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The Domains
Fallout From Contention Sets: .Law/.Lawyer; .Hotel/.Hotels; .Car/.Cars & Many More
Now that ICANN has stuck to its guns and only placed new gTLD’s strings that look confusingly similar into contention sets, rather than those that sound alike like .inc and .ink or those that have the same meaning like .Law and .Lawyers or thos...
Discussion
Fallout From Contention Sets: .Law/.Lawyer; .Hotel/.Hotels; .Car/.Cars & Many More
Now that ICANN has stuck to its guns and only placed new gTLD’s strings that look confusingly similar into contention sets, rather than those that sound alike like .inc and .ink or those that have the same meaning like .Law and .Lawyers or thos...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 10:59 am
The Domains
Ron Paul Now Files UDRP For RonPaul.Org
A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now filed a UDRP on the domain...
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Ron Paul Now Files UDRP For RonPaul.Org
A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now filed a UDRP on the domain...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 10:07 am
The Domains
Breaking: ICANN Publishes Contention Sets & Only Puts Four Non-Match gTLD’s Strings Together
ICANN just published it long awaited contention sets for the new gTLD program and quite surprisingly just put four non-matching applications into two contention sets. ICANN placed the new gTLD application for: .Hoteis by Despegar Online SRL int...
Discussion
Breaking: ICANN Publishes Contention Sets & Only Puts Four Non-Match gTLD’s Strings Together
ICANN just published it long awaited contention sets for the new gTLD program and quite surprisingly just put four non-matching applications into two contention sets. ICANN placed the new gTLD application for: .Hoteis by Despegar Online SRL int...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 12:24 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million
Sedo.com just released its weekly report. In all 844 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.6m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. The weekly sales were led by vagadeempre...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million
Sedo.com just released its weekly report. In all 844 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.6m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. The weekly sales were led by vagadeempre...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 4:16 pm
The Domains
Afternic Sells $1,050,000 In Domain Names Led By ChillerSystems.com For $18K
Afternic.com just released its weekly reportable domain sales report for the week of 2/18/13 – 2/24/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,043,176 Here are the reportable sales: ...
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Afternic Sells $1,050,000 In Domain Names Led By ChillerSystems.com For $18K
Afternic.com just released its weekly reportable domain sales report for the week of 2/18/13 – 2/24/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,043,176 Here are the reportable sales: ...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 3:44 pm
The Domains
Microsoft Releases ccTLD Registry Security Assessment Service To Find & Fix Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft released the Microsoft Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Registry Security Assessment Service at the RSA Conference today in San Francisco: The new service was designed to help ccTLD registry operators find and fix security vulnerabilit...
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Microsoft Releases ccTLD Registry Security Assessment Service To Find & Fix Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft released the Microsoft Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Registry Security Assessment Service at the RSA Conference today in San Francisco: The new service was designed to help ccTLD registry operators find and fix security vulnerabilit...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 3:28 pm
The Domains
Brands Are Missing The Boat Catching Cheap TM Domains On The Drop & Saving UDRP Money
Brands which have endlessly expressed their concerns over cybersquatting in the new gTLD’s space and complained about the cost of enforcement of their trademarks in existing TLD’s and ccTLD’s are still missing a huge opportunity to ...
Discussion
Brands Are Missing The Boat Catching Cheap TM Domains On The Drop & Saving UDRP Money
Brands which have endlessly expressed their concerns over cybersquatting in the new gTLD’s space and complained about the cost of enforcement of their trademarks in existing TLD’s and ccTLD’s are still missing a huge opportunity to ...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 11:35 am
The Domains
TLDH (Minds + Machines) Gets Additional $15M In Funding For New gTLD Auctions
According to a press release we were sent today by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH), better known to the domain community as Mind + Machines, the Company “has agreed a funding facility to support its participation in a prospective a...
Discussion
TLDH (Minds + Machines) Gets Additional $15M In Funding For New gTLD Auctions
According to a press release we were sent today by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH), better known to the domain community as Mind + Machines, the Company “has agreed a funding facility to support its participation in a prospective a...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 9:30 am
The Domains
Melbourne IT Promises A “Huge Dividend” From New gTLD Defensive Registrations
According to ComputerWorld.com.au, on a conference call with media after reporting its financial results for 2012 resulting in revenue and profit declines, Melbourne IT CEO Theo Hnarakis said ICANN’s release of new gTLDs would generate a &ldquo...
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Melbourne IT Promises A “Huge Dividend” From New gTLD Defensive Registrations
According to ComputerWorld.com.au, on a conference call with media after reporting its financial results for 2012 resulting in revenue and profit declines, Melbourne IT CEO Theo Hnarakis said ICANN’s release of new gTLDs would generate a &ldquo...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 1:11 am
The Domains
Despite Trademark, Artek.com Saved In UDRP
A one member WIPO panel ruled in the favor of the domain holder in a case published today on the domain name Artek.com The complaint was brought by Artek oy ab of Helsinki, Finland founded in 1935. The Complainant has continuously used the sign...
Discussion
Despite Trademark, Artek.com Saved In UDRP
A one member WIPO panel ruled in the favor of the domain holder in a case published today on the domain name Artek.com The complaint was brought by Artek oy ab of Helsinki, Finland founded in 1935. The Complainant has continuously used the sign...
Discussion
February 25, 2013, 1:51 pm
