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New Expired Domain Rules Go Into Effect in August
March 3, 2013 @ 11:25 PMRules mandate practices to protect domain name registrants. The new “Expired Registration Recovery Policy” (ERRP) goes into effect August 31. This policy sets guidelines for how registrars treat expired domain names and how they must notify customers that their domains are expiring. Most notably, the rules will require expiration notices be sent at particular intervals […]
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ICANN to Reveal Registrant Rights & Responsibilities (and Here’s a Draft Copy)
February 28, 2013 @ 12:31 PMICANN is set to publish and start promoting a new Registrant Rights & Responsibilities charter at some point over the next couple of days, we hear.
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ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade to Speak at ANA Conference
February 28, 2013 @ 4:21 AMICANN CEO Fadi Chehade has agreed to speak at an upcoming conference of the Association of National Advertisers, we’ve just been told. The speech is currently untitled, according to the agenda, but I’d hazard a guess that Chehade will be turning on his trademarked charm to attempt to bring more ANA members into the multistakeholder fold.
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ICM’s Claims Against Manwin Thrown Out of Court
February 28, 2013 @ 3:36 AMICM Registry has suffered a blow in its ongoing lawsuit with porn merchant Manwin Licensing, with a judge this week dismissing all of the registry’s counterclaims against the YouPorn owner.
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ICANN Publishes Domain Name Disputes List
February 27, 2013 @ 11:33 PMICANN has published a list of domain names that their owners, or applicants to new domain names, are disputing with others because of potential confusion among web users on grounds of similarity.
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After Eight Months, Similarity Review Creates Only TWO New gTLD Contention Sets
February 27, 2013 @ 1:36 PMICANN has finally delivered its String Similarity Panel’s review of all 1,930 original new gTLD applications, finding that only four applied-for strings are confusingly similar to others.
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ICANN Announcement of NAF as First URS Provider Raises Multiple Questions
February 27, 2013 @ 9:25 AMLast week ICANN announced that the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) of Minneapolis, MN had been appointed to administer the new Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) rights protection mechanism for new gTLDs. (<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-20feb13-en" rel="nofollow">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-20feb13-en</a>) The announcement raises more questions than it answers.
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Marchex Domain Sales Drop in Q4, $6.3 Million for The Year
February 27, 2013 @ 6:00 AMA look at Archeo’s revenue numbers. Marchex just reported earnings for Q4 2012 and the full year. It sold just $863,000 worth of domain names last…
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Home Depot Buys ThrilloftheGrill.com From Mike Mann for $30,000
February 27, 2013 @ 1:21 AMA big domain sale to a big company is among Sedo’s highlights this past week. Earlier this month Mike Mann posted on his Facebook page that he sold the…
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Nominet Shelves Plan for Shorter .uk Domain Names (For Now)
February 26, 2013 @ 11:30 PMNo second level registrations — for now. .UK registry Nominet has delayed approving its own proposal for offer second level domain names. The proposal…
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