Monthly Archives: July 2012

Tue 31st July 2012
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Afternic.com Reported Just Under $1M In Sales Led By 1rc.com For $14,200 - Afternic just reported sales for the week ending July 29th. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 996,285. Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Dem’s Win As Jack Abramoff Loses Bid To Get JackAbramoff.com Through UDRP - A three member UDRP panel refused to award the domain name JackAbramoff.com to Jack Abramoff. The domain is owned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) who has been using it for less than flattering  purposes but what the panel found to be protected political speech. Its clear the panel didn’t buy any of Mr. Abramoff’s arguement including that he had trademark rights to his name Here are some of the findings of the panel: The panel found that “Complainant did not met his ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Report Totals $1.3 Million - Sedo just posted its weekly sales report which includes transactions which they acted as escrow agent. In all, 823 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.3 million. 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: expecting.com at 49,999 USD ·         Top ccTLD: gr.ee at 21,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: finances.net at 10,500 EUR Here are all the reportable ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft Replacing Hotmail With Outlook.com - Microsoft is announced today that is going to convert its hotmail service into an email service called outlook.com Microsoft acquired Hotmail in 1998. Hotmail has about 350 million active users. Gmail has roughly 425 million users It looks like Microsoft acquired the domain name Outlook.com in early 2008. You check check out a review of the new Outlook.com mail service here Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Attorney Marc J. Randazza Files UDRP on Three Domains Which Are A Variation Of His Name - Marc J. Randazza an attorney who practices in the first amendment and domain/trademark space has just filed a UDRP against the holder of what appears to be three domains which are variations of his name. The domain in question are: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Rick Schwartz: Yes There Will Be A Live Domain Auction At TRAFFIC & We Already Have Over 5K Submissions - I reached out to Rick Schwartz today about whether there will be a live domain name auction at the TRAFFIC conference this year. There have been a bunch of emails and announcements from the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference about the conference, the nomination for the awards to be handed out (see here, here and here,) people speaking at the conference, but not a word on a live domain auction. So I have confirmed with Mr. Schwartz that there will in fact be a live domain auction at TRAFFIC in October. Although ... read more ...
 
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Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff loses domain name quarrel with Democrats - Jack Abramoff fails in arbitration over domain name. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) can keep the domain name JackAbramoff.com, a National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff filed the complaint arguing that the DCCC was using the domain name to disrupt his business, which includes speaking engagements and selling books. The democrats forward the domain name to a page on its web site blasting Abramoff and his connection ... read more ...
 
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GmbH applicant files U.S. heading application - Company wants to trademark GMBH. TLDDOT GmbH, an applicant for the top level domain .GmbH, has filed an intent-to-use trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the mark “GMBH”. Seriously. GmbH is basically the equivalent of an LLC (Limited Liability Company) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other Central European nations. The application lists three goods and services: 1. Advertising and commercial information services, via the ... read more ...
Mon 30th July 2012
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Three Letter .com; NGF.com Gets Hit With A UDRP - Another three letter .com just got hit with a UDRP. The domain name is NGF.com which is owned by Mediablue of Hong Kong. The complainant is unknown at this time. The domain is parked with Internet Traffic and is pulling results for a divergent group of topics including golf. NGF.org is owned by the National Golf Foundation which holds two US trademarks for the term NGF in the US, so that’s my pick at the moment for whom the complainant is most likely to be, although those three letters stand for ... read more ...
 
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Donuts, Inc. Dan Schindler, co-founder Appears On CNBC - Dan Schindler, co-founder of Donuts Inc just appeared on CNBC chatting about the new gTLD space. When asked if there was one string they liked the most, the one they thought would make the most money he said: They are like our children we love them all. You can click on this link and watch the interview.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy.com CEO Warren Adelman Steps Down To Become “Special Advisor” - According to a press release just out the “Chief Executive Officer of Godaddy.com,  Warren Adelman, has decided to step down from his position as CEO and assume a new role at the company as Special Advisor for Strategy and Global Policy”. “Scott Wagner has been named interim CEO while the board conducts a search for a permanent successor. ” “I am proud to have been part of a team that has built a terrific business. I’ve spent close to a decade with Go Daddy, and it has been an amazing ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Issues 2Q 2012 Domain Market Study: $17.5 Million In Sales, 42% BIN, Ave Price Of .Net Exceeds .Com - Sedo.com announced the results of its Q2 2012 Domain Market Study,(pdf) which reveals domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. During the second quarter, a total of 9,049 domain transactions took place through Sedo, accounting for $17.5 Million in sales. By comparison in the 1st Q of 2012 there were 10,133 domain transactions totaling $19,641.75 so a decline of around 10% in both the number of transactions and the total price of transactions from Q1 2012 to Q2 ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stairs down - The world’s largest domain name registrar is seeking a new CEO. Warren Adelman Warren Adelman is stepping down as CEO of Go Daddy, the company announced today. He will remain with the company as Special Advisor for Strategy and Global Policy. Adelman was promoted to CEO of the company in December when Go Daddy closed its investment round with KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures. He has been with the company for nearly a decade, previously as President ... read more ...
 
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Salesforce.com buys Work.com domain name - Another confirmation that Salesforce.com bought Work.com domain name. In March I put together a fairly convincing argument that Salesforce.com had purchased Work.com. Now we have another good confirmation: the nameservers on Work.com have changed to Salesforce.com. Here are the nameservers currently on the Work.com domain name: In March I wrote about how all signs pointed to Salesforce having purchased the domain name. The whois record and brand protection company ... read more ...
 
