Ilyumzhinov removed from council list. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been removed from a list of SportAccord Council members published on the .sport domain applicant's website. It appears he was replaced by another member. Domain Name Wire published a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Famous Four alleges link between panelist and opponent for .Sport
· Policy & LawCompany says panelist that killed its .sport application had a conflict of interest. Last fall Famous Four Media saw its plans to run a .sport top level domain dashed after a panelist found in favor of rival applicant SportAccord in a community ... Continue Reading2 Comments
TKO: There will be no .sports top level domain in the first round
· Policy & LawObjection panel rules that the the sport community would face material detriment for a .sports domain name. Well, at least this decision is consistent. Except it isn't. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has upheld SportAccord's community ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Uh oh: .Basketball community objection fails, .sport prevailed.
· Policy & LawPanelist in .basketball decision uses different interpretation of guidelines to come up with a different conclusion than panelist in .sport. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has determined that community objections filed against two ... Continue Reading7 Comments
.Sport Whines Again: Please Don’t Allow .Football!
· Policy & LawGroup again asks ICANN to not allow any individual sports to get top level domain names. Last August the so-called .Sport Policy Advisory Council (basically a group that wants to launch the .sport top level domain name) told ICANN it was unhappy with ... Continue Reading15 Comments
dotSPORT Continues its Trademark Frontrunning
· Policy & LawCompany tries to get leg up in new TLD process with trademarks. I've written a couple times about prospective new top level domain applicants trying to trademark the names of their proposed TLD (e.g. .eco). But it appears dotSport LLC, one of the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
.Sport Asks, Just What is a Top Level Domain?
· Policy & Law.Sport questions the definition of "top level". If the .Sport Policy Advisory Council has its way, Shaq won't be able to get his hands on the .basketball TLD. In a letter to ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush and CEO Rod Beckstrom, the .Sport ... Continue Reading34 Comments