News & ReviewsFirst IDN ccTLDs available Three Arabic ccTLDs are inserted in the DNS
Westpac Bank refuses buying westp.ac from a domain seller Online entrepreneur Dominic Holland exacerbates two well-known trademark holders
Global Economic Downturn 2009 affects International Patent Filings Decrease in 2009 filings not as sharp as expected IDN ccTLD Fast Track requests approved Four proposed IDN ccTLDs passed string evaluation Florida Company Guilty of Billing Scam close to $2.6 Million Attorney General's Office seeks full restitution and more
Alteration of Implementation Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (Rules) The Rules go paperless EURid announces IDN .EU domain name registration Non-ASCII characters will be available for registration
ICANN announces IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process ICANN launches process delegating internationalized top-level domains
Louis Vuitton wins domain name dispute LV has rights to louisvuittontobacco.com DENIC changes domain policy Rush on one-or two-digit domain names expected dotMobi announces Chinese .Mobi domain and Keyword bundle New solution launched to address the needs of China’s fast-growing mobile Web user population
Internet Property Wars reach UAE .ae domain attracts speculative interest since market opened upbut time could be running out for such activities. A Country-code domain name is a public trust Former CIRA board member calls for more initiatives Denic eG registered 13-millionth .de domain Growth of .de domain continues
Australians asked to Twitter to win World Cup bid Australia relies on social media to bid for 2018 FIFA Football World Cup
Second level .MX Launch Nic Mexico will be reopening the registration of domainname directly under .MX (e.g. .name.mx) DNS.BE to reimburse cost of justified dispute processes DNS.BE decides to reimburse complainants of justified dispute of total the administrative costs from 15 February 2009. Launch of .TEL domain - It is about communication, not website Telnic Limited, the registry operator of the new .tel top level domain, begins accepting applications for trademarks from businesses and organizations worldwide. .UK domain registration exceeded the seven million mark .UK domain grew by one million domain
.de is the most registered CCTLD Domain registration breaks 12 million threshold Removal of .YU announced .YU to be divided into .ME and .RS MYNIC launches second level domain name Priority Entry Period application opens to all third level '.my' domain names
New domain extension .Asia scheduled for October 2007 Trademark holder get first chance on 9th October .SE launches domains in Swedish minority languages .SE IDN to include also special characters from Nordic Countries
EURid suspends 74 000 .eu domain names 400 .EU registrars sued for breach of contract
ICANN approves .tel Domain .tel to offer seamless integration of existing methods of communication
.xxx domain: to be or not to be? Board members of ICANN voted to delay approval for the proposed .xxx domain
Consultix GmbH is an officially Accredited ’NIC.AT’ Registrar Customers stand to gain from less paperwork and speedy modifications.
VeriSign to manage .com domain until 2012 VeriSign is allowed to raise its annual fee by 7% in four of the next six years.
.mobi sunrise registration period to commence in May mTLD has finally announced the rollout plan for the new mobile-friendly ‘.mobi’ domain name. It is the first top level domain dedicated to delivering the internet to the mobile phone. CNNIC experienced approx. 153% growth in ‘.cn’ domain registrations According to a survey issued by the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), the number of registered .cn domain names has topped 1 million for the first time. Afilias to administer .aero top level domain SITA SC and Afilias have agreed on .aero top level domain administration. Afilias will provide registry services for .aero, the top level domain of the aviation industry.
Gaming specific dot com extensions on sale on eBay The U.S. Gaming Exchange to auction 1,633 domain names
Consultix GmbH an Officially Accredited ’.EU’ Registrar ’.eu’ will be launched on 7th December. Consultix is accepting Sunrise Period applications for .eu domains from corporate clients
Who is DENIC DENIC is the central organization which is administering and operating domains below the ccTLD for Germany .de One more TLD approved by ICANN: ‘.jobs’ domains can be registered Consultix is accepting Sunrise Period applications for .jobs
‘.travel’ domains to be available soon Consultix is accepting Sunrise Period applications for .travel ICANN approved ‘.mobi’ domains .mobi is expected to begin the Sunrise Period in early 2006 |