Over 88 percent of domain names covered by new protections Less than six months after new registrant protections were approved by the ICANN Board, over 88 percent of all generic domain names are now covered. The protections include improved ways of...

16 November 2009 - the day Russian Federation officially applied for Cyrillic domain .РФ (.RF) to ICANN. This event was preceded by two years of collaboration between ICANN, Russian government, local internet-society and key market players. The...

Following the incident where a SnapNames executive had set up an account on the SnapNames system under a false name and, under this name, bid in SnapNames auctions, the company has announced they have updated the proposed rebate offer. In the...

The news release below outlines two new elements on the DOMAINFest Global conference to take place in Los Angeles in January. One is a PITCHfest contest that aims to uncover new, innovative products or services designed to enhance the value of parked...

ICANN has authorized a bulk transfer of Mouzz Interactive Inc.’s gTLD domain names to Sibername.com, Inc., due to a compliance action taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of registrar Mouzz Interactive Inc. The gTLD registries that...