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A little bit more about the Trademark Clearinghouse’s extended alert service
Answers to two questions about the TMCH extending alerts beyond 90 days. Yesterday I wrote about how the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is extending the amount of time it will alert trademark holders if someone registers domains that contain their ma...
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A little bit more about the Trademark Clearinghouse’s extended alert service
Answers to two questions about the TMCH extending alerts beyond 90 days. Yesterday I wrote about how the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is extending the amount of time it will alert trademark holders if someone registers domains that contain their ma...
Discussion
December 13, 2013, 7:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
See 21 companies that bought domain names last week
A new TLD registry was among the domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Domain name marketplace Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are 21 that were purchased by “end users”. You can see previous end user sales repor...
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See 21 companies that bought domain names last week
A new TLD registry was among the domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Domain name marketplace Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are 21 that were purchased by “end users”. You can see previous end user sales repor...
Discussion
December 13, 2013, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Ombudsman investigating inconsistent new TLD objection decisions
ICANN’s Ombudsman is looking into consistency of new top level domain name objections. Both new top level domain name applicants and objectors have been grasping for options after falling on the adverse side of panels’ decision. Many have...
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ICANN Ombudsman investigating inconsistent new TLD objection decisions
ICANN’s Ombudsman is looking into consistency of new top level domain name objections. Both new top level domain name applicants and objectors have been grasping for options after falling on the adverse side of panels’ decision. Many have...
Discussion
December 13, 2013, 4:32 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons joins The Giving Pledge
Bob and Renee Parsons pledge over half of their wealth to charitable causes. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons and his wife Renee Parsons have joined The Giving Pledge, an initiative in which wealthy people pledge to give half or more of their wealth to ch...
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GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons joins The Giving Pledge
Bob and Renee Parsons pledge over half of their wealth to charitable causes. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons and his wife Renee Parsons have joined The Giving Pledge, an initiative in which wealthy people pledge to give half or more of their wealth to ch...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 9:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
A big website is going to go dark thanks to ICANN’s new Whois verification
New verification requirement is bound to ensnare some notable websites. ICANN’s 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement is slowly going into effect at major domain name registrars. The biggest change that people who register domain names will no...
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A big website is going to go dark thanks to ICANN’s new Whois verification
New verification requirement is bound to ensnare some notable websites. ICANN’s 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement is slowly going into effect at major domain name registrars. The biggest change that people who register domain names will no...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Objection Panel goes Rogue and Kills .Hospital domain name
Two members of an objection panel come up with their own rules for whether a top level domain name is acceptable. An International Chamber of Commerce panel has killed the .hospital top level domain name by siding with the Independent Objector in a L...
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Objection Panel goes Rogue and Kills .Hospital domain name
Two members of an objection panel come up with their own rules for whether a top level domain name is acceptable. An International Chamber of Commerce panel has killed the .hospital top level domain name by siding with the Independent Objector in a L...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trademark Clearinghouse extends alert service beyond 90 days
Extension will mostly benefit companies that pay more for longer TMCH registrations. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) for new top level domain names has extended the amount of time it will notify rights holders that domain names matching their trad...
Discussion
Trademark Clearinghouse extends alert service beyond 90 days
Extension will mostly benefit companies that pay more for longer TMCH registrations. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) for new top level domain names has extended the amount of time it will notify rights holders that domain names matching their trad...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
It looks like someone is already typosquatting on recently delegated top level domain names
Just a few dozen second level domain names for new TLDs have been registered so far. Yet it looks like people are already typosquatting on them. Last week .Club Domains LLC, the company that’s launching the .club top level domain name, bought n...
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It looks like someone is already typosquatting on recently delegated top level domain names
Just a few dozen second level domain names for new TLDs have been registered so far. Yet it looks like people are already typosquatting on them. Last week .Club Domains LLC, the company that’s launching the .club top level domain name, bought n...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company behind UDRPSearch.com sues after being hit with a UDRP
Virtual Point responds to StableTable.com UDRP with its own lawsuit. Virtual Point, the company that runs the UDRP search and aggregation site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a federal lawsuit after being hit with a UDRP. Hedera AB, a Swedish company, file...
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Company behind UDRPSearch.com sues after being hit with a UDRP
Virtual Point responds to StableTable.com UDRP with its own lawsuit. Virtual Point, the company that runs the UDRP search and aggregation site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a federal lawsuit after being hit with a UDRP. Hedera AB, a Swedish company, file...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ameritrade loses .broker objection against company that spent $4.7M in IG.com
IG Group’s .broker top level domain name application survives objection procedure. TD Ameritrade has lost a Limited Public Interest (LPI) objection against IG Group’s application to run the .broker top level domain name. IG Group is the c...
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Ameritrade loses .broker objection against company that spent $4.7M in IG.com
IG Group’s .broker top level domain name application survives objection procedure. TD Ameritrade has lost a Limited Public Interest (LPI) objection against IG Group’s application to run the .broker top level domain name. IG Group is the c...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 6:39 pm
