Monthly Archives: March 2013

Fri 22nd March 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in NL and tagged
Staat ziet af van topleveldomein .overheidnl - Gepubliceerd: Vrijdag 22 maart 2013Auteur: Henk-Jan Buist De Nederlandse overheid trekt de reservering van topleveldomein .overheidnl bij de ICANN in. De migratiekosten zouden in de miljoenen lopen en de meerwaarde van de gTLD is verwaarloosbaar. De overheid trekt zijn aanvraag voor topleveldomein overheid.nl in en meldt gewoon de extensie .nl te zullen blijven voeren voor sites als belastingdienst.nl ... read more ...
 
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Staat ziet af van topleveldomein .overheidnl - Gepubliceerd: Vrijdag 22 maart 2013Auteur: Henk-Jan Buist De Nederlandse overheid trekt de reservering van topleveldomein .overheidnl bij de ICANN in. De migratiekosten zouden in de miljoenen lopen en de meerwaarde van de gTLD is verwaarloosbaar. De overheid trekt zijn aanvraag voor topleveldomein overheid.nl in en meldt gewoon de extensie .nl te zullen blijven voeren voor sites als belastingdienst.nl ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
First signs of Google’s new domain parking customer marker program… - Internet Traffic asks customers to identify themselves as part of new Google initiative. One of the topics discussed extensively in the hallways at Webfest this year was changes Google is making to its parking program. Although I don’t have all of the details, the bottom line is that Google is making an effort to better identify who is actually parking domains using its ad feed. This may involve steps to identify people across the various parking companies that ... read more ...
 
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Objections filed opposite .com and .org IDN tip turn domains - Russian IDNs face legal rights objections. VeriSign and Public Interest Registry have hit a speedbump in their plans to role out versions of .com and .org for the Russian market. VeriSign’s .com transliteration .ком and Public Interest Registry’s Russian equivalent for .org, .орг, have been objected to with Legal Rights Objections. Both objections were filed by two companies, Regtime Ltd. and Legato Ltd. Regtime is an ICANN-accredited registrar, assuming ... read more ...
 
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27 new TLDs have upheld their initial evaluation - First batch of new TLDs have passed initial evaluation. Today was a big milestone in the new top level domain name process. ICANN’s new top level domain application status page is now showing the first top level domain names to pass Initial Evaluation. As of the time of writing, 27 domains have passed initial evaluation. Because they were given precedence in the new TLD prioritization draw, all 27 are internationalized domain names. Of the first 28 prioritization ... read more ...
 
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“Gold Community” objects to .Gold tip turn domain - A sign of things to come in community objections against new TLDs? After posting yesterday about some of the objections to Donuts’ new top level domain applications, I received word that the company has received an additional community objection… on .Gold. Yes, apparently the “gold community” has objected to .gold. The case was filed by the World Gold Council, which is the only competing applicant for the .gold domain. Perhaps someone O-G’d. ... read more ...
 
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Here’s how new TLD objections work - An explanation of new top level domain objections. Yesterday I wrote about a number of objections filed against new top level domain applications. I also explained the four types of objections. So just how do these objections work? In a lot of ways they are modeled after UDRP, except the fees are higher and there’s more flexibility. There’s also no precedent to go on, either, which is no small matter. Similar to UDRP, ICANN has set its own rules for Dispute Resolution ... read more ...
Thu 21st March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
4 More New gTLD Applications Withdraw Making It An Even 30 - Four more new gTLD application have been withdrawn, reflected on ICANN’s website bringing the number of withdrawn applications to an even 30. The newly withdrawn applications are for .GDN; .OVERHEIDNL; .GUARDIANMEDIA and .SVR All but .Overheidnl seem to be Brand applications. As initial evaluations (IE) from ICANN are due out any day, we many see a rush of withdrawals as applicants at this point get 70% of their application fee refunded, IE’s are issued the refund drops to 35%. Here are the applicants ... read more ...
 
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NetNames nimmt als erstes Unternehmen Registrierungen für das Trademark … - London, Großbritannien, 21. März 2013 – Kurz vor dem Launch neuer Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) gibt NetNames, der Spezialist für Online-Markenschutz und die Verwaltung von Domain-Namen, heute bekannt, dass er von nun an berechtigt ist, Anträge für Marken entgegenzunehmen, die bei beim Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) registriert werden können. Das TMCH wird von Deloitte betrieben werden und soll sicherstellen, dass Markeninhaber benachrichtigt werden, sofern ein TLD-Antrag eine registrierte Marke ... read more ...
 
