limited Public Interest (LPI) objection against IG Group's application to run the .broker top level domain name. IG Group is the company that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Music, .Song, and .Tunes new top level domain name objections against Amazon.com dismissed
· Policy & LawAmazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music's (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com's bids to run the ... Continue Reading4 Comments
21 community objections have been decided. So far it’s unpredictable.
· Policy & LawIt's difficult to predict the outcome of community objections. As of yesterday the International Chamber of Commerce had published 21 community objection decisions. Objectors have won just four of the cases. Time for new top level domain applicants ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New TLD applicants flummoxed by objection results
· Policy & LawApplicants ask ICANN to intervene in objection process. A dozen applicants for new top level domain names have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN urging the group to step in and fix what they believe are flawed new top level domain objection results. The ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Tencent is latest to challenge ICANN on new TLD objections
· Policy & LawCompany lost legal rights objections for weibo domain names. Chinese internet giant Tencent is the latest company to ask ICANN to reconsider a new top level domain objection decision. The company is challenging the legal rights objections brought by ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Sina tops Tencent in battle over Weibo top level domain names
· Policy & LawPanel handles tricky case involving what many consider a generic term. In a heavyweight battle of Chinese internet stars, Sina Corporation has won two objections it lodged against Tencent for the top level domain names .微博 and .weibo. Sina and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dish DBS and .Hotel applicant file “appeals” to new TLD objection decisions
· Policy & LawTwo companies appeal to ICANN's board for reconsideration of new TLD objections. The first of what are likely many "appeals" of new top level domain name objections have been filed with ICANN's board in the form of Requests for Reconsideration. Both ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How String Confusion Objections Became a Clusterf@ck
· Policy & LawThere are a number of reasons for contradictory String Confusion Objections for top level domain names. Of the four types of objections that could be lodged against new top level domain name applications, it would seem that string confusion objections ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Final new TLD objection tally: Donuts 55, Amazon 24, Google 22
· UncategorizedThree of the largest applicants for new TLDs are facing a mountain of objections. Donuts, Amazon, and Google have the dubious honor of having the most objected-to applications for new top level domains. There were 263 formal objections to new top ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment