Monthly Archives: March 2013

Wed 27th March 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
United States Postal Services only squandered your income objecting to .mail tip turn domain - USPS should stick to delivering mail. This morning World Intellectual Property Organization posted that the United States Postal Service has objected to the seven applications to run a .mail top level domain. Really, USPS? First of all, the type of objection filed (legal rights objection) is designed as a vehicle for trademark holders. Last time I checked the USPS didn’t have a trademark on “mail”. Here are the criteria for a legal rights objection: (i) takes ... read more ...
Tue 26th March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Afternic.com Sells $1,050,000 In Domains Led By ULive.Tv For $27K - Afternic’s just issued it’s weekly domain sales for the week of 3/18/13 – 3/24/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,056,772. All sales were led by .tv domain name,  ULive.tv which sold for $27,000 Here are the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.3 Million - Sedo just published its weekly report. In all 782 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.3m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: mychoco.com at 23,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: ribose.com.br at 10,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: imagenes.net at 12,000 EUR Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales Is Hiring (But You Have To Move To The Cayman’s) - We just got a note from Mr. Frank Schilling to put the word out that DomainNameSales is hiring 4-6 domain name brokers, the one catch is you have to move to the Cayman’s (sorry about that) Here is what Mr. Schilling told TheDomains.com: “We are open to hiring existing brokers not tied down to industry specific non-competes, or domain experienced customer service staff who would like to make the jump to brokering.” We’d like to hire 4-6 individuals.  ” “These folks will work our existing ... read more ...
 
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.PW To Release Two Letter/Character Domains On First Come, First Served Basis - According to DomainMonster.com the .PW registry has released making hundreds of  2-character domain names including many two letter .PW domains to be registered on a first-come, first-served basis starting at  10:00 UTC 28th March 2013. DomainMonster.com is allowing for preorders right now. Once live all of the domain names can be registered at any of the 100 + domain name registrars that are selling .Pw domains. Here is the complete list: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Should Verisign’s Attempt To Get .Co Bar Its Objections To .Cam & The Rest? - Now that we published the objection filed by Verisign to .Cam as being to similar to .Com, along with the supporting documents, I have been asked what my opinion is on the objection, which is likely to be duplicated in large part when we see Verisign’s objections to .Vet, .Company, .Network and  .Bom and maybe many more. I think Verisign raises some good points regarding confusion between .cam and .com No doubt on a quick look people could be visually confused between the two. .Com and .Cam sound ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Neue Domains: Markenname ab heute reservieren - Geschäftliche Betreiber von Websites können ihre Markennamen ab heute bei der Clearing-Stelle hinterlegen und so ihre Chance auf eine Domain (Endung) mit ihrem Markennamen erhöhen. Die neuen generischen Top Level Domains (gTLDs) erfordern, dass der Anmelder im Besitz der Markenrechte ist. Er kann seine Endung, etwa .Marke, in ein zentrales Register einspeisen, wodurch die Gefahr durch Cybersquatter minimiert wird. Die Clearing-Stelle gilt als Vor-Anmeldung: Hier können nachgewiesene Markeninhaber ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
Un nuevo modo de proteger las marcas en la red - Hoy, 26 de marzo, entra en funcionamiento el llamado Trademark Clearinghouse, un registro de marcas global que va a permitir a los titulares de marcas registradas en cualquier parte del mundo protegerse ante los nuevos dominios o gTLDs (es decir, las más de 1400 nuevas extensiones aprobadas con la corporación que asigna los dominios, Icann, por ejemplo, .app, .madrid, .hotel, .zara, etcétera). Los nuevos dominios que entrarán en funcionamiento a lo largo de los próximos tres años supondrán ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Return of a Mini-Site? Google Stops Its Domain Blocking Tool - Google has discontinued its domain blocking tool (known as The Blocked Sites feature”) i The tool would allow internet users could elect not to see results of say parked pages or content farm pages in their search results when logged into Google. Google says users can still block particular sites from your search results, we recommend the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension from Google. You may also download your existing blocked sites list as a text file. So for parked pages, especially mini-sites ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Trademark Clearinghouse für gTLDs nimmt Betrieb auf - Artikel empfehlen:      Das Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) nimmt heute offiziell den Betrieb auf und ist ab sofort für Markenanmeldungen für künftige generische Top-Level-Domains (gTLDs) geöffnet. Das TMCH ist zentraler Bestandteil eines Schutzmechanismus gegen den potenziellen Missbrauch von Markenrechten im Zuge der Einführung der neuen Internet-Adressendungen.Die ersten neuen gTLDs werden im Laufe dieses Jahres auf den Markt kommen. Dann werden ... read more ...
 
