John Demco
Kentucky to Appeal Gambling Ruling – After the Kentucky Court of Appeals struck down a Circuit Court order that allowed seizure of 141 gambling-related domain names, the state administration has indicated that it will take the matter to the Kentucky Supreme Court. The appeals court had ruled that the state courts cannot seize domain names as “gambling devices”.
.MOBI Registry to Make One and Two Character Domain Names Available – After receiving approval last November to register single-character and two-character names, e.g. x.mobi and 13.mobi, the .mobi registry dotMobi has announced that it is accepting expressions of interest from interested companies “who will use the domains to drive the adoption of the mobile Web.” The registry will then invite selected formal requests for proposals.
Picks To Click
- A comment in the Internet Governance Project blog on the latest filings in the independent review of the .xxx domain application.
- The minutes of the December 10, 2008 meeting of the CIRA Board of Directors have been published.
- NIC Mexico, registry for Mexico’s .MX domain, will celebrate the domain’s 20th anniversary on February 1. The .MX registry has 279,000 domain names.
- The number of .eu domain registrations has surpassed three million.
Timeline
- Mon, Feb 2: last day for .tel sunrise applications for trademark holders
- Tue, Feb 3 – Mon, Mar 23: .tel domain registrations commence at a premium price
- Sun, Mar 1 – Fri, Mar 6: ICANN meetings in Mexico City, Mexico
- Fri, Mar 6: last day for nominations for the .ORG Advisory Council
- Tue, Mar 24: .tel domain registrations open to all
- Sun, Jun 21 – Fri, Jun 26: ICANN meetings in Sydyey, Australia
- Sun, Oct 25 – Fri, Oct 30: ICANN meetings in Seoul, South Korea