Tag: ICANN

Zodiac Prepares for Chinese New gTLDs, Announces “Chinese Advisory Services” for New gTLD Applicants

April 02, 2013, Zodiac Holdings Limited (“Zodiac”), the largest Chinese TLD applicant, is pleased to announce that 6 of its new gTLD applications have successfully passed the Initial Evaluation. The results for八卦 (gossip) and 集团 (conglomerate) were announced on March 23, 2013 and 网店 (online shop), 商城 (mall), 我爱你 (i-love-you) and 娱乐 (entertainment) were announced on March 30, 2013. “Applications that pass Initial Evaluation may be eligible to proceed to contracting with the execution of the Registry Agreement as early as 23 April 2013.”, according to ICANN. Zodiac looks forward to…

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gTLD: The Impact of 524 Words on the Global Branding World

ADOTAS – There are specific 542 dictionary words applied for as generic top-level domain as ICANN gTLDs at an average cost of million dollars each. What will these dictionary words achieve as cyber brands, what power will they exert on new and established brands and who will be the new winners or losers in this global race? Which dictionary words will win gold, silver or bronze medal as top level domain names?  Each one of the 542 proposed dictionary word top-level domains will be analyzed and categorized in a special…

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Internet addresses coming closer to being more international

Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The agency in charge of Internet addresses says it’s given preliminary approval for 27 new suffixes — all in Chinese, Arabic and other languages besides English. But there are some familiar names among the applicants on the initial list, among them: Verisign Amazon Wal-Mart Samsung They are the first approved out of nearly 2,000 bids submitted last year. The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers previously said it was reviewing the non-English bids first. ICANN expects additional approvals in the coming weeks. Did your…

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ICANN’s new CEO pledges to keep the Internet intact and open

ICANN’s new CEO Fadi Chehadé, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic top-level domains. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers coordinates the DNS (Domain Name System) and IP addresses, which are the cornerstones that keep the Internet going. “I sincerely believe that we have an opportunity in the next few years to keep the Internet as one Internet…

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IBCA Called for Inclusion of African Businesses at ICANN Africa Strategy Meeting in Addis Ababa

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The Internet Business Council for Africa (IBCA), an initiative of DotConnectAfrica that was Unveiled at ICANN 49 Public Forum in Toronto Canada and seeking to partner with ICANN and the African Businesses in a multi-stakeholder model of IG was invited to present its ideas at the just concluded African Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance meeting held at the UNECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 6-8 March 2013. Invited to speak on the different sessions as a panelist, Ms. Bekele analyzed the African business scenario, noting that there was a need…

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ICANN SARP: 3 new gTLD Applicants submit application for financial assistance

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Today, ICANN is publishing the New gTLD Applicant Support Program results identified by the Support Application Review Panel (SARP) for applications that have requested for financial assistance. There were three financial assistance requests submitted to ICANN by applicants to the New gTLD Program. Each of these requests were carefully considered and extensively reviewed against the criteria outlined in the New gTLD Financial Assistance Handbook. Below lists the three applications that have submitted for financial assistance, and includes the SARP determination for meeting the minimum criteria for financial assistance: Per the…

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ICANN President Announces Major Expansion in Africa

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Chehadé Calls for an Increase in African Registrars   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia… The President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said he is moving ahead immediately with plans to have six new ICANN representatives on the African continent.   “ICANN used to say if you want to participate in Internet governance come to ICANN,” said Fadi Chehadé. “We’ve changed that, now ICANN is coming to the stakeholders. We’re not waiting for you to come. We’re coming to you.”   Chehadé made his comments during the Africa…

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THE OBJECTIONS FILED BY THE INDEPENDENT OBJECTOR

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On 12 March 2013, the Independent Objector (IO) has lodged 24 objections against new applied-for gTLDs before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Acting solely in the best interests of the public who use the global internet, in full independence and impartiality, the IO is limited to filing objections on the grounds of Limited Public Interest and Community.  Following his exchanges with some applicants for new gTLDs, as part of the Initial Notice Procedure, he remained convinced that, for some applications, an objection was still warranted on the Limited Public…

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The Generic Domain Name Opulence.com Hit With UDRP

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The domain name Opulence.com has been hit with a UDRP. With almost 8,000,000 references in Google opulence is a dictionary word that has been registered since at least 2000 according to Domaintools.com The domain name was owned until recently by  Opulence Communications Ltd of the UK with an expiration date of 2018. Suddenly in early 2013 the domain name whois information was gone and the domain name no longer resolves. There are 8  trademarks for the term Opulence filed with the USPTO. Neither the complainant nor the domain holder is…

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ICANN publishes domain name disputes list

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ICANN 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. ICANN 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. The list, containing hundreds of domain name sets, has been put together by ICANN’s “string similarity review” for applications submitted as part of the “New gTLD…

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