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IDN Blog
Train Wreck: ICANN Name Collisions Prevent Many Useful Foreign Domains from Being Registered
The most popular and useful generic foreign terms are being blocked from use due to a technical issue known as name collisions (“NGPC Resolution for Addressing the Consequences of Name Collisions”) which ICANN has been unable to resolve. ...
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Train Wreck: ICANN Name Collisions Prevent Many Useful Foreign Domains from Being Registered
The most popular and useful generic foreign terms are being blocked from use due to a technical issue known as name collisions (“NGPC Resolution for Addressing the Consequences of Name Collisions”) which ICANN has been unable to resolve. ...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 3:17 am
The Domains
Verisign Rolls Out 4 Part Series On Why Second Level Domain Blocking For New gTLD’s Isn’t Good Enough
Verisign just published the 1st of a new 4 part series on the potential collision issue arising from new gTLD’s this one authored by Burt Kaliski. Verisign message is “the introduction of a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) at the...
Discussion
Verisign Rolls Out 4 Part Series On Why Second Level Domain Blocking For New gTLD’s Isn’t Good Enough
Verisign just published the 1st of a new 4 part series on the potential collision issue arising from new gTLD’s this one authored by Burt Kaliski. Verisign message is “the introduction of a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) at the...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 11:21 pm
The Domains
Web-Design.com Sells For $38,500; ClassicTrader.com Sells For $39,000
The domain name Web-Design.com just sold for $24,001 GBP, which equates to just over $38,500. The domain name was most recently owned by SANDERA LTD, The domain names ClassicTrader.com also sold today for 29,000 euro’s which is over $38,0...
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Web-Design.com Sells For $38,500; ClassicTrader.com Sells For $39,000
The domain name Web-Design.com just sold for $24,001 GBP, which equates to just over $38,500. The domain name was most recently owned by SANDERA LTD, The domain names ClassicTrader.com also sold today for 29,000 euro’s which is over $38,0...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
How Web.com upsells and cross-sells its customers
Whether you’re a DIYer or full service customer, Web.com wants to make a mint selling you more than just a domain name. If you’ve ever registered a domain name at Register.com or Network Solutions, then you’ve undoubtedly received t...
Discussion
How Web.com upsells and cross-sells its customers
Whether you’re a DIYer or full service customer, Web.com wants to make a mint selling you more than just a domain name. If you’ve ever registered a domain name at Register.com or Network Solutions, then you’ve undoubtedly received t...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 4:25 pm
The Domains
Trademark Holder Lets Its Domain Drop & UDRP Says They Can’t Have It Back
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. lost its attempt to grab the domain name valiant-ent.tv which was registered on August 18, 2013. Its an interesting opinion and one of the first times I have ever read a UDRP decision where the panel re...
Discussion
Trademark Holder Lets Its Domain Drop & UDRP Says They Can’t Have It Back
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. lost its attempt to grab the domain name valiant-ent.tv which was registered on August 18, 2013. Its an interesting opinion and one of the first times I have ever read a UDRP decision where the panel re...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 3:28 pm
The Domains
United Parcel Service Wins UDRP On The Domain Driveups.com
United Parcel Service of America Inc. just won a UDRP on the the Domain Name Driveups.com UPS asserted that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and instead, in light of the fame of Complainant’s mark, is...
Discussion
United Parcel Service Wins UDRP On The Domain Driveups.com
United Parcel Service of America Inc. just won a UDRP on the the Domain Name Driveups.com UPS asserted that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and instead, in light of the fame of Complainant’s mark, is...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts to skip Landrush on first batch of TLDs
Sunrise to begin November 26. Donuts announced this morning that it plans to start the sunrise for its first seven top level domain names on November 26. The sunrise will close on January 24, 2014. The seven domains are .bike, .clothing, .guru, .hold...
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Donuts to skip Landrush on first batch of TLDs
Sunrise to begin November 26. Donuts announced this morning that it plans to start the sunrise for its first seven top level domain names on November 26. The sunrise will close on January 24, 2014. The seven domains are .bike, .clothing, .guru, .hold...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 2:45 pm
The Domains
Donuts 1st 7 New gTLD’s Will Not Have a Landrush Period But Go After Sunrise To GA On Jan 29
Donuts Inc., today announced that the “Sunrise” period for the first seven new gTLD names, the window during which trademark rights holders have exclusive access to registrations, will begin November 26, and close January 24, 2014. ...
Discussion
Donuts 1st 7 New gTLD’s Will Not Have a Landrush Period But Go After Sunrise To GA On Jan 29
Donuts Inc., today announced that the “Sunrise” period for the first seven new gTLD names, the window during which trademark rights holders have exclusive access to registrations, will begin November 26, and close January 24, 2014. ...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
About that dotShabaka new TLD sunrise…
The first new TLD sunrise doesn’t look like much of a sunrise yet. Last week I wrote about how the sunrise for شبكة. (.shabaka) had begun. The only catch was I couldn’t find any place to actually place a sunrise order. I reached out t...
Discussion
About that dotShabaka new TLD sunrise…
The first new TLD sunrise doesn’t look like much of a sunrise yet. Last week I wrote about how the sunrise for شبكة. (.shabaka) had begun. The only catch was I couldn’t find any place to actually place a sunrise order. I reached out t...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 2:22 pm
The Domains
Donuts: .Com Is Like A Department Store, We are Building An Entire Shopping Mall
Clickz.com, , just published an interview with Jon Nevett one of the founders of Donuts and Mason Cole their VP of Communications and I found a few very interesting quotes. Jon Nevett is quoted as saying “At a high level the existing name space...
Discussion
Donuts: .Com Is Like A Department Store, We are Building An Entire Shopping Mall
Clickz.com, , just published an interview with Jon Nevett one of the founders of Donuts and Mason Cole their VP of Communications and I found a few very interesting quotes. Jon Nevett is quoted as saying “At a high level the existing name space...
Discussion
November 6, 2013, 1:57 pm
