Category — Governance

ICANN is actively seeking to improve ICANN.org and reached out to the community to participate in making the site more user friendly.

Click HERE to review the webinar held on November 21, 2011 in which ICANN’s Communications Department, explains the research that went into deciding how to improve the information architecture of ICANN.ORG

As posted to ICANN.org: “In anticipation of the opening of the New gTLD application round on 12 January 2012, ICANN is expanding the New gTLD Customer Service Center.

The expansion includes a new, multi-lingual Knowledge Base that offers a range of reference materials. In addition, applicants will be able to communicate with customer service in the 6 UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish). New gTLD Customer Service previously provided support in English only.”

Click HERE to read more.

The Landrush registration period for .XXX domains opened today (November 8, 2011). If you did not get the .XXX domains you wanted during Sunrise A because you did not have a registered trademark or qualify as a grandfathered site, now is the time to order the .XXX names you want.

The Details:

• The Landrush Period is open only to members of the sponsored community or companies that are conducting business within the sponsored community
• Landrush is not first come, first served.  At the end of the eighteen day Landrush period, any .XXX domain names with a single applicant will be automatically registered to the requestor.  Any .XXX domain names with more than one applicant will be placed into a closed auction between the parties who submitted a Landrush order 
• You can register domains as keywords related to your business—and many great .XXX domains are still available
• Landrush ends on November 25, 2011

To submit your .XXX order request log in to the Safenames IDP today. If you have any questions about .XXX, contact your Safenames account manager or call Safenames customer service at +44-1-908-200022 or +1-703-574-5313.

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1. .XXX General Availability Opens December 6, 2011!
2. .CM Landrush Period begins July 15th, 2009
3. Re-Launch of COM.RU Domains Begins Oct 25, 2011

18 October 2011

18 October 2011

18 October 2011

The Russian registry has decided to begin accepting new registration requests for COM.RU domains after suspending operations for COM.RU over the past several years. The re-launch of COM.RU will begin on October 25, 2011 with an Open Registration Period and any business or individual may place a registration request at that time. If you were unable to get your brand in .RU before, or if you have a new request, don’t miss this opportunity to get the COM.RU that you want.

Safenames is currently accepting pre-orders for this country code domain extension (ccTLD) and will submit the orders on October 25th, 2011. Here is what you need to know:

• There are no local presence or trademark requirements and there are no restrictions on COM.RU domains
• Open registration orders will be fulfilled by the registry on a first-come, first-serve basis
• If there is more than one application for the same domain, the name will go to auction and you will be notified about the auction process
• The registration fees are non-refundable during the pre-order registration phase

If you have any questions about COM.RU, contact your Safenames account manager or call Safenames customer service at +44-1-908-200022 or +1-703-574-5313. Existing customers can order within their Safenames account.

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1. Trademark Sunrise for JP.NET to Launch January 16th, 2012
2. Landrush for .XXX Opened Today
3. Trademark Sunrise begins for 1 and 2 letter co.uk domain names

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