ICANN Releases New gTLD Contracting Statistics For 31 January

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 31 January 2014:

 

Yahoo Files UDRP Complaint for SiftYahoo.com Domain

Yahoo has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of SiftYahoo.com domain name.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.

 

According to whois records,the domain name was first registered in July,2012.

The National Arbitration Forum will examine if SiftYahoo.com domain is confusingly similar to Yahoo’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 Yahoo if it falls under all three of these stipulations.

The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .

ICANN Invites Interested Individuals to submit applications for key leadership positions

ICANN’s Nominating Committee invites interested individuals to submit applications and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill ICANN’s technical and policy coordination role.

Interested individuals are invited to submit an application to the NomCom for the following positions:

    Two members of the Board of Directors of ICANN
    Two At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) representatives (one each from the Europe, and North America regions)
    One member of the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
    One member of the Council of the Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the Board of Directors and other key positions within ICANN’s structure. ICANN is a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation dedicated to: preserving the operational security and stability of the Internet; promoting competition; achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and supporting the development of policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.

Individuals selected by the NomCom will have a unique opportunity to work with accomplished colleagues from around the globe, address the Internet’s intriguing technical coordination problems and policy development challenges with diverse functional, cultural, and geographic dimensions, and gain valuable insights and experience from working across boundaries of knowledge, responsibility and perspective.

Those selected will gain the satisfaction of making a valuable public service contribution towards the continued function and evolution of an essential global resource. Considering the broad public interest, those selected will work to achieve the goals towards which ICANN is dedicated in order to facilitate the Internet’s critically important societal functions.

Current Board members who have been selected by the NomCom include: Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Bruno Lanvin, Olga Madruga-Forti, Erika Mann, Gonzalo Navarro and George Sadowsky.

Applications for the positions described above can be submitted through an on-line application form at (http://nomcom.icann.org/apply) or by contacting
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More information regarding the NomCom can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org. Applications will be considered in confidence and should be received by 1 April 2014 for full consideration. Selections are scheduled to be announced in August 2014. Successful candidates will take up their positions following ICANN’s Annual Meeting in October 2014.

Candidate recommendations are encouraged and can be submitted through an online form at http://nomcom.icann.org/suggest, and questions or comments may also be submitted to
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Fluency in English is a requirement for all positions. These positions may involve significant international travel, including personal presence at periodic ICANN Public Meetings, as well as regular telephone and Internet communications. Reasonable direct expenses incurred in the course of service will be reimbursed. Each Board Member may also choose to receive compensation in accordance with the resolution passed by the Board on 8 December 2011, but is not required to do so.

This announcement was sourced from:

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-31jan14-en.htm

Broncos.com Domain Name is Up For Sale

Broncos.com domain name is now up for sale at Domain Holdings.Broncos.com was up for auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference, but it did not meet the reserve price.

 

Domain Holdings did not mention the asking price of Broncos.com .

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in 1995 and is currently privately registered. Broncos.com redirects to the Denver Broncos website.

400 Reserved .XXX Domain Names Now Available For Sales

ICM Registry, the company behind .XXX domain, released in October more than 1,000 premium generic keyword domain names.The company has recently added 400 premium .XXX domains to this list .

 

The company has added 400 premium generic keyword .XXX domain names with a total value of $13,686,300.Two of the 400 newly added domain names have already been sold – tube.xxx, sold for $750,000 and Spanking.xxx .

Here are some of the most interesting .XXX domain names included in the new list :

Cam.xxx
Teens.xxx
Bondage.xxx
PornCam.xxx
Shop.xxx
HotCams.xxx
Pornography.xxx
Adults.xxx
App.xxx
Click.xxx
Dominatrix.xxx
Facial.xxx
Flirt.xxx
Hentaiporn.xxx
Kinky.xxx
Leather.xxx
LiveCam.xxx
Lovers.xxx

The company managed to sell up until now many premium .XXX domain names, including :

Love.xxx – $79,530
Tube.xxx and Tubes.xxx – $750,000
Teen.xxx – $400,000
BDSM.xxx, PublicSex.xxx and Mature.xxx – $200,000
Fap.xxx (The price was not disclosed)