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Icann opens a can of worms
News However, a spokesperson for Nominet, the organisation that runs the .uk TLD, told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday that applying to set up a new TLD would involve "a significant investment".... [30 Jun 2008]
Six-millionth dot-uk domain sold
News Lesley Cowley, chief executive of Nominet, said: "With six million domain names now registered and a large percentage of these linked to ecommerce, it's easy to see the importance of a... [09 Jul 2007]
Hosepipe site makes web history
News Nominet chief executive Lesley Cowley said the UK market for domain names remains "incredibly buoyant", with companies increasingly building a web presence into their main business... [25 May 2006]
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 awarded the... [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]
Nominet flirts with foreign characters
News Nominet, the organisation which runs the .co.uk domain, wants to know what you think about internationalised domain names containing foreign characters.... [08 Jun 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]
Apple in iTunes.co.uk cybersquatting row
News Apple has issued proceedings against CyberBritain Holdings through the UK domain name authority Nominet claiming it holds the iTunes trademark and that this is a case of cybersquatting. Apple has now... [07 Dec 2004]
No sex.eu please, we're British
News You can't trademark the word 'sex' in the UK because it is so generic," said Dr Willie Black, chairman and founder of Nominet, which runs the dot-co.uk domain name, "but you probably... [21 Oct 2004]
UK firm wins cybersquatting case
News A Sussex-based not-for-profit organisation has won its dispute with cybersquatters after the UK domain name registry Nominet ruled in its favour and awarded it two domains. Wired Sussex sought legal... [04 Feb 2004]
Court forces domain name scammers to quit
News Domain Registrar Services Ltd and its sister company UK Names closed down as part of a settlement with Nominet. The case was brought following attempts by the defendants,... [21 Oct 2003]
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. Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned... [25 Feb 2002]
Tony 'Del Boy' Blair flogs second-hand domain names
News However, Jonathan Robinson, business development director of NetBenefit, said that Nominet, the organisation that manages the registration of UK level domains names, wouldn't be too heavy-handed in this... [14 Dec 2001]
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]
FSA website debate rumbles on
News This has arisen due to Findlay not getting rid of a "wildcard" - an application that receives email based on similar email addresses on an email system - after a request by Nominet, the registrar with responsibility for... [26 Sep 2001]
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