Monthly Archives: March 2013

Wed 20th March 2013
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Adamsnames The TLD Registry For gd, .tc & .vg Issues A Further Statement on Problems - We just received this statement from AdamsNames which has been undergoing some operational problems “Since 8th March 2013, many of our clients were contacted by some people who pretended to be AdamsNames Limited. They received the announcement of an alleged migration of our .gd, .tc and .vg TLD registry to another system, with the adamsnames.net website as a basis. We are seriously concerned about the confusion that was caused by this illegal action. Please be aware of the following facts: 1.       ... read more ...
 
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FairSearch.Org Files Objections To Google’s New gTLD Apps For .Search .Fly & .Map - FairSeach.Org, which has support from Microsoft Corp. Oracle Corp and Nokia has filed objections to Google’s request to control new top-level domains “.search,” “.fly” and “.map” ICANN accepting Google’s application will enable the dominant search provider to “gain an unfair competitive advantage against other members of this community through the improper grant of a perpetual monopoly of generic industry terms to a single company.” “Google has already established a dominant ... read more ...
 
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Protesterer mot Googles domeneønsker - Google er blant selskapene som i fjor sommer søkte om å få tildelt mange generiske toppdomenenavn (gTLD), etter at ICANN gjennomførte en søknadsperiode i fjor vår. En oversikt over søknadene finnes her. Blant toppdomene som Google ønsker seg, er .search. Organisasjonen FairSearch, som er ... read more ...
 
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Protesterer mot Googles domeneønsker - Google er blant selskapene som i fjor sommer søkte om å få tildelt mange generiske toppdomenenavn (gTLD), etter at ICANN gjennomførte en søknadsperiode i fjor vår. En oversikt over søknadene finnes her. Blant toppdomene som Google ønsker seg, er .search. Organisasjonen FairSearch, som er ... read more ...
 
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Neue Domainendungen kommen - Lübeck - Noch im laufenden Jahr sollen die ersten der sogenannten neuen Top Level Domains (TLDs) an den Start gehen. Neben klassischen Domainendungen wie .de und .com wird es damit in Zukunft eine Vielzahl weiterer Endungen geben, berichtet das Lübecker Hosting-Unternehmen Checkdomain GmbH. Insgesamt wurden bei der Internetverwaltung ICANN 1930 Bewerbungen für eine neue TLD eingereicht. Voraussichtlich ab Herbst 2013 werden die ersten Domainendungen der neuesten Generation zur Registrierung ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft en Nokia hekelen ‘domeinkaping’ Google - Gepubliceerd: Woensdag 20 maart 2013Auteur: Jasper Bakker Microsoft en Nokia uiten via een lobbyclub kritiek op Google's aanvragen voor nieuwe topleveldomeinen. Met name het generieke .search zou Google's macht teveel consolideren. Lobbyorganisatie FairSearch haalt uit naar Google, die meer dan 100 aanvragen voor nieuwe topleveldomeinen (gTLD's) heeft ingediend. Die nieuwe mogelijkheden voor internetadressen ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft en Nokia hekelen ‘domeinkaping’ Google - Gepubliceerd: Woensdag 20 maart 2013Auteur: Jasper Bakker Microsoft en Nokia uiten via een lobbyclub kritiek op Google's aanvragen voor nieuwe topleveldomeinen. Met name het generieke .search zou Google's macht teveel consolideren. Lobbyorganisatie FairSearch haalt uit naar Google, die meer dan 100 aanvragen voor nieuwe topleveldomeinen (gTLD's) heeft ingediend. Die nieuwe mogelijkheden voor internetadressen ... read more ...
 
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Industry coalition objects to Google’s domain names applications - An industry coalition with backing from Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle has objected to Google's application for certain top-level domain strings. FairSearch.org said it has filed objections with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) over Google's applications for generic top-level domain (gTLD) strings including ".search," ".fly" and ".map." By accepting Google's application, ICANN will enable the search giant to gain an unfair competitive advantage against other ... read more ...
 
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WIPO posts 11 authorised rights TLD objections: .blue, .academy, .goo and more - Google and Donuts amongst those hit with legal rights disputes over top level domains. World Intellectual Property Organization has added ten legal rights objections disputes to its list of new top level domain objections. It recently posted the dispute between Del Monte Corporation and Del Monte International GmbH for .DelMonte. The new additions are: .Coach Coach, Inc. against Donuts (Coach is the only other applicant for .coach) .Academy Academy Sports + Outdoors ... read more ...
 
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Bloomberg sues sploggers regulating Google’s Blogger - Company upset over blogs using “Bloomberg” in subdomain and scraping Bloomberg content. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in New York against four John Does using Google’s Blogger service. The defendants have set up blogs on the service that use third level domains that include the Bloomberg name. Bloomberg says the defendants are committing trademark infringement. The blogs at issue are: BloombergWest.blogspot.com BloombergDealFeed.blogspot.com BloombergLondon.blogspot.com BloombergCommods.blogspot.fr Bloomberg ... read more ...
 
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19 finish user domain sales adult to $36,000 - 19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are details on that sale and others: The Exchange, which owns the undeveloped site TheExchangeMail.com, bought TheExchange.com for $36,000. Given the price tag, it’s clear this was an end user. i-Paint S.r.l., which owns the domain ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media sets adult Dublin bureau for domain services - Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland. Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland. Demand Media is serving as the backend registry provider for its own top level domains (applied for under United TLD Holdco Ltd.) as well as Donuts’. United TLD has applied for 26 top level domains and Donuts has applied for 307. Of course, many of these domains ... read more ...
Tue 19th March 2013
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Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million in Domains - Afternic just issued its weekly reportable domain sales for the week of 3/11/13 – 3/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,200,994. Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total Just Under $1.5 Million - Over the past week, 865 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.47m. Over 43% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: madame.com at 28,000 EUR ·         Top ccTLD: singlebörse.de at 30,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: medicine.org at 75,000 USD   Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]>Domain name  Price  Currency .COMs theexchange.com  36,000   ... read more ...
 
