ICANN to Hold First Turkey DNS Forum in Istanbul on November 18 To Encourage Stronger Turkish Domain Industry
ICANN announced today (13 November) that, for the first time, it will host a Turkey Domain Name System ( DNS ) forum in Istanbul on the 18th November 2014. This Turkey DNS Forum is the first edition of what will be an annual event.
The forum will bring together interested participants with key players in the domain name field, to discuss current topics in Turkey’s industry. Representatives from ICANN , the Government of Turkey and Garanti Bank will provide welcoming remarks to kickoff this daylong session.
“Our newly opened hub in Istanbul is poised to engage with our local stakeholders in all aspects, this event being one of them, with the aim of building a stronger domain name industry in Turkey. At ICANN , our mission to the public is dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. Our hub is uniquely positioned to not only cater to our host country, but also to be a bridge connecting Europe, Africa and the Middle East,” said David Olive, Vice President, Policy Development Support and General Manager, ICANN -Istanbul.
During this forum, presentations and panel discussions from experts of the Internet sector in Turkey will address topics such as:
- Turkey’s Internet industry,
- The innovation and growth opportunities available for business innovation,
- The new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs),
- Registrar strategies in a competitive environment.
“We are very happy with the cooperation and support of the local community in helping making this happen and look forward to a fruitful collaboration in our future efforts to support and develop the emerging domain name markets, with all the expert knowledge we can provide,” said Baher Esmat, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement for the Middle East, ICANN .
Participants from ICANN , other Internet organizations, registries, registrars, registrants, ccTLDs, new gTLD applicants, policy makers, Internet service providers, IT businesses, brand owners and legal firms, academics and civil society will attend the event in an effort to share experiences and best practices.
For more information, please visit the event website at: https://community.icann.org/display/MES/Turkey+ DNS +Forum
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About ICANN :
ICANN ‘s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn’t have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2014-11-13-en
Morgan Stanley Files Complaint for MorganStanleyChina.net Domain Name
Morgan Stanley has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of MorganStanleyChina.net domain name.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.
According to whois records, MorganStanleyChina.net was first registered in September,2014.
The National Arbitration Forum will examine if MorganStanleyChina.net domain is confusingly similar to Morgan Stanley’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith .The disputed domain name will be passed over to Morgan Stanley if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .
Microsoft Files Complaint for MicrosoftBand.Net Domain Name
Microsoft has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of MicrosoftBand.Net domain name.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.
According to whois records, MicrosoftsWay.com was first registered in October,2014.
The National Arbitration Forum will examine if MicrosoftBand.Net domain is confusingly similar to Microsoft’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith .The disputed domain name will be passed over to Microsoft if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .
ICANN :Public Comment Invited: New gTLD Auction Rules for Indirect Contention
ICANN is seeking community input on the detailed rules (i.e. methodology and processes) for Auctions involving Contention Sets containing Indirect Contention relationships.
Forum Announcement: Comment Period Opens on Date: 14 November 2014
Categories/Tags: New gTLD Auctions – Indirect Contention Sets
Purpose (Brief): ICANN is seeking community input on the detailed rules (i.e. methodology and processes) for Auctions involving Contention Sets containing Indirect Contention relationships.
Public Comment Box Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-auctions-indirect-contention-2014-11-14-en
This announcement was sourced from :
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-14-en
DENIC Approaching Another Milestone : 16 Million .DE Registered Domain Names
DENIC, the company behind .DE extension is approaching another milestone: 16 million domain name registrations under .DE.The company achieved the 15,5 millionth milestone in 2012.
DENIC registered the 14 millionth .de domain name on 26 November 2010 and the 15 millionth .de domain name on April 18,2012.This means that in less than six months, almost 500,000 .DE domain names were registered .
There are 15,817,270 .DE domains registered up to date,according to the most recent figures on DENIC’s website.
The annual average growth rate of the recent years has been about 1 million domain names,which is an impressive number .Moreover,at the end of October/beginning of November 2010,domain growth gained particular momentum through the introduction of the special character eszett, ß .
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .DE domain name.
