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Domain Name Wire
Objections filed against .com and .org IDN top level domains
Russian IDNs face legal rights objections. VeriSign and Public Interest Registry have hit a speedbump in their plans to role out versions of .com and .org for the Russian market. VeriSign’s .com transliteration .ком and Public Interest Regis...
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Objections filed against .com and .org IDN top level domains
Russian IDNs face legal rights objections. VeriSign and Public Interest Registry have hit a speedbump in their plans to role out versions of .com and .org for the Russian market. VeriSign’s .com transliteration .ком and Public Interest Regis...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 4:32 pm
The Domains
Breaking: Donuts Passes ICANN Initial Evaluation For New gTLD’s
Donuts the largest applicant for new gTLD applications has passed the Initial Evaluation of ICANN new gTLD program. Donuts has applied for 307 new gTLD domain names including the IDN for the string: 商店 As part of the initial evaluation ICANN had ...
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Breaking: Donuts Passes ICANN Initial Evaluation For New gTLD’s
Donuts the largest applicant for new gTLD applications has passed the Initial Evaluation of ICANN new gTLD program. Donuts has applied for 307 new gTLD domain names including the IDN for the string: 商店 As part of the initial evaluation ICANN had ...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 new TLDs have passed their initial evaluation
First batch of new TLDs have passed initial evaluation. Today was a big milestone in the new top level domain name process. ICANN’s new top level domain application status page is now showing the first top level domain names to pass Initial Eva...
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27 new TLDs have passed their initial evaluation
First batch of new TLDs have passed initial evaluation. Today was a big milestone in the new top level domain name process. ICANN’s new top level domain application status page is now showing the first top level domain names to pass Initial Eva...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 2:45 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Typo’s Of TireChian.com and TireChians.com
South Fork Hardware, Inc., DBA TireChain.com Lost a UDRP decision today on the typo’s on tirechian.com and tirechians.com Complainant has used TIRECHAIN.COM and TIRECHAINS.COM (“the asserted Marks”) since 1998. It uses the TIRECHAIN...
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UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Typo’s Of TireChian.com and TireChians.com
South Fork Hardware, Inc., DBA TireChain.com Lost a UDRP decision today on the typo’s on tirechian.com and tirechians.com Complainant has used TIRECHAIN.COM and TIRECHAINS.COM (“the asserted Marks”) since 1998. It uses the TIRECHAIN...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 1:53 pm
The Domains
CORRECTION: Famous Four Did Not File Any Objections To .Music or .Song
Earlier today we incorrectly reported that Famous Four filed an objection to the other 7 applicants for the .Music gTLD’s and to the .Song new gTLD filed by Amazon. Famous Four did not file the objections. The Objection were filed by DotM...
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CORRECTION: Famous Four Did Not File Any Objections To .Music or .Song
Earlier today we incorrectly reported that Famous Four filed an objection to the other 7 applicants for the .Music gTLD’s and to the .Song new gTLD filed by Amazon. Famous Four did not file the objections. The Objection were filed by DotM...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 1:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Gold Community” objects to .Gold top level domain
A sign of things to come in community objections against new TLDs? After posting yesterday about some of the objections to Donuts’ new top level domain applications, I received word that the company has received an additional community objectio...
Discussion
“Gold Community” objects to .Gold top level domain
A sign of things to come in community objections against new TLDs? After posting yesterday about some of the objections to Donuts’ new top level domain applications, I received word that the company has received an additional community objectio...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 11:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Here’s how new TLD objections work
An explanation of new top level domain objections. Yesterday I wrote about a number of objections filed against new top level domain applications. I also explained the four types of objections. So just how do these objections work? In a lot of ways t...
Discussion
Here’s how new TLD objections work
An explanation of new top level domain objections. Yesterday I wrote about a number of objections filed against new top level domain applications. I also explained the four types of objections. So just how do these objections work? In a lot of ways t...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 10:41 am
The Domains
Watergate Holdings Files A UDRP On TheWatergateHotel.com & WatergateHotel.com
Euro Watergate Hotel Residences, LLC Watergate Holdings, LLC, filed a UDRP on the domain names TheWatergateHotel.com and WaterGateHotel.com with the World In...
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Watergate Holdings Files A UDRP On TheWatergateHotel.com & WatergateHotel.com
Euro Watergate Hotel Residences, LLC Watergate Holdings, LLC, filed a UDRP on the domain names TheWatergateHotel.com and WaterGateHotel.com with the World In...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 10:36 am
Elliot's Blog
Why I Don’t Generally Share Domain Sales
You’ve probably noticed that I hardly ever post about domain sales. I frequently write about domain names that I bought as well as domain names that I am looking to sell, and there are a number of reasons. Someone asked me if I would be willing...
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Why I Don’t Generally Share Domain Sales
You’ve probably noticed that I hardly ever post about domain sales. I frequently write about domain names that I bought as well as domain names that I am looking to sell, and there are a number of reasons. Someone asked me if I would be willing...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 10:34 am
The Domains
Snapname/Afternic Auction Ends Today & Has Over $50K In Bids
The Afternic.com spring auction closes today on Snapnames.com today at 3:15pm EST As of publication with 6 hours to go there are over $50,000 in bids. There are some nice domains in the auction including the three letter domains of gfa.com, vgv...
Discussion
Snapname/Afternic Auction Ends Today & Has Over $50K In Bids
The Afternic.com spring auction closes today on Snapnames.com today at 3:15pm EST As of publication with 6 hours to go there are over $50,000 in bids. There are some nice domains in the auction including the three letter domains of gfa.com, vgv...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 9:19 am
