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ICANN Decision Finds MasterCard mark is well known worldwide (Guiding Rights Blog)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:40:17 GMT

A recent decision of ICANN UDRP panel orders transfer of domain name to MasterCard, finding that "Complainant's mark is well known worldwide." MasterCard International v. Bankrate , Case No. D2008-0704 (WIPO, July 29, 2008)(Donahey, M. Scott). The Panel also states: Respondent registered the mark at issue at a time when Complainant’s mark had attained world wide fame, and Respondent could not...

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dotMobi Builds on Breakthrough DeviceAtlas Mobile Development Tool (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:01:02 GMT

DUBLIN, Ireland, WASHINGTON, and LULEA, Sweden, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- dotMobi, the company behind .mobi -- the only ICANN-approved Internet address designed specifically for helping consumers find mobile content -- ...

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Plugging the giant security hole in the world wide web (Indian Express)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:39:33 GMT

It is among the first five countries worldwide and the first in Asia to have decided on adopting the new security extensions being pushed by the organisation overseeing website allocations globally, ICANN.

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QualiSpace Announces Virtual Private Servers Promo! (Yatin's Blog)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:33:00 GMT

QualiSpace(http://www.qualispace.com) Announces Virtual Private Servers Promo! Wednesday August 6th 2008, QualiSpace, a leading ICANN Accredited domain name registrar and hosting company announced Virtual Private Servers Promotional offer for all new as well existing Customers and Resellers. read more | digg story

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US Government wants to retain control of DNS root zone (Information Policy)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:18:35 GMT

The US government has again emphasised that it will not give up its supervisory role in the management of the root zone of the DNS. In a letter to the ICANN, the US Department of Commerce explains that, although it...

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Top-level domains: if you or I can, do we need Icann? (The Irish Times)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:47:21 GMT

THERE WAS a time when the internet didn’t just have a father or a godfather: for a brief period, it had a fully fledged god. The god died and a private company, Icann, took his place. Now it’s time we asked – do we even need that?

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Domain Tasting is Bad for The Internet, Domaining and ICANN's Credibility (Php Session)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:48:00 GMT

... being diverted to their competitors. John Levine is one of the most knowledgeable commentators on ICANN policy and domain issues. He has commented on domain tasting and offers one of the most cogent definitions of domain tastings I have read. So-called domain tasting is one of the more unpleasant developments in the domain business in the past year. Domain speculators are registering millions...

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.cym - at least someone thinks its worth £20k (nicolaswebb.com)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:29:00 GMT

Despite the obvious flaws in promoting the brand, potential for confusion, and frankly out of date (considering the ICANN plans to relax rules on top level domains). The Welsh Assembly Government are wasting £20,000 of taxpayers money by supporting the .cym campaign. The failure to react to the simple usability issues and the change in ICANN rules is either mismanagement, or possibly...

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ICANN Releases Tools Related to Domain Name Vulnerability (Webmaster World)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:16:12 GMT

"It has also prepared an FAQ and online domain testing tool to raise awareness of the problem, and to encourage network operators to rectify or update their servers."

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Egypt to host Internet community (ITREALMS Online)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:32:00 GMT

The Government of Egypt has advanced plans to host the Internet community in Cairo, during the next meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), from November 2 to 7, 2008, at Intercontinental CityStars Hotel. A press statement from ICANN said, the event previously hosted in Cairo in March 2000, would be now in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of...

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The Billion-Dollar Domain Babies (E-Commerce Times)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:59:38 GMT

The latest ICANN plan to allow the global populace to assemble an entire domain name like www.yourname.yourname as their free choice is a revolutionary and timely decision. This now opens doors to cyber-brands like "my.ibm," "hotel.chicago," "it.jobs," "play.poker," "fly.usa" or "go.dell."

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Police up after that residential drop (Wampum)

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:58:10 GMT

I was amazed to find myself today in an policy discussion (ICANN context) where the "enforcement" interests actually want to ISPs to filter (drop) HTTP requests into "residential" addresses. These same "enforcement" interests would also like ICANN accredited registrars and registries to filter (drop) domain name management requests (usually via webform or email or fax or phone) that...

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ICANN Plans For Disaster: A Registry Failure (eWeek)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:28:51 GMT

It's hard to imagine VeriSign failing, but maybe not for some of of the other companies in that business. - Users don't think about registries very often because they don't deal with them directly. But these companies, which operate the top-level domains on the Internet, are critical infrastructure, At least some of them are. What if one of them were to fail somehow? This is the question ICANN...

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U.S. Intends to Remain in Full Control of Internet Root Zone, Says Letter from NTIA (Fergie's Tech Blog)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:19:00 GMT

Via CircleID.com . In a letter sent by bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to ICANN, the department has made it clear that despite recent discussions in Paris meetings, the U.S. department intends to remain in full authority over the Internet root zone. "The Department believes strongly that it is important to clarify that...

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New NTIA Letter Worth Reading (Internet Pro Radio | icann.Blog)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:54:38 GMT

This new letter from the NTIA to ICANN is worth reading (and worthy of dusting off the ol' ICANN.blog for a quick post). The letter, dated yesterday, essentially says that whatever happens with the JPA and ICANN's existential internal examinations , it won't affect the authority of the United States over the root zone. Here at Lextext Central, we've known this forever, and people...

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PDT on the Internet (Kiwiblog)

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:17:20 GMT

Internet policy people will be interested in the interview the Herald did with Peter Dengate-Thrush, the NZers who chairs ICANN - the global allocator of domain names and IP addresses. Some extracts: In terms of safety is the web getting better or worse? “The internet is neutral about these things - it’s really a question about the [...]

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Crazy Domain Insane (DreamHost Blog)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:35:42 GMT

There’s something I’ve always hated about the web hosting business. No, it’s not the cut-throat competition, the crazy customers, or the California climate. And NO, it’s not the 5-hour work week NOR the oodles of money either… those are fine. It’s the domain names. (And, by extension, ICANN.) The problem with ICANN, as I may have mentioned before, is that [...]

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Debate on the Future of Global Internet Regulation (Domain Name / Nom de domaine !)

noreply@blogger.com (cedric manara) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:09:42 GMT

A debate, entitled " The Internet — How It is Governed Today and How it May Be Governed Tomorrow: A VIP Panel Discusses the Internet Governance Forum of the United Nations and the Global Debate About the Control and Future of the Internet " will feature Paul Twomey, President & CEO of ICANN , Richard Beaird, Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator, Information and Communications Policy, U.S. Department...

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King Lincoln Bronzwell v. Blackwell (Wampum)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:42:22 GMT

Last week something happened. Stephen Spoonamore spoke in the question of the 2004 Ohio ballot tabulation. I'd hoped to get a chance to meet him, but my week was hijacked by post-ICANN work, pre-IETF work, and goD forbid, work-work. Next week is IETF, so other than secret meetings of the DNS cabal or the arabic script literacy posse, and a meeting I set up this week, next week is toast. Still,...

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ICANN Extends 'Www' Options (Red Orbit )

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:00:26 GMT

Internet regulators have brought the curtain down on the 'dot com' era, paving the way for companies to apply for a wide range of new domain names. Following a decision last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave businesses the go-ahead to apply for new addresses carrying almost any suffix.

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