Monthly Archives: May 2013

Tue 28th May 2013
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On daub this week: Vegas Baby, Vegas! - Domain industry heads to Las Vegas this week. As the U.S. trudges back to work and school after a three day weekend, many in the domain name industry are headed to Las Vegas for the TRAFFIC conference. Although the conference doesn’t start until Wednesday, many went early to soak in the sun and hit the blackjack tables. Formal festivities start Wednesday evening with the kick-off happy hour. Panels and presentations start Thursday morning. The first panel discusses ... read more ...
Mon 27th May 2013
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OnlineBaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks For 12 Years Lost in UDRP - Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France just won a UDRP on the domain name onlinebaccarat.com owned by Virtual Clicks of San Diego, California which may have been owned by the domain holder for as many as 12 years. At the end of the day, the domain holder couldn’t prove to the panel satisfaction that they owned the domain name continuously since it moved to privacy a number of years back.  The other problem for the domain holder is that the landing page at some points had links to crystal rather than ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel Denies Claim On JoanCollins.com: Not Enough Evidence That It Was The Real Joan Collins - The decision has been published in the JoanCollins.com UDRP case and basically the panel found the Complainant and/or its representative did a lousy job in the proceeding. The panel seemed as it would have ruled had the complainant been the real Joan Collins and had they pleaded their case properly with providing supporting evidence which they panel found they did not. The one member panel said: “”This Panel has found unsatisfactory a number of aspects of the way this case has been prosecuted ... read more ...
 
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Accomodation.com & Kosher.com Go Up For Sale - Two one word domain names have hit the resale market, Pixel Capital is putting up for sale a package of premium domains including accommodation.com. The premium package offered by Pixel Capital includes accommodation.com; accommodation.net and accommodation.co.uk. The deal even has the common mis-spellings of the word accommodation covered. According to Pixel Capital “We are already in discussion with some key market players and are seeking expressions of interest until the end of June,”   Another ... read more ...
Sat 25th May 2013
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Famous Four’s DotHealth Creates Governance Council To Provide Imput On … -   Dot Health Limited which is a Famous Four’s application to operate the new .Health top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the creation of a Governance Council that will allow the world health community to provide input on the .Health TLD. The Governance Council will be called upon to monitor, advise, and recommend best practices for the .Health gTLD. It is expected that the Governance Council will be comprised of practitioners, scientists, researchers, and others involved in health industries, ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four’s DotHealth Creates Governance Council To Provide Imput On .Health -   Dot Health Limited which is a Famous Four’s application to operate the new .Health top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the creation of a Governance Council that will allow the world health community to provide input on the .Health TLD. The Governance Council will be called upon to monitor, advise, and recommend best practices for the .Health gTLD. It is expected that the Governance Council will be comprised of practitioners, scientists, researchers, and others involved in health industries, ... read more ...
 
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91 New gTLD Pass IE: .NYC, .Microsoft, .GOP; .Kiwi, .Monster, .Berlin, .Youtube - a Total of 91 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE)  including 8 applications which were previously passed over. This is the most new gTLD applications to pass IE in a single week and ICANN is now processing 100 new gTLD applications up from 50 per week as they promised would happen in June. This weeks more interesting new gTLD applications passing IE include two killer Geo’s .NYC and .Berlin; .budapest, a pseudo Geo of .Kiwi;  Google’s application for .youtube, Microsoft’s ... read more ...
 
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Singapore To Require Verification Of Owners For .Sg ccTLD Domains -

Forgot to mention, if we go to Malaysia, if we are held in possession of any unlawful drugs, we will be hung-No hearing required.

and best of all, we can be incarcerated during no reasons during all, only for inhabitant confidence sake.

There are many flattering gals got held in possession of drugs since they are being used a Mule.

Beware-never leave your bags unattended.

