By RA Florian Hitzelberger The .de registry, DENIC eG, has announced plans to lay the foundation for the next generation of domain provisioning with the introduction of the RESTful…

RA Daniel Dingeldey, December 20, 2024 The Arab Center for Domain Dispute Resolution (ACDR), founded in 2013, has officially ceased its operations. It becomes the third ICANN-accre…

The anonymization of WHOIS data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has significantly impacted spam emails, according to findings from a field experiment published …

Starting in December 2024, Rwanda allows the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to handle disputes over .rw domains out of court. The new process follows the “.RW Doma…

In early December 2024, the Russian government conducted exercises to simulate disconnecting from the global Domain Name System (DNS). According to the Interfax news agency, these …

The 122nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will be held from March 15 to 21, 2025, under the title “IETF 122 Bangkok” in Bangkok, Thailand. The event will take…

Japan-based GMO Registry Inc., the operator of the .shop top-level domain, has announced the addition of a prominent German advisory team. Experienced Industry Experts Join the Tea…

Stuart Lawley, former CEO of ICM Registry, the operator of the .xxx domain, has passed away at the age of 61. Originally from the UK, Lawley relocated to the United States, where h…

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) can compel Internet Service Providers to implement DNS blocking when companies provide financial services without authorization.…

Nominet, the .uk registry, has announced plans to exceed the requirements of the “Internet Domain Registry (Prescribed Practices and Prescribed Requirements) Regulations 2024” in i…

ICANN has officially opened the application phase for its Applicant Support Program (ASP), designed to provide financial and non-financial assistance to eligible applicants seeking…

A recent study by Atom.com (formerly Squadhelp) titled “Insights on Domain Names Backed by Deep Audience Research” reveals that U.S. consumers tend to trust brands with .com domain…

The governments of the UK and Mauritius recently announced the transfer of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, including the territory associated with the .io country code Top…

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has announced significant changes to its new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) application process, prohibiting private au…

ICANN has announced fee hikes for gTLD registries and registrars, effective from January 2025. The quarterly fixed fee for registries will rise to $6,450, with transaction fees inc…

The .gt domain registry of Guatemala, operated by Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, has integrated the “Unified Domain Search Engine” from the Latin American and Caribbean ccTLD …

Latvia’s University of Latvia, the managing body of the .lv domain, has announced that domain disputes for .lv can now be submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization …