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In an unprecedented move, ICANN’s Address Supporting Organization has exercised its special powers to demand ICANN hand over documents relating to the Ethos Capital acquisition of .org’s Public Interest Registry. There’s a possibility...
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January 2, 2020 Kevin Murphy
bylaws, didp, Domain Policy, empowered community, ethos, inspection request, irp, isoc, reconsideration, rfr
The Uniform Rapid Suspension process is to stay in .org, after the ICANN board of directors rejected an appeal from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF had challenged the inclusion of URS in the recently renegotiated .org Registry Agreement, on...
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December 18, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, ethos, isoc, reconsideration, rfr, URS
ICANN’s board of directors will gather today to consider whether the acquisition of Public Interest Registry by a private equity company means that it should reverse its own decision to allow PIR to raise .org price arbitrarily. Don’t get t...
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November 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
cep, Domain Policy, eff, irp, isoc, Namecheap, price caps, reconsideration, rfr
ICANN’s Ombudsman has sided with with ICANN in the fight over the lifting of price caps on .org domains, saying many of the thousands of comments objecting to the move were “more akin to spam”. Herb Waye was weighing in on two Request...
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September 11, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Namecheap, Ombudsman, price caps, public interest registry, reconsideration, rfr
Amazon’s application for .amazon has moved another step closer to reality, after ICANN yesterday voted to reject an appeal from the Colombian government. The ICANN board of directors voted unanimously, with two conflict-related abstentions, to ad...
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September 9, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, bamc, Domain Registries, dot-brands, reconsideration, rfr
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has appealed ICANN’s decision to add stronger trademark protection rules to .org. The civil liberties organization has filed a Request for Reconsideration with ICANN, saying that the new .org contract should not...
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August 7, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, eff, reconsideration, rfr, URS
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
The contention set for .cpa has been resolved, clearing the way for a new accountancy-themed gTLD. The winner is the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which submitted two bids for the string — one “community”, one va...
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February 20, 2019 Kevin Murphy
aicpa, cep, cpa australia, cpe, Domain Registries, mmx, reconsideration, rfr
ICANN’s board of directors has voted to put a March deadline on talks over the future of the .amazon gTLD. Late last week, the board formally resolved to “make a decision” on .amazon at ICANN 64, which runs in Kobe, Japan from March 9...
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January 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, bac, Domain Policy, reconsideration, rfr
Amazon’s application for the .amazon dot-brand may not be as secure as it was thought, following an ICANN decision over the Christmas period. Directors threw out a South American government demand for it to un-approve the .amazon bid, but clarifi...
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January 9, 2019 Kevin Murphy
acto, bamc, Domain Policy, reconsideration