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Jothan Frakes

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Jothan Frakes is co-founder of NamesCon and the DomainFest conference event series and is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles within the domain name industry and over 25 years working with technology companies.

Prior to being one of the founders of NamesCon, Jothan recently provided subject matter resourcing to KPMG for the technical / financial evaluation process of new TLDs. He is a member of the San Francisco Internet Society, and is a trusted, respected, and tenured participant within the ICANN Community, and has participated in many ICANN working groups within such areas a High Security TLDs, Security and Stability (SSAC) review of Public Suffixes, Morality and Public Interest, and the Vertical Integration between registry and registrar.

Jothan is a consultant and subject matter resource on the domain name industry, and is a contributing volunteer with the Mozilla Foundation, working with TLD registry operators to keep the Verisign Naming and Directory Services, as Vice President at Name Intelligence, operators of http://whois.sc and Domain Tools.

Jothan founded and produced the 2005 and 2006 ISOC, a frequent contributor to ICANNWatch, is inventor on some interesting domain technology use.

Jothan has presented at a number of conferences and events, and frequently performs trainings for companies on the domain name system. He has been a speaker at NamesCon, NewDomains.org, DomainFest, as well as at CENTR meetings, ICANNStudienKreis, DENIC technical meetings, and a number of other domain name conferences. and moderates domain industry panels at ICANN meetings, and Targeted TRAFFIC conferences.

He is also a respected contributor to Domain Name Wire, and CircleID articles.

Jothan is listed as co-inventor on a number of domain name related technologies for Verisign and Oracle that are listed at the US Patent and Trademark Office. He resides in Seattle, Washington and donates time to social works there locally when not with his family.

Jothan’s thoughts and insights shared with CircleID are his thoughts and Opinions and not necessarily those of his employer, clients, or customers.

