*************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** ICANN, The IANA Transition and The Marrakech Package < <https://www.i2coalition.com/icann-the-iana-transition-and-the-marrakech-pac kage/> https://www.i2coalition.com/icann-the-iana-transition-and-the-marrakech-pack age/> au: UV Education website < <http://au.educationhq.com/news/34274/uv-education-website/> http://au.educationhq.com/news/34274/uv-education-website/> WIPO Once Again Stretches The Truth With Cybersquatting Figures < <http://www.domainpulse.com/2016/03/20/wipo-once-again-stretches-the-truth-w ith-cybersquatting-figures/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2016/03/20/wipo-once-again-stretches-the-truth-wi th-cybersquatting-figures/> What will the Internet look like in the next 5-7 years? < <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/development/2016/03/what-will-internet -look-next-5-7-years> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/development/2016/03/what-will-internet- look-next-5-7-years> ********************** GOVERNANCE ********************** ICANN, The IANA Transition and The Marrakech Package Last week, after thousands of hours of work and hundreds of meetings, the final steps in a comprehensive package on the historic transition of some key technical Internet functions, critical to the Internet?s smooth operation, to global stewardship were agreed to at the closing day of the ICANN public meeting in Marrakech. < <https://www.i2coalition.com/icann-the-iana-transition-and-the-marrakech-pac kage/> https://www.i2coalition.com/icann-the-iana-transition-and-the-marrakech-pack age/> APTLD Statement on IANA Transition Over the last 18 months, the APTLD community has closely followed and actively contributed to both the process for the Transition of IANA Stewardship from the NTIA to the multi-stakeholder community, and the related process to enhance ICANN?s Accountability to this community. < <http://aptld.org/system/files/aptld_statement_on_iana_transition.pdf> http://aptld.org/system/files/aptld_statement_on_iana_transition.pdf> IANA Stewardship Transition Moves to Final Phase An historic proposal for the global community to assume stewardship of the IANA functions, produced after nearly two years of work by the global Internet community, has been delivered to the U.S. Government for its consideration. < <https://www.nro.net/news/updated-5th-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-servi ces> https://www.nro.net/news/updated-5th-draft-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-servic es> ICANN 55: IANA, Accountability and Public Safety ICANN 55 was held from 5-10 March 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, and marked another milestone in the march towards transition of the IANA functions stewardship to the global Internet community. RIPE NCC Executive Board members, staff and members of the RIPE community took part in meetings throughout the week, discussing issues ranging from IANA stewardship and the accountability of ICANN to the accuracy of RIR whois databases. < <https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/icann-55-iana- accountability-and-public-safety> https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/icann-55-iana-a ccountability-and-public-safety> ICANN and the IANA Transition -- Proceed With Caution by Paul Rosenzweig Two years ago, the United States government, acting through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced its intention to sever the last contractual control it had over the administration of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (also known as the IANA function) and allow that function, in the future, to be performed by a non-profit company, ICANN. < <https://www.lawfareblog.com/icann-and-iana-transition-proceed-caution> https://www.lawfareblog.com/icann-and-iana-transition-proceed-caution> Stop Obama?s Internet Giveaway: It?s up to Congress to block a surrender that could give control to authoritarian rulers. Two years after President Obama decided to give up U.S. protection of the open Internet, his administration is now considering how to give away power to other governments, most of which want a closed, censored Internet. < <http://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-obamas-internet-giveaway-1458505088> http://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-obamas-internet-giveaway-1458505088> Witnesses to Hill: IANA Hand-Off Can Meet Contract Deadline Witnesses told a House Communications Subcommittee hearing panel March 17 that they thought the U.S. could hand off oversight of ICANN IANA, which oversees domain naming conventions, from the U.S. to a multistakeholder model by the time the current contract expires at the end of September. < <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/witnesses-hill-iana-hand-c an-meet-contract-deadline/154765> http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/witnesses-hill-iana-hand-ca n-meet-contract-deadline/154765> US Congress Hearing All Positive On IANA Transition Process Witnesses testifying at the United States House Communications and Technology Subcommittee today unanimously reported success of the multistakeholder preparations for the transition of oversight over the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) from the