Tag Archives: icann

June, 2009

• 5 June

  ICANN Gets a Dressing Down from Congress

  ICANN CEO Paul Twomey went to Congress today for a scheduled hearing on its performance and future relationship with the U.S. government. The non-profit organization received a battering of criticism from congressmen on a number of issues. Republican Cliff Stearns of Florida attacked ICANN for its $7 million surplus. He …
• 3 June

  Al Gore Joins Forces with Vint Cerf to Support ICANN

  Former Vice President Al Gore joined forces with Vint Cerf today to publicly support ICANN, which is set to appear before Congress tomorrow for a hearing to determine its future relationship with the United States government. Vint Cerf is widely considered to be the father of the Internet and is …
• 3 June

  Bill Clinton loses domain name dispute

  In April, former U.S. President Bill Clinton filed a formal complaint with the National Arbitation Forum, the organization responsible for hearing domain name disputes under ICANN’s Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (often known as UDRP). Clinton’s complaint contended that The Name It Corporation had violated his trademark by registering williamclinton.com, …
• 1 June

  ICANN Policy Updates for May

  ICANN made quite a few policy updates last month. Most of it was just talk, with the non-profit saying they were going to explore “this and that,” or set up a committee to consider x and y. Either way, it’s nice to know that the folks in California are at …

May, 2009

• 29 May

  Obama's new cyber judge

  President Barack Obama’s choice for U.S. Supreme Court justice is apparently well versed in cyberlaw. Tuesday, President Obama named Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Her experience with technology issues, particularly those related to the Internet, is most likely not a coincidence. According …
• 29 May

  First .Tel UDRP Disputed Filed

  Osram GmbH became the first person to file a UDRP (Uniform Domain Resolution Policy) dispute with the .tel registry this week in an attempt to get the domain osram.tel. The domain is owned by Russian Yuri A Ivanov and was registered on March 24, 2009. The UDRP was set up …
• 22 May

  Senators urge NTIA to monitor ICANN-government relationship

  We previously reported that U.S. government oversight of ICANN will soon come to an end on September 30, and arguments have spewed from all sides within and outside of the U.S. Many countries, including those that make up the European Union, called for the formation of an international oversight coalition …
• 22 May

  ICANN Creates Plan for Increased Web Security and Reliability

  ICANN announced a plan yesterday that will create programs to enhance the security and reliability of the Internet. However, none of the planned initiatives will augment the organisation’s power. Called the ICANN Plan for Enhancing Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency, it will tackle: Improving root zone management through automation; improve …
• 21 May

  New gTLDs Available for Preorder, Customers Being Misled

  Registrars Pool.com and Quintaris made news today with their new joint preorder program for gTLDs under the auspice of ICANN’s new policy, which allows the creation of additional domain extensions by businesses and organizations The names are being registered at a rate of 10,000 per day. The extensions available include …
• 20 May

  ICANN's New gTLD Program Delayed

  Citing “community concerns on particular aspects of the program,” ICANN has announced that it will not take applications for its new gTLD program until next year. The program, which was supposed to start accepting applications later this year, would let organizations and businesses create their own generic top-level-domains (gTLDs). Guidelines …