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As Verisign does everything but declare outright victory in last week’s Independent Review Process result, .web rival Afilias is now strongly hinting that its lawyers are not quite ready to retire. John Kane, VP of Afilias (now Altanovo) said in ...
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June 1, 2021 Kevin Murphy
altanovo, Domain Registries, irp
The fate of .web has been decided, over 20 years after it was first applied for, and Verisign thinks it might emerge triumphant. The company said last night that the ICANN Independent Review Panel handling the case of Afilias v ICANN reached a decision...
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May 25, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, irp, ndc, nu dot co, transparency
Complaining to the independent Ombudsman may not be the best way to start a beef with ICANN, and that’s according to the Ombudsman himself. Herb Waye told DI this week that consulting him as a first port of call may well lock complainants out of ...
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February 25, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Accountability, bamc, cep, Domain Policy, irp, Ombudsman, reconsideration, transparency
Even though Ethos Capital’s proposed takeover of Public Interest Registry was rejected last May, registrar Namecheap is still doggedly pursuing legal action against ICANN’s handling of the deal, regardless. The Independent Review Process co...
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February 5, 2021 Kevin Murphy
change of control, Domain Registrars, ethos, irp, Namecheap, transparency
A decision about who gets to run the .web gTLD may not arrive until early next year, according to Verisign CEO Jim Bidzos. “A final decision from the [Independent Review Process[ panel may be issued later this year or early next year,” he t...
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October 26, 2020 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, irp, ndc, nu dot co
ICANN has been instructed to place the proposed .hotel gTLD in limbo after four applicants for the string raised “sufficiently serious questions” that ICANN may have whitewashed the “theft” of trade secrets. The order was handed...
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September 3, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cpe, Domain Policy, Domain Ventures Partners, eiu, Fegistry, fti, glitch, hacking, htld, icdr, irp, mmx, reconsideration, rfr
The fight over .hotel has been escalated, with four unsuccessful applicants for the gTLD whacking ICANN with a second Independent Review Process appeal. The complaint resurrects old claims that a former lead on the successful application, now belonging...
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February 7, 2020 Kevin Murphy
cpe, Domain Policy, domain venture partners, dvp, eiu, Fegistry, fti, glitch, irp, mmx, reconsideration, rfr
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
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
Failed .africa gTLD applicant DotConnectAfrica appears to have lost its lawsuit against ICANN. A California judge has said he will throw out the portions of DCA’s suit that had not already been thrown out two years ago, on the grounds that DCA wa...
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September 9, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, dotconnectafrica, gac, irp, zacr