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Agendas published for upcoming ICANN New TLD committee and board meetings
Meetings to be held at Durban conference. ICANN has published agendas for three upcoming board-related meetings taking place in conjunction with the ICANN meeting in Durban. The New gTLD Program Committee will have two meetings in conjunction with th...
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Agendas published for upcoming ICANN New TLD committee and board meetings
Meetings to be held at Durban conference. ICANN has published agendas for three upcoming board-related meetings taking place in conjunction with the ICANN meeting in Durban. The New gTLD Program Committee will have two meetings in conjunction with th...
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July 10, 2013, 11:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Someone is buying up villa and villas domain names
Pay attention if you get an offer to buy a domain with “villa” in it. If someone contacts you about buying your villa.tld or villas.tld domain name, you might want to do some digging. A Mark Monitor client appears to be on a quest to buy ...
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Someone is buying up villa and villas domain names
Pay attention if you get an offer to buy a domain with “villa” in it. If someone contacts you about buying your villa.tld or villas.tld domain name, you might want to do some digging. A Mark Monitor client appears to be on a quest to buy ...
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July 10, 2013, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Which TLDs have the most popular web sites?
Another way to evaluate the success of a top level domain. As new top level domains start rolling off the assembly line in the coming months, there are a number of metrics we’ll consider to analyze how well they’re doing. Domains under ma...
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Which TLDs have the most popular web sites?
Another way to evaluate the success of a top level domain. As new top level domains start rolling off the assembly line in the coming months, there are a number of metrics we’ll consider to analyze how well they’re doing. Domains under ma...
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July 9, 2013, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fascinating tale of a political domain name “opportunist”
Florida man’s political domain registrations have given him access to a number of politicians on the campaign trail. NationalJournal has a fascinating story today about Michael Deutsch. Deutsch has beaten a number of politicians to registering ...
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Fascinating tale of a political domain name “opportunist”
Florida man’s political domain registrations have given him access to a number of politicians on the campaign trail. NationalJournal has a fascinating story today about Michael Deutsch. Deutsch has beaten a number of politicians to registering ...
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July 9, 2013, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ammar Kubba explains Aftermarket.com’s new Park & Sell
Aftermarket.com offers new domain parking program integrated with sales platform. Last month Aftermarket.com, a Thought Convergence company, launched its new Park & Sell program. Clients can park their domains with Aftermarket and integrate them ...
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Ammar Kubba explains Aftermarket.com’s new Park & Sell
Aftermarket.com offers new domain parking program integrated with sales platform. Last month Aftermarket.com, a Thought Convergence company, launched its new Park & Sell program. Clients can park their domains with Aftermarket and integrate them ...
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July 9, 2013, 10:48 am
Domain Name Wire
World Congress plans 2nd annual gTLD Summit
New TLD event to focus on legal aspects of new top level domain names. Conference organizer World Congress is planning its 2nd Annual Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Names Summit for this September. The one day event will take place September 25 at t...
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World Congress plans 2nd annual gTLD Summit
New TLD event to focus on legal aspects of new top level domain names. Conference organizer World Congress is planning its 2nd Annual Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Names Summit for this September. The one day event will take place September 25 at t...
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July 8, 2013, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
United Press International sues after losing UDRP
Company that lost UDRP in May files cybersquatting lawsuit. United Press International, commonly known simply as UPI, has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) for the domain names UPIPhoto.com and UPIPhoto.org. The company lost a UDRP for upi...
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United Press International sues after losing UDRP
Company that lost UDRP in May files cybersquatting lawsuit. United Press International, commonly known simply as UPI, has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) for the domain names UPIPhoto.com and UPIPhoto.org. The company lost a UDRP for upi...
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July 8, 2013, 12:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tesco goes after domain hack tes.co – and there’s more to come.
Here’s an example of a type of complaint we’ll see more often going forward. Traditionally, UDRP panels don’t consider the top level domain as part of what makes a domain name similar to a mark in which the complainant has rights. W...
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Tesco goes after domain hack tes.co – and there’s more to come.
Here’s an example of a type of complaint we’ll see more often going forward. Traditionally, UDRP panels don’t consider the top level domain as part of what makes a domain name similar to a mark in which the complainant has rights. W...
Discussion
July 8, 2013, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
.LA gets GoDaddy’s marketing power to help brand domain for Los Angeles
.LA to get another push as the domain for Los Angeles. GoDaddy announced this morning that it has teamed up with DOT LA Marketing Company and CentralNic to help push the ccTLD .la as a domain name for Los Angeles. The domain name registrar is offerin...
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.LA gets GoDaddy’s marketing power to help brand domain for Los Angeles
.LA to get another push as the domain for Los Angeles. GoDaddy announced this morning that it has teamed up with DOT LA Marketing Company and CentralNic to help push the ccTLD .la as a domain name for Los Angeles. The domain name registrar is offerin...
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July 8, 2013, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign files patents for a Domain Manager and preventing malicious domain registrations
Company that is looking to assert its patents files two more applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published to patent applications yesterday that were filed by Verisign. Both applications were filed in 2011. Application 13/339466 (pdf) ...
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Verisign files patents for a Domain Manager and preventing malicious domain registrations
Company that is looking to assert its patents files two more applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published to patent applications yesterday that were filed by Verisign. Both applications were filed in 2011. Application 13/339466 (pdf) ...
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July 5, 2013, 11:42 am
