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| 06-07-18 |
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.NO |
Norway formalizes relationship with ICANN 
 After Chile, England and Germany, Norway becomes the latest country code domain to exchange letters with ICANN.
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| 06-07-17 |
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LEGAL |
An in-depth look at Russian IP and domain name law
 An IP specialist with Baker & McKenzie in Moscow, Andrei M. Mincov gives us a frank and fascinating insight into the way domain names problems are tackled in Russia.
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| 06-07-04 |
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.XXX |
Fighting for Dot XXX
 Despite being turned down by ICANN, Dot XXX sponsor ICM Registry simply will not give up. DomainesInfo talks to ICM's boss Stuart Lawley about the future he's certain Dot XXX has.
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| 06-06-25 |
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ICANN |
ICANN formalizes relationship with ccTLD Manager for Chile
 ICANN has signed an accountability framework with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .CL (Chile), NIC Chile.
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| 06-06-20 |
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ICANN |
ICANN needs a geography lesson
 So eager was ICANN to celebrate a strengthened relationship with three new country code domain managers that it got one of the countries wrong in its official statement!
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| 06-05-20 |
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ICANN |
ICANN appoints new VP
 Denise Michel named Vice President in charge of ICANN's policy development.
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| 06-05-18 |
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WSIS |
UN creates Internet Governance Forum advisory group
 Group includes 46 members from Government, the private sector and civil society, including the academic and technical communities, who represent all regions of the world.
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| 06-05-11 |
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.XXX |
ICANN Board says no to Dot XXX
 ICANN's Board of Directors has voted against a proposed agreement for creating a new Top Level Domain, Dot XXX.
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| 06-04-10 |
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.TEL |
ICANN posts proposed Dot TEL agreement
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| 06-04-06 |
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.EU |
EURid comments on the issue of generic domain names 
 EURid has been approached by a number of people objecting to the granting of domain names for generic names, which have been applied for (and accepted) during Sunrise.
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| 06-03-30 |
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.EU |
Dot EU activation time lengthened 
 Dot EU registry EURid announces a new activation time of 45 days for domains requested during the sunrise period.
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| 06-03-20 |
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.FR |
Dot FR opened to individuals on June 20th 2006
 French registry AFNIC has confirmed that conditions for registration of a Dot FR domain name will further be loosened later on this year.
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| 06-03-14 |
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WSIS |
Official dates for inaugural IGF meeting announced
 The first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will be held in Greece at the end of the year.
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| 06-03-03 |
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ICANN |
ICANN directors comment on the Verisign vote
 Amid growing controversy on ICANN's approval of the proposed settlement with Dot Com registry operator Verisign, some Board members have released comments on the reasons for their vote.
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| 06-03-02 |
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ICANN |
Verisign comments on ICANN Board approval
 Former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Verisign, Tom Galvin comments on the green light given to the proposed settlement by the ICANN Board.
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| 06-03-01 |
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ICANN |
ICANN approves VeriSign settlement
 ICANN's board has voted in favour of a proposed settlement agreement with Verisign, despite strong opposition from the Internet community.
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| 06-01-19 |
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SECONDHAND NAMES |
Sex.com sold for $14 million US
 Stolen, recovered… and now sold for mega bucks. The sex.com saga reaches new highs…
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| 06-01-18 |
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.INFO |
Afilias to provide registry services for .AERO
 Dot AERO sponsor SITA has signed an agreement with Afilias who will provide registry services for the aviation industry's top level domain.
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| 05-11-10 |
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.FR |
Dot FR open to individuals in 2006
 Currently only open to companies and trademark holders, the French domain is set to take a major step towards becoming completely unrestricted when it opens up to individuals next year. French registry AFNIC manager Mathieu Weill explains what will happen and how it will happen.
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| 05-09-29 |
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.XXX |
The fight to launch Dot XXX
 DomainesInfo.fr talked to ICM Registry about Dot XXX, the new domain ICANN gave them to go-ahead to set up before putting the project on hold at the behest of the US government.
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| 05-09-14 |
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.ORG |
Dot ORG registry donates $100,000 to Katrina Relief
 Public Internet Registry (PIR), manager of the Dot ORG domain, will contribute to the Katrina relief effort until the end of the month.
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| 05-08-29 |
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TRENDS |
DENIC Registers Nine-Millionth .DE domain 
 On August 20, DENIC received the request to register the nine millionth .DE domain. The number of Internet addresses registered under the German Top Level Domain has thus continued to grow.
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| 05-08-03 |
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.EU |
Proposed Dot EU dispute resolution rules published
 The Czech Arbitration Court, the official dispute resolution provider for Dot EU, has published a set of draft rules, with a request for comments from any interested parties.
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| 05-07-28 |
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.EU |
EURid bans domain name resellers
 Dot EU registry EURid has clearly stated that only accredited registrars can offer Dot EU registrations. Resellers will not be allowed.
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| 05-07-19 |
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.EU |
EURid warns of unauthorised pre-registrations 
 Dot EU registry advises prospective registrants to stay away from pre-registration sites from non-accredited registrars and to avoid registrars that "pool" pre-registrations.
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| 05-06-27 |
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ICANN |
Icann's future is not in danger
 Icann President Paul Twomey talks to DomainesInfo.fr about Vice President Paul Verhoef departure from Icann, the Dot NET reassignment process… and a new bulk registration and deletion technique.
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| 05-06-24 |
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.EU |
INDOM becomes first Dot EU accredited registrar in France
 Leading French registrar is among the first to receive official Dot EU accreditation and is now accepting pre-orders.
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| 05-06-10 |
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ICANN |
ICANN Board Designates VeriSign to Retain Control of .NET Registry
 ICANN has approved entering into a new agreement with VeriSign for their continued management of the .NET registry for six additional years.
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| 05-06-08 |
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ICANN |
Icann VP to leave
 DomainesInfo has learned that Icann's vice-president may soon resign.
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| 05-06-07 |
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
WIPO recommends uniform mechanism for new gTLDs
 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recommended the introduction of a uniform intellectual property (IP) protection mechanism designed to further curb unauthorized registration of domain names in all new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).
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