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Singapore To Require Verification Of Owners For .Sg ccTLD Domains - Beginning May 2013, the Singapore domain registry will require verification of domain name owners. This comes as a result of previous cases of identity theft and fake identities being used when registering .SG domain names. The new procedure will apply for both second level .SG domains and third level .COM.SG names. .SG domains are semi-restricted. While there are no restrictions on the amount and type of names a registrant may apply for, Singapore does require that a local administrative contact ... read more ...
Fri 24th May 2013
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FairSearch Tells ICANN They Still Don’t Like Google Application For .Search - “I write to apprise ICANN that Google’s recent attempt to amend its .search Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) application is an effort to evade Google’s responsibilities to address objections through the dispute resolution process at the ICC International Centre for Expertise.” “Instead of responding directly to the areas of concern raised in objections to Google’s .search application that are on record, Google now seeks to alter its application. ” “The proposed amendments do not remedy ... read more ...
 
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FairSearch Tells ICANN They Still Don’t Like Google Application For .Search - “I write to apprise ICANN that Google’s recent attempt to amend its .search Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) application is an effort to evade Google’s responsibilities to address objections through the dispute resolution process at the ICC International Centre for Expertise.” “Instead of responding directly to the areas of concern raised in objections to Google’s .search application that are on record, Google now seeks to alter its application. ” “The proposed amendments do not remedy ... read more ...
 
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Report: Paid Search On Travel Continues To Decline & Its Google’s Fault - According to a blog post on adgooroo.com, in the first four months of 2013. “Paid search spend in the Travel category on U.S. AdWords is down in 2013. At $238 million for the months of January through April, it’s actually down 19% from 2012’s $295 million during the same period, which was down 17% from 2011.     “Clearly, there’s a downward trend starting in 2011. And the trend holds throughout the summer months as well, with spend from May through August 2012 down 15% from the same period ... read more ...
 
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91 New gTLD Pass IE: .NYC, .Microsoft, .GOP; .Kiwi, .Monster, .Berlin, .Youtube - a Total of 91 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE)  including 8 applications which were previously passed over. This is the most new gTLD applications to pass IE in a single week and ICANN is now processing 100 new gTLD applications up from 50 per week as they promised would happen in June. This weeks more interesting new gTLD applications passing IE include two killer Geo’s .NYC and .Berlin; .budapest, a pseudo Geo of .Kiwi;  Google’s application for .youtube, Microsoft’s ... read more ...
 
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Bloomberg Reports Google Facing New FCC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads - According to Bloomberg.com, Google is facing a new Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission According to the story the FCC is looking into “into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition” The story goes on to say that the investigation is in the preliminary stage and may not expand into a larger probe “FTC investigators are examining whether Google is using its position in U.S. display ads ... read more ...
 
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John Berryhill Says UDRP Panel Got It Right On Ron Paul’s Domains - Hillary Clinton was only a wife of the politician…” IMHO, that case was wrongly decided.   But you don’t correct for a wrong decision by continuing to make wrong decisions. Mike, the difference between Brad Pitt and Ron Paul is that Brad Pitt is a subject of interest for purely commercial reasons.   Trademark law exists in tension with the First Amendment.  The First Amendment says, “say what you like”.  Trademark law says, “you can’t say certain things in the context of commercial ... read more ...
 
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Curator failliet TLD Transport: Werk ligt stil - Meedoen! » Zaterdag 25 en zondag 26 mei:In diverse landen zijn weekendrijverboden van kracht. Klik hier voor een overzicht. Woensdag 29 mei:Kroatie: 15:00 uur - 23:00 uurPolen: 18:00 uur - 22:00 uur Donderdag 30 mei:In diverse landen zijn rijverboden van kracht vanwege een feestdag. Klik hier voor een overzicht. Meer rijverboden » In het wegvervoer doen zich kwesties voor waarin u zich afvraagt hoe dit bij de wet geregeld is. Zeker als transportondernemer ... read more ...
 
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.Co In The News Again As Fastcompany.com Covers Quarterly.Co - .Co domain names are in the news again today as FastCompany.com, has just covered Quarterly.Co  which was founded by former GOOD editor Zach Frechette which already has over 8,000 Subscribers. “The startup is a way for admirably cool people like Pharrell or Joshua Foer to share the things they love.” Says FastCompany. The company already raised $1.25 million in investment from True Ventures and Collaborative fund. Their CEO is Mitch Lowe a cofounder of Netflix and the former president of Redbox. “Quarterly.co ... read more ...
 