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17 New gTLD Objections Filed At WIPO: Including .Vip; .Food; .Now - 17 more Legal Rights Objections have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization: (WIPO) today largely filled with one applicant for a particular gTLD filing a Right’s Objection to all the other applicants for the same string. This is in addition to the 10 objections reflected on WIPO’s site yesterday. Including in today’s update is objections filed to  5 applications for the new gTLD .VIP filed by I-Registry, Ltd which is also an applicant for .VIP, so basically I-Registry ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Ron Sheridan Puts RSS.com Up For Sale For $200,000 - TheNextWeb.com just published a story today on  domain industry veteran Ron Sheridan who just put up the domain name RSS.com for sale for $200,000 Ron purchased the domain name RSS.com for $137,500 in October 2009 ($125K + commission) Ron had been working on a development project for RSS.com a couple of years ago but now with the news that Google is shutting down their popular Reader service. We wish Ron the best of luck with the sale. The domain is being brokered by WebsiteBrokerage.com. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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WIPO UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Hijacking On Adjudicate.org.au - Add Adjudicate Today Pty Limited of Mona Vale, of New South Wales, Australia to the list of those found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name adjudicate.org.au The company claimed a common law right to the term “Adjudicate Today” and somehow tried to get the one word domain name Adjudicate.org.au based off that common law right. Here is what the one member panel found: “On its own case, the Complainant does not have any registered trade marks for ADJUDICATE or ADJUDICATE ... read more ...
 
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Cowboys Jerry Jones To Deliver Keynote Address To International Trademark Conference - The owner of the Dallas Cowboys is going to be the keynote speaker at the International Trademark Association (INTA) 135th Annual Meeting which will be held on May 4th-8th, 2013. This is of course the same Jerry Jones that was apparently willing to only pay $275 for the to protect his Cowboys  trademark by acquiring Cowboys.com which is now a gay dating site. Mr. Jones Keynote speech will be held on May 6th at 8:45 am “His contributions and innovations in the areas of marketing, corporate sponsorships, ... read more ...
 
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Google Updates Adwords To Allow Third Party’s Trademark In Ads Worldwide - Google just posted on its blog, that it is removing all restrictions worldwide regarding use of third party’s trademark as a keyword in ads basically allowing the same conduct which results in a UDRP when domain holders do it on parked domains. “Starting 23 April 2013, keywords that were restricted as a result of a trademark investigation will no longer be restricted in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Brazil.” “While we will not prevent use of trademarks ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
TheRegister Reports 300 Domains Stolen Last Year From 123-Reg - The theregister.co.uk,  is reporting that the theft of 300 domains hosted by 123-Reg last year. “What appears to be a glaringly obvious security hole has been blamed for the snatching…anyone with a hosting package from 123-Reg and hence an account control panel, simply had to change the final section of the URL manually (to, for example, /someoneelseswebsite.co.uk) to be able to gain access to another site’s emails, name servers and billing.” “”With access to the admin panel, would-be ... read more ...
 
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Herrero & Asociados organizó un desayuno sobre el Trademark Clearinghouse - La jornada, presentada por el director general de Herrero Asociados, Andrés Medina, ha contado con las exposiciones de Vicky Ruiz, directora del Departamento de Dominios y Paz Martin, directora del Departamento de Nuevas Tecnologías Herrero Asociados que han explicado a los asistentes los detalles de los nuevos dominios y sus mecanismos de protección."El Trademark Clearinghouse cuya puesta en funcionamiento tendrá lugar el próximo 26 de marzo, consiste en un gran registro de marcas ... read more ...
 
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Google e il pericoloso dominio sui domini - Roma - Nuovi screzi nel delicato processo di assegnazione dei nuovi domini generici di primo livello (gTLD) alle super-potenze private del web. In una lettera aperta ai vertici dell'Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), l'organizzazione lobbistica FairSearch, che già ha condotto battaglie antitrust contro Google, ha contestato le richieste presentate da Mountain View per la gestione dei domini .search, .fly e .map, potenzialmente disastrosa per gli equilibri del mercato digitale.Supportato ... read more ...
 
