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GAC Mucks Around But Leaves Durban With Hundreds Of New gTLD Apps Hanging In The Wind
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) just issued a summary of what it did during the ICANN meeting in Durban and issued what now appears to be a trend for ICANN meetings by issuing a “Communique” in this case forever to be known as...
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GAC Mucks Around But Leaves Durban With Hundreds Of New gTLD Apps Hanging In The Wind
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) just issued a summary of what it did during the ICANN meeting in Durban and issued what now appears to be a trend for ICANN meetings by issuing a “Communique” in this case forever to be known as...
Discussion
July 18, 2013, 1:32 pm

The Domains
Constantine Roussos Says ICC Must Disregard Any New Policies/Changes & GAC Advice Made After Objection Deadline
In a letter sent to ICANN by Constantine Roussos on behalf of DotMusic, Limited who objected to other applications for the .Music new gTLD it urges ICANN to tell the ICC that is must disregard any new polices, changes and GAC advice given after the d...
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Constantine Roussos Says ICC Must Disregard Any New Policies/Changes & GAC Advice Made After Objection Deadline
In a letter sent to ICANN by Constantine Roussos on behalf of DotMusic, Limited who objected to other applications for the .Music new gTLD it urges ICANN to tell the ICC that is must disregard any new polices, changes and GAC advice given after the d...
Discussion
July 18, 2013, 12:49 pm

The Domains
Pinterest Lastest To Lose Legal Rights Objections To .New gTLD .Pin As 3 More Objections Are Thrown Out By Wipo
WIPO has decided three more Legal Rights Objections to New gTLD application and in all three cases the Objector has lost and the New gTLD applicant has won. The cases decided today are: Pinterest’s objection to Amazon’s application for th...
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Pinterest Lastest To Lose Legal Rights Objections To .New gTLD .Pin As 3 More Objections Are Thrown Out By Wipo
WIPO has decided three more Legal Rights Objections to New gTLD application and in all three cases the Objector has lost and the New gTLD applicant has won. The cases decided today are: Pinterest’s objection to Amazon’s application for th...
Discussion
July 18, 2013, 12:21 pm

The Domains
Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses UDRP On TracyAnderson.com
Tracy Anderson Mind and Body LLC of Studio City, California, just won a UDRP against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings on the domain name tracyanderson.com According to the UDRP, Tracy Anderson, is a professional trainer and creator of diet reg...
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Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses UDRP On TracyAnderson.com
Tracy Anderson Mind and Body LLC of Studio City, California, just won a UDRP against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings on the domain name tracyanderson.com According to the UDRP, Tracy Anderson, is a professional trainer and creator of diet reg...
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July 18, 2013, 10:45 am

The Domains
.Amazon May Not Be Dead Yet As Trademark Groups Urge ICANN To Follow International Law Not GAC Advice
Trademark Groups urged ICANN to follow International Law not GAC advice and to approves the new gTLD application for .Amazon Claudio Digangi spoke on behalf of the International Trademark Association (INTA) on particularly on the geographic names iss...
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.Amazon May Not Be Dead Yet As Trademark Groups Urge ICANN To Follow International Law Not GAC Advice
Trademark Groups urged ICANN to follow International Law not GAC advice and to approves the new gTLD application for .Amazon Claudio Digangi spoke on behalf of the International Trademark Association (INTA) on particularly on the geographic names iss...
Discussion
July 18, 2013, 10:20 am

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Lawyers Jump On New gTLD Wagon To Sell Webinar On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection & Application Decisions”
We knew that the new gTLD process would cause a lot of new businesses to spring up but we weren’t counting on this one. A company is selling a Webinar aimed at Attorney’s On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection and Application D...
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Lawyers Jump On New gTLD Wagon To Sell Webinar On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection & Application Decisions”
We knew that the new gTLD process would cause a lot of new businesses to spring up but we weren’t counting on this one. A company is selling a Webinar aimed at Attorney’s On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection and Application D...
Discussion
July 17, 2013, 4:47 pm

The Domains
Internet Commerce Association (ICA): “ICANN Lied about URS Contracts”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to which our company is a Silver Level Supporter of wrote today on its blog that ICANN has gone back on its word that it would create a standardizes contract for all Uniform Rapid Suspension providers to preve...
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Internet Commerce Association (ICA): “ICANN Lied about URS Contracts”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to which our company is a Silver Level Supporter of wrote today on its blog that ICANN has gone back on its word that it would create a standardizes contract for all Uniform Rapid Suspension providers to preve...
Discussion
July 17, 2013, 1:23 pm

The Domains
UDRP Filed Against 16 Year Old Johnsons.com By Johnson & Johnson
The global brand company Johnson and Johnson just filed a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com Johnsons.com is owned by Widome Design of Potomac, Maryland. The domain has been owned by the company or its principal since at least 2001 acc...
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UDRP Filed Against 16 Year Old Johnsons.com By Johnson & Johnson
The global brand company Johnson and Johnson just filed a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com Johnsons.com is owned by Widome Design of Potomac, Maryland. The domain has been owned by the company or its principal since at least 2001 acc...
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July 17, 2013, 11:18 am

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Rev.com Founder “All the Good Domains are Held by Squatters.” & “Domain Squatters are Sharks”
In a Blog Post that appeared on WSJ.com today, Jason Chicola, founder and CEO at Rev.com had some less than kind works about domain investors. In the post where he chats about finding a great starter domain name, he says; “Naming a compa...
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Rev.com Founder “All the Good Domains are Held by Squatters.” & “Domain Squatters are Sharks”
In a Blog Post that appeared on WSJ.com today, Jason Chicola, founder and CEO at Rev.com had some less than kind works about domain investors. In the post where he chats about finding a great starter domain name, he says; “Naming a compa...
Discussion
July 17, 2013, 11:14 am

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HugeDomains.com Passes BuyDomains.com To Become Largest Private Domain Holder With Over 1 Million Domains
HugeDomains.com has passed NameMedia’s BuyDomains.com to be the largest Privately Owned Domain holder in the world with over 1,000,000 domains owned. The number of domains owned by HugeDomains.com as of today “is about” 1,016,374 a...
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HugeDomains.com Passes BuyDomains.com To Become Largest Private Domain Holder With Over 1 Million Domains
HugeDomains.com has passed NameMedia’s BuyDomains.com to be the largest Privately Owned Domain holder in the world with over 1,000,000 domains owned. The number of domains owned by HugeDomains.com as of today “is about” 1,016,374 a...
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July 17, 2013, 9:17 am