Monthly Archives: March 2011

Fri 11th March 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Schedules 16 More Hours Of Facetime With The GAC - ICANN will be in a position to make a great deal of money if .XXX is approved. But there is a voice of reason in this catastrophic mess called ICANN. ICANN’s Government Advisory Committee (GAC) has, on three occasions, noted the lack of support from the sponsorship community and also a number of other problems with .XXX; GAC has reached consensus opposition to .XXX. ICANN is required, by its bylaws, to take GAC advice into account. Moreover, the US government, the entity that authorizes ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Did ICANN Shun .Mobi for San Francisco Meeting? - ICANN appears to go with rival sponsor and site for next week’s meeting. .Mobi frequently creates and sponsors mobile meeting web sites for domain conferences. ICANN.mobi was featured as the official mobile site of the last conference in Cartagena. But it looks like ICANN is dissing .mobi for its upcoming ICANN 40 meeting in San Francisco. This morning ICANN tweeted a link to me.icann.org, which is hosted on ICANN’s main .org web site. It’s billed as the ... read more ...
 
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Groupon Gets Irish Domain Name Groupon.ie - Groupon can move from CityDeal.ie to Groupon.ie. Group buying site Groupon has had some difficulty getting country code domains for “Groupon”, but it just picked up one through arbitration: Groupon.ie. .ie is the country code domain name for Ireland. The domain name should be transferred to Groupon within 21 days unless the domain’s current owner Digitalworx Limited files a lawsuit. Without the Groupon.ie domain name the company has been forced to use CityDeal.ie ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
WordPress JetPack Chooses .Me Domain Name - Company behind WordPress choose .me domain for new power plugin. WordPress has released a new jack-of-all-trades plugin to bring popular WordPress.com features to those who host their own WordPress instance. Where will you find it? JetPack.me. WordPress founder Matthew Mullenweg picked the domain name up last year by hand registration. It was previously registered to a New York man who let it expire last July. I’m a .com purist. But in this case hosting on a ... read more ...
Thu 10th March 2011
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Google Starts Allowing Users To Block Sites: Worse For Content Farms Or Parked Pages? - According to a post on its blog,  Google as of today is allowing users to block sites as they surf. “You’ll start seeing a new option to block particular domains from your future search results. ” “Now when you click a result and then return to Google, you’ll find a new link next to “Cached” that reads “Block all example.com results.” “Once you click the link to “Block all example.com results” you’ll get a confirmation message, as well as the option to undo your ... read more ...
 
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Despite War & Internet Cutoff, Someone Steps Out & Spends $14K On 3.ly - Despite a war raging in Libya,  home to the .LY domain extension (ccTLD) and a very uncertain future as to the Government of the country, someone has stepped up and paid 10,000 euro’s approximately $14,000 for the domain name 3.ly. You have to admit with Libya  in turmoil, and with the Government cutting off Internet service inside the country you have to be somewhat brave to spend $14K on a .Ly domain. Of course months ago Syria also warned that such short domain names might be taken by the ... read more ...
 
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Nuove estensioni per i domini entro l’anno, ci saranno anche i .shop - Nonostante i tanti dubbi e le critiche, a distanza di una settimana dall’incontro di ICANN Meeting a San Francisco, si sa che entro l’anno ICANN, l’organizzazione che gestisce la registrazione dei domini a livello mondiale, vuole lanciare i nuovi gTLDs, ovvero le nuove estensioni generiche per i nomi a dominio. Oggi con il termine estensioni generica intendiamo un dominio .com, .net, .org, tutte estensioni che sono in via di esaurimento per via dell’altissimo numero di registrazioni e della ... read more ...
 
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Launched Days Ago WIPO’s Global Brands Database Already 560,000 Strong & Full Of Generics - WIPO announced a few days ago, that it started a “Global Brands Database” no doubt in hopes that once the concept is giving the final approval by ICANN that WIPO will be chosen to manage the Database. What is the Database and why should you care about it? Under the gTLD guidebook trademark owners which have been demanding additional protection for “Global Brands” get the Unform Rapid Suspension remedy among others which basically hand over domains that infringe on these Global Brands Of course ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Changes Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting - Meeting changed due to ongoing talks between ICANN and governments. Citing the need to hash out its differences with Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), ICANN has changed the schedule for next week’s meeting in San Francisco: -ICANN will hold all day meetings with GAC on Tuesday and Thursday -There will be 5 1/2 hours of public comment sessions specifically devoted to new gTLDs. There will still be a two hour public comment period for other topics on Thursday. -The ... read more ...
 