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Sedo sales down 29% in Q2 compared to final year - Overall sales numbers down but trend toward fixed priced domains continues. Sedo’s domain sales in the second quarter were down significantly on a year-over-year basis, the company disclosed today in its quarterly report (pdf). Domain name transactions totaled $17,415,345 in the quarter ending this June. That’s down 29% compared to Q2 2011 and 19% compared to Q2 2010. Quarter-over-quarter sales were down 11%. Summer months are typically a bit slower for domain ... read more ...
Sun 29th July 2012
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Beckstrom: “The Internet Needs To Be An Organized Chaos” - “The Internet needs to be an organized chaos” said the former CEO of ICANN Rob Beckstrom, speaking at the Def Con conference in Las Vegas, according to Venture Beat. “Rod Beckstrom called for the hacker community to protect the Internet from regulation.” “We should not move our nation of the Internet from a multi-stakeholder model, which includes all voices, to a process that only includes one,” said Beckstrom at Def Con. “Beckstrom believes the Internet should remain open, global, ... read more ...
 
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ICANN deliberation singular collection for evaluation, though not for recover of new TLDs - New TLDs will still be metered even if evaluated in one batch. ICANN is seeking community input on its latest ideas for how to batch new top level domain names. In its call for comments, it states that it still plans to limit the addition of new top level domains to the root to 1,000 per year. It also wants to spread the additions to the root out over time rather than adding 1,000 at once. The group says that it has the capabilities to evaluate all 1,930 applications ... read more ...
Fri 27th July 2012
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UDRP Panel One OneLove.Net; Using A Domain Of A Trademarked Term For A Vanity Email Address Is Legit - In a UDRP opinion just released on the domain name OneLove.net, the one person panel found the domain holder who registered the domain for use as a vanity email address was a  legitimate use of the domain despite a trademark on the term. Here are the facts and findings: Complainant is Raising Cane’s USA, LLC (“Complainant”) The Domain holder is Eddie Nguyen (“Respondent”) of California. Complainant holds a trademark registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Orders Bulk Transfer of Domains From Two De-accreditated Registrars To NamesBeyond.com - “ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of  Planet Online Corp’s gTLD domain names to NamesBeyond.com (“NamesBeyond”) due to a compliance action taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of registrar Planet Online Corp. “ICANN has also authorized the bulk transfer of Name For Name, Inc.’s .com and .net names (which represent all gTLDs currently sponsored by Name For Name) to NamesBeyond as the result of the termination of Name For Name’s registry-registrar agreement with ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 40% & Has $235 Million In a Bank - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 and increased its guidance for full-year 2012. Neustar operates several TLD’s including .biz and .Us and was the back end provider with the most number of new gTLD applications: GAAP Results for Second Quarter 2012 Compared to Second Quarter 2011 Revenue increased 40% to $206.5 million Income from continuing operations increased 15% to $38.6 million Income from continuing operations per diluted share increased 27% ... read more ...
 
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.ie Registrations Grew In 2011 By 13% To 173,145 Domain Names - The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the not-for-profit public organization that manages Ireland’s top level Internet domain, .ie, issued its annual reported for 2011 on the .ie ccTLD. Among the financial and operational highlights for 2011 were: New .ie domain registrations were 39,398 (36,587 in 2010) – up 8% Total .ie domains at year-end of 173,145 – 13% increase year-on-year Registration fee income of €2.66 million – up 3.8% Registry operating costs – up by 6.75% Operating profit of €357,967 ... read more ...
 
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After Losing A UDRP For oogle.com, Google Wins The Battle For coogle.com - A couple of days ago Google lost a UDRP on the domain name oogle.com In a one person UDRP panel decision, handed down today,  Google was awarded the domain name Coogle.com Unlike the oogle.com case, the domain holder of Coogle.com didn’t file a response. The domain went to a parking page that “monetized links under headings such as “Finance” and “Shopping and Shopping” The domain parked page also had a link on the page saying “coogle.com may be for sale by its owner!” “The for ... read more ...
 
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Yep, Google bought G.me and it now forwards to Google+ - Google adds another one letter domain name to its collection. In May I wrote about how Google may have purchased the domain name G.me. The domain name was registered to Mark Monitor’s DNStinations, which often times registers domain names on behalf of the company. Now it’s official: Google was the buyer. The nameservers for the domain also point to Google.com now. Type g.me in your browser and you’ll be forwarded to the plus.google.com. The domain name was ... read more ...
 
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Behold, a .com ticker! - An up-to-date number of .com registrations. As I mentioned last night, Verisign has started released daily domain counts for both the .com and .net namespaces. The information is now available at this page. The data includes both domains that are in the zone file as well as registered domains that don’t have nameservers (and thus, don’t show up in the zone file). As of this morning there are over 104 million .com domain registrations and close to 15 million .net ... read more ...
 
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Review: DomainTools Android app - Whois at your thumbtips. It’s been a couple years since DomainTools released its iPhone app. I guess DomainTools prefers to cater to the Apple fanboy crowd rather than the Android hipster crowd. Alas, my need for quick whois data can now be satiated: DomainTools released an Android app yesterday. The free app makes it easy to look up whois records. Of course, there are plenty of fast ways to do that. The magic is in the extra details: DomainTools’ registrant and ... read more ...