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Domain Name News – December 4, 2011

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U.S. Senate Committee To Hold Hearing on Expansion of TLDs – The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will be holding a hearing on the new gTLD program. The hearing will take place on Thursday, December 8 starting at 10:00 am Eastern, and will be webcast on the Committee’s website.

Picks To Click

  • General Availability for the .xxx domain begins on December 6.
  • auDA, the Australian domain name administrator, is conducting a review of the auDA Foundation charitable trust.
  • The Sofia News Agency has published an interview with ICANN President and CEO Rod Beckstrom, including comments on ICANN’s rejection of an application for the Cyrillic domain .бг for Bulgaria.
  • Glen Raven Inc. wins a dispute over sunbrella.ca.
  • The minutes of the September 19, 2011 meeting of the CIRA Board of Directors have been published.

Timeline

  • Tue, Dec 13: CIRA IDN consultation closes
  • Sun, Jan 15: .com, .net registry fees increase
  • Sun, Mar 11 – Fri, Mar 16: ICANN meetings in San Jose, Costa Rica
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