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Fabulous Inks Registrar Technology Deal with eNom - eNom to handle back end registrar technology for Fabulous. Fabulous has signed a deal with eNom in which the Australian domain name registrar will outsource back end technology operations to eNom. Communication about this will be going out to Fabulous customers this evening. This isn’t an acquisition; Fabulous will remain part of Dark Blue Sea. As a reseller registrar eNom has a number of similar arrangements with large domain name registrars. The front end ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Domain Tag Cloud Gives Insight Into Latest Domain Registrations - Tool gives quick insight into recent domain registrations. Here’s an interesting new beta tool from VeriSign: the Verisign Domain Tag Cloud. The tool gives some insight into current domain name registration trends. It’s like a tag cloud but the tags are words used in recent domain name registrations. The bigger the word, the more frequently it occurred in domains that were registered over a specific time period. You can choose to view the most recent registration ... read more ...
 
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What Would Happen if Employ Media Loses .Jobs? - A non-amicable transfer of the .jobs registry contract would be challenging. Last month ICANN surprised many observers by sending a breach notice to .jobs registry Employ Media. This was a shock because ICANN’s board had approved recent changes to how .jobs operates. The breach notice seems to attack some of those very changes that were contemplated by the board. But what exactly would happen if Employ Media lost .jobs? In theory the contract would just be awarded ... read more ...
 
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DomainTools and Estibot are Domainer Favorites - Domain investors share their favorite tools. What are your go-to tools for domaining? I’m guessing DomainTools is one of your most frequented sites. 45% of people who took this year’s Domain Name Wire Survey said DomainTools was the “software or hosted application that is most valuable to their domain name business for research and management.” Nearly 14% said the same thing about domain pricing and sales system Estibot. After that usage drops off significantly. ... read more ...
Wed 9th March 2011
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SnapNames.com Auction Of (Mostly) Registry Reserved .TV Domains Starts Today (Including Lots of 2 Letters) - SnapNames.com is holding a Online auction of premium .TV domain names including many 2 letter .TV domains. The auction started at noon EST today and closes on March 23rd at 3:15PM EST. There are a lot of 2 letter and 2 number .TV domains and the reserve ranges for most of them are $200-$500. All of these domains comes with a normal registration fee. While most of the domain in this auction are registry owned, there are also some privately owned domains included as well. Some of the non- 2 letter/number ... read more ...
 
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Federal Court Once Again Upholds a Right Of A Competitor To Buy Keywords Under A Trademark - In another decision regarding trademark terms and keyword advertising, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled against Advanced Systems Concepts, a company which sought an injunction to prevent a competitor, Network Automation from buying keywords under its brand name, ActiveBatch. The ruling reversed a decision by a lower U.S. District Court that had banned Network Automation from buy ads under the ActiveBatch keyword. The 9th Circuit court found that even if the text accompanying the ... read more ...
 
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Berryhill Wins Another, As He Beats Back A UDRP On Crops.com - A three member UDRP panel held for the domain holder on a pure generic term, Crops.com despite numerous trademarks held by the complainant on the word “Crops“. The Complainant is Crop’s NV of Ooigem, Belgium. The Respondent is DigiMedia.com, L.P. who was represented by John Berryhill. Here are the relevant facts of the case: “The Complainant was established in 1948 and is doing business in the field of growing and freezing fruits and vegetables.. In 2008 through 2009, the Complainant achieved ... read more ...
 
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Original CamRoulette.com Owner Tells His Story of Ups, Downs, and Up - Guy who originally registered CamRoulette.com tells his whole story. Craig Snyder (no affiliation with Oversee.net Craig Snyder) went through the wringer last year. He registered the domain name CamRoulette.com, which is similar to the (then) popular ChatRoulette.com. He sold it to Adam Strong for $1,200, only to see Strong flip the domain for $151,000. Snyder certainly had domain sales regret. But then it got worse. Someone else claimed to have agreed to buy the ... read more ...
 