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Here Are a Affidavits & Study Verisign Used In Support Of Its Objection To .Cam: - Verisign, Inc., operator of the .com TLD registry, has filed objections to three applications with ICANN for a new gTLD, .cam. Verisign retained me to design and conduct a survey to determine whether there is likely to be string confusion between the applied-for .cam gTLD and the existing .com TLD.  This report details the methodology and results of the survey. As described in more detail later in this report, the survey results showed a net confusion level of 39% that must be attributed to the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Neue Top Level Domains - Neue Top Level Domains Bei der Vergabe neuer Internet-Adressen will die zuständige Organisation Unternehmen helfen, ihre Markennamen gegen Missbrauch zu verteidigen. Dafür hat die Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) eine Klärungsstelle eingerichtet, die am Dienstag den Betrieb aufgenommen hat. Unternehmen, die sich beim Trademark Clearinghouse anmelden, werden bei der Vergabe neuer Internetadressen bevorzugt behandelt. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Ibama concede licença para início de teste na bacia de Campos - O Ibama concedeu licença para a instalação de um sistema piloto de produção responsável pelo teste de longa duração (TLD) a ser realizado no campo de Espadarte, na bacia de Campos. A operação será realizada pelo FPSO Cidade de Rio das Ostras, embarcação responsável por outro TLD, realizado no prospecto de Aruanã, também em Campos. A licença do Ibama concedida à Petrobras é válida até 20 de março de 2015 e abrange a área do poço 3-ESP-22-RJS, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Ibama concede licença para início de teste na bacia de Campos - O Ibama concedeu licença para a instalação de um sistema piloto de produção responsável pelo teste de longa duração (TLD) a ser realizado no campo de Espadarte, na bacia de Campos. A operação será realizada pelo FPSO Cidade de Rio das Ostras, embarcação responsável por outro TLD, realizado no prospecto de Aruanã, também em Campos. A licença do Ibama concedida à Petrobras é válida até 20 de março de 2015 e abrange a área do poço 3-ESP-22-RJS, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Clearingstelle für Markenschutz bei Einrichtung neuer Top Level Domains ist … - Ab Dienstag dem 26. März 2013 besteht die Möglichkeit für Markeninhaber aus aller Welt bei einer Clearingstelle, dem sogenannten Trademark Clearinghouse ihre Marke zu hinterlegen, um Vorrechte bei der Einführung von neuen Top Level Domains (TLDs) geltend zu machen. Von: RA Normen Lang Die Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hat ihre Clearingstelle  für Markennamen eingerichtet. Der Eintrag bei der Clearingstelle soll es Markeninhabern erleichtern gegen ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PL and tagged
ICANN akceptuje 27 nowych nazw domen, które mają szansę dołączyć do gTLD - Przeczytaj też:DNS - ochrona krytycznych zasobówPonad 3 tysiące nowych domen dziennie z.pl na końcuŚledzenie zmian w DNS pozwala wyłapać botnety?Nowe nazwy zaakceptowano przyznając im status Pass. Po zakończeniu całej procedury, dołączają one do innych nazw domen najwyższego poziomu, takich jak .com czy .org. ICANN rozpatruje obecnie prawie 2 tys. aplikacji o włączenie nazwy domeny do gTLD. Są to nazwy zaliczone przez ICANN do listy noszącej nazwę Initial Evaluation. ICANN ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Progressive Insurance Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Insurance - Progressive Insurance has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .insurance. The formal name of the applicant was  “Progressive Casualty Insurance Company”. The application which had a prioritization number of 1847 was to operate the TLD on a closed basis. Closed generics have been getting a lot of push back and ICANN recently closed a comment period for the topic of whether companies should be allowed to own a right of the dot generic extension. According to the application, Progressive ... read more ...
 