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$43K eDoctor.com Domain Sale On NameJet Falls Through - A month ago the domain name eDoctor.com sold on Namejet.com for $43,000 We just received word from Namejet.com that this domain name has been placed back into auction meaning that the previous high bidder failed to pay for the domain. Basically the domain name auction starts all over again as a private auction, meaning if you were in the February auction you are in this auction and if not, your shut out. The domain was a true drop domain so the opening bid was only $59. According to NameJet.com there ... read more ...
 
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Babble Media Maybe The Big Winner If Google Consolidates All Chat Service As Babble -         According to a report in Geek.com, Google is considering a plan to unifying all their messaging platforms into a single service, which is expected to be called Babble. Geek.com says that Google Talk, Hangout, Voice, Messenger, Chat for Drive collaboration, and the Google Talk for G+ will all be rolled into a Babble. On the domain name front, Babble.com is owned by Babble Media, Inc. of New York There also seems to be at least one trademark on the term Babble by a Herman Miller, Inc. ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Acquires Arts & Crafts Video Content Provider CreativeBug -   According to a Press Release out today, Demand Media® (DMD) announced the acquisition of Creativebug, “the go-to source for high-quality, online video art and craft instruction”. Terms of the deal were not released. “Creativebug’s network of exceptional designers and library of educational videos complements the crafts-related content on Demand Media’s eHow web property.” “The acquisition will accelerate Demand Media’s expansion into e-Learning.”   “We’re seeing a ‘disruption ... read more ...
 
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Sedo: $400,000 Euro Bid For 8888.com Cancelled - Yesterday DomainNameWire.com reported that a bid had been placed for 400,000 Euro’s for the domain name 8888.com. Today we have been notified by Sedo that the bid has been cancelled. Although the bidder has to be  premium certified by Sedo to even place a bid of that amount, so it is believed that the bid was a mistake or a typo if you will. In any even the bid was made in error and has been cancelled by Sedo,  sorry to report.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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For The 3rd Time In a Week, Complainant To UDRP Found To Be Fudging The Facts - A one member UDRP panel today rejected the claim of Diamond Resorts Holdings, LLC which was seeking 15 domain names. For the third time in a week, the panel questioned the accuracy of the information the complainant presented to the panel: “While the Panel is not in a position on the submitted to assess the credibility of either side to determine who is or is not telling the truth, some of the documentary materials provided by the parties suggest that Complainant’s description of the facts may ... read more ...
 
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UDRP’s: Jimmy Choo Gets Control Over 64 Donain: Tumblr, Inc. Gets Tumbr.com - A few cases in the UDRP world with pointing out. A one member WIPO UDRP panel gave control over 64 domain names to Jimmy Choo. Almost none of the domains were typo’s but domains that include the brand name with other logical words, like jimmychoobigsale.com/.net/.org arguably domains the company should have taken defensive registrations on to being with. Here is the list: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Why a DOJ retard on new TLD auctions doesn’t make sense - I have a hard time understanding how a private auction would be illegal in the case of new TLD allocation. A couple weeks ago a new TLD applicant told me they weren’t participating in private TLD auctions because they thought the auctions would ran afoul of U.S. laws. Now we have some confirmation that there are at least legitimate concerns, as Uniregistry announced that the Department of Justice declined to issue a business review on the topic. (It was an oral ... read more ...
 
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FairSearch files grave objections opposite Google’s .search, .fly and .map TLD applications - Group claims three TLDs would give Google an unfair competitive advantage. A consortium that promotes competition in search has filed objections against three of Google’s top level domain bids. Robin Wauters with The Next Web was the first to write about the objections this morning. FairSearch filed objections with International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) over .search, .fly, and .map. ICC is one of three dispute resolutions providers hearing new TLD objections. ICC ... read more ...
 
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GFA.com leads Afternic auction on SnapNames - Lots of good domains in auction ending Friday. Afternic is running another auction on the SnapNames platform and it’s attracting lots of bidders. The auction includes 136 domains with reserve ranges starting as low as $200 to as high as $250,000. It ends on Friday. As of right now the three letter domain GFA.com has the highest bid at $11,249. The reserve has been met. Also keep an eye on sweat.com. It has been bid up to $7,750, but the reserve is between $10,000-$25,000. The ... read more ...
 
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University of Central Florida sues wine store that owns UCFliquorstore.com - University of Central Florida takes issue with liquor store’s marketing and domain name. The page that used to be at UCFLiquorStore.com. Screenshots.com on December 23, 2012.The University of Central Florida has sued a local liquor store that bills itself as “Your Official UCF Liquor Store”. Pat’s Liquor, which is located about a mile from UCF’s Orlando campus, has been using the domain name UCFLiquorStore.com and pitching itself as the official local store ... read more ...
 
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The DevHub story: association finally finds a tolerable business, looks to enhance in 2013 - After many failed business models, Seattle company DevHub has found a sustainable business model that doesn’t rely on Google. It was the fall of 2010 and DevHub was running out money. Which meant it was running out of time. The company had raised $2 million and had gone through a couple different business models. But nothing stuck long enough to sustain the business. The company had about 10 payrolls left, and then it was toast. Then the phone rang… The beginning Mark ... read more ...