Monthly Archives: December 2012

Mon 17th December 2012
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VentureBeat Covers See.Me A Online Community Of Over 580,000 Artists - VentureBeat.com just covered another site built around a great .me domain name this time, See.me “See.me is online community of 580,247 artists. ” “After a strong showing at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami Beach, See.me unveiled $1.5 million in backing to expand its platform to all types of creatives.” See.me was founded under the name ArtistsWanted in 2008 by a group of Brooklyn artists. The team is now 14 strong and based in Queens. With this seed funding from Founder Collective, ... read more ...
 
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As Soon As The ICANN New gTLD Draw Starts, The Live Feed Goes Out - Almost on Cue as soon as the  ICANN Priority Numbers Draw for New gTLD Applications was starting the  live Audio/Video stream went out. When it was last working it looked like less than 300 people were tuned in. ICANN has already Tweeted that the draw will not start until the audio/video stream is fixed. Before it went off air, ICANN let the crowd know there were 1,766 tickets sold at $100 each with the proceeds all going to three charities; Kiva, Invenio, and WikiMedia Foundation The good news ... read more ...
 
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Getty Images Loses Bid To Trademark Photos.com In The EU, Again - In a long running battle Getty Images just lost its bid to trademark the term Photos.com with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). On September 15th 2009, Getty Images (US), Inc. , filed an application for registration of a Community trademark at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) on the word mark PHOTOS.COM. On August 2nd, 2010, the examiner refused the application for registration on the grounds that ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Withdraws Notice Of Breach Against .Jobs Registry - ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, announced today that its has formal withdrawn the February 2011 Notice of Breach against Employ Media, the registry operator of .JOBS, and confirmed that Employ Media is in good standing. Accordingly, Employ Media has dismissed arbitration proceedings with ICANN. This settlement brings to a close the dispute between the two parties regarding how non-company names (such as geographic, occupation, and dictionary terms) in .JOBS are registered ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Draw Starts in 2 Hours: What Will We Know Today? - The ICANN Priority Numbers Drawn for New gTLD Applications starts today at 4PM EST, 1PST local time The question is what will we know by the end of today? The draw will be broadcast live but as of now there is no URL for the broadcast. You can check on ICANN site, where we expect to see the draw or be provided a link to it later on. The draw as far as we know at this point will be a draw of numbers which have been assigned to those who have purchased tickets. So watching the draw is likely to be ... read more ...
 
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Forbes: “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL” - Forbes.com published a story yesterday entitled “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL” The story chats about the increase use of social networks, apps and search engines which are increasingly taking away the desire for people to use their browser to navigation across the internet: “One area of the Internet that I think is suffering in the current climate of social media, targeted search, and recommendation engines, is the ability for people to find a website on their own. ” “More ... read more ...
 
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Beehive.com LLC Loses UDRP To Get Beehive.com Registered in 1991 - Beehive.com, LLC a corporation formed in the State of Delaware, lost a UDRP brought against the domain holder Alliance Capital Management of New York. The Disputed Domain Name beehive.com is registered with Melbourne IT Ltd (the “Registrar”) which is generally a brand protection company adding to being an unusual case. The one member panel found that the complainant didn’t meet any of the three requirements for a UDRP. The complainant’s trademark application as an intent-to-use application, ... read more ...
 
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SuperModel Cindy Crawford Files UDRP To Save CindyCrawford.com From Porn - SuperModel Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Crawford, who was once married to Richard Gere, has filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) seeking the domain name CindyCrawford.com According to Screenshots.com the domain name CindyCrawford.com as of as recently as August 2012 and going back to 2005, was going to what appears to be the official site for the model, however if you take a look at the domain today, its pointed to material from the hardcore porn star by the same name. The ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy hirings uncover acquisitions, product growth holding priority - New CEO and executives point to a company growing by acquisition and new products. Last week Go Daddy announced that Blake Irving, former Chief Product Officer at Yahoo, will take over as its CEO next year. Now the company has made two more hires, and all signs point to the company focusing on acquisitions and product development. First is former investment banker David Popowitz. He will be the company’s first Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. He’s ... read more ...
 
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Stirring adult a beehive: a many gross UDRP of 2012? - Perhaps the worst UDRP filing of 2012. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panel has handed down a ruling in favor of the current owner of Beehive.com. In doing so, panelist Richard W. Page got the decision right. But he also failed. This case is one of the most egregious abuses of the UDRP I’ve ever read, and Page should have found the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacking even if the respondent’s attorneys didn’t ask ... read more ...
Sun 16th December 2012
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Lawley Tells Xbiz .XXX Renewals Are In Line, or Ahead of Other Registries - In a story published by Xbiz.com today, Stuart Lawley CEO of ICM Registry the company that operates the .XXX registry, renewal rates of .XXX domain names “are exactly in line, or in many cases, ahead of those enjoyed by other registries” .Com domains tradtionally run around 73% renewal rates and one of the newest extensions, .Co are running right around 70%. Lawley said that “Around 9% of original registrations were for multiple years.” Of the 225,000 domains Lawley says are “under management” ... read more ...
Sat 15th December 2012
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Godaddy Issues Statement In Support Of US Opposition To ITU Treaty - GoDaddy.com which found it on the wrong side  last year in its initial support of SOPA issued a statement today in its “steadfast support of the U.S. government’s position opposing the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) treaty and a last-minute resolution aimed at relinquishing control of the Internet to the United Nations”. Godaddy went on to say: “The U.S. government, along with several Internet companies including Google and Go Daddy, has adamantly opposed new government controls ... read more ...
Fri 14th December 2012
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Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP On LiveOne.com After Domain Holder Offers To Sell For $50K - Ari Goldberger, Esq of ESQwire.com just beat back a UDRP on the domain name LiveOne.com brought by LiveOne Group, Ltd The three member panel ruled in favor of the domain holders who registered the domain in September 2007, against the trademark holder who just registered it trademark on May 15, 2010 which was  granted on Sept. 6, 2011. However the panel did not make a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the basis that the domain was going to a parked page and the domain holder turned ... read more ...
 
