Donuts announced Tuesday it sold home.loans for $500,000 in what is believed to be the largest sale of any domain name for a new gTLD to date in a sale they brokered themselves. Home.loans was acquired by Home.Loans LLC founder and chief executive officer Blake Janover, a serial entrepreneur, digital media visionary and capital markets…
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ICANN Draft FY19 Operating Plan and Budget and Five-Year Operating Plan Update
Brief Overview Purpose: Focusing on ICANN‘s commitment to the multistakeholder model, ICANN‘s Draft FY19 Operating Plan and Budget and the current year update to the Five-Year Operating Plan are provided for community discussion and public comment. ICANN seeks structured feedback on the plans described in these documents. The documents incorporate improvements on previous years based…
Register Company Name and Domain Name Together in South African Initiative
The South Africans have come up with a unique initiative aimed at start-ups, in particular, to register a domain name at the same time as registering a company name. The new idea is a collaboration between the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission (CIPC) and the 2 companies managing South Africa’s country code top level domain…
ICANN: Implementation of the Consensus Policy for Protection of Certain Specific IGO and INGO Identifiers for All gTLDs
ICANN today [16 Jan] announced that all ICANN generic top-level domain (gTLD) contracted parties must implement the new Consensus Policy concerning the protection of certain specific names of intergovernmental organizations (IGO) and international nongovernmental organizations (INGO) identifiers in all gTLDs. This Consensus Policy relates only to those identifiers specifically approved by the ICANN Board in…
ICANN: Establishment of the Internet and DNS Engagement Center in Seoul
Today [12 Jan], the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and ICANN announced the establishment of a partnership center known as the Internet and DNS Engagement Center in Seoul. This initiative elevates KISA and ICANN‘s partnership, established in November 2013 with the signing of the KISA-ICANN Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Per the objectives of the…