domain names registry
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News Geir Rasmussen, chief executive of Global Name Registry, a domain name registration organisation which oversees the dot-name domain, said: "Fragmentation is a concern both to Icann and us because of end-user confusion. [02 Mar 2006]
Six-millionth dot-uk domain sold
News UK businesses setting up online are choosing dot-uk domains in preference to anonymous dot-com addresses, according to domain registry Nominet, which sold the six-millionth dot-uk domain last week to a Merseyside builder. [09 Jul 2007]
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 recognise Nominet as the sole registrar of .uk... [27 May 2005]
Web registrar sued for banning rude words
News But Network Solutions has refused on the grounds that it has always refrained from registering offensive words - the same words which are banned from registry in traditional directories such as phone or address records. [12 May 1999]
Porn lovers get .xxx domain
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) said it's working with the ICM Registry to finalise remaining details, meaning the porn-friendly set of dot-xxx domains should be available by the end of the year. [02 Jun 2005]
Can't pay, won't pay for Icann
News Sims said: "The board will probably accept a variety of applications just to test different kinds of TLD and registry structures. The internet's governing body, Icann, is today facing a battle over domain names and a potential strike by the... [14 Jul 2000]
This time in '99: Web registrar sued for banning rude words
News But Network Solutions has refused on the grounds that it has always refrained from registering offensive words - the same words which are banned from registry in traditional directories such as phone or address records. [11 May 2000]
easyGroup wins easy.com fight with Easynet
News Easynet had appealed a decision by the Trade Mark Registry to grant the easy.com trademark to easyGroup but lost its case in the High Court after the judge ruled the URL was sufficiently distinctive to merit its own trademark. [19 Jul 2006]
VeriSign told to pull '404' redirect service
News VeriSign runs the registry for the .com and .net domains - among the most widely used top level domains on the web - which are the domains affected by the wildcard service. The agency that oversees internet domain names has asked VeriSign to... [22 Sep 2003]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News Icann approved the concept of a dot-xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's contract to run the suffix was expected this week. Jason Hendeles, founder of ICM Registry, said in a telephone interview on Monday: "We're focusing our attention... [16 Aug 2005]
EC presses for dot-eu domain by the end of 2000
News In its own response, EuroISPA - which proposed the dot-eu domain to the Commission in 1997 - suggested the creation of a pan-European registry, called Euronames, with branches in all the member states. [11 Apr 2000]
VeriSign drops Site Finder
News In addition, at least seven organisations have criticised VeriSign's wildcard change, including the Internet Society, the Public Interest Registry and several engineering groups within Icann. Icann is using anecdotal and isolated issues to attempt... [06 Oct 2003]
Dot-me suffix leads to cyber-squatting spat
News Nominet, which runs the dot-uk registry, usually allows a two week "sunrise period" when a new suffix is launched, allowing trademark holders to claim their rights to related internet names. To safeguard the applications, Nominet registered these... [15 Jan 2002]
VeriSign holds firm on 404 scrap
News A number of internet standards bodies and administrative groups have asked the company - which enjoys a government-granted monopoly over the .com and .net registry - to stop, and a second lawsuit seeking an injunction against the practice was... [23 Sep 2003]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News WG Mitchell, CEO of Network Solutions (which split from VeriSign in 2003), said: "I have no objection to VeriSign continuing to run the dot-com registry. A dispute over the cost of internet domain names has spilled over into the US Congress, where... [08 Jun 2006]
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