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ICANN Targets 22 May For TAS Reopening
ICANN are planning to reopen the TLD Application System (TAS) on 22 May the organisation announced.
If all goes as planned, the TAS will reopen at 19:00 GMT/UTC and be open for a further eight days to allow users to review their applications for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and complete any remaining activities.
And if there are no glitches, such as the one that forced ICANN to take the TAS offline on 12 April, the application system will remain open until 23:59 GMT/UTC on 30 May 2012.
Sedo.com May GreatDomains Auction is underway
Sedo’s GreatDomains auction from May is now underway and will run until May 24,2012.There are some absolutely valuable domain names in the auction,including Tabletas.com,Chine.tc and QVD.com . 34 out of 202 domain names included in the auction already received bids : Reconnect.com,received a bid of $10,000,Working.net received two bids and hit 5,000 EUR and SHX.com received three bids and hit $4,100.
There are lots of opening bids on domain names in the auction. Here are some of the domain names included in the auction :
chine.tv
myringtones.com
cdz.com
tila.com
shx.com
qvd.com
rente.tv
dxv.com
working.net
bqq.com
ddd.net
panzerschränke.com
alojamientos.es
aventurine.com
phänomen.com
topmodel.net
cave.de
You can see the entire inventory here .
A first : BGL Group Loses Case for .XXX Domain
CompareTheMarket.xxx becomes first .XXX domain name case won by respondent.
BGL Group Limited has recently lost the fight over the domain name CompareTheMarket.XXX,after and arbitrator awarded the domain name to Jon Watkins,the one who registered the domain in December.
Jon Watkins registered the domain name on December 7,2011,the day .XXX extension became available for public sale.
BGL Group owns both CompareTheMarket.co.uk and CompareTheMarket.com,registered on 21 September,2004.Even though the company owns many trademark registrations for “CompareTheMarket.com” and “CompareTheMarket” and trademarked these terms prior to the domain name registration,the panel decided to give the domain name holder rights to the domain.
The Panel said the complainant failed to prove bad registration or use of the domain name:
“But Complainant fails to prove bad faith registration or use of the domain. Complainant states that the domain is “completely inactive”. Complainant does not show that Respondent tried to sell the domain to Complainant, has registered other infringing names, or otherwise has tried to profit from the domain or cause any other harm to Complainant. Respondent is not shown to have had prior UDRP cases in which he has been an unsuccessful Defendant. Clearly, “compare the market” could relate to myriad different types of markets and myriad different comparisons within each one, as demonstrated by a simple web search. ”
You can read the decision here .
Pre-Prague ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
n order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details.
Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Prague remotely or in person, you’re invited to an update on the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN.
The ICANN Policy Staff will provide a briefing on Thursday 14 June at 12.00 UTC and Thursday 14 June at 19.00 UTC, summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations, namely the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and Address Supporting Organization (ASO). Amongst other topics, updates will be provided on:
- Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
- WHOIS
- RAA Improvements
- Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation
- Study Group on Use of Names for Countries and Territories
- Framework of Interpretation Working Group for the delegation and re-delegation of ccTLDs
- Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group
- Participation and Engagement activities in Prague
In addition, staff will provide a briefing on the ALAC‘s activities related to current policy development issues of the Supporting Organizations.
The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 90 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.
Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff@icann.org.
In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, Thursday at 13.00 UTC or Thursday at 20.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html). We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address.
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-16may12-en.htm
ICANN: Proposed Revised Process for Handling Requests for Removal of Cross-Ownership Restrictions on Operators of Existing gTLDs
Purpose (Brief): ICANN is posting a proposed revision to the process that allows existing registry operators to request removal of cross-ownership restrictions for the gTLDs that they operate. The revision will allow existing gTLD registries to own or control registrars that sell domain names in their own, existing registry. (More detail is provided below.)
Commencing a public comment period on the proposed revised process at this time is intended to solicit community input for Board consideration of the revised process.
Public Comment Box Link: www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/revised-cross-ownership-restrictions-16may12-en.htm
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16may12-en.htm
ICANN : Period of 17-27 May 2012: Public Comment Periods Approaching Closing Date
Please note that comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making that takes place once that period ends.
For more information please refer to the ICANN Public Comments page at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment
Title Comment Period Close Date [UTC Time] Reply Period Close Date [UTC Time]
Second Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review 30 April 2012 [23:59] 21 May 2012 [23:59]
ICANN Draft FY13 Operating Plan and Budget 24 May 2012 [23:59] 15 June 2012 [23:59]
IDN Variant TLD Program – Revised Program Plan 25 May 2012 [23:59] 15 June 2012 [23:59]
This announcement was sourced from :
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-17may12-en.htm