The Freename Forum

... A cooperation agreement was signed at the headquarters of the Patent Office in Warsaw on March 7, 2025. Among other things, it provides for the development of a joint guide for the administration of trademarks and domains as well as the publication of in-depth information and recommendations ...

... (IANA) dated February 6, 2025, in which ICANN announced that it would send a ‘Notice of Removal’ to the .su registry Russian Institute for Development of Public Networks (ROSNIIROS) on February 13, 2025, thus initiating the five-year final phase of .su. However, the new ICANN CEO Kurtis ...

... causes trouble. The GNSO wants to prevent this in the future and has therefore proposed in its “Final Report on the Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process” of February 4, 2025, after a long and intensive discussion, to delete the regulation without replacement. It came to the conclusion ...

... is recommended. Participants will receive continuing education certificates in accordance with Section 15 FAO for their continuing professional development. Further information and registration for the upcoming congress (in German) at: https://www.ruw-fachkonferenzen.de/veranstaltung/23-kit-kongress-13-forum-kommunikation-recht/

... territory in the Indian Ocean, would be transferred to Mauritius. US President Donald Trump has now also indicated that he will not oppose this development. The USA is directly affected, as the United Kingdom has leased the archipelago's main island, Diego Garcia, to the USA since 1966 and maintains ...

... of domains are increasingly coming into focus. In addition to Google and Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, PayPal and others were also involved in the development of the DMARC specification. DMARC stands for “Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance”. This is a public protocol ...

... deeper exploration into DeFi and Web3. In the future, this domain could serve as a pivotal platform related to DeFi, further advancing the development of decentralized finance. As blockchain technology continues to evolve, the integration of DeFi and decentralized domains may emerge as ...

... of 2024. The number of UDRP proceedings continues to rise. “Gigalaw's Domain Dispute Digest Fourth Quarter, 2024” is a 16-page report on the development of UDRP proceedings in the last three months of last year and the development over the entire year 2024. Doug Isenberg analyzed the decided ...

... RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced that registration for .bank.in will start in April 2025, with .fin.in to follow later. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) has been appointed as the sole registrar for these domain extensions. Furthermore, the Central ...

... executives. And if this sounds familiar, we can confirm that this was exactly the essence of the previous year. The entire industry sees the development of artificial intelligence (AI) as decisive and driving the future. On the one hand, it would help developers and service providers with ...