ICANN recently posted a request for statements of interest from registrars to receive a bulk transfer of the names formerly managed by registrar #1 Domain Names International, Inc. dba 1dni.com ( 1DNI ) in accordance with the Draft/Interim Terminated Registrar Transition Procedure (posted at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-06jun08-en.htm) ).

This article continues immediately on from the first 5 parts that may be viewed via the following links:

Part 1 - Google and the domain industry (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080506422/MyBlog/Google/Yahoo-and-the-domain-industry-Part-1.html)
Part 2 - Google and the quality myth (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080507423/MyBlog/Part-2-Google-and-the-quality-myth.html)
Part 3 - Smartpricing traffic (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080512427/MyBlog/Part-3-Smartpricing-traffic.html)
Part 4 - Google, TV and Analytics (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080514428/MyBlog/Part-4.html)
Part 5 - Google’s quest for traffic (http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/20080515429/MyBlog/Part-5-Google-s-quest-for-traffic.html)

CHICAGO, Sep. 17, 2008 — A local citizen has taken legal action in response to an arbitration filed against him by the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee. On Wednesday, Stephen P. Frayne, Jr. responded by filing a nine count lawsuit against the Bid Committee and other defendants in federal court in order to keep control of his Website - chicago2016.com -and to seek relief for other damages that Frayne has suffered in his legal battle with the Bid Committee. Frayne is represented by Robert S. Grabemann and Timothy M. Schaum of Daspin Aument, LLP. At the heart of the dispute is a battle over the name of the Internet site that has been owned by Frayne since 2004…

A reminder that the GreatDomains September auction started today. They added some powerful domains last minute, like cx.com, bicycle.com, logistics.net, okb.com, skidestinations.com, skireservations.com and 659.com. And don’t forget that they are auctioning fly.com! This will definitely be the one everyone will be keeping their eyes one.

This is also the first time they will be offering a portfolio of domains for auction on GreatDomains with a portfolio of three-letter .net domains!

Cyber-squatters and -speculators have been in the news this week taking
advantage of Olympic bids, the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Merrill
Lynch, the registering of domain names relating to major infrastructure
projects in Dubai and the train disaster in Los Angeles.