Monthly Archives: August 2012

Fri 31st August 2012
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HomeDecoratorSale.com Lost In UDRP - The domain name HomeDecoratorSale.com was lost in a one member UDRP panel. The complainant won the case based on its two trademark one  the term Dome Decorators and one on the term HOME DECORATORS COLLECTION. The domain name was forwarded to a site “that hosts an online retail store that sells home décor, furnishings, and accessories.” The panel found that the domain holders use “of the confusingly similar disputed domain name (was) to directly compete with Complainant”. The panel went ... read more ...
 
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Religious groups vie for new Web domain names - PARIS (Reuters)- Centuries-old theological disputes have broken out in cyberspace as religions aim to influence the future presentation of faith on the Internet. The forum for the rivalry is not the pulpit or church bulletin, but the website of ICANN, the corporation that oversees the Internet address system and now wants to expand it beyond the usual .com, .org or .net domains.When ICANN began accepting applications for new names early this year, bids came for extensions such as .catholic, .islam ... read more ...
 
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WIPO & NAF Panelist Outlines The 10 Differences Between WIPO and NAF - Doug Isenberg, who is a “domain name attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm and a panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) published a post on this blog today, his “list of 10 differences between the top two UDRP service providers” we have picked out a few of the difference he cited in his post.  You should the Mr. Isenberg’s post in its entirety: Length.  UDRP complaints and responses are limited to 15 pages at NAF and ... read more ...
 
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RomneyRyan.com Fails To Sell On Flippa.com - As tonight marked the close of the Republican National Convention so it marked the closing the auction for the domain name RomneyRyan.com After over a 10 days of bidding the domain failed to hit the still unknown reserve price, closing with a high bid of only $8,025. Despite all the publicity that the domain name got, at the end of the auction there were only three bids placed none resulting in a sale. With only 67 days now left until election day it will be interesting to follow this domain to see ... read more ...
 
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Macth.com owners sues Match.com and CitizenHawk after losing UDRP - Domain owner files complaint to halt transfer of domain name after losing UDRP. The owner of Macth.com has sued online dating company Match.com and domain name recovery firm CitizenHawk after losing a UDRP for her domain name. In a complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida (pdf), Liz Eddy is asking for declaratory relief and financial penalties. She says Macth.com is a generic typo. Eddy lost a UDRP for Macth.com on August 15. She alleges that Match.com ... read more ...
Thu 30th August 2012
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ICANN Wants To Know If You Like Their Newly Designed Site - Its been six months since ICANN rolled out a major revision to its site at ICANN.org. Now ICANN is asking you to tell them how you like their site. “”The redesign of ICANN.ORG was launched on 27 February 2012. As we pass the six-month mark, we’d like to get your feedback. Is the redesigned site easier to use? Do you find the new features useful? Did we effectively streamline site navigation? The new information architecture was designed to organize the resources that ICANN.ORG offers in a more ... read more ...
 
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If Your Using Enom’s “Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc./Whois Agent,” UDRP Panels Says Your A Serial Cybersquatter - In a one member panel decision on a the domain name staybrutal.com the UDRP panel found the registrant was a serial cybersquatter . The domain was registered through Enom’s privacy service and therefore the owner was “Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. / Whois Agent”. The complainant took the position that the domain owner, the Enom Privacy service “is a  notorious cybersquatter with a history of UDRP decisions.” The complainant went on to say later in its complaint:  “The Complainant ... read more ...
 
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UDRP cybersquatting complaints boost in initial half of 2012 - Two largest UDRP services saw increased activity in first half of the year. The number of cybersquatting complaints filed in the first half of 2012 was up 9% compared to the first half of 2011. That’s according to data provided by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and National Arbitration Forum (NAF), the two largest arbitration services for the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP). WIPO received 1,764 cases in the first half of this ... read more ...
 
