December 10, 2018
According to the latest Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief there are now approximately 342.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), which is an increase of approximately 2.6 million domain name registrations (0.8%) over the second quarter of 2018. That’s an increase of circa 11.7 million more domain name registrations, or 3.5 percent, than at the same time last year.
December 3, 2018
A special working group charged with coming up with changes to the Whois service that bring it in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) published its initial report on 21 November 2018 and opened it up for public comment. The Initial Report responds to the call to answer a set of questions and determine if the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data should become a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-compliant ICANN Consensus Policy as is, or one with modifications.
November 28, 2018
.INC
Registry operator, Intercap Holdings, have announced the launch of their new gTLD .INC as follows
November 15, 2018
Listen to our webinar and find out the highlights of the ICANN63 meeting in Barcelona.
November 7, 2018
.ONL and .RICH – Release of previously reserved names
Registry operator, I-Registry, have announced they will be releasing all 1- and 2-character names as well as a large number of short and intuitive names, for the extensions .ONL and .RICH
October 31, 2018
The registry for .SCOT, Dot Scot Registry Limited, informed us yesterday of a change to the dates for the .SCOT price promotion.
October 30, 2018
Donuts DPML Blocking Mechanism – Price Change and addition of Homographs
Operator of the DPML Blocking Mechanism, Donuts, have announced that they are increasing the prices for DPML creates and renewals
October 15, 2018
ICANN’s next meeting will be held in Barcelona from 20 – 25 October. Key highlights of the agenda include the working sessions of the Policy Development Processes dealing with issues around future releases of new gTLDs and rights protection mechanisms.
October 12, 2018
Montenegro: Launch of IDNs under .ME
The .ME Registry has announced the launch of a wide range of IDNs which will be available under .ME from 12 November 2018 (UTC 09:00).
September 11, 2018
2018年9月11日、DemysがCom Laudeグループに加わりました。
Demys（デミス）は、英連邦スコットランドのエジンバラを拠点とする、法人向けドメインネームマネジメントとオンライン・ブランドプロテクションの会社であり、英連邦の自動車会社、不動産業・レジャー開発、メディア、日曜消費財等の多くの企業にドメインマネジメントのトータルサービスを提供しております。Demysのオンライン・ブランドプロテクションサービスには、独自開発をしたドメイン・ウォッチングとオンライン・ブランド侵害モニタリングが含まれています。また、Demysはドメインネーム仲裁サービスを提供する一方、英国のccTLD「.UK」のレジストリであるNominetが提供する仲裁パネリストとして、Demysから2名が参加しております。この2名の内1名は、世界知的所有権機関（WIPO）及びチェコ仲裁裁判所（CAC）のパネリストとしても活動しております。
September 11, 2018
We have today announced that we have acquired Demys for an undisclosed sum. Edinburgh based Demys provides high quality corporate domain name management and online brand protection services. It delivers a full domain management service for a number of high profile brand clients across the UK automotive, retail/leisure, media and FMCG sectors.
August 23, 2018
According to the latest data from Verisign’s domain name industry brief the second quarter of 2018 saw the number of registered domains across all top-level domains (TLDs), rise to 339.8 million, an increase of approximately 6m domain name registrations, or 1.8%, compared to the first quarter of 2018.
August 23, 2018
Registry Registry operator GMO Registry has announced the launch of Japanese IDNs under their TLD .kyoto on November 20, 2018.
The following characters are special characters to which additional rules apply:
30FB # KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT
3006 # IDEOGRAPHIC CLOSING MARK
30FC # KATAKANA-HIRAGANA PROLONGED SOUND MARK
August 9, 2018
Registry operator Minds + Machines Group Limited (‘MMX’) have announced the launch of their latest new gTLD .LUXE. Initially intended to represent luxury goods and services, MMX have repurposed the TLD to support the blockchain platform Ethereum, using ‘LUXE’ to represent the phrase “Lets yoU eXchange Easily”.
July 30, 2018
.BOTの限定登録期間が延長されます
.BOTのレジストリ・オペレータであるAmazonは、2回目の制限登録期間を2018年12月1まで延期しました。当該登録期間は、Dialogflow、Microsoft Bot Framework、またはAmazon Lexのbotkitsを使う BOTの所有者、オペレータ、開発者が登録出来る期間となります。
July 30, 2018
Registry operator Amazon has extended its second Limited Registration Period to 1 December 2018. During this phase, registrations are to be open to customers who own, operate, or manage bots (bot developers) built using the following botkits: Dialogflow, Microsoft Bot Framework, or Amazon Lex.
July 3, 2018
.EUのレジストリであるEuridは、キリル文字で登録された.EUドメインネームを2019年6月1日に削除致します。
June 13, 2018
Minds + Machines Registryは中国語IDNをリリースします
新gTLDのレジストリであるMinds + Machinesは、アルファベット（ASCII）ドメインネームとピンインを含む中国語IDNドメインネームの両方の提供を開始します。対象となるドメイン（TLD）は以下の通りです。
.law
.work
.beer
May 21, 2018
去る、2018年4月26日、日本ネットワークインフォメーションセンター（JPNIC）が主催する「第51回ICANN報告会」に、ComLaude株式会社の村上嘉隆が登壇致し、EU 一般データ保護規則（GDPR）に関する報告を致しました。
報告後は、活発な質疑応答が行われ、JPNICでは質疑応答の一部をブログ記事として公開しました。