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ICANN To Post Redline Changes To New gTLD Registry Contracts
According to a post by ICANN on its site it will start publishing redline versions of executed Registry Agreements as it ” would be helpful to the entire ICANN community, and would also support ICANN’s efforts to provide operational trans...
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ICANN To Post Redline Changes To New gTLD Registry Contracts
According to a post by ICANN on its site it will start publishing redline versions of executed Registry Agreements as it ” would be helpful to the entire ICANN community, and would also support ICANN’s efforts to provide operational trans...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 6:51 am
The Domains
Are These The 107 New gTLD Extensions Donuts Partnered With Demand Media On?
Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD’s tha...
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Are These The 107 New gTLD Extensions Donuts Partnered With Demand Media On?
Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD’s tha...
Discussion
September 24, 2013, 1:38 pm
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Come Join Me At The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress In London On Thursday
Tonight I’m jumping the pond and heading over to London for the Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress which is being held in at the Park Plaza Victoria in London on Thursday and Friday. “Back by popular demand and building off of...
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Come Join Me At The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress In London On Thursday
Tonight I’m jumping the pond and heading over to London for the Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress which is being held in at the Park Plaza Victoria in London on Thursday and Friday. “Back by popular demand and building off of...
Discussion
September 24, 2013, 11:36 am
The Domains
Techstars Acquires NameLayer to Bring Premium Domain Names to its Portfolio
According to a blog post on its company blog, Techstars has acquired the entire portfolio of NameLayer, a popular inventory of brandable domain names curated for the tech market. NameLayer was founded by Julian Shapiro and Edward Zeiden in 2011...
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Techstars Acquires NameLayer to Bring Premium Domain Names to its Portfolio
According to a blog post on its company blog, Techstars has acquired the entire portfolio of NameLayer, a popular inventory of brandable domain names curated for the tech market. NameLayer was founded by Julian Shapiro and Edward Zeiden in 2011...
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September 24, 2013, 9:22 am
The Domains
Jean-Christophe Vignes joins Artemis as Director of Domain Operations
Tom Scopazzi of Artemis which has an application for .Secure, just sent out an email today announcing that effective today, Jean-Christophe Vignes has joined Artemis as Director of Domain Operations! “In this capacity, he will be in charge of b...
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Jean-Christophe Vignes joins Artemis as Director of Domain Operations
Tom Scopazzi of Artemis which has an application for .Secure, just sent out an email today announcing that effective today, Jean-Christophe Vignes has joined Artemis as Director of Domain Operations! “In this capacity, he will be in charge of b...
Discussion
September 24, 2013, 8:03 am
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Radix, TLDH & Westerdal Asks ICANN To Suspend All Pending Expert Panels In New gTLD Process
Three large applicants to the new gTLD program sent a letter to ICANN yesterday to complaint about the Experts appointed by The Dispute Resolution Service Providers relating to the Community Objection process especially those at the ICC and asked ICA...
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Radix, TLDH & Westerdal Asks ICANN To Suspend All Pending Expert Panels In New gTLD Process
Three large applicants to the new gTLD program sent a letter to ICANN yesterday to complaint about the Experts appointed by The Dispute Resolution Service Providers relating to the Community Objection process especially those at the ICC and asked ICA...
Discussion
September 24, 2013, 12:36 am
The Domains
Phil Corwin Of ICA Appointed To Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been appointed to the serve on the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for a two-year term commencing in January 2014 International Trademark Association (INT...
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Phil Corwin Of ICA Appointed To Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been appointed to the serve on the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for a two-year term commencing in January 2014 International Trademark Association (INT...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 4:02 pm
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Microsoft, Verisign & Yahoo! Sends Joint Letter To ICANN: We Want An Update On Name Collision Mitigation Plan
In a joint letter Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo! urged ICANN to study the Collission Mitigation Plan before allowing any “The undersigned companies and organizations submit this letter to express our significant concern regarding several unreso...
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Microsoft, Verisign & Yahoo! Sends Joint Letter To ICANN: We Want An Update On Name Collision Mitigation Plan
In a joint letter Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo! urged ICANN to study the Collission Mitigation Plan before allowing any “The undersigned companies and organizations submit this letter to express our significant concern regarding several unreso...
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September 23, 2013, 3:43 pm
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FileSense, Inc. Loses 2nd UDRP This Year On The Domain FileSense.com
FileSense, Inc. represented by Ronnie Allen Sheppick of Utah just lost its 2nd UDRP this year on the domain name FileSense.com. Back in March 2013, we covered this same company’s attempted to grab this same domain name away from the same domain...
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FileSense, Inc. Loses 2nd UDRP This Year On The Domain FileSense.com
FileSense, Inc. represented by Ronnie Allen Sheppick of Utah just lost its 2nd UDRP this year on the domain name FileSense.com. Back in March 2013, we covered this same company’s attempted to grab this same domain name away from the same domain...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 12:18 pm
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DomCollect AG Loses UDRP On 18 Facebook Typo Domain Names
DomCollect AG just lost a UDRP of a bunch of Facebook typo domain names that they didn’t even bother to respond to. DomCollect according to at least one report is owned or is a subsidiary of United Internet the same company that owns Sedo.com a...
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DomCollect AG Loses UDRP On 18 Facebook Typo Domain Names
DomCollect AG just lost a UDRP of a bunch of Facebook typo domain names that they didn’t even bother to respond to. DomCollect according to at least one report is owned or is a subsidiary of United Internet the same company that owns Sedo.com a...
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September 23, 2013, 11:45 am