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Where do many cybersquatters live? - Oh, more thoughtfully composed and helpful info from WIPO: Still no delineation for 3rd Level Sub-Domains as a contributive source to these problems! Clever coding to isolate 3rd from 2nd, making 3rd look guilty when 2nd is far, far more guilty. The US Federal District Court, Eastern District Virginia I await comment. Cheers, Graham. Here is some useful information, for the less informed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting Cybersquatting (also known as domain squatting), according ... read more ...
Wed 29th August 2012
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Donuts, Inc., Applicant for a New gTLD .City Says Its Not Confusing Similar To .Citi - In a comment posted on ICANN site today Donuts, Inc. which has applied for the new gTLD .City, weighted in on whether the new gTLD’s of .Citi and .City are similarly confusing In  Donuts opinion that they are not. Writing for Donuts, Inc. was Richard Tindal said: “Donuts agrees with Citigroup’s comment that .CITY and .CITI are visually dissimilar. The Citigroup comment correctly states that ICANN has delegated numerous TLDs with common characters and endings in “I” and “Y,” such as ... read more ...
 
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ICM Hires The Laywer Of The CFIT/Verisign Case, Bret Fausett - Two weeks ago we wrote a post on how a federal court used the opinion in the CFIT vs. Verisign case to deny both ICM and ICANN motion to dismiss in the suit brought by Manwin the owners of YouPorn.com against ICM on antitrust grounds. Today comes word that ICM the operator of the .XXX TLD has retained Bret Fausett. Esq, who was ” the chief litigator in the CFIT v. Verisign case and a world-renowned ICANN-policy expert.” Since the federal court in the Mawin case seems to heavily rely on the opinion ... read more ...
 
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Over 25% Of All .Pro Domains Went Into Pending Delete Status Yesterday - I was tipped off from a reader that the  some 42,000 .Pro registrations went into Pending Delete status yesterday according to RegistrarStats.com According to the ICANN report the .Pro registry filed in April (last one on record) there were some 149,000 .Pro domains registered. 40,000 domains represents over 25% of all registered .Pro domain names (as of April). I reached out to the domain name registrar, EnCira.com who just reported a couple of days ago that registrations of  .Pro domain name ... read more ...
 
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After Almost 70K Comments We Change It Up & Require Users To Log In To Comment - We are coming up to our 5 year anniversary of TheDomains.com. Late last year we asked the readers if Thedomains.com should require people to use their real names to leave comments on the blog. The 97 comments we got to that post were mixed with many in favor but others opposed it based on the internet history of allowing anonymity. A couple of months ago we decided we would go to a blended solution to our comment section, but it wasn’t until the post by Rick Schwartz the other day that my programmer ... read more ...
 
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Google Launches” Better Local Targetting Options For AdWords” - According to a post on Google Adwords site yesterday, Google recently changed its metro targeting areas to Nielsen DMA (Designated Market Areas) regions. “Now your online campaigns and reporting will more precisely match TV-based audience data and campaigns. If you’ve been using metros, you’ll notice that the new geographic shapes look different on a map,”While you might see some increases or decreases in traffic with the new regions, we estimate the impact will be small for most advertisers.” “Today, ... read more ...
 
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They Bought & Let Their Domain Expire & Now They Lose A UDRP On RisingStar.com - Ari Goldberger beat back a UDRP brought by Rising Star AG of Bottighofen, Switzerland on the domain name RisingStar.com The complainant which at one time purchased the domain name for $5,000 let it expire, and was picked up on a domain auction. After it dropped the domain holder parked the domain and the parked page contained an offer link. Here are the relevant facts and finding by the three member panel: “The Complainant is a Swiss company engaged in financial consultation services. It was founded ... read more ...
 
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Dynadot Becomes An Afternic DLS (Domain Listing Service) Partner - Domain name registrar, Dynadot.com posted on its site tonight that they  are now a partner of Afternic Domain Listing Service (DLS) “We are happy to announce that Dynadot is now a proud Afternic DLS (Domain Listing Service) partner. Afternic is the leading marketplace for premium domain sales. The Afternic marketplace services more than 65 million searches per month. Afternic has more than 5.5 million high-quality premium domains for sale, nearly half of which are eligible for fast transfer. “When ... read more ...
 
