John Demco
Some domain name items from the past week:
- The .fr registry AFNIC has published a paper called “The Secondary Market in Domain Names”. The paper presents a clear description of concepts and issues in this rapidly growing area.
- CIRA has announced that ArtSchoolReviews.ca is the winner of CIRA’s ShowUsYour.CA video contest. Runners up were DringDring.ca and PortableRadio.ca.
- Mabel’s Labels Inc. wins a dispute over mabelslabels.ca.
Timeline
- Wed, Apr 14: last day for comments on two ICANN DNS security proposals
- Thu, Apr 15: last day for applications to the ICANN Nominating Committee
- Sun, Apr 18: last day for comments on the commencement of an ICANN Policy Development Process on registry/registrar vertical integration
- Mon, May 10: last day for comments on report on .xxx process options
- Sun, Jun 20 – Fri, Jun 25: ICANN meetings in Brussels, Belgium
- Thu, Jul 1: registry fee increases for .com/.net take effect
- Tue, Sep 21: CIRA Annual General Meeting
- Wed, Sep 22 – Wed, Sep 29: CIRA Board of Directors election