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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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| 05-05-04 |
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.EU |
First Dot EU website goes online!
 The first Dot EU website is already up and running on the Internet. Dot EU registry Eurid now has its website and email address up and running using the domain name eurid.eu.
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| 05-04-28 |
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.NET |
Disappointment at DENIC over poor rating in .NET procedure
 The German Registry DENIC claims to be "baffled" over the outcome of the evaluation process for the new .NET registry which ranked it fourth out of five applicants. DENIC's press release follows :
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| 05-04-21 |
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.EU |
Final countdown to Dot EU has begun
 As from the beginning of 2006, businesses and citizens who register Dot EU internet addresses will be able to benefit from higher visibility within the EU single market and a level playing field for electronic commerce.
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| 05-04-20 |
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.EU |
Czech Arbitration Court to provide ADR for .eu disputes
 On April 12, an official EURID press release confirmed the Czech Arbitration Court as the ADR dispute resolution provider for the upcoming Dot EU. The service will be provided in the 20 official languages of the European Union.
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| 05-04-11 |
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ICANN |
ICANN concludes 22nd meeting with announcements on AfriNIC, sTLDs & IPv4
 Over 600 delegates from 80 countries attended ICANN's first international public meeting of 2005 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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| 05-04-04 |
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ICANN |
ICANN meeting opens in Argentina- 4-8 April 2005
 ICANN welcomes the Internet Community to Mar del Plata, in Argentina. This is ICANN's 22nd international public meeting and the fourth to be held in Latin America.
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| 05-03-30 |
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LEGAL |
Hillary Clinton wins hillaryclinton.com case
 Hillary Clinton has managed to wrestle hillaryclinton.com away from a serial cybersquatter.
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| 05-03-29 |
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.NET |
ICANN publishes Telcordia report on Dot NET reassignment
 Telcordia has completed a period of extensive evaluation and ICANN has now received the evaluators' final report and rankings.
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| 05-03-25 |
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.JOBS |
ICANN Completes Negotiations with Applicants for .JOBS and .TRAVEL
 ICANN has completed negotiations with the applicants for the .JOBS and .TRAVEL sponsored top-level domains. The .JOBS and .TRAVEL sponsored TLD registry agreements have been posted on the ICANN website and submitted to the ICANN Board for approval.
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| 05-03-24 |
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.EU |
Dot EU gets the nod from Icann
 Internet governing body Icann has given a new European extension the go-ahead. Dot EU is now expected to launch before the end of 2005 with a four-month sunrise period for advance registrations by prior rights holders.
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| 05-02-28 |
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euobserver.com |
INDOM spotlighted in Dot EU press article
 Our registrar partner INDOM was interviewed for an AFP (Agence France Presse) article on the forthcoming Dot EU domain names. The article was carried by many websites, including this one by the EUobserver.
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| 05-02-17 |
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SECONDHAND NAMES |
WLS lawsuit dropped
 A lawsuit filed by a group of registrars to prevent the release of the controversial Wait List Service has been dropped because the complainants simply don't believe the service will ever come to market!
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| 04-12-21 |
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.MOBI |
MOBI and JOBS get Icann go-ahead
 After POST and TRAVEL in October, MOBI and JOBS have now received a provisional green light from Icann, the organisation in charge of the Internet domain name system.
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| 04-12-09 |
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.FR |
No further opening of the French extension in 2005
 In May 2004, the extremely restricted Dot FR was opened up for companies and trademark holders. A further step towards a more liberal extension, planned for early 2005, has now been cancelled.
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| 04-12-08 |
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.EU |
No Dot EU in Cape Town?
 Dot EU was conspicuous by its absence from the Cape Town Icann meeting agenda. When will Icann green-light the European extension?
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| 04-11-24 |
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INDUSTRY |
160 million paid for domain names
 Seattle based Marchex has announced an acquisition of some 100,000 domain names for a record $164,2 million.
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| 04-11-18 |
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SECONDHAND NAMES |
The obscure business of backordering domain names
 The backorder industry may be growing, but it's not getting any easier to understand. We go behind the scenes with Snapnames, one of the industry's pioneers, to try and understand the dark side of the domain name business.
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| 04-10-14 |
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.EU |
EURid signs contract with the European Commission
 EURid was officially recognised as the Dot EU registrar on October 12, when the European Commission signed its service concession contract.
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| 04-10-04 |
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.INFO |
Dot Info adds a million names in less than a week!
 Recent registration numbers for Dot Info are huge. But most of the names seem to be coming from the same registrar: eNom. How are they doing it?
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| 04-08-24 |
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TRENDS |
Worldwide domain names statistics (August 2004)
 Domaines.Info's stats provide a "snapshot" of worldwide registrations for a specific period. They are compiled using data supplied by the relevant registries and/or domain managers directly, and are updated every six months.
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