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Latin American Telecom Files Objection Against Google On .Tube - Latin American Telecom, LLC has filed a Legal Rights objection against Google’s new gTLD application for .Tube Latin American Telecom is also an applicant for .Tube The third applicant for .Tube is Donuts. Of course Google owns and operates the largest Tube site in the world, YouTube.com Here is some information on this company from Esquire.com, attorney Ari Goldberger’s site: “”Latin American Telecom LLC (LATELCO), a Delaware corporation with principal offices in Pittsburgh, Pa. and Mexico ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Interesting: Regional relapse of .de domain registrations - .De data is a good PR and marketing tool. I must admit that I don’t follow the .de domain market much. I should, since Germany’s ccTLD is the largest country code domain name in existence with over 15 million domain registrations. There are a lot of reasons for .de’s success, and it’s clear that one of its success factors is marketing. Today .de registry DENIC sent a release to me about its latest data on regional registrations. Since 2004 the company has ... read more ...
 
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.Co domain tops 1.5 million domains - .Co now has over 1.5 million domains registered. The .co domain namespace has hit a new milestone: 1.5 million domain names. The .co domain name ticker rolled over a big digit overnight: This is a pretty huge number of domain names within 3 years of launch, especially with .co’s premium pricing. Interesting times are ahead as new top level domains roll out. I suspect a lot of new top level domain backers hope to achieve just 100,000 or so registrations at some ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
The entrance change in domain name search - Registrars are preparing domain search for new top level domain names. Sometime this year a key element of the domain search box at GoDaddy.com will disappear: the drop down box containing top level domains such as .com. It may seem like a subtle change, but it’s indicative of a big shift coming in domain search and discovery necessitated by the launch of hundreds of new top level domains. Domain registrars must figure out how to present the most relevant domain ... read more ...
Mon 25th March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Here Is Verisign’s Objection To .Cam & Why They Think Its Too Close To .Com - A couple of weeks ago we told you we were hearing that Verisign filed objections to new gTLD strings that they believe are confusing to .com or .net for which Verisign is the registry including .Cam, .Bom, .Vet, .Company, .Network. As of today the objections are still not showing up on the on the site of the provider where the objection was filed but TheDomains.com got some detailed information on what Verisign is providing to the International Centere For Dispute Resolution, in support to their  ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
UDRP Filed On GVP.com - A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GVP.com Instead of attempted grab which might lead to a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking it looks like it might be a attempted recovery of a  stolen domain name. The domain was owned by Global Village Publishing until late December 2012. Since then the domain whois has changed a few times all to persons in China and the domain name does not currently resolve. The domain is registered through ENAME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. If it is the case of a stolen ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Clearingstelle für Markenschutz bei neuen Top Level Domains - Am Dienstag öffnet die von der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) eingerichtete Clearingstelle für Markennamen (Trademark Clearing House) ihre virtuellen Pforten. Markeninhaber in aller Welt sollen dort ihre Marken hinterlegen, um Vorrechte bei der Eröffnung neuer Adresszonen im Internet geltend machen zu können. Laut Jonathan Robinson, Berater bei der von ICANN mit dem Betrieb der Clearingstelle beauftragten Firma Deloitte, wird es in den kommenden Jahren ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Clearingstelle für Markenschutz bei neuen Top Level Domains - Am Dienstag öffnet die von der Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) eingerichtete Clearingstelle für Markennamen (Trademark Clearing House) ihre virtuellen Pforten. Markeninhaber in aller Welt sollen dort ihre Marken hinterlegen, um Vorrechte bei der Eröffnung neuer Adresszonen im Internet geltend machen zu können. Laut Jonathan Robinson, Berater bei der von ICANN mit dem Betrieb der Clearingstelle beauftragten Firma Deloitte, wird es in den kommenden Jahren eine Welle ... read more ...