All domain registrars are regulated by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Domain registrars, regardless of the company, process domain requests according to set guidelines as established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
If it is a name you have legal claim on, such as your company name, you can file a complaint under the ICANN dispute resolution policy, and you might be awarded that name for your own use.
If proven, the backroom dealing could have severe implications both for ICANN and for the US government's stewardship of the Internet.
Over the years, ICANN has become incredibly nimble at avoiding putting its foot in a hole.
Regardless of the registrar, a small ICANN fee is applied to each domain you order.
The only solution for ICANN was to completely fudge this process in VeriSign's favor.
There was not a single ICANN conference attendee in sight.
We are a partner of Tucows Inc, an ICANN accredited registrar.