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Domain Name Wire
Companies aren’t communities for new TLDs, panelist rules
Is Merck a community? It’s a murky argument. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has issued his rulings in three cases involving the Merck brand. In doing so, he has ruled that companies don’t qualify as communities, at least fo...
Discussion
Companies aren’t communities for new TLDs, panelist rules
Is Merck a community? It’s a murky argument. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has issued his rulings in three cases involving the Merck brand. In doing so, he has ruled that companies don’t qualify as communities, at least fo...
Discussion
November 22, 2013, 5:32 pm
The Domains
What Does Paris Hilton, Marvel, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing, Virgin & Remy Martin Have In Common? UDRP’s
Some interesting complainants ranging from Paris Hilton, Marvel Comics, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing & Remy Martin in the news as they either filed or won UDRP’s on domain names today. Paris Hilton filed a UDRP on the do...
Discussion
What Does Paris Hilton, Marvel, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing, Virgin & Remy Martin Have In Common? UDRP’s
Some interesting complainants ranging from Paris Hilton, Marvel Comics, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing & Remy Martin in the news as they either filed or won UDRP’s on domain names today. Paris Hilton filed a UDRP on the do...
Discussion
November 22, 2013, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains that were subject to string confusion objections could be on hold for a while…
Board considers if there’s any sort of appeal mechanism to new TLD objections. The results of new TLD string confusion objections handled by International Dispute Resolution Centre were a mess. They were completely unpredictable and results wer...
Discussion
Domains that were subject to string confusion objections could be on hold for a while…
Board considers if there’s any sort of appeal mechanism to new TLD objections. The results of new TLD string confusion objections handled by International Dispute Resolution Centre were a mess. They were completely unpredictable and results wer...
Discussion
November 22, 2013, 2:39 pm
The Domains
NetworkSolutions.com Tries To Sell A Domain Owner His Own Domain
The domain name Registrar, NetworkSolutions.com tried to sell Domain investor Abdu Tarabichi of Domainsville.com his own domain name. Abdu got the following email from Network Solutions in which they tried to sell him the premium domain name Ha...
Discussion
NetworkSolutions.com Tries To Sell A Domain Owner His Own Domain
The domain name Registrar, NetworkSolutions.com tried to sell Domain investor Abdu Tarabichi of Domainsville.com his own domain name. Abdu got the following email from Network Solutions in which they tried to sell him the premium domain name Ha...
Discussion
November 22, 2013, 1:03 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on November 22nd, 2013
I’ve kept my commentary about the Heritage auction to myself over the last few weeks. I really had no vested interest in the auction and Aron or Heritage never contacted me about the auction so I watched from afar (not that he had any rea...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on November 22nd, 2013
I’ve kept my commentary about the Heritage auction to myself over the last few weeks. I really had no vested interest in the auction and Aron or Heritage never contacted me about the auction so I watched from afar (not that he had any rea...
Discussion
November 22, 2013, 10:35 am
The Domains
Heritage Auctions Sells $419,970 as 32 out of 68 lots sell
XZ.com leads them all selling for $120,000 plus the Buyers premium made the total cost. 32 out of the 68 lots sold, I thought it was really cool, logged in watched it live, the auctioneer I thought she was very good. Congrats to Aron all auctions sho...
Discussion
Heritage Auctions Sells $419,970 as 32 out of 68 lots sell
XZ.com leads them all selling for $120,000 plus the Buyers premium made the total cost. 32 out of the 68 lots sold, I thought it was really cool, logged in watched it live, the auctioneer I thought she was very good. Congrats to Aron all auctions sho...
Discussion
November 22, 2013, 1:04 am
Domain Name News
Inaugural Heritage Auctions Domain Event in New York City – Live Results
We will be live blogging the results of the inaugural Heritage Auctions Domain Event in New York City today. There are no guarantees that this list is correct or complete as this are not official or officially approved results. Please note that ...
Discussion
Inaugural Heritage Auctions Domain Event in New York City – Live Results
We will be live blogging the results of the inaugural Heritage Auctions Domain Event in New York City today. There are no guarantees that this list is correct or complete as this are not official or officially approved results. Please note that ...
Discussion
November 21, 2013, 11:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts disses Independent Objector. Panelist disses Donuts. .Medical is dead.
The independent objector has killed Donuts’ application for .medical. Prof. Alain Pellet, the independent objector for the new top level domain name program, has won (pdf) a community objection against Donuts’ application for .medical. Th...
Discussion
Donuts disses Independent Objector. Panelist disses Donuts. .Medical is dead.
The independent objector has killed Donuts’ application for .medical. Prof. Alain Pellet, the independent objector for the new top level domain name program, has won (pdf) a community objection against Donuts’ application for .medical. Th...
Discussion
November 21, 2013, 9:47 pm
The Domains
GAC Communiqué: Wants To Look At “Public Policy Implications of Holding Auctions to Resolve String Contention”
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just issued its Buenos Aires Communiqué from the ICANN Meeting and “requests a briefing on the public policy implications of holding ...
Discussion
GAC Communiqué: Wants To Look At “Public Policy Implications of Holding Auctions to Resolve String Contention”
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just issued its Buenos Aires Communiqué from the ICANN Meeting and “requests a briefing on the public policy implications of holding ...
Discussion
November 21, 2013, 9:01 pm
The Domains
Verisign Publishes Last Part Of Series On Possible Domain Collision: “SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback”
Verisign Published its final part of its 4 part series on domain collision and the new gTLD program entitled “SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback”on the final day of the ICANN Meeting in Argentina. Here it is: “ICAN...
Discussion
Verisign Publishes Last Part Of Series On Possible Domain Collision: “SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback”
Verisign Published its final part of its 4 part series on domain collision and the new gTLD program entitled “SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback”on the final day of the ICANN Meeting in Argentina. Here it is: “ICAN...
Discussion
November 21, 2013, 8:45 pm
