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ICANN Clarifies COI

FairWinds Partners —  December 28, 2011 What are the odds that the same week we decide to run a series about the financial aspects of applying for and running a new gTLD, ICANN publishes a set of guidelines for the Continued Operations Instrument (COI)? Maybe it’s because the COI is a question that has been

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Talking .CHEDDAR Part 2: The Continued Operations Instrument

FairWinds Partners —  December 20, 2011 This week here on the gTLD Strategy blog, we’re going to be talking finance. Specifically, we’ll be breaking down the costs of applying for and operating a new gTLD, the application questions that deal with finances, and a little thing called the Continuing Operations Instrument (COI). Today, we’re going

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Whoops, There It Is!

Josh Bourne ⬥ 14 December ICM Registry, the company that administers the .XXX sponsored top-level domain (sTLD),announced this morning that it was suspending domain registrations “that appear to involve unmistakable, blatant cybersquatting.” The announcement came in the wake of suspicious registrations for famous trademarked names including BusinessWeek.xxx, CNBC.xxx and WashingtonPost.xxx, among others. ICM’s swift move

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Got Evidence? California Milk Processor Board Finds Itself Udderly Without

Steve Levy ⬥ 9 December Simply put, not all domains are good candidates for a UDRP complaint. It is the duty of a Complainant and its counsel to both carefully research claims before filing and also to be prepared to alter their strategy if new facts come to light after filing. If these fundamentals are

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