As the year comes to a close I’m happy to announce the release of the Internet Commerce Association’s 2008 Annual Report. The ICA has been very active in the last year and this 11-page PDF report highlights the growth of our membership since our founding two years ago and provides a summary of ICA activities and outreach over the past …
ICA Amicus Brief Accepted by Court in CFIT Case
It has been a long wait, but the court hearing the suit brought by CFIT against VeriSign accepted ICA’s amicus brief. Bret Faucet, representing CFIT in this case, thanked ICA for its contribution to the case. CFIT is trying to try to get the court to reverse the decision by ICANN to award the .com contract to VeriSign without any …
ICANN New TLD Policies
How they cause new risk for your .com portfolio ICA encourages domain name owners to comment on the new gTLD implementation guidebook before the December 15th deadline. The biggest issue alarming many domain owners is the possibility that price controls will be completely removed for .com and other existing gTLDs. This could enable VeriSign to implement variable pricing for .com …
Registrar sues auDA for deleting domain name
Domain Directors, and its associated company, Instra Corporation, an auDA and ICANN accredited registrar, is continuing with its litigation against auDA. The Supreme Court of Queensland today set down this litigation for trial for 2 February 2009. In November, Domain Directors, an auDA and ICANN accredited registrar, commenced legal proceedings against auDA, the Australian domain name policy and regulatory body. …
TRAFFIC Down Under
Fabulous and TRAFFIC partnered to host TRAFFIC Down Under in Gold Coast, Australia this week. This conference brought in a large number of domainers from Australia. It was good to see new faces in an international industry conference. I am not sure how Fabulous pulled off its brilliant weather strategy, but it worked perfectly. Attendees were lured to the beautiful …
Abusive domain name tasting drastically reduced
ICANN reported on November 13th that Add/Delete Grace Period (AGP) deletes are down by 84%. The bulk of AGP deletes have historically been associated with the practice of domain name tasting. While opinions in the ICANN community differed on the actual impact of domain tasting, the Internet Commerce Association was a leader in calling upon ICANN to impose its registration fee as …
Internet Commerce Association Response to CADNA
ICA condemns cybersquatting, but observes that it is a civil and not a criminal matter. Washington DC, November 06 – On Wednesday, November 5 The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) released a statement that implied that cybersquatting is a criminal activity. CADNA said in its release “CADNA has been working diligently to further international and national policies that …
Appeal in Kentucky
There has been an appeal filed in the Kentucky domain seizure case. In spite of the fact that Judge Wingate ruled that iMEGA has not standing to represent the seized domain names, the association has asked the Kentucky Court of Appeals to block Judge Wingate’s decision allowing Kentucky to seize 141 domain names. You can download the writ at imega.org, …
ICA Response to Kentucky Seizure Ruling
Jeremiah Johnston, President of the Internet Commerce Association, today issued this statement on behalf of the ICA in response to the Opinion and Order of Judge Thomas Wingate of the Franklin Circuit Court in the matter of Commonwealth of Kentucky vs. 141 Internet Domain Names: “The Internet Commerce Association is extremely disappointed in the decision issued by the Court this …
Kentucky Judge Delays Ruling
Judge Wingate announced that his ruling, expected today, on the seizue of 141 domain names is postponed. News of the Ruling will be published here as soon as we get it.