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Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Votes Not To Change Policy on Singulars/Plurals
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) voted tonight to not change the policy on new gTLD applications concerning singular and plural terms. The GAC advised ICANN that it should place singular and plural new gTLD strings into the sam...
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Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Votes Not To Change Policy on Singulars/Plurals
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) voted tonight to not change the policy on new gTLD applications concerning singular and plural terms. The GAC advised ICANN that it should place singular and plural new gTLD strings into the sam...
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June 27, 2013, 11:31 pm
The Domains
Breaking New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Indefinite Hold by passing a resolution tonight. “With respect to comments specifically regarding exclusive registry acc...
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Breaking New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Indefinite Hold by passing a resolution tonight. “With respect to comments specifically regarding exclusive registry acc...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 11:07 pm
The Domains
Two Almost Identical Domains, Two UDRP’s, Two Opposite Decisions
Two UDRP decided days apart by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) on two very similar domains got completely results. Both UDRP’s were brought by the same Complainant BGL Group Limited which has a trademark on the term “COMPARETHEMARKET&rd...
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Two Almost Identical Domains, Two UDRP’s, Two Opposite Decisions
Two UDRP decided days apart by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) on two very similar domains got completely results. Both UDRP’s were brought by the same Complainant BGL Group Limited which has a trademark on the term “COMPARETHEMARKET&rd...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 4:29 pm
The Domains
Sen. Rockefeller To ICANN: Follow GAC Advice & Allow “Limited 1st Round” Of New gTLD’s
Senator Jay Rockefeller, head of the Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter to the CEO of ICANN today, telling ICANN to “tread carefully” in opening up new gTLD’s. “ICANN should fully consider and act upon the GAC...
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Sen. Rockefeller To ICANN: Follow GAC Advice & Allow “Limited 1st Round” Of New gTLD’s
Senator Jay Rockefeller, head of the Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter to the CEO of ICANN today, telling ICANN to “tread carefully” in opening up new gTLD’s. “ICANN should fully consider and act upon the GAC...
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June 27, 2013, 11:26 am
The Domains
Site Goes From Longer .Com To Shorter. Net: ShareMyPlaylists.com Goes To Playlists.net
According to TechCrunch, ShareMyPlaylists.com which allows Spotify users to upload and share their Spotify playlists with other users has changed their domain name to Playlists.net. ShareMyPlaylists.com was launched in March 2009. While many b...
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Site Goes From Longer .Com To Shorter. Net: ShareMyPlaylists.com Goes To Playlists.net
According to TechCrunch, ShareMyPlaylists.com which allows Spotify users to upload and share their Spotify playlists with other users has changed their domain name to Playlists.net. ShareMyPlaylists.com was launched in March 2009. While many b...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 8:43 am
The Domains
Guest Post By Dan Warner: New gTLD Registries Cannot Own Their Domains!
This is a Guest Post by Dan Warner. Dan in a domain industry veteran who has presented and spoken at many industry conferences. Dan is was part of the Exclusive team at Dark Blue Sea Ltd (Fabulous.com) for 8 years, which became the 14th larges...
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Guest Post By Dan Warner: New gTLD Registries Cannot Own Their Domains!
This is a Guest Post by Dan Warner. Dan in a domain industry veteran who has presented and spoken at many industry conferences. Dan is was part of the Exclusive team at Dark Blue Sea Ltd (Fabulous.com) for 8 years, which became the 14th larges...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 8:21 am
The Domains
Brit.Co Bought For $4,750, Gets $6.3 Million In Funding Including Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer
Another .Co domain name is in the news today as Brit + Co., a San Francisco-based media company focused on DIY ideas for “creative living in the digital age,” has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding according to The Term Sheet. Oak In...
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Brit.Co Bought For $4,750, Gets $6.3 Million In Funding Including Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer
Another .Co domain name is in the news today as Brit + Co., a San Francisco-based media company focused on DIY ideas for “creative living in the digital age,” has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding according to The Term Sheet. Oak In...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 9:50 am
The Domains
Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping Domains
SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an excl...
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Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping Domains
SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an excl...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 8:40 am
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.BUZZ Goes With Afternic/NameJet
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, announced today have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), which has just passed ICANN Initial Eva...
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.BUZZ Goes With Afternic/NameJet
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, announced today have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), which has just passed ICANN Initial Eva...
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June 26, 2013, 8:30 am
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FAIL: DomainIndex.com Releases 8 Million Appriasials For New gTLD’s Domain Names
DomainIndex.com has released 8 Million Appraisals for new gTLD domain names those including trademarks and those with just generic terms and the results are pretty interesting. Mt first observation is that of the new gTLD domain names with the highes...
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FAIL: DomainIndex.com Releases 8 Million Appriasials For New gTLD’s Domain Names
DomainIndex.com has released 8 Million Appraisals for new gTLD domain names those including trademarks and those with just generic terms and the results are pretty interesting. Mt first observation is that of the new gTLD domain names with the highes...
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June 26, 2013, 8:03 am