US government to the multistakeholder internet community. < <http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/17/us-congress-hearing-all-positive-on-iana -transition-process/> http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/17/us-congress-hearing-all-positive-on-iana- transition-process/> ********************** ICANN ********************** Lending Clarity to Security Risk Definitions - For ICANN Community and Beyond by Dave Piscitello, VP, Security And ICT Coordinator In its Beijing Communiqu? of 11 April 2013, the ICANN GAC called on ICANN to have new gTLD registry operators find and act upon a variety of abusive activities occurring within their TLDs. This led to a requirement in all new gTLD contracts: < <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/lending-clarity-to-security-risk-definition s-for-icann-community-and-beyond> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/lending-clarity-to-security-risk-definitions -for-icann-community-and-beyond> What is the Intellectual Property Constituency? by Doug Isenberg As a longtime member of ICANN's Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), I'm impressed by the important work that this group does on behalf of trademark owners worldwide (as I've written before). While some die-hard IPC members spend countless (and, often, thankless) hours working virtually and in-person (at ICANN's global meetings) for the constituency, I find it very educational and worthwhile to participate on an ad-hoc basis. < <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160317_what_is_the_intellectual_property_co nstituency_ipc/> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160317_what_is_the_intellectual_property_con stituency_ipc/> ********************** ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** au: UV Education website A team from the University of Southern Queensland, with an auDA Foundation grant, have developed an informative website aimed at educating students (and teachers) about solar ultraviolet radiation. < <http://au.educationhq.com/news/34274/uv-education-website/> http://au.educationhq.com/news/34274/uv-education-website/> be: How satisfied are registrars with our service? DNS Belgium has received the results of the annual satisfaction survey of its registrars. Eighty-one registrars took part and gave an excellent general score of 8.1 out of 10. < <http://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/news/how-satisfied-are-registrars-our-service> http://www.dnsbelgium.be/en/news/how-satisfied-are-registrars-our-service> Spammers Abusing Trust in US .Gov Domains Spammers are abusing ill-configured U.S. dot-gov domains and link shorteners to promote spammy sites that are hidden behind short links ending in?usa.gov?. < <http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/spammers-abusing-trust-in-us-gov-domains /> http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/spammers-abusing-trust-in-us-gov-domains/ > nl: Final edition of The.nlyst This is the final edition of The.nlyst. Our quarterly magazine is being replaced by a monthly e-mail newsletter. The change of medium will help us to keep our contacts right up to date with topical, relevant news. < <https://www.sidn.nl/a/knowledge-and-development/final-edition-of-thenlyst> https://www.sidn.nl/a/knowledge-and-development/final-edition-of-thenlyst> nyc: New gTLD update ? Greetings from The Big Apple It?s been awhile since we?ve had a look at the success of some of the GeoTLDs that have been launched under the new gTLD programme, especially as the chatter about a second round is now getting louder. What better place to start than with the most registered GeoTLD, dotNYC? < <http://www.netnames.com/blog/2016/03/new-gtld-update-greetings-from-the-big -apple/> http://www.netnames.com/blog/2016/03/new-gtld-update-greetings-from-the-big- apple/> ********************** NEW TLDS ********************** Schilling, Famous Four rubbish Spamhaus ?worst TLD? league Uniregistry and Famous Four Media have trashed claims by Spamhaus that their gTLDs are are much as 75% spam. < <http://domainincite.com/20164-schilling-famous-four-rubbish-spamhaus-worst- tld-league> http://domainincite.com/20164-schilling-famous-four-rubbish-spamhaus-worst-t ld-league> ********************** DNS SECURITY ********************** TLD operators get DDoS protection and advanced DNS analytics from CIRA The Canadian Internet Registration Authority today announced that the .kiwi domain is using its D-Zone Anycast DNS service for its TLD. < <https://cira.ca/news/tld-operators-get-ddos-protection-and-advanced-dns-ana lytics-cira> https://cira.ca/news/tld-operators-get-ddos-protection-and-advanced-dns-anal ytics-cira> ARIN DDoS Attack Update As of 3:00 PM on 19 March, it has been 24 hours since the last DDoS attack against ARIN's infrastructure. All systems are operating normally. < <https://www.arin.net/announcements/2016/20160319.html> https://www.arin.net/announcements/2016/20160319.html> 95% of HTTPS servers vulnerable to trivial MITM attacks Only 1 in 20 HTTPS servers correctly implements HTTP Strict Transport Security, a widely-supported security feature that prevents visitors making unencrypted HTTP connections to a server. < <http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/03/17/95-of-https-servers-vulnerable -to-trivial-mitm-attacks.html> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/03/17/95-of-https-servers-vulnerable- to-trivial-mitm-attacks.html> Not Everything Can Be Solved in ?The Cloud? It?s hard not to go through your day without hearing the word ?cloud?. Sorry, the ?partly-cloudy? weather forecast doesn?t count. I mean you constantly hear things like ?iCloud??eCloud? ?myCloud? or the catch all ?The Cloud?. < <http://www.arbornetworks.com/blog/insight/not-everything-can-be-solved-in-t he-cloud/> http://www.arbornetworks.com/blog/insight/not-everything-can-be-solved-in-th e-cloud/> Bank of England to work with new cybersecurity body The first task of Britain's new cybersecurity centre will be to work with the Bank of England, the government has announced. < <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35843218> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35843218> ********************** DOMAIN DISPUTES & SEIZURES ********************** WIPO Once Again Stretches The Truth With Cybersquatting Figures Cybersquatting cases lodged by trademark owners with WIPO grew 4.6 percent to 2,754 cases in 2015 while the number of domain names disputed is the lowest since 2008 with 4,364 lodged under the UDRP. < <http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=24535> http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=24535> < <http://www.domainpulse.com/2016/03/20/wipo-once-again-stretches-the-truth-w ith-cybersquatting-figures/> http://www.domainpulse.com/2016/03/20/wipo-once-again-stretches-the-truth-wi th-cybersquatting-figures/> Internet Domain Name Expansion Pushes Dispute Resolution Cases Up At WIPO WIPO has released data on disputes between trademark owners and third parties who are registering new domain names with the original brand name. Disputes are on the rise and the proportion relating to new gTLDs is growing, it found. Fashion and banking are the prominent areas for disputes. < <http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/18/internet-domain-name-expansion-pushes-di spute-resolution-cases-up-at-wipo/> http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/03/18/internet-domain-name-expansion-pushes-dis pute-resolution-cases-up-at-wipo/> Hugo Boss leads UDRP filings list as cybersquatting trends are revealed WIPO has published its 2015 UDRP statistics, evidencing a 4.6% increase in case filings compared to the previous year. The organisation attributes this rise to activity in new gTLDs, which is accurate but the figures only tell one part of the story. < <http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=dcb98b36-fe41-4495-a 368-cac9812ae7d0> http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=dcb98b36-fe41-4495-a3 68-cac9812ae7d0> Cybersquatting claims on the up, WIPO reports Cybersquatting claims filed at WIPO rose by almost 5% last year, fuelled by a growth in the number of cases concerning new gTLDs. < <http://www.worldipreview.com/news/cybersquatting-claims-on-the-up-wipo-repo rts-9745> http://www.worldipreview.com/news/cybersquatting-claims-on-the-up-wipo-repor ts-9745> Cybersquatting Cases Up in 2015, Driven by New gTLDs Amid the roll-out of hundreds of new gTLDs such as .GURU, .NINJA and .NYC, trademark owners filed 2,754 cases under the UDRP with WIPO in 2015, an increase of 4.6 % over the previous year. < <http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2016/article_0003.html> http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2016/article_0003.html> au: ?Bad faith? and ?rights or legitimate interests? under domain name law : emerging themes from the UDRP and auDRP [Media and Arts Law Review] Summary: The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (?UDRP?) establishes the international framework for the resolution of domain name disputes in the generic top level domains (?gTLDs?) ? such as .com, .net, .org. National authorities are responsible for dispute resolution of country code top-level domains (?ccTLDs?) ? such as .au. < <http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/200695772?q&versionId=220300650> http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/200695772?q&versionId=220300650> au: Mecu Limited v. OZ8 Pty Ltd - Case No. DAU2016-0003 1. The Parties: The Complainant is Mecu Limited of Kew, Victoria, Australia, represented by Griffith Hack Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, Australia. The Respondent is OZ8 Pty Ltd of Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, represented by Actuate IP, Australia. 2. The Domain Name and Registrar: The disputed domain name <bankaus.com.au> is registered with VentralP Group (Australia) Pty Ltd dba Trading as VentralP Wholesale. The disputed domain name <bankaustralia.com.au> is registered with Synergy Wholesale Pty Ltd (collectively referred to as the "Registrar"). For the purposes of this decision, the domain names <bankaus.com.au> and <bankaustralia.com.au> will collectively be referred to as the "Domain Names". < <http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2016-0003> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DAU2016-0003> ********************** REGISTRAR NEWS ********************** Lower website load time and faster data transfer at highest stability with PremiumDNS including Anycast The Metaregistry? RRPproxy?, a product of the