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2 character domains get green light under new TLDs
ICANN Board approves resolution paving way for two character second level domains. Last week’s ICANN meeting started with good news for new top level domain name applicants: governments said they weren’t concerned about two letter second ...
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2 character domains get green light under new TLDs
ICANN Board approves resolution paving way for two character second level domains. Last week’s ICANN meeting started with good news for new top level domain name applicants: governments said they weren’t concerned about two letter second ...
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October 20, 2014, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new tlds: Military, .Realtor and sooome other domain
Rightside launches three military-themed domains, NAR launches .realtor, and a strange generic goes live. Here’s a run down of this week’s new top level domain name launches. On Wednesday, Rightside releases three military-themed domain n...
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This week’s new tlds: Military, .Realtor and sooome other domain
Rightside launches three military-themed domains, NAR launches .realtor, and a strange generic goes live. Here’s a run down of this week’s new top level domain name launches. On Wednesday, Rightside releases three military-themed domain n...
Discussion
October 20, 2014, 1:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa
A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit ...
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This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa
A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit ...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Governments weigh in on community and two-letter domain names
ICANN GAC concerned about community priority evaluations but not two-letter domain names. The Governmental Advisory Committee to ICANN has issued its GAC Communique (pdf) from this week’s meeting in Los Angeles. There are a couple notable items...
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Governments weigh in on community and two-letter domain names
ICANN GAC concerned about community priority evaluations but not two-letter domain names. The Governmental Advisory Committee to ICANN has issued its GAC Communique (pdf) from this week’s meeting in Los Angeles. There are a couple notable items...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 5:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: A Chinese Takeover!
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain sales. Pretty soon, not speaking Chinese will disqualify me from reporting on the domain market altogether! So many of the big-ticket domain sales look eastward — numerical doma...
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Expired Domain Report: A Chinese Takeover!
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain sales. Pretty soon, not speaking Chinese will disqualify me from reporting on the domain market altogether! So many of the big-ticket domain sales look eastward — numerical doma...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 photos from ICANN 51
A quick visual look at this week’s ICANN meeting in Los Angeles. It has been a busy, busy week in Los Angeles. I’ll have more thoughts on ICANN 51 later. For now, I have a collection of photos from in and around the event. Captions are be...
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10 photos from ICANN 51
A quick visual look at this week’s ICANN meeting in Los Angeles. It has been a busy, busy week in Los Angeles. I’ll have more thoughts on ICANN 51 later. For now, I have a collection of photos from in and around the event. Captions are be...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oooh: .ooo domain name takes over front page of Times of India
New top level domain pays for front page impact. The backers of the new .ooo domain name have crazy predictions for how many domain names they’ll sell. I’ll tip my hat to them for at least backing it up with some crazy advertising. Indian...
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Oooh: .ooo domain name takes over front page of Times of India
New top level domain pays for front page impact. The backers of the new .ooo domain name have crazy predictions for how many domain names they’ll sell. I’ll tip my hat to them for at least backing it up with some crazy advertising. Indian...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Grafitti artist Banksy demands Banksy.com domain name
Agent files UDRP to get domain name. Famous grafitti artist Banksy has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of Banksy.com. The case was filed by Banksy Inc (C/O Pest Control Office Limited). Pest Control Office is essentially an agent a...
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Grafitti artist Banksy demands Banksy.com domain name
Agent files UDRP to get domain name. Famous grafitti artist Banksy has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of Banksy.com. The case was filed by Banksy Inc (C/O Pest Control Office Limited). Pest Control Office is essentially an agent a...
Discussion
October 15, 2014, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do-Over: 2 TLD apps killed by objections get another chance
.Cam and Amazon IDN domain name decisions will be reviewed. ICANN has given two new top level domain name applications new life after embarrassing inconsistencies in string confusion objections. The board’s new TLD committee determined that dec...
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Do-Over: 2 TLD apps killed by objections get another chance
.Cam and Amazon IDN domain name decisions will be reviewed. ICANN has given two new top level domain name applications new life after embarrassing inconsistencies in string confusion objections. The board’s new TLD committee determined that dec...
Discussion
October 15, 2014, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
How is this not reverse domain name hijacking?
Domain was allegedly registered well before company started using name. National Arbitration Forum panelist Dennis A. Foster has turned in a UDRP decision in favor of the respondent for the domain name IAFT.com. The case was filed by International Ac...
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How is this not reverse domain name hijacking?
Domain was allegedly registered well before company started using name. National Arbitration Forum panelist Dennis A. Foster has turned in a UDRP decision in favor of the respondent for the domain name IAFT.com. The case was filed by International Ac...
Discussion
October 14, 2014, 4:45 pm
