The five-year Right of Registration period launched back in June 2014 by Nominet, the registry operator for the .UK ccTLD, has come to an end. Domain holders of third-level .UK domains (.CO.UK, .ORG.UK, .ME.UK, .NET.UK, .PLC.UK and .LTD.UK) had until 25 June to secure their equivalent shorter second-level .UK domains before they were released to the public.
TH NIC, the registry for .TH domains, is re-opening domain registrations directly under .TH from 1 August to 30 September, 2019.
EURid the Registry for .eu domain names, has issued a communication concerning the .eu domains registered by UK entities and residents following the updated notice issued by the European Commission last week.
The .uk domain name authority, Nominet, has released its annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS).
During the first half of 2019 three reports on combatting harms and wrongdoing online were published.
Afilias has launched a service for domain name locks on 15 July 2019
Join the Valideus team for a review of the key discussion points from the ICANN Policy Forum in Marrakech and to find out what’s happening next.
Operator of the new gTLD .MADRID, Comunidad de Madrid, has announced the launch of the extension. Registry operator fTLD update to security requirements for .bank and .insurance. .TAIPEI – Pricing Promotion.
The Start of Something Big
ICANN publishes a paper entitled, ICANN Org’s Readiness to Support Future Rounds of New gTLDs. Outlining ICANN’s assumptions for policy implementation and operational readiness for a subsequent round of new gTLDs.
Latest global domain name counts for ccTLDs country code domains outperformed other domains in percentage growth over the last year.