Key-Systems GmbH, provides its customers in cooperation with Dyn Inc. PremiumDNS including Anycast as a new feature for the KeyDNS zone management. By using premiumDNS, speed, redundancy and stability of a website will be significantly improved. < <https://www.key-systems.net/en/press/list/lower-website-load-time-and-faste r-data-transfer-at-highest-stability-with-premiumdns-including-anycast> https://www.key-systems.net/en/press/list/lower-website-load-time-and-faster -data-transfer-at-highest-stability-with-premiumdns-including-anycast> Our first ever birthday sale never to be repeated (until next year). Good things come in small packages, but when it comes to a sale, bigger is most certainly better. We're turning the grand old age of two. Where did all the years go? < <https://uniregistry.com/birthday-sale> https://uniregistry.com/birthday-sale> ********************** MISCELLANEOUS ********************** What will the Internet look like in the next 5-7 years? We all know that the Internet is one of the most important tools of our time ? but we can?t afford to take the Internet -- or its future -- for granted. There are uncertainties facing the Internet ? and how they evolve will have a profound impact on society and our ability to solve some of the world's biggest challenges. < <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/development/2016/03/what-will-internet -look-next-5-7-years> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/development/2016/03/what-will-internet- look-next-5-7-years> How to Choose a Domain Name for Maximum SEO Picking a new domain name is exciting. The slate is clean. The plans are made. The energy is high. But if you choose the wrong website name, you could be in trouble. Tests show domain names do impact SEO. But how? Is there a wrong way and a right way to choose a domain name for maximum SEO? < <https://www.searchenginejournal.com/choose-a-domain-name-maximum-seo/158951 /> https://www.searchenginejournal.com/choose-a-domain-name-maximum-seo/158951/ > Coming soon: APNIC Survey 2016 Planning for APNIC?s 2016 survey is now well underway and the first stage of the project will soon begin. But before I get into what?s coming up, it is probably worth explaining how the survey works for those who have never participated before. < <http://blog.apnic.net/2016/03/18/coming-soon-apnic-survey-2016/> http://blog.apnic.net/2016/03/18/coming-soon-apnic-survey-2016/> CENTR signs MoU with Regional Organizations peers On 7 March 2016 at their meeting at ICANN55 in Marrakech, the world's four ccTLD Regional Organizations (CENTR, LACTLD, APTLD, AfTLD) signed a MoU to promote collaboration and the exchange of best practices. < <https://centr.org/news/icann55/03-16-2016/4770/centr-signs-mou-regional-org anizations-peers> https://centr.org/news/icann55/03-16-2016/4770/centr-signs-mou-regional-orga nizations-peers> March 2016 Web Server Survey In the March 2016 survey we received responses from 1,003,887,790 sites and 5,782,080 web-facing computers. This reflects a gain of nearly 70 million sites, but a loss of 14,100 computers. < <http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/03/18/march-2016-web-server-survey.h tml> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/03/18/march-2016-web-server-survey.ht ml> ********************** WEBHOSTING ********************** Hosting and Cloud Industry Decision-Makers to Gather for HostingCon Global 2016 The breadth, quantity, and power of HostingCon 2016 attendees is impressive, particularly when you consider the attendee make-up of previous HostingCon Global events. HostingCon Global 2016 is in New Orleans from July 24-27, 2016. < <http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/hosting-and-cloud-industry-decision -makers-to-gather-for-hostingcon-global-2016> http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/hosting-and-cloud-industry-decision- makers-to-gather-for-hostingcon-global-2016> ********************** DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** The Year's Three Biggest Sales Were ALL Posted This Week With One Topping $900,000 The last couple of weeks we've been wondering if buyers from China would return in force after their Chinese New Year's break. With the kinds of domains they prefer (short .com acronyms and numeric domains) largely missing from our charts in February it looked questionable. But with NameJet releasing all of their February sales this week - and some other venues chiming in with solid sales - it became obvious that a lot of those kinds of names were being sold throughout the month (domains that are being seen on the chart for the first time this week). That is a very good sign. < <http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2016/20160309.htm> http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2016/20160309.htm> ------ David Goldstein email: <mailto:david at goldsteinreport.com> david at goldsteinreport.com web: <http://goldsteinreport.com/> http://goldsteinreport.com/ Twitter: <https://twitter.com/goldsteinreport> https://twitter.com/goldsteinreport phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9663 3430 - office/home "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim Flannery -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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