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Donuts adds another 15,000 registrations with next 5 domains
Donuts next five domains launch and 1&1 is picking up steam thanks to cut rate pricing. Another five of Donuts domain names reverted to “regular” pricing today and they picked up about 15,000 registrations in the first hours, accordin...
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Donuts adds another 15,000 registrations with next 5 domains
Donuts next five domains launch and 1&1 is picking up steam thanks to cut rate pricing. Another five of Donuts domain names reverted to “regular” pricing today and they picked up about 15,000 registrations in the first hours, accordin...
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March 20, 2014, 2:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Quebec’s government loses domain dispute over Quebec.com
UDRP must have been lost in translation. The Government of Quebec has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Quebec.com. This was a no brainer case. The three person panel found that domain owner Anything.com has rights or legitimate interests ...
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Quebec’s government loses domain dispute over Quebec.com
UDRP must have been lost in translation. The Government of Quebec has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Quebec.com. This was a no brainer case. The three person panel found that domain owner Anything.com has rights or legitimate interests ...
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March 20, 2014, 1:52 am
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NTIA: U.S. won’t abandon its role in the internet until it’s satisfied with the alternative
Strickling makes it clear that IANA contract won’t be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the misi...
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NTIA: U.S. won’t abandon its role in the internet until it’s satisfied with the alternative
Strickling makes it clear that IANA contract won’t be transitioned until it is happy with the alternative. Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling penned a blog post today to try to clarify some of the misi...
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March 19, 2014, 3:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Berlin scores 30,000+ registrations in good news for city TLDs
City domain name rockets out of the starting gate. The .Berlin top level domain name has quickly racked up over 30,000 domain name registrations according to the latest published zone file. A lot of domain industry insiders think .city domain names h...
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.Berlin scores 30,000+ registrations in good news for city TLDs
City domain name rockets out of the starting gate. The .Berlin top level domain name has quickly racked up over 30,000 domain name registrations according to the latest published zone file. A lot of domain industry insiders think .city domain names h...
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March 19, 2014, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registrar suspends all domain names transferred from terminated registrar
EnCirca finds that domains were used for nefarious purposes. ICANN terminated the accreditation of domain name registrar ABSYSTEMS INC (dba yournamemonkey.com) in December for multiple contract breaches. ICANN transferred the domain names to another ...
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Registrar suspends all domain names transferred from terminated registrar
EnCirca finds that domains were used for nefarious purposes. ICANN terminated the accreditation of domain name registrar ABSYSTEMS INC (dba yournamemonkey.com) in December for multiple contract breaches. ICANN transferred the domain names to another ...
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March 19, 2014, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese government buys 20,000 new IDN domain names
TLD Registry inks deal with Chinese government for over 10,000 domains in each of its new TLDs. TLD Registry Ltd, which is launching the new top level domain names Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has inked a deal wi...
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Chinese government buys 20,000 new IDN domain names
TLD Registry inks deal with Chinese government for over 10,000 domains in each of its new TLDs. TLD Registry Ltd, which is launching the new top level domain names Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has inked a deal wi...
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March 19, 2014, 1:39 pm
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First 4 Community Priority Evaluations Fail: .Taxi, Tennis, .MLS, .Immo
Four “community” applicants fail in bids to quash competition. ICANN has published the results of the first four decided Community Priority Evaluations (CPE) for new top level domain names. All four failed to pass. Applicants that self-se...
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First 4 Community Priority Evaluations Fail: .Taxi, Tennis, .MLS, .Immo
Four “community” applicants fail in bids to quash competition. ICANN has published the results of the first four decided Community Priority Evaluations (CPE) for new top level domain names. All four failed to pass. Applicants that self-se...
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March 19, 2014, 2:44 am
Domain Name Wire
55 new TLDs request exemption from Registry Code of Conduct
55 .brand application owners request exemptions. Today ICANN posted 55 requests made by new TLD applicants for an exemption from the Registry Code of Conduct. The Registry Code of Conduct for new TLDs includes provisions related to showing preference...
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55 new TLDs request exemption from Registry Code of Conduct
55 .brand application owners request exemptions. Today ICANN posted 55 requests made by new TLD applicants for an exemption from the Registry Code of Conduct. The Registry Code of Conduct for new TLDs includes provisions related to showing preference...
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March 18, 2014, 9:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Birth Pangs of new top level domain names
The launch of new domain names has been anything but smooth. Confusion. Frustration. Incompetence. That’s how I’d sum up the launch of new TLDs so far. I’ve already written about some of the challenges of new TLD launches to date. H...
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The Birth Pangs of new top level domain names
The launch of new domain names has been anything but smooth. Confusion. Frustration. Incompetence. That’s how I’d sum up the launch of new TLDs so far. I’ve already written about some of the challenges of new TLD launches to date. H...
Discussion
March 18, 2014, 4:36 pm
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Panel won’t find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking due to whois privacy
UDRP panelist cites whois privacy as reason for not finding RDNH. A single member National Arbitration Forum panel has found in favor of the owner of Finell.com, but declined to find reverse domain name hijacking because the owner used a whois privac...
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Panel won’t find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking due to whois privacy
UDRP panelist cites whois privacy as reason for not finding RDNH. A single member National Arbitration Forum panel has found in favor of the owner of Finell.com, but declined to find reverse domain name hijacking because the owner used a whois privac...
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March 18, 2014, 2:00 pm
