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Domain Name News
Team Internet Acquires Elephant Traffic Brand & Customers
As announced on the Elephant Traffic website, Team Internet, parent company of ParkingCrew has purchased the customers and brand from Elephant Traffic as of November 16th, 2012. The traffic publishers of Elephant Traffic will be migrated to Pa...
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Team Internet Acquires Elephant Traffic Brand & Customers
As announced on the Elephant Traffic website, Team Internet, parent company of ParkingCrew has purchased the customers and brand from Elephant Traffic as of November 16th, 2012. The traffic publishers of Elephant Traffic will be migrated to Pa...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 10:54 am

Domain Name Wire
Watch ICANN’s new TLD lottery online
The biggest sweepstakes in the history of ICANN. ICANN will hold its new TLD lottery “prioritization draw” on December 17 in Los Angeles. The results will be used to determine the order in which initial evaluation results are released. Th...
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Watch ICANN’s new TLD lottery online
The biggest sweepstakes in the history of ICANN. ICANN will hold its new TLD lottery “prioritization draw” on December 17 in Los Angeles. The results will be used to determine the order in which initial evaluation results are released. Th...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 10:39 am

Elliot's Blog
Representative Zoe Lofgren Turns to Reddit Users for Domain Seizure Legislation
During the last couple of years, domain name seizures have become a hot topic. Hundreds of domain names have been seized by the US Department of Justice and US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. You can probably picture the graphic that is di...
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Representative Zoe Lofgren Turns to Reddit Users for Domain Seizure Legislation
During the last couple of years, domain name seizures have become a hot topic. Hundreds of domain names have been seized by the US Department of Justice and US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. You can probably picture the graphic that is di...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 10:37 am

Domain Name Wire
Huh? Australia gives 129 GAC early warnings
Whining down under. Yesterday over 200 GAC early warnings to new top level domain applicants were published. The biggest complainer? Australia. The country filed early warnings on 129 top level domain names covering everything from .baby to .weather....
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Huh? Australia gives 129 GAC early warnings
Whining down under. Yesterday over 200 GAC early warnings to new top level domain applicants were published. The biggest complainer? Australia. The country filed early warnings on 129 top level domain names covering everything from .baby to .weather....
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 10:21 am

Domain Name Wire
Panel Tells GTMS to GTFO with RDNH
GTFO, that’s RDNH! A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found satellite services company Global Transmission Media Solutions (GTMS) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. GTMS filed a UDRP on the domain name GTMS.com, which wa...
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Panel Tells GTMS to GTFO with RDNH
GTFO, that’s RDNH! A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found satellite services company Global Transmission Media Solutions (GTMS) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. GTMS filed a UDRP on the domain name GTMS.com, which wa...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 10:02 am

The Domains
Elizabeth Taylor’s Estate Wins Rights To LizTaylor.xxx
A one member UDRP panel just award the domain name LizTaylor.xxx to the The Elizabeth Taylor Trust, Interplanet Productions Limited and The Elizabeth Taylor Cosmetics Company who all brought the UDRP. The decision is more interesting that you think. ...
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Elizabeth Taylor’s Estate Wins Rights To LizTaylor.xxx
A one member UDRP panel just award the domain name LizTaylor.xxx to the The Elizabeth Taylor Trust, Interplanet Productions Limited and The Elizabeth Taylor Cosmetics Company who all brought the UDRP. The decision is more interesting that you think. ...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 9:25 am

The Domains
Zak Muscovitch, Esq., Gets UDRP Panel Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GTMS.com
Global Transmission Media Solutions was just found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking on the domain name gtms.com by a UDRP panel from the National Arbitration Forum The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch. The one member panel foun...
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Zak Muscovitch, Esq., Gets UDRP Panel Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GTMS.com
Global Transmission Media Solutions was just found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking on the domain name gtms.com by a UDRP panel from the National Arbitration Forum The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch. The one member panel foun...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 9:06 am

The Domains
Biggest Winners & Losers From GAC Early Warnings: .Gay, .Sex, Uniregistry, Generic & Professional TLD’s
Reviewing the GAC early warnings issued last night some winners really stick out. New gTLD applications that were generally thought would get a GAC early warning, but did not include .gay, .sex, .adult, and .porn. Another clear winner out of the GAC ...
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Biggest Winners & Losers From GAC Early Warnings: .Gay, .Sex, Uniregistry, Generic & Professional TLD’s
Reviewing the GAC early warnings issued last night some winners really stick out. New gTLD applications that were generally thought would get a GAC early warning, but did not include .gay, .sex, .adult, and .porn. Another clear winner out of the GAC ...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 8:55 am

The Domains
So What Does A GAC Early Warning Really Mean & Where Do Applicants Go From Here
Last night we published the list of the 242 new gTLD’s applications that got hit with a GAC early warning. The GAC is the Governmental Advisory Group to ICANN. So what is the effect of receiving an GAC early warning and what happens from here, ...
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So What Does A GAC Early Warning Really Mean & Where Do Applicants Go From Here
Last night we published the list of the 242 new gTLD’s applications that got hit with a GAC early warning. The GAC is the Governmental Advisory Group to ICANN. So what is the effect of receiving an GAC early warning and what happens from here, ...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 8:06 am

The Domains
Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Launches .blackfriday Website
Frank Schillings new gTLD company, Uniregistry.com just launched a new site promoting its .blackfriday new gTLD application. Uniregistry is the only company that filed an application to operate the new gTLD of .blackfriday. .blackfriday did NOT...
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Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Launches .blackfriday Website
Frank Schillings new gTLD company, Uniregistry.com just launched a new site promoting its .blackfriday new gTLD application. Uniregistry is the only company that filed an application to operate the new gTLD of .blackfriday. .blackfriday did NOT...
Discussion
November 21, 2012, 1:17 am