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Gold is not a clearly delineated community, panel rules
Rival applicants fails to eliminate Donuts’ .gold top level domain application. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled that “gold” is not a clearly delineated community, and has thus rejected a community objection f...
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Gold is not a clearly delineated community, panel rules
Rival applicants fails to eliminate Donuts’ .gold top level domain application. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled that “gold” is not a clearly delineated community, and has thus rejected a community objection f...
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January 8, 2014, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brazilian company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Dental company went after domain name used by Korean dentist. A three person WIPO panel has found JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which sp...
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Brazilian company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Dental company went after domain name used by Korean dentist. A three person WIPO panel has found JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which sp...
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January 8, 2014, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP Panel orders HP.nu to be transferred to Hewlett-Packard
HP gets two letter ccTLD in WIPO decision. Hewlett-Packard has won the transfer of the domain name HP.nu in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. .Nu is the ccTLD for the island state of Niue. The operators of .nu use the stand...
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UDRP Panel orders HP.nu to be transferred to Hewlett-Packard
HP gets two letter ccTLD in WIPO decision. Hewlett-Packard has won the transfer of the domain name HP.nu in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. .Nu is the ccTLD for the island state of Niue. The operators of .nu use the stand...
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January 8, 2014, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
New escrow service Agreed.com launches
New domain name escrow service offers a good user experience to streamline domain transactions. Thought Convergence has formally launched its new online escrow service, Agreed. Those of you at TRAFFIC in Florida last October will recall that I wore a...
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New escrow service Agreed.com launches
New domain name escrow service offers a good user experience to streamline domain transactions. Thought Convergence has formally launched its new online escrow service, Agreed. Those of you at TRAFFIC in Florida last October will recall that I wore a...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 9:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Republican National Committee loses fight over .republican
RNC loses objection against Demand Media’s application to run .republican top level domain name. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has lost a community objection it filed against Demand Media’s application to run the .republican top...
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Republican National Committee loses fight over .republican
RNC loses objection against Demand Media’s application to run .republican top level domain name. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has lost a community objection it filed against Demand Media’s application to run the .republican top...
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January 7, 2014, 9:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to pick which NamesCon sessions to attend
A handy guide to choosing conference sessions and some of my picks. The agenda for next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas appears to be basically finalized. For the first time in many years, I’m actually excited about attending some...
Discussion
How to pick which NamesCon sessions to attend
A handy guide to choosing conference sessions and some of my picks. The agenda for next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas appears to be basically finalized. For the first time in many years, I’m actually excited about attending some...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 6:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: A record number of RDNH filings
More complainants than ever were found guilty of trying to steal domain names using UDRP. 2013 saw a record number of UDRP complainants found guilty of “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking,” which is essentially using the UDRP in bad faith to a...
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2013 Top Stories: A record number of RDNH filings
More complainants than ever were found guilty of trying to steal domain names using UDRP. 2013 saw a record number of UDRP complainants found guilty of “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking,” which is essentially using the UDRP in bad faith to a...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Afternic gets another large Chinese domain name registrar on board
Afternic adds another registrar in its fastest growing market, China. Domain name sales platform Afternic announced today that Xinnet has joined its fast transfer distribution network for selling domain names. Xinnet is China’s second largest d...
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GoDaddy’s Afternic gets another large Chinese domain name registrar on board
Afternic adds another registrar in its fastest growing market, China. Domain name sales platform Afternic announced today that Xinnet has joined its fast transfer distribution network for selling domain names. Xinnet is China’s second largest d...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are you going to NamesCon next week?
Hundreds of you are. Leave a comment if you’ll be there. Are you going to NamesCon in Las Vegas next week? If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you are. With over 450 people expected to attend, NamesCon will be the big...
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Are you going to NamesCon next week?
Hundreds of you are. Leave a comment if you’ll be there. Are you going to NamesCon in Las Vegas next week? If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you are. With over 450 people expected to attend, NamesCon will be the big...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 9:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Domain Name Wire stories for December
The 2013 RAA, .sucks and click fraud all figured into last month’s top stories. Over the past two weeks I’ve been posting about the biggest stories of 2013. But I’d be remiss to not also post my customary monthly list of the top new...
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Top Domain Name Wire stories for December
The 2013 RAA, .sucks and click fraud all figured into last month’s top stories. Over the past two weeks I’ve been posting about the biggest stories of 2013. But I’d be remiss to not also post my customary monthly list of the top new...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 5:50 pm
