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Nominet is warning registrars and registrants to be vigilant regarding misleading offers to secure the .uk version of their existing .co.uk domain name. 

Such offers are inaccurate and unnecessary. Existing registrants don't need to take any immediate action regarding reservation of an equivalent .uk domain name or to pay any up front reservation fees to secure .uk domain names.

Holders of third-level .uk domains that are eligible for the free reservation period don’t need to pre-register the .uk equivalent. The shorter address will be automatically reserved for them for five years. Our marketing and customer outreach will continue to make it clear that registrants should not feel obliged to make a snap decision.

Registrars should be aware that this type of misleading pre-registration activity is prohibited and we will always take steps to prevent it. 

We always advise registrants to be wary of unsolicited calls, text messages or emails regarding their domain name or web presence and contact their registrar to check if any action needs to be taken.

Registrants should also check the small print carefully to fully understand what is and is not included in the details of any promotion or offer before completing a transaction.

From 22 January DNS Belgium enables a .be registrant to request a list of domain names that have similarities with their domain name. They can also view the details of the registrant of this domain names.

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The claim centres around 12 websites which contain content Cartier believes infringe their intellectual property (IP) rights.  If successful, the injunction would have the effect of forcing domain registries such as Nominet to automatically suspend web addresses based on a private company’s belief that the associated websites infringe its IP.

Nominet considers that the Cartier legal action is not only superfluous and mis-directed, but would also set a damaging precedent.

.SE’s report ”Swedes and the Internet 2013″ is Sweden’s most important study on individuals’ internet use and has been published since 2000. For the first time we have also released the report as a web version. You can find it here.
 

CENTR has published its latest ccTLD newsletter for January 2014 with articles and stats;

• Article: "Governing the Net - What happened in 2013 and what’s coming up in 2014"
• A look back at what CENTR did in 2013
• QnA with Albert Chang (CIRA)
• Domain Name Statistics
• Coming up at CENTR
• Members 185

See all previous editions of the CENTRnews

CENTR has published a paper on the topic of Internet Governance.  The paper provides an analytical and historical account of the Internet Governance landscape including many of the contributing elements to the global dialogue, such as;
- WCIT
- WSIS+10
- IGF
- Montevideo statement
- Istar
- Panel on the Future of Global Internet Cooperation
- And others 

The paper also includes a large flowchart of internet governance processes. 

The paper can be found at http://centr.org/CENTR-Paper-IG_landscape_this_year_and_next

 

According to the CENTR stat database, the ccTLD .ir (Iran) has experienced the highest growth among CENTR full members for 2013.  The ccTLD saw a high growth of over 47% over the 12 month period.  Other high growth members for the period include .pt - Portugal (16.4%), .ru Russia (15.5%) and .is Iceland (12.9%). 

 

For more domain name statistics, see the DomainWire Stat Reports 

The Estonian Internet Foundation will lower the price of a .ee domain by 20% from 1 January 2014, i.e. down to €12.

.ee domains can be registered for one, two or three years. The domain fee is €12, €23 or €33 in 2014, depending on the length of the registration period.

These are the domain registration prices that the Estonian Internet Foundation will charge from registrars. The price for the registrant is determined by the registrars. VAT will be added to the fee.

CENTR has published its 6th edition (December 2013) of the DomainWire Stat Report - a quartely report on the state of the domain name industry.  The report gives detail on the following aspects of domain name registrations. 

• Domain Name growth and market share
• Top 20 ccTLDs and growth
• European ccTLD key statistics and growth
• European domain penetration per 100 population
• Article - "Who's using the local ccTLD?"