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Assistant Secretary Of Commerce Larry Strickling’s Statement on WCIT Dubai - The Assistant Secretary Of the United States Department of  Commerce Secretary Larry Strickling just issued this statement on the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) which just wrapped up in Dubai: “I have just returned from Dubai and the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), which wrapped up today having failed to reach consensus on a revision of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs). ” “At last count, the United States and ... read more ...
 
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ICM: .XXX Sites given Major Boost by Google Algorithm Change - ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX just issued a press release trying to take advantage of the change to Google Algorithm on adult search. “As the Internet reels over Google’s decision to purposefully make explicit images harder for the consumer to find, ICM Registry is delivering assurance that the porn-browsing public can still get all they want by adding three small letters to their search queries. “The advice, which is available for appropriate audiences, is that one can simply type ... read more ...
 
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Godady .Info Auction Is About To End & Has Over $100K In Bids - The Godaddy.com .info auction of premium domain names looks to be a hit. With less than 15 minutes to go there are over $100,000 in bids placed Here are the domain in auction with the current high price: domain Name    Status    Price    current Price    bids cancer.INFO    Auction is open    16005    16005    97 forsale.INFO    Auction is open    6853    6853    73 loans.INFO    Auction is open    6205    6205    74 dental.INFO    Auction is open   ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Study Rips Mobile Display Ads: They Cost Too Much & Results Are Poor - Marchex (MCHX) release an in-depth study entitled: The Downside of Mobile Display Advertising; How Performance Advertiser Lose Big On Banners” “This study, investigates the effectiveness of mobile display advertising at generating high quality customer leads and found that “advertisers who spend on mobile banner ads to attract new customers receive an exceedingly poor return on investment”. The goal of these campaigns was one quality phone call in the form of an auto insurance quote, ... read more ...
 
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5 More New gTLD Apps Withdrawn: Including .Swiss, .GMBH,.HILTON - 5  more new gTLD applications have been formerly withdrawn, for a total of 13 withdrawn new gTLD applications Here are the 5 new gTLD application just posted as withdrawn on the ICANN website: .GMBH .Swiss .Hilton .Ansons .Skolkovo Here are more details about each withdrawn application .GMBH This application was submitted by GMBH Registry, LLC of Reston, Virginia and was submitted  by Josh Borne of Fairwinds Partners. The TLD mission was to: “bringing to market a trusted, hierarchical, and intuitive ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: We Signed Agreement For Trademark Clearing House: Price Capped At $150 Per Record/Per Year - “”I am pleased to announce that we have signed an agreement with Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services to be the first provider of validation services for the Trademark Clearinghouse.” “As promised, we will be posting that agreement shortly. The terms are in line with what I shared in my last blog entry: “ICANN retains all intellectual property rights in the Trademark Clearinghouse data. (Note this is as between ICANN and Deloitte. ICANN claims no intellectual property rights with respect to ... read more ...
 
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WellPoint’s New gTLD .CAREMORE Is The 8th Withdrawn Application - Wellpoint.com has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD, .Caremore becoming the 8th new gTLD application to be withdrawn. According to its application, “WellPoint is one of America’s leading health plan providers, the largest within the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, serving members across 14 states and with more commercial membership than any other US health benefits company. It has more than 33 million members in its affiliated health plans, and a total of more than 69 million ... read more ...
 
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LiveOne Group loses second UDRP explain in as many months - Company goes after domain name registered before its brand even existed. Let’s hope that LiveOne Group, a streaming media company, merely got some bad legal advice on this one. It just lost a UDRP for LiveOne.com. The current registrant picked it up in 2007, at least a few years before LiveOne Group came to market. So LiveOne Group had no chance of winning. The owner of LiveOne.com was represented by Ari Goldberger. LiveOne Group is now 0-for-2 in UDRPs with its ... read more ...
 
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2012 Impact Stories: Frank Schilling becomes a use provider - Schilling shakes up domain parking — and that’s not all he wants to do. Last year domain name investor Frank Schilling signed a domain parking contract with Google and opened up a new domain parking company, Internet Traffic. The service instantly attracted some of the largest domain name investors. There are two key reasons people rushed to try the service: 1. People know, like, and trust Frank. 2. Frank gave a very high revenue share. Although people were willing ... read more ...
Thu 13th December 2012
 
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WebFest Social Schedule Release: Space Shuttle & Magic Castle Highlight - Oversee just released it social schedule of events for Webfest Global which will be held February 5-7, 2013 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. Webfest Global conference attendees will enjoy the rare opportunity of having dinner and cocktails at Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Pavilion on February 6th directly under this amazing vehicle. Former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman will make a special appearance to share stories, answer questions and show souvenirs from past ... read more ...
 
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With A $38,500 Offer in Hand, FiscalCliff.com Is On The Brink Of Sale Or Launch - We wrote about the domain name FiscalCliff.com just about a month ago asking if it was the best hand registered domain of 2012. Well we may soon find out how good of a registration it turned out to be. I reached out to the owner of the domain Kenneth P. Carey of Grand Rapids who told me that there are 6 bidders currently for the domain, with a high bid as of time of publication of $38,500 for the domain. Mr. Carey told thedomains.com: “The bidding on FiscalCliff.com continues, although it is interesting ... read more ...