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ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR]
Major Milestone Reached in New Domain Program Los Angeles, California ICANN’s Generic Domains Division announced today the conclusion of the Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program. More than 1,700...
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ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR]
Major Milestone Reached in New Domain Program Los Angeles, California ICANN’s Generic Domains Division announced today the conclusion of the Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program. More than 1,700...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 4:02 pm
The Domains
102 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE; 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing .Sex; .Islam; .Stockholm; .Ford; .Volvo
102 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. 8 applications are heading for extended evaluation. The 8 new gTLD applications which were classified as eligible for extended evaluation are: 1130 UNICORN Unicorn a.s. 1763 ...
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102 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE; 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing .Sex; .Islam; .Stockholm; .Ford; .Volvo
102 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. 8 applications are heading for extended evaluation. The 8 new gTLD applications which were classified as eligible for extended evaluation are: 1130 UNICORN Unicorn a.s. 1763 ...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 2:07 pm
The Domains
Sina Wins Legal Rights Objection on .Weibo & On .微博
Two separate WIPO panels upheld the objection of the Internet Giant Sina on two new gTLD applications both against the same applicant Tencent Holdings Limited of Shenzhen, China. The WIPO panels upheld Sina objection to the new gTLD applications .Wei...
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Sina Wins Legal Rights Objection on .Weibo & On .微博
Two separate WIPO panels upheld the objection of the Internet Giant Sina on two new gTLD applications both against the same applicant Tencent Holdings Limited of Shenzhen, China. The WIPO panels upheld Sina objection to the new gTLD applications .Wei...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 1:13 pm
The Domains
The Limited Loses UDRP On LimitedCoupons.com
Limited Stores, LLC which operate the Limited Stores, just lost a UDRP on the domain name limitedcoupon.com despite the fact that the domain holder did not file a response The Complainant’s allegations of bad faith are all said to be on the bas...
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The Limited Loses UDRP On LimitedCoupons.com
Limited Stores, LLC which operate the Limited Stores, just lost a UDRP on the domain name limitedcoupon.com despite the fact that the domain holder did not file a response The Complainant’s allegations of bad faith are all said to be on the bas...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
For The Limited, “The” comes back to haunt it in another domain case
The brand is The Limited, not Limited. There were many reasons that new TLD applicant Donuts prevailed in a legal rights objection filed by fashion retailer Limited over .limited. One of those was that “The” is a big part of the The Limit...
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For The Limited, “The” comes back to haunt it in another domain case
The brand is The Limited, not Limited. There were many reasons that new TLD applicant Donuts prevailed in a legal rights objection filed by fashion retailer Limited over .limited. One of those was that “The” is a big part of the The Limit...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 12:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sina tops Tencent in battle over Weibo top level domain names
Panel handles tricky case involving what many consider a generic term. In a heavyweight battle of Chinese internet stars, Sina Corporation has won two objections it lodged against Tencent for the top level domain names .微博 and .weibo. Sina and Te...
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Sina tops Tencent in battle over Weibo top level domain names
Panel handles tricky case involving what many consider a generic term. In a heavyweight battle of Chinese internet stars, Sina Corporation has won two objections it lodged against Tencent for the top level domain names .微博 and .weibo. Sina and Te...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 12:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain parking: less is more?
SmartName drops most templates to focus on the best performing ones. It used to be that domain name parking companies bragged about how many templates they had. The templates had different ad locations, fonts, and most importantly, graphics related t...
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Domain parking: less is more?
SmartName drops most templates to focus on the best performing ones. It used to be that domain name parking companies bragged about how many templates they had. The templates had different ad locations, fonts, and most importantly, graphics related t...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 11:45 am
Elliot's Blog
Dealing With An Expired Domain Name
Wise words, so many complaints come to me because they forget to renew http://t.co/JgavMCFMcE — Chris LaHatte ICANN (@ChrisLaHatte) August 28, 2013 I saw this tweet from ICANN Ombudsman Chris LaHatte yesterday, and I want to discuss the ...
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Dealing With An Expired Domain Name
Wise words, so many complaints come to me because they forget to renew http://t.co/JgavMCFMcE — Chris LaHatte ICANN (@ChrisLaHatte) August 28, 2013 I saw this tweet from ICANN Ombudsman Chris LaHatte yesterday, and I want to discuss the ...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 10:38 am
The Domains
15 Year Old RadioAmerica.com Lost In UDRP To RadioAmerica.org
American Studies Center d/b/a Radio America just won a UDRP on the domain name RadioAmerica.com which was owned by Jet Stream Enterprises Limited. The panel found the complainant had a common law a trademark on the term going back to 1985 when ...
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15 Year Old RadioAmerica.com Lost In UDRP To RadioAmerica.org
American Studies Center d/b/a Radio America just won a UDRP on the domain name RadioAmerica.com which was owned by Jet Stream Enterprises Limited. The panel found the complainant had a common law a trademark on the term going back to 1985 when ...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit against new TLD applicant Famous Four is dismissed
Lawsuit was filed over plans for .bim top level domain, which never got off the ground. A group of investors in a failed top level domain bid have dropped their lawsuit against Famous Four Media, Domain Venture Partners, and some of the company&rsquo...
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Lawsuit against new TLD applicant Famous Four is dismissed
Lawsuit was filed over plans for .bim top level domain, which never got off the ground. A group of investors in a failed top level domain bid have dropped their lawsuit against Famous Four Media, Domain Venture Partners, and some of the company&rsquo...
Discussion
August 30, 2013, 10:06 am