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Google e il pericoloso dominio sui domini - Roma - Nuovi screzi nel delicato processo di assegnazione dei nuovi domini generici di primo livello (gTLD) alle super-potenze private del web. In una lettera aperta ai vertici dell'Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), l'organizzazione lobbistica FairSearch, che già ha condotto battaglie antitrust contro Google, ha contestato le richieste presentate da Mountain View per la gestione dei domini .search, .fly e .map, potenzialmente disastrosa per gli equilibri del mercato digitale.Supportato ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: Objections To New gTLD’s Will Not Be Fully Posted Until Mid-April - Although the objection period for the new gTLD’s closed on March 13th, tonight ICANN stated that it will not post all objections across all Dispute Resolution Service Providers until mid-April “”The period for filing formal objections to new generic Top-Level Domains began on 13 June 2012 and closed on 13 March 2013 at 23:59 UTC.”” “ICANN will post a list of all Objections filed across all the Dispute Resolution Service Providers by mid-April.” Just today WIPO posted 10 new gTLD objections. Other ... read more ...
 
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Sedo’s earnings: domain business shrinks 18% as associate business grows - Sedo’s domain parking business continues to drag on overall company. Sales of domains are down, too. Sedo Holding released its Annual Report yesterday (pdf), and the numbers for the domain name business are fairly dismal. Sedo Holding has two parts: domain marketing (Sedo) and affiliate marketing (affilinet). First, the good news: Affilinet saw its revenue grow 17.7% year-over-year. Now, the bad news: The bad news: Sales at Sedo in 2012 droped 17.9%. Revenue from ... read more ...
 
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Objection! What objections opposite Donuts’ TLDs uncover us about a subsequent proviso of a new TLD game - An early look at new TLD objections shows some questionable claims. The deadline to file objections against new top level domain applications was March 13. Dispute resolution providers are slowly posting the objections, but it looks like what has been posted so far is just the tip of the iceberg. Donuts, the largest TLD applicant with 307 applications, has informed Domain Name Wire that it received around 40 objections. Donuts provided details on a limited number ... read more ...
 
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51 some-more finish user domain sales this week - End users were busy buying domains through Afternic last week. Afternic had a banner week for end user domain sales last week. It even sold a three hyphen domain for 2,500! My fingers are so tired that I’m just going to jump right into it… Trendy Golf Limited is expanding its horizons with TrendySports.com at $2,500. Cantor Fitzgerald Securities paid $4,088 for CFWP.com. Wiggins Golf Consulting, LLC bought CarolinaGolfTrips.com for $1,000. Check iO, a game for ... read more ...
Wed 20th March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
ComicBook.com: “Spider-Man Comic Promotes Domain Name Marvel Doesn’t Own” - The site Comicbook.com just pointed out that a new comic book Superior Spider-Man #6 which is a Marvel publication instruct people to “go to the domain name screwballed.com now.” However the domain name Screwballed.com isn’t owned by Mavel. The domain name that was first registered just days ago on March 8th to Xodia Group of  Northridge, California which seems to be a brick and mortar store  selling comic related products under the name:  Njoy Games Comics We love this quote from the ComicBook.com ... read more ...
 
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10 New Objections Filed: Google & Donuts Get Hit On Goo: .Coach - 10 new Legal Rights Objections to gTLD applications have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),  hitting Google and Donuts among others. Google was hit with an objection for the new gTLD .Goo by NTT Resonant Inc which operates a internet search engine and web portal based in Japan, which crawls and indexes primarily Japanese language websites known as Goo. Donuts was hit with an objection by Coach, Inc., the fashion company, which has its own new gTLD application submitted ... read more ...
 
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SexyJobs.Biz Gets Hits With A UDRP & The Complainant Has A Trademark - Certainly not a landmark case but someone just filed a UDRP on the domain name SexyJobs.biz Infonet Media Group, Inc, applied for a trademark on the term “sexy jobs” in January 2012 which was issued  less than a month ago on February 26th 2013. Infonet seems to own SexyJobs.com according to the site. The domain sexyjobs.biz was first registered back in 2008. We will keep you updated on it. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...