domain names dot addresses
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on dot-net registry fees last month when it renewed a contract... [11 Jul 2005]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News A long-simmering dispute between the two organisations that control the way internet domain names and addresses are run has spilled out into the public domain, after VeriSign filed a lawsuit claiming it had unlawfully been prevented from adding... [27 Feb 2004]
UK on web address buying spree
News The combination of greater broadband take-up, and the established popularity of dot-uk domain names, demonstrates that the UK internet industry is more buoyant than ever. According to domain name registry Nominet, there are now more than 4.2... [18 Aug 2005]
Dot-biz gives up and starts again
News The company responsible for dot-biz domain names is scrapping the way it currently allocates them and will start again from scratch in February. Over 500,0000 dot-biz domain names have been issued so far but up to 39,000 applications are still on... [18 Dec 2001]
Dot-mobi land grab underway
News Despite his reservations, Malhotra believes most big brands will spend the roughly $200 to register their dot-mobi names anyway, because they will want to protect their names from cyber squatters. All other names will be able to register for a dot... [24 May 2006]
Domain name registrars sued over patent infringement
News On Wednesday, GNR began offering second-level domain names or domain names that only use one dot, for example, johnsmith.name. The .name domain is called a third-level domain, because it uses an extra dot, as in the case of john.smith.name. [16 Jan 2004]
Yahoo! looking to buy Chinese web address venture
News People can surf the web using different languages but site addresses must currently end in a Roman-language suffix such as dot-com or dot-org. will add a business for selling domain names in China, while also maintaining a beachhead in what's... [21 Nov 2003]
Dot-shop: Is it just a dot-con?
Comment But there is one set of people who are bound to benefit from this - it's just a shame new.net didn't set up "dot-lawyer" domain for them. Who'd have thought that the GNP of Tuvalu, a tiny pacific kingdom reliant almost totally on selling colourful... [07 Mar 2001]
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]
Dot-com domain control stays in VeriSign's hands
News It must hand over management of the dot-org registry to a not-for-profit organisation by December 31, 2002, along with $5m funding. VeriSign's ownership of the dot-net registry will expire on 1 January 2006, but the company will be allowed to bid... [03 Apr 2001]
Dot-com domain control up for grabs
News At issue is whether one single company - Verisign - will be allowed both to manage the registry and act as a registrar by selling the dot-com addresses on it. If Verisign gets its way, it will spin off its dot-org registry and dot-net registry by... [02 Apr 2001]
Want a dot-eu domain? Step right up
News So far dot-eu registrar Eurid has received more than 300,000 applications for addresses with the domain and Marc Van Wesemael, managing director of Eurid, said he expects to see "several hundred thousand proud holders of brand new dot-eu domain... [07 Apr 2006]
Unofficial top-level domain names now available
News Capitalising on the disappointment of the seven new top-level domain names announced last year by governing body Icann, New.net is registering names such as dot-kids, dot-mp3, dot-shop and dot-xxx. New.net claims companies registering a dot-kids... [06 Mar 2001]
EU Commission considers dot-eu domains
News DLA sent a letter to Liikanen two weeks ago, explaining the idea: "With over 7,000,000 dot-com domain names having been registered to date, there is now an increasing demand from companies (and individuals) that wish to move into the world of... [28 Nov 1999]
WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes
News WIPO now hopes to put a stop to drawn-out legal battles around dot-com, dot-org and dot-net addresses by using an independent panel of experts to arbitrate disputes. It only deals with conflicts between trademarks and domain names - the abusive cases. [06 Dec 1999]
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