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The Trade-mark Clearinghouse: protecting your brand in the expanding online … - The Trademark Clearinghouse (“TMCH”) is a newly-launched rights protection mechanism for brand owners to protect their trade-marks. The TMCH is part of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) program for handling new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registrations.  The new gTLD program A gTLD is simply a domain name extension - the last few letters of a URL. Common gTLDs are .com, .net and .org. Prior to the new gTLD program, launched in 2011, there were just ... read more ...
 
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TLD Gramsbergen is failliet - Geplaatst op 24 mei 2013 Laatste update 24 mei, 15:59 Foto's 1 foto ANPGRAMSBERGEN - Transportonderdemer Stefan Nijkamp heeft dinsdag faillissement moeten aanvragen voor zijn bedrijf TLD Gramsbergen. Voor zeven werknemers van het Transport, Logistiek en Dienstencentrum B.V. is een ontslagprocedure gestart bij het UWV, zo meldt curator Mr. Martijn Limberger van het Zwolse kantoor Stein Advocaten. Limberger: ... read more ...
 
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Actress and Author Joan Collins Loses UDRP Bid For JoanCollins.com - For a second day a UDRP panel has denied the claim of a famous person to their matching .com domain name Back in February we told you that Joan Collins had filed a UDRP to gain control over JoanCollins.com Although the ruling has not been published as of yet today, the decision is in and its a loss for Ms. Collins. As we noted back in February, Ms. Collins full name is Joan Henrietta Collins Gibson. Joan Collins official site is Joancollins.net.  Ms. Collins sister Jackie, who is also an author, ... read more ...
 
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Merlin Kauffman Sells TestTube.com To Discovery Communications For New Network - Merlin Kauffman recently sold the domain name TestTube.com for an undisclosed price to the Discovery Communications who is using the domain name to launching a new online science network targeting young men, called TestTube.com. The domain name is owned by “Revision3 – A Discovery Communications Company” and looks like it transferred in March of this year. Discovery Communications owns the Discovery Network and many other broadcast channels. According to MediaPost.com, “The new ad-supported ... read more ...
 
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PortMedia Domains Represented By Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP For Arrigo.com - Arrigo Enterprises, Inc. lost it bid to grab the domain name Arrigo.com away from PortMedia Domains who was  represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The term Arrigo is a  common Italian surname. The domain name was owned by the domain holder for 12 years and the Complainants trademark was first registered in 2012. The panel however declined to make a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.  Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant has rights to the ... read more ...
 
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gTLDs’ Analytics and Big Data Impact on Brands’ Marketing Strategies - Tweet Buffer Big data is abuzz today when it comes to ongoing market strategy with companies like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Google, among others offering staple tools by selling ads, analytics, maps, discount strategies, and more to big brands. Using data to drive new products, content, and track consumers' behaviors as well as needs before they happen are ever-changing in response to new scientific, data-driven technologies and methodologies. ... read more ...
 
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Aftermarket.com to mix parking and selling - Thought Convergence’s domain marketplace will integrate domain parking and the company has switched ad feed providers. Aftermarket.com, the domain name sales platform by Thought Convergence, is getting ready to launch a combined parking and selling platform. In a blog post today, the company said it will start offering a parking platform integrated into Aftermarket.com. Domain owners will be able to park their domain names and funnel purchase inquiries through Aftermarket.com. Although ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media commits 5 TLDs to private auctions, though 3 are passed on arrival - Demand Media throws five domains into private auction ring, but three are against competitors who won’t participate. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has committed five of its applied-for top level domains to the first private domain auctions to be handled by Peter Cramton. The five domains are .fishing, .green, .mom, .rip, and .wow. Donuts recently committed 63 domains to the same auction. In order for an auction to take place, all applicants for the string must ... read more ...