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Do programmed appraisals work? - Sometimes, but there are notable limits. It’s one of the great debates in the domain name industry: do automated domain name appraisals work? Are any domain appraisals (even from humans) accurate? I thought about this again today as I put together the end user sales report. People usually comment that certain domains were priced really low. So I decided to run a non-scientific sample from Afternic’s sales this past week, starting with the top 15 reported sales. ... read more ...
 
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19 intelligent finish user domain buys from a past week - From governments to app developers, here are 19 end users that bought domain names over the past week. I’ve nineteen end user sales on the list this week. Enjoy. Afternic Direct response marketing company Ontel Products Corporation bought SoundSleepers.com for $2,088. I don’t see the product on its products page, so maybe it’s a new one. Another business I never thought of: Bar Codes Talk, which lets you create bar codes for your products and instantly print ... read more ...
 
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Rising Star AG forgets to replenish RisingStar.com, files UDRP 2 years after (and loses) - Rising star or a falling star? Here’s an interesting UDRP over a great generic domain name, RisingStar.com. Investment company Rising Star AG, which owns RisingStar.ch, bought the domain name RisingStar.com for $5,000 in 2006. It forgot to renew the domain name in 2010 and it went to auction on SnapNames, where it sold for $3,300. (Rising Star claims it sold for $1,000, but it apparently doesn’t know how to search on Google.) For some reason Rising Star AG waited ... read more ...
Tue 28th August 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $960K in Domains Led By Paddle.com At $120K - Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $957,127 for the week ending August 26th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Paddle.com for $120,000 followed by 351.com WellPlay.com for $20,000 each. Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Filed on Enterprise Car Rental Gripe Domains Including Do-Not-Rent-From-Enterprise.com - Enterprise Car Rental just filed a UDRP on three domain names that appear to be meant for a gripe site. The domains at issues are: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.1 Million Led By MaidService.com For $49,500 - Sedo.com just issued its weekly report. In all 690 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.1 million. 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: maidservice.com at 49,500 USD ·         Top ccTLD: rocket.co at 16,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: seniorcare.org at 12,000 USD   Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Dominios Latiniamérica – Domine su negocio en la era de Internet – Argentina - El año próximo cambiarán los dominios de Internet. Por ello, en la Argentina tendrá lugar el evento Dominios Latinoamérica, un espacio para intercambiar experiencias y contactar a las empresas líderes relacionadas con los dominios de Internet en América Latina y el Caribe. El evento se realizará los días 19 y 20 septiembre en el Centro Argentino de Ingenieros, situado en Cerrito 1250, ciudad de Buenos Aires. El encuentro es ... read more ...
 
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UDRP’s Here Come The Banks; National Westminster Bank Files 15; Royal Bank Of Scotland Files 20 UDRP’s - The Royal Bank Of Scotland, filed 20 separate UDRP’s cases today against 20 different domain holders. Here are the domain names the UDRP’s were filed against: online-rbs.com rboscolanduk.com rbs-groupsfinancial.com rbs-london.com rbs-my.com rbs-onlinex.com rbs-onnet.com rbs-private.com rbs-privatebank.com rbs-uk.net rbsbonline.com rbscotl.com rbsgrps.com rbsindextrading.com rbsonline-london.com rbsplc-uk.com rbsprivate.net rbsukgroup.org rbsukgrp.com rbsexclusivecommercialfunding.info In addition ... read more ...
 
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AdSafe Media Releases Q1-Q2 Report On Ad Viewability & Ad Collision - AdSafe Media, today announced the results of its Q1-Q2, 2012 Semi-Annual Review Report which outlines the current state of ad viewability and the prevalence of content and brand risks, such as ad collision, across verticals and channels. “AdSafe’s study found that directly placed ads are most likely to be viewable, with 49.9 percent of ads in view for one second. ” “On average, 20 percent or less of all ads are in view for 15 seconds or more.” “In terms of content and brand risks, adult ... read more ...