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Domainers (Still) Bullish on Domain Values - Domain investors predict rising values in 2011. Domainers are nothing if not an optimistic lot. 55% of people who took Domain Name Wire’s 2011 survey think domain values will increase in 2011 compared to 2010. Only 14% predict a drop. This should come as no surprise based on the answer to this question over the past six years. Take a look: In only one year since I started this survey have domainers shown any pessimism. Only 32% of survey takers predicted an ... read more ...
Tue 8th March 2011
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Afternic.com Sells $675k In Domains Led By 3j.com At $25k - Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday March 6th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled  $675,920. The top seller of the week was 3j.com at $24,500 followed by supertomato.com at  $15,725. My favorite on the list is hitthespot.com for $4,500 and my head scratcher is irworldwide.com for $4k Here is the full list: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Will ICANN Lose Its Power Over The New gTLD Program? - “The California nonprofit organization that operates the Internet’s levers has always been a target for such global heavies as Russia and China that prefer the United Nations to be in charge of the Web. But these days, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is fending off attacks from a seemingly unlikely source: the Obama administration.” “Concerned about the growing movement to cede oversight to the U.N., the U.S. government, which helped create ICANN in 1998, has ... read more ...
 
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Winner Of UDRP For UltimateGuitar.com Loses Bid For UltimateGuitars.com: “The Dividing Line Can Be Difficult To Draw.” - Another interesting, UDRP case decided today involved the domain name UltimateGuitars.com If you think this domain sounds familiar, like it was already subject to a UDRP, you’re close. The Complainant owns the domain ultimate-guitar.com and used the ownership of that domain, and a trademark on the very generic term to get the domain UltimateGuitar.com away from its owner (Domain Capital) in a UDRP on June 10, 2010. See Quester Group, Inc. v. Domain Capital, WIPO Case No. D2010-0594. At the time ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Adult Industry Plans Rally Against .XXX during ICANN Meeting - Group calls for rally outside ICANN meeting. Adult industry lobbying group Free Speech Coalition is calling for a rally outside the ICANN meeting at the Westin in San Francisco next week. Citing “a time when rallies are changing the world around us”, evoking images I suppose of unions in Wisconsin and (say it ain’t so) uprisings in Northern Africa, Free Speech Coalition is calling for “all industry professionals to rally in San Francisco against .XXX!!” The ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
iPhone Jailbreak App Store Loses Domain Dispute For Cydia.com - Alternative iPhone app store loses dispute for domain name. The company behind an app store for jailbroken iPhones has lost a dispute to get the domain name Cydia.com. Saurikit, LLC launched its alternative to Apple’s app store in 2008 at cydia.saurik.com. But Cydia.com was registered back in 2002. In its dispute Saurikit made the argument that UDRP does not require a domain to be registered in bad faith — only used in bad faith. Like the panel in SimplyBusiness.com, ... read more ...
Mon 7th March 2011
Written by The Domains in EN
New Jersey Governor Veto’s Gambling Bill: Will Iowa Be The First State To Allow Online Gambling? - According to Covers.com, Iowa may become the first state that will allow online gambling. The Iowa Senate will vote shortly on a bill that would its citizens to play online poker. The New Jersey’s bill that would have allowed all types of online gambling within state lines, was vetoed by the Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie on  Thursday. “If we don’t make a move now, the federal government is going to make a move in the next few years, and we’ll lose the revenue to the federal ... read more ...
 
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Judge Sets Trial Date In Women.com Case - Judge plans on December trial over failed domain name transaction. U.S. District Judge James Otero has set a December 13 jury trial date in Done! Ventures, LLC v. General Electric Company, et al. The case pits a small California company run by Ben Padnos against NBC Universal over a failed transaction involving Women.com. Padnos says that NBC agreed to sell him Women.com and Women.net for $1 million and has documentation from broker Sedo to prove it. But the documentation ... read more ...