Except where otherwise noted, all postings by Jothan Frakes on CircleID are licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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2025 - Jan 08	on	Exploring the Impact of WHOIS Data Redaction on Unsolicited Emails
2024 - Jun 02	on	Announcing the 2024 ICANN Contracted Parties Summit Statement!
2023 - Oct 04	on	ICANN Turning 25 - It's the People that Make a Difference
2023 - Oct 04	on	ICANN Turning 25 - It's the People that Make a Difference
2021 - Jun 01	on	The Risk of Descriptive Subdomains: Are We Revealing Too Much?
2020 - Oct 22	on	2020 Hindsight After 20 Years at ICANN
2020 - Jun 23	on	Article 22 of the GDPR Should Not Preclude Contemplated Automation
2017 - May 02	on	Sorry, Not Sorry: WHOIS Data Must Remain Public
2017 - May 02	on	Sorry, Not Sorry: WHOIS Data Must Remain Public
2017 - Apr 29	on	Sorry, Not Sorry: WHOIS Data Must Remain Public
2017 - Apr 15	on	The IETF's Job Is Complete - Should It Now Scale Up, Down or Out?
2017 - Mar 15	on	Universal Acceptance of New Top-Level Domains Reloaded
2016 - Feb 22	on	I Got Fired
2015 - May 20	on	Curbing Cyber- and Typosquatting
2015 - May 20	on	Curbing Cyber- and Typosquatting
2015 - May 20	on	Curbing Cyber- and Typosquatting
2015 - May 06	on	The Internet of Stupid Things
2014 - Nov 18	on	Government of Quebec Ends Its Participation in .Quebec TLD Days Before Launch
2014 - Oct 09	on	New gTLDs' Sales Force a Bottleneck?
2014 - Oct 09	on	5 Common Misconceptions New Registries Have About Domain Revenue
2014 - Sep 28	on	Industry Association: An Implementation Model
2011 - Dec 13	on	Technical Comments on Mandated DNS Filtering Requirements of H. R. 3261 ("SOPA")
2011 - Dec 13	on	Technical Comments on Mandated DNS Filtering Requirements of H. R. 3261 ("SOPA")
2011 - Dec 01	on	ANA Moves Campaign Against New gTLDs to YouTube, Accuses ICANN of Lying
2011 - Nov 17	on	New gTLDs and the 1%
2011 - Nov 03	on	Businesses Angry with ICANN's New gTLD Structure, Says CADNA
2011 - Nov 01	on	Fair Notice and Applying for a New gTLD
2011 - Oct 14	on	Protecting Intellectual Property is Good; Mandatory DNS Filtering is Bad
2011 - Jul 13	on	How to Abolish the DNS Hierarchy... But It's a Bad Idea
2011 - Jul 07	on	Focus on gTLD Niches, Not on the Number of Registrations
2011 - Jun 30	on	The Internet Community Says Thank You to ICANN for New TLDs
2011 - Jun 30	on	Role of Finance Leaders is Specialized in TLD Launches
2011 - Jun 08	on	New gTLDs: Will Application Developers Be Ready In Time to Secure User Confidence?
2011 - Jun 07	on	New gTLDs: Will Application Developers Be Ready In Time to Secure User Confidence?
2011 - May 16	on	Facebook.com/Brand vs. a New TLD: What's a Brand to Do?
2011 - May 15	on	Facebook.com/Brand vs. a New TLD: What's a Brand to Do?
2011 - Mar 10	on	Inquiring About the "Unthinkable"
2011 - Feb 21	on	To Serve the Public Interest You First Have to Define 'Public Interest'
2011 - Jan 19	on	Insight: .JOBS and New TLD's - Are You Paying Attention?
2011 - Jan 07	on	ICANN Board - GAC Geneva Meeting: Open to Observers?
2010 - Dec 03	on	Two Years Later Dozens of Registrars Still in the Shadows
2010 - Dec 03	on	Two Years Later Dozens of Registrars Still in the Shadows
2010 - Dec 03	on	Two Years Later Dozens of Registrars Still in the Shadows
2010 - Nov 10	on	The Wall Between Registries and Registrars Comes Tumbling Down
2010 - Nov 10	on	The Wall Between Registries and Registrars Comes Tumbling Down
2010 - Oct 22	on	Gruber Gives Up On His IDN
2010 - Oct 22	on	Is the New gTLD Program Approval Even a Chance for This Year?
2010 - Oct 15	on	Graph Shows Decline of IPv4 Has Been Mostly Linear
2010 - Sep 04	on	ARF is Now an IETF Standard
2010 - Aug 11	on	Putting String Similarity into Context: Bulgaria's IDN (.??) vs. Brazil's ccTLD (.br)
2010 - Aug 11	on	Putting String Similarity into Context: Bulgaria's IDN (.??) vs. Brazil's ccTLD (.br)
2010 - Aug 06	on	New gTLDs and Their Hidden Costs: Part 2
2010 - Jul 27	on	New TLD Application Tip: Launch Strategies
2010 - Jul 16	on	Top Ten New gTLD Gotchas
2010 - Jul 15	on	Top Ten New gTLD Gotchas
2010 - Jul 12	on	Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2
2010 - Jul 01	on	Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2
2010 - May 27	on	Don't Rely on Initial TLD Registration Volumes
2010 - May 10	on	"Thin Brand Line" Breaks as Canon Announces Plans for .CANON
2010 - Apr 13	on	Cyber-Spin: How the Internet Gets Framed as Dangerous
2010 - Apr 06	on	CADNA: New gTLD Launch to Cost Businesses $746 Million
2010 - Mar 04	on	ICANN and Its Responsibilities to the Global Public Interest
2010 - Feb 17	on	Domain Registry Locking Program: It Is There for a Reason, So Why Not Use It?
2010 - Feb 11	on	ICANN and Its Responsibilities to the Global Public Interest
2009 - Oct 23	on	Getting a Handle on IDNs
