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Amazon’s application for the .amazon gTLD has yet again been frozen, after a South American government invoked ICANN’s appeals process. The bid, as well as applications for the Chinese and Japanese versions, were returned to “on-hold&...
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June 25, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, icann 65, marrakech, reconsideration, rfr, spec 13
Two more companies have told ICANN they’ve changed their minds about running a dot-brand gTLD, including the first example of a TLD that is actually in use. Dun & Bradstreet has said it no longer wishes to launch .duns, and Australian insura...
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June 5, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.duns, Domain Registries, dot-brands, dun & bradstreet, iselect
Earlier today, I listed what I believe might be the top 10 dot-brand gTLDs with the most active web sites, but noted that it was probably a rubbish way to gauge the success of the dot-brand concept. As a follow-up, I thought I’d figure out which ...
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May 29, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, dot-brands
The leaders of four of the eight governments of the Amazon region of South America have formally condemned ICANN’s decision to move ahead with the .amazon gTLD. In a joint statement over the weekend, the presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and ...
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May 28, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, andean community, Domain Policy, dot-brands, tradermarks
Two more dot-brands are on their way out, bringing the total to fall on their swords to date to a nice round 50. Both of the new departures appear to be brands belonging to the Saudi telecommunications company Etihad Etisalat, which does business as Mo...
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May 7, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.mobily, .xn--mgbb9fbpob, Domain Registries, dot-brands, tradermarks, موبايلي.
Amazon has rejected attempts by South American governments to make the would-be gTLD .amazon “jointly owned”. In a letter to ICANN last week, Amazon VP of public policy Brian Huseman finally publicly revealed the price Amazon is willing to ...
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April 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, Domain Policy, dot-brands, gac
KPMG has become the latest company to dump its .com domain in favor of its dot-brand gTLD. The company recently announced that it is now using home.kpmg as its primary web site domain, replacing kpmg.com. The migration appears to be complete already. U...
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April 12, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, dot-brands, kpmg, pwc
Amazon has switched two thirds of its large portfolio of new gTLDs over to Nominet’s back-end registry services, replacing Neustar. Judging by changes to IANA records this week, Amazon has moved 35 gTLDs to Nominet, leaving 17 at Neustar. A Neust...
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April 12, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, dot-brands
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Italy’s sixth-largest bank, has become the latest new gTLD owner to tell ICANN it no longer wishes to run its dot-brand. It’s the 47th new gTLD to request termination of its registry contract. The affected TLD is...
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April 10, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.bnl, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Domain Registries, dot-brands
Honeywell International, a $40-billion-a-year US conglomerate, has become the last major company to dump its dot-brand gTLD. The company informed ICANN in February that it no longer wishes to run .honeywell, and ICANN yesterday published its preliminar...
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March 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, dot-brands, honeywell