Letter to ICANN Re NTIA and the .COM Registry Agreement

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

On Friday, November 16th, ICA filed a letter addressed to Göran Marby regarding the .COM Registry Agreement, arguing that ICANN should reject any attempt by Verisign to increase its fees. Higher fees for Verisign are not justified, as demonstrated by the following four key points: a)  Verisign is a provider of technical registry services, it does not own the .com …

Verisign’s Attempt to Increase its Fees Still Unjustified Despite Diversionary Tactic

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

The ICA released a must-read statement on the price increase of .com domains earlier today! Shortly after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)’s recent announcement allowing Verisign to pursue increased .com registry fees, Verisign published a blog post questioning the business practices of registrars and domain name investors. The ICA, on behalf of its registrar and domain name investor …

ICA Statement on U.S. Government Granting Verisign .Com Price Increase

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

As the domain name community knows, the ICA has been warning of an impending price hike on .com domain name registrations. We publicized the issue, launched a website to increase awareness of the issue, created a petition that attracted over 2,000 signatures, and advocated for our position directly to David Redl, the head of NTIA, as well as to the Department …

Nominations for ICA’s 2019 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award – now open!

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

The ICA is happy and proud to announce that we are now accepting nominations for ICA’s 2019 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award! Thanks to NamesCon’s generous support, for the 3rd year in the row, the award will be held during the conference. The Lonnie Borck Memorial Award is granted to an individual for indelible contribution to domain investor rights, and we invite you all …

ICA Letter to ICANN Board of Directors on ICANN oversight over the UDRP

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

In its letter submitted to the ICANN board on October 9th, 2018, ICA pointed out the absence of any ICANN oversight over the UDRP such as an office or staff, regular review process, complaints procedure, or contracts with existing UDRP dispute resolution service providers. ICA requests that ICANN includes a budget for such oversight in its current budgeting process. Read …

Dereliction of Duty in Wonderland

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

Guest post by Greg Thomas The shot clock is ticking towards expiration of the NTIA-Verisign Cooperative Agreement — yet stakeholders are AWOL on completing accountability safeguards at root of the Internet. It is remarkable — for all the wrong reasons — that only two months remain before the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must make a fateful decision on how it will address its’ long-standing …

ICA to NTIA: 1. Lower .com Prices; 2. Do Something About GDPR and Whois

Zak MuscovitchUncategorized

  On July 17, 2018, the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) submitted its feedback to the United States’ Department of Commerce in connection with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Notice of Inquiry on International Internet Policy Priorities. The message was clear. Two major issues need immediate attention; 1.   Root Zone Management and ICANN’s Inherent Conflict of Interest with the Verisign monopoly …

ICA Letter to ICANN on Proposed Release for Registration of O .COM

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

On June 20th, the ICA has submitted a letter to ICANN stating its concern over the proposed approach on the Proposed Amendment to implement the request from Verisign to release the single letter domain, O.com. The letter can be view here: ICA Comment Re O.com Release Proposal – June 20 2018

A Re-Examination of the Defense of Laches After 18 Years of the UDRP

Kamila SekiewiczUncategorized

Can the UDRP be used to take away a Domain Name after 20 years? Complainants can certainly try, as we recently saw with the Queen.com case. Nevertheless, after 20 years of the UDRP it is high time for panelists to start seriously considering how severe delays in bringing a UDRP Complaint should no longer be tolerated. Many of our members have owned …