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| 08-05-29 |
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ICANN |
European representation grows in ICANN's Registrars Constituency
 Two European registrars, including INDOM, have just been elected to serve on the four-person Executive Committee of ICANN's Registrars Constituency.
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| 08-05-26 |
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.PRO |
.PRO goes worldwide this July
 New rules opening .PRO to a much greater number of professionals are to be introduced on July 14th.
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| 08-05-22 |
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ICANN |
New gTLDs discussed at INTA meeting
 The International Trademark Association's 130th meeting closed yesterday in Berlin. Domain names were once again a major topic, with ICANN invited to speak about new gTLDs and IDNs.
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| 08-05-19 |
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.ASIA |
The strange case of the .ASIA auctions
 Both .ASIA auction operator Pool and registry DotAsia have had to go into major damage control after being accused of rigging the auction process.
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| 08-05-13 |
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EVENTS |
INTA meeting in Berlin this week
 The International Trademark Association is holding its 130th annual meeting in Berlin starting this weekend.
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| 08-05-12 |
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.ORG |
.ORG price increase
 .ORG registry PIR has sent accredited registrars notification of a November 2008 price increase.
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| 08-05-08 |
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.KN |
.KN changing hands
 Currently managed by the University of Puerto Rico, the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis' Internet suffix will soon have a new registry.
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| 08-05-07 |
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.PRO |
ICANN okays .PRO derestriction
 The suffix for professionals has ICANN's green light to make itself more accessible to a higher number of professionals.
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| 08-05-01 |
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.ES |
Spanish Registry takes aim at phishing sites
 ESNIC to introduce anti-phishing procedure which includes possible deletion of domains used for phishing attacks.
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| 08-04-29 |
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.ES |
Spain to reach a million domains this summer
 Spain now has 925,000 domains and should reach the physchologically important million this summer.
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| 08-04-28 |
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.BR |
Brazil to open domain for individuals
 On May 1, 2008, .COM.BR will be opened up to individuals. Up until then, priori rights holders may carry out priority registrations to protect those rights.
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| 08-04-24 |
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.ENG |
England wants its own domain
 An online petition has been launched to convince ICANN to sanction a .ENG suffix for England.
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| 08-04-24 |
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.CN |
Chinese registry clarifies transfer rules
 The Chinese registry is determined to ensure that local registrars do not block their customers wishing to transfer names away.
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| 08-04-15 |
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.CO |
.CO heading for 2010 launch
 Following a common trend, Columbia plans to open its Top Level Domain for registrations. The local government has just released a tentative launch schedule.
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| 08-04-15 |
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NEWS |
Dollars.com set to make lots of euros
 Auction watching is getting to be a great sport these days. After the fun pizza.com that makes its previous owner's fortune, a new hot sale is coming: Dollars.com
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| 08-04-15 |
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.DE |
12 million .DE domains
 Domain names are proving as popular as ever in Germany, with the 12th million .DE domain being registered on April 14.
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| 08-04-10 |
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.ASIA |
.ASIA adding 5,000 domains a day
 .ASIA opened to all on March 26. We have the first official post-launch stats for Asia's new Internet domain.
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| 08-04-10 |
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ICANN |
ICANN Paris agenda released
 ICANN has just published the agenda for the Paris meeting.
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| 08-04-08 |
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.EU |
Dot EU is two years old!
 Two years ago, on April 7 2006, Europe's domain opened for all. Today, it totals more than 2.8 million registered names. According to the European commission, it's become a distinct European identity.
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| 08-04-07 |
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DOMAIN TASTING |
.BIZ and INFO's anti-tasting measures okayed
 ICANN has just approved modifications requested a few weeks ago by the .BIZ and .INFO registries to limit domain tasting. From now on, no registrar will be able to freely delete more than 10% of the names it registers monthly.
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| 08-03-27 |
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EVENTS |
Paris to host IT law conference in June
 IFCLA, the International Federation of Computer Law Associations, is holding its traditional biannual conference in Paris this year, on June 5 and 6.
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| 08-03-25 |
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NEWS |
Free speech of basic survival instincts?
 This is all about the new storm brewing around Network Solutions. This time, it's over Netsol's decision to suspend the website of controversial far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
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| 08-03-18 |
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.XXX |
Another nail in .XXX's coffin?
 A Washington judge has ruled against .XXX sponsor ICM Registry's FOIA request for documents proving governmental intervention against the proposed adult Internet domain.
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| 08-03-18 |
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.CZ |
.CZ tops 400,000
 CZNIC, registry for the Czech Republic's .CZ, has just passed the 400,000 domain mark, thanks in part to a simplified registration system.
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| 08-03-17 |
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.DE |
New record sale : casino.de
 Danish company Balslev Media ApS has paid 400,000 euros (close to US $600,000) for the domain casino.de.
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| 08-03-13 |
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Blog SVG |
.ASIA hits the half mil
 DotAsia's launch process is now over and the registry's official numbers are 505,838 domain name applications.
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| 08-03-13 |
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.RS |
8,000 .RS domains
 Serbia's .RS opened for business on Monday. Domaines.Info has exclusive stats on the new extension's first week.
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| 08-03-13 |
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.AND |
Dot AND for Andalucía?
 A proposal made by one of Spain's political parties during the recent presidential elections shows that "community" suffixes are going mainstream.
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| 08-03-11 |
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ICANN |
Anti-tasting motion under consideration
 A proposed motion to curb domain tasting is being considered by ICANN. Public comments can be made on the proposal until March 28, 2008.
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| 08-03-04 |
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.RS |
.RS opens on March 10
 Next Monday, .RS will officially replace .YU as Serbia’s active Internet domain.
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