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ICANN Board Meets in Nairobi – EOI Is Dead

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This morning the ICANN board is meeting in Nairobi On the menu this morning are a number of topics, but only a couple of them are attracting any serious attention. One of them, EOI (Expressions of Interest), was hoped, by some, to be a way to move the new TLD project forward. The board looks set to completely reject the EOI concept this morning. At present board members are … [Read more...] about ICANN Board Meets in Nairobi – EOI Is Dead

ICANN Nairobi Kicks Off This Weekend – So What Is Cooking? .xxx , new TLDs and more

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The ICANN meeting in Nairobi starts officially next Monday. However, as is normally the case, by the time Monday rolls around people will already have been working since Saturday morning (if not earlier). All ICANN meetings seem to be surrounded by some bit of controversy and excitement, but the Nairobi meeting is possibly more dramatic than many others. The last attempt to … [Read more...] about ICANN Nairobi Kicks Off This Weekend – So What Is Cooking? .xxx , new TLDs and more

Afilias Acquires dotMobi

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Afilias, which runs .info and provides registry services to a lot of other domains, has acquired the .mobi registry operator - mTLD Ltd.The acquisition was officially announced on February 11th 2010, with both Afilias and mTLD releasing press releases etc., as well as a message to pass on to any registrants who might be concerned by the acquisition.Is this good news or bad … [Read more...] about Afilias Acquires dotMobi

Informal Working Group Publish Report On New TLDs

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In an interesting move several members of the ICANN community formed an "informal" Working Group to discuss the concept of "expressions of interest" in new TLDs. This all happened very quickly, which is more or less the opposite to how most ICANN related activities progress.Earlier this evening the group submitted its report / paper to ICANNThe report, which runs to about 11 … [Read more...] about Informal Working Group Publish Report On New TLDs

Food Fight Anyone?

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Image via WikipediaAh the joy of it all.First we had the quite public squabbling over .eco that I mentioned recently, now it looks like we're going to have a full on "food fight".If nothing else the new TLD process is going to be great fun for anyone who likes a bit of word play!So what's happening this time?Remember Wolfgang Puck joining forces with Minds and Machines to … [Read more...] about Food Fight Anyone?

Doteco Bids Heat Up – Catfight Anyone?

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The new TLD process is occupying a lot of people in the domain name industry at present.While some people are obviously very much against the entire concept of new TLDs, there are plenty of people and organisations who support the project.But what happens when you have more than one organisation vying for the same namespace?While the ICANN new TLD application process itself has … [Read more...] about Doteco Bids Heat Up – Catfight Anyone?

ICANN Culls Three More Registrars

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ICANN has announced that three more registrars have lost their accreditation due to non-compliance with the RAA.The three registrars have been informed that their agreements with ICANN will not be renewed.South American Domains (NameFrog), Simply Named and Tahoe Domains have been sent letters by ICANN outlining the decision and the reasons for it.So what now?On the plus side, … [Read more...] about ICANN Culls Three More Registrars

Last Call For Trademark (IRT) Comment Period For New TLDs

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Today marks the last day for public comments on the IRT (trademark protection) final report. The report, which I've mentioned a few times in the past, was drafted from the perspective of trademark holders in an effort to allay their fears and concerns associated with the launch of the new TLD program.You can see the comments submitted to date here and read the report here.I've … [Read more...] about Last Call For Trademark (IRT) Comment Period For New TLDs