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iTunes.co.uk tug-of-war ends
News Ben Cohen, former teenage dot-com millionaire, has given up his fight to regain the iTunes.co.uk domain, according to dot-uk registry Nominet. Nominet company solicitor Edward Phillips... [23 Nov 2005]
Nominet claims victory in iTunes.co.uk dispute
News Internet domain names registrar Nominet has been handed a victory in its court case with entrepreneur Benjamin Cohen, who had disputed a Nominet ruling ordering him to... [05 Aug 2005]
iTunes 'cybersquatting' row threatens Nominet authority
News Despite Nominet's claim on its website that it is "officially recognised as the .uk domain name registry by the internet industry, users and the UK government", the DTI said it does not officially... [27 May 2005]
Court forces domain name scammers to quit
News A UK domain name registrar has quit the business after court action was brought against it for cold-calling customers and pretending to be associated with Nominet, the body that governs... [21 Oct 2003]
Nokia wins domain name battle
News The company lost the rights to http://www.nokia.me.uk earlier this year, but won it back after a ruling by domain name regulatory body Nominet. The domain was registered... [01 Jul 2002]
Icann's price hike raises industry ire
News Dr Willie Black, MD for UK country code registrar Nominet, told silicon.com the organisation needs to concentrate on its core business of administering the root servers, and stop trying to grab other powers. [28 Feb 2002]
Icann: "Disorganised, ineffective, understaffed and underfunded"
News UK domain name registrar Nominet declined to comment, and said only that it needs time to analyse the proposals in detail. The head of the body that governs global internet policy has... [25 Feb 2002]
Domain name fury leaves Europe ostracised
News UK registry Nominet has threatened to withdraw any funding of Icann unless the organisation puts the system on a professional footing and provides service guarantees. The internet governing body has... [09 Jan 2002]
US body 'taxing' European domains
News Dr Willie Black, MD of Nominet, the registry which manages the dot-uk domain and Centr member, admitted he was frustrated by the deadlock. Nominet paid $100,000 in fees last year, a... [08 Jan 2002]
Small firm punches above its weight to keep domain name
News Although the FSA said this gave it the right to take the domain name, Nominet, the domain name organisation that is able to arbitrate between disputing bodies and revoke... [19 Oct 2001]
Can't pay, won't pay for Icann
News According to Richard Francis, lawyer for UK registrar Nominet, Centr has contributed half a million dollars to Icann over the last year, and they refuse to hand over any more money until the negotiations are complete. [14 Jul 2000]
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