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Nominet to fund 'worthwhile' UK internet projects
News Over the last few months, we have consulted with our members and wider stakeholders and received very positive feedback on the idea of creating the first foundation to fund research and educational initiatives in the UK internet arena," said...
[January 17, 2008, 14:27]
Nominet warns of .co.uk 'invoicing scam'
Talkback Got one Wednesday informing me my domain name (.net) was near to expiring and wanted me to send them £60 for 2 years £140 for 5 years and £270 for 10 years. They also wanted the money sent by cheque.
[July 28, 2004, 18:13]
Nominet warns of .co.uk 'invoicing scam'
Talkback I received two invoices today requesting payment of £60 for 2 years, £140 for 5 years and £ 270 for 10 years! THis is a scam!
[July 29, 2004, 12:01]
Nominet warns of .co.uk 'invoicing scam'
Talkback i got one of these a few days ago and thought it seemed a little suspect.thanks for clearing it up.
[July 28, 2004, 17:35]
Nominet consults on international domain names
News Nominet, the organisation that runs the .co.uk domain, wants to know what you think about internationalised domain names containing foreign characters. If the current proposal, called Internationalising Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) is...
[June 7, 2005, 14:40]
UK registry grants privacy protection
News Nominet, the registry handling .uk domain names, has stepped back from a plan that would have published the physical addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers of thousands of private individuals. While the principle of improving the scope of the...
[August 27, 2002, 15:41]
Nominet issues warning over small print
News The UK's national Registry for all Internet Domain Names ending .uk, Nominet, has issued a warning urging those registering domains to check terms and conditions of their ISP before signing up. Lesley Cowley, Nominet UK's operations director, says...
[December 3, 1999, 10:45]
Scotland loses as .scot.uk bid is turned down
News Scotland may be devolved politically, but it will remain tied to .uk in the virtual world if Nominet has its way But Nominet's executive appears unwilling to relinquish control of any part of the UK domain, and has recommended that the proposal is...
[May 4, 2001, 14:36]
Britons get .me.uk domain
News The .me.uk second-level domain (SLD) opened for registrations on Monday morning, following a strong vote of approval by the UK's national registry Nominet on Friday night. It is the first new SLD to be introduced since Nominet started operating the...
[January 14, 2002, 11:03]
Battle for iTunes.co.uk is over
News Nominet awarded the itunes.co.uk domain to Apple in March this year. Nominet. Nominet company solicitor Edward Phillips said on Monday that Cohen had already lost a bid for a judicial review in August, at which time the judge threw the case out at...
[November 23, 2005, 11:30]
Nominet warns of .co.uk 'invoicing scam'
News Nominet, the organisation that runs the .co.uk top-level domain, has issued a warning about a company called Domain Registry Services. Nominet says the company has been sending out documents resembling invoices to owners of .co.uk domain names.
[July 28, 2004, 13:10]
Nominet takes domain tasting off the menu
News We're taking action now to prevent this becoming a major issue," Eleanor Bradley, director of operations for Nominet, told ZDNet UK. Nominet has seen the number of .uk domain names being tasted rise from less than 1 percent to between 2 and 3...
[August 7, 2006, 17:05]
Nokia wins first .me.uk domain name dispute
News The .me.uk domain was launched by .uk registry Nominet in January with the intention of providing domain names for individuals. In its complaint to Nominet, which runs the dispute resolution procedure for .me.uk, Nokia claimed the registration of...
[June 27, 2002, 15:40]
Scots warned over .sc domains
News UK registry Nominet, which oversees the .uk domain name, said Scottish businesses that are attracted by the offer of a .sc domain name should be aware that they may not be getting what they think. Nominet is concerned that Internet firm SC...
[March 21, 2002, 17:38]
'Three strikes and you're out' for domain name hijackers
News The new rules were published last week in a discussion paper by Nominet, the company that manages the .uk domain. The measures are part of an overhaul of the dispute resolution system for the .uk domain names designed to give Nominet new powers...
[March 8, 2001, 11:47]
FSA loses domain name battle
News The .uk domain name administrator Nominet has ruled that the Internet address should be left in the hands of the small Bournemouth-based company that registered the domain name four years ago. On 24 September, in accordance with the rules of...
[October 19, 2001, 12:45]
Nominet defies WIPO over domain disputes
News Nominet, the registry for UK Internet names, is considering whether to defy the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on methods for settle disputes over domain names. Earlier in the year Nominet began a consultation on ways to settle UK...
[March 3, 2001, 6:50]
Internet best practice contest launched
News Businesses across the UK are being invited to put themselves forward as examples of internet best practice, after Nominet launched a competition. Nominet, which runs the .uk domain registry, is a participant in the worldwide Internet Governance...
[June 6, 2007, 13:56]
Wired Sussex wins cybersquatting case
News A Sussex-based not-for-profit organisation has won its dispute with cybersquatters after the UK domain name registry Nominet ruled in its favour and awarded it two domains. Wired Sussex sought legal advice and eventually brought the case before...
[February 3, 2004, 16:40]
Nominet calls in experts to resolve disputes
News The UK national domain name registry Nominet has announced plans to recruit up to 30 dispute resolution experts, to settle cases where mediation has failed to bring about a resolution. Nominet estimates that one in every 2000 UK domain name cases...
[July 17, 2001, 15:07]
