Tough Domains is a set of tools for creating a domain name marketplace, domain for sale landing pages and for instant website development among other things. Tough Domains created a video to describe their tools in a video that also describes pretty accurately domain name investing: Rudy DeDominici, one of the Tough Domains founders, also posted [...] Continue reading →

Just a year after gaining its independence from the US government, ICANN has come under scrutiny over concerns that its board of directors may have overstepped its powers. The board has come in for criticism from almost everyone expressing an opinion at the ICANN 60 meeting in Abu Dhabi this week, after it temporarily suspended [...] Continue reading →

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Patent is related to its system for monitoring domains not registered at Uniregistry. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,807,053 (pdf) to Uniregistry for “System and method related to domain name tracking and transfer”. The patent describes various aspects of Uniregistry’s account management system. In particular, it focuses on the ability [...] Continue reading →

ICANN reiterates that Donuts agreed not to sue. ICANN has filed its response (pdf) in Donuts’ appeal of a lawsuit to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th District. The lawsuit stems from the $135 million auction for .web. Donuts was one of seven applicants for the domain name. One applicant, Nu Dot Co, decided that [...] Continue reading →

Democrat Brian Schatz places hold over concerns about deal struck with Republican Ted Cruz. It has been nine months since Donald Trump took office but the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) still does not have an administrator. Trump’s appointee, David Redl, has been stymied mostly by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. The NTIA is the [...] Continue reading →

Manal Ismail, Egypt’s representative to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee, has been elected its new chair. She will replace outgoing chair Thomas Schneider, a Swiss official, after the current ICANN 60 public meeting in Abu Dhabi wraps up later this week. Ismail is director of international technical coordination at Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority, NTRA. Schneider [...] Continue reading →