2009 - Oct 06	on	ICANN Releases New gTLD Applicant Guidebook ...Would Apple Need Permission from China for .MAC?
2009 - Aug 24	on	Corporate Domain Registration Practices in Light of New gTLDs
2009 - Aug 21	on	Corporate Domain Registration Practices in Light of New gTLDs
2009 - Aug 21	on	Forget TLDs, Keep Dot Suffix and Move On
2009 - Aug 14	on	Examininng Value in New ICANN TLDs on Search and Navigation, Companies, Domain Registries
2009 - Jun 13	on	New TLDs For Dummies (Sort of)
2009 - Feb 02	on	Analysis of Domain Names Registered Across Multiple Existing TLDs and Implications for New gTLDs
2008 - Jun 30	on	The SocialDNS Project... and Why DNS is Not the Phone Book of the Internet
2008 - May 09	on	A Patent for SiteFinder-Like Resolution
2008 - Feb 02	on	Is China Preparing to Go its Own Way with its Own Internet Root?
2007 - Jan 26	on	IE Namespace: We Need Personal Domains!
2006 - Nov 16	on	Rhetorical Questions on IDN TLD Approaches
2006 - Nov 01	on	Rhetorical Questions on IDN TLD Approaches
2006 - Oct 28	on	Is ICANN Producing Jewels?
2006 - Oct 21	on	What If .COM Had Been Born With Site Finder?
2006 - Sep 15	on	GeoTLDs: Diversity is Key
2006 - Jun 21	on	Conflict of Opinion
2006 - Jun 17	on	Domain Tasting Target of US Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuit
2006 - Jun 16	on	Domain Tasting Target of US Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuit
2006 - Jun 16	on	GG, IM, and JE: Welcome (officially) to ISO3166, Good Bye GB
2006 - Jun 05	on	Domain Tasting Target of US Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuit
2006 - May 31	on	GG, IM, and JE: Welcome (officially) to ISO3166, Good Bye GB
2006 - May 11	on	Cricket Liu Interviewed: DNS and BIND, 5th Edition
2006 - Apr 25	on	Vint Cerf's Keynote at Domain Roundtable
2006 - Jan 24	on	The Catalan Campaign to Win .Cat Top-Level Domain
2006 - Jan 18	on	Domain Name Containing Trademark Translation is Determined Confusingly Similar
2006 - Jan 16	on	Ask Vint Cerf: The Road Ahead for Top-Level Domains
2006 - Jan 14	on	Google's Most Popular and Least Popular Top-Level Domains
2005 - Dec 07	on	The Problem With Wikis
2005 - Oct 12	on	Breaking the Internet HOWTO
2005 - Oct 12	on	Breaking the Internet HOWTO
2005 - Oct 12	on	Breaking the Internet HOWTO
2005 - Oct 04	on	Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project
2005 - Oct 03	on	Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project
2005 - Sep 30	on	Putting Multiple Root Nameserver Issue to Rest
2005 - Sep 18	on	Sitefinder Writ Small
2005 - Sep 16	on	Sitefinder Writ Small
2005 - Sep 15	on	.XXX as Proposed is Wrong for Families & Kids
2005 - Sep 14	on	Sitefinder Writ Small
2005 - Sep 13	on	.XXX as Proposed is Wrong for Families & Kids
2005 - Sep 13	on	.XXX as Proposed is Wrong for Families & Kids
2005 - Aug 22	on	.XXX Puzzle Pieces Start to Come Together: And the Picture is Ugly
2005 - Aug 16	on	Objections to .XXX, Attention in High Places
2005 - Aug 05	on	About Those Root Servers
2005 - Aug 05	on	About Those Root Servers
2005 - Aug 04	on	About Those Root Servers
2005 - Jul 23	on	A Balkanized Internet Future?
2005 - Jun 29	on	Putting Multiple Root Nameserver Issue to Rest
2005 - Jun 06	on	Sitting Around the Domain Table
2005 - Jun 03	on	Some Notes on the .XXX Top-Level Domain
2005 - Apr 15	on	Fitting .JOBS Into the Marketplace
2005 - Apr 14	on	.EU TLD Comes Closer Than Ever to Becoming a Reality
2005 - Mar 31	on	How India's .IN Domain Rouses from its Slumber
2005 - Mar 29	on	Spirit of .Pro, Where Art Thou?
2005 - Mar 22	on	Shambles at the .Pro Registry
2005 - Jan 23	on	.NET Bid Contenders
2005 - Jan 20	on	.NET Bid Contenders
2005 - Jan 17	on	Customer Service is Law: The Panix Story
2005 - Jan 05	on	Reforming Whois
2004 - Dec 18	on	Engineers on TLDs: Do You Want Me With Fries?
2004 - Dec 02	on	Examining the Proposed Internationalization of TLDs
2004 - Nov 22	on	Thoughts on IPv6 Day
2004 - Nov 20	on	ICANN Transfer Policy: Domain Hijacking Got Easier or Did It?
2004 - Nov 11	on	ICANN Transfer Policy: Domain Hijacking Got Easier or Did It?
2004 - Oct 27	on	Why DomainKeys is Broken
2004 - Oct 19	on	Internationalizing Top-Level Domain Names: Another Look
2004 - Oct 18	on	Internationalizing Top-Level Domain Names: Another Look
2004 - Oct 16	on	.eu Domain Name Contract Signed: Registration Could Begin in Six to Nine Months
2004 - Oct 07	on	The Need to Keep Congress Fully Informed
2004 - Oct 06	on	Languages in the Root: A TLD Launch Strategy Based on ISO 639
2004 - Sep 19	on	.EU: Lucy's Football?
2004 - Sep 19	on	.EU: Lucy's Football?
2004 - Aug 25	on	JET Guidelines for Internationalized Domain Names
2004 - Aug 02	on	The Site Finder Reprise
2004 - Jul 26	on	The Site Finder Reprise
2004 - Jul 25	on	The Site Finder Reprise
2004 - Jul 24	on	The Site Finder Reprise