Monthly Archives: July 2013

Fri 19th July 2013
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Amazon en Pinterest grijpen naast domeinnamen - Amazon mag de top level domeinnaam .pin gebruiken, ondanks bezwaren van Pinterest. Volgens rechtenorganisatie WIPO is ‘pin’ een te generieke naam. Amazon kan op zijn beurt de gTLD .amazon weer niet claimen. Pinterest had de zaak aanhangig gemaakt nadat Amazon de gTLD had gedeponeerd bij de Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), de organisatie die de top level domeinnamen beheert. Maar Pinterest kan de domeinnaam niet opeisen, zo besliste ... read more ...
 
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.Christmas Comes Early As 89 New gTLD Pass IE: .Madrid; .Nokia; .Audi; .Xfinity … - Christmas came early for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry whose new gTLD application for .Christmas was one of the 89 to pass ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) today Other application passing IE of note today were: The Gergraphic application by the city of Madrid for .Madrid The Brand applications for .Nokia by the cell phone maker; .Xfinity submitted by Comcast; .Dupont by the global conglomerate of the same name; .Brother filed by the company best known for their printers and .Datsun filed ... read more ...
 
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Shocker? Publisher Of Vogue Loses UDRP ON The Domain Name VogueFashionModels.com - In one of the more interesting UDRP decision of the year the publisher of Vogue Magazine, Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. of New York, lost a UDRP on the domain VogueFashionModels.com which is owned by  Premier Models International Inc of New York. The three member UDRP had a split decision with two panelist voting to deny the  complaint and one voting to transfer the domain to the trademark holder. Here is the kicker the Domain holder didn’t even respond to the complaint. Not only did the dissenting ... read more ...
 
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.Christmas Comes Early As 89 New gTLD Pass IE: .Madrid; .Nokia; .Audi; .Xfinity; .Faith; .Brother; .Dupont; .WTF - Christmas came early for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry whose new gTLD application for .Christmas was one of the 89 to pass ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) today Other application passing IE of note today were: The Gergraphic application by the city of Madrid for .Madrid The Brand applications for .Nokia by the cell phone maker; .Xfinity submitted by Comcast; .Dupont by the global conglomerate of the same name; .Brother filed by the company best known for their printers and .Datsun filed by Nissan ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Awards First Agreements for New Top Level Domains - It’s a big day in the world of domaining. ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) just took the next step in changing the way we navigate around the world wide web when they signed the first four registry agreements on new top level domains. Top level domains are those words we type after the “dot” – com, net, edu, org. But now that the internet is getting crowded, ICANN decided it was time to create new living quarters to house everyone so they created 2,000 new ... read more ...
 
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Durban Hosts the ICANN Internet Protocol Conference - July 19, 2013 Over 40 years ago, a handful of academics began investigating the concept of getting computers to “talk” to each other. From the early days proving the initial concept of ‘inter-networking’ four basic computers to today’s global information infrastructure, the Internet has always fundamentally relied on a system of naming and identifying the individual computers. In order to communicate with another computer ... read more ...
 
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Amazon Beats Pinterest In Fight Over .Pin Domain - Amazon has beaten Pinterest in a battle over .pin, one of the many new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that are in the process of joining existing domains like .com, .net and .org. In a decision issued this week, a World Intellectual Property Organization mediator rejected Pinterest’s objection to Amazon’s application to own .pin. Pinterest filed its objection in March, and based its argument on the fact that it’s applying for a trademark on the word “pin” in the U.S. and more than ... read more ...
 
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What’s In A Name? ICANN Rejects Amazon’s Request For Top-Level Domain … - As the Internet evolves, so too has the domain name. For years, everything was a .com, .net, .org, .edu, and so on, but now the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has enabled a greater variety of top-level domains (TLDs). Amazon, which has been accused of hoarding the new TLDs, was obviously hoping to snag .amazon, but it won’t be so; according to the New York Times, a group of Latin American countries including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay has succeeded ... read more ...
 
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RSS.COM Sold For $135,000 - Ron Sheridan just informed TheDomains.com that he has sold the domain name RSS.com for $135,000. Ron acquired the domain from Sedo.com in 2009 for $125,000. The lead for the sale came through DomainNameSales.com although Ron negotiated the deal privately. Mr Sheridan believes the buyer is an end user who plans on launching a site on RSS.com The domain has an Estibot Appraised value of $169,000. If somehow you don’t know what RSS stands for you can get the info here. We will keep our eye on this ... read more ...
 
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2 Weeks After Seizing 46 Domains, Feds Allow Domains To Expire & Can They Can Go Back To The Previous Owner - On July 5th we told you that some agency of the federal government seized 46 domain names. We noted at the time all 46 were very close to expiration. Today the servers on all 46 domain names that were seized on July 4th have been switched back to DomainControl.com, which are the default servers for domain names registered at Godaddy.com and all domain names currently display the message: “NOTICE: This domain name expired on 07/17/2013 and is pending renewal or deletion” Which mean the domain ... read more ...
 
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After Losing UDRP For WIIU.com, Nintendo Allows Domain Like Wiisport.com GamesforWii.com To Drop - After losing a well publicized UDRP decision on WiiU.com, Nintendo allowed other bang on Wii domain names to drop this week only to sit by and watch them be re-registered by companies other than Nintendo. We have pointed this corporate mentality many times before, one in which company’s are willing to spend thousands of dollars in costs and fees to file UDRP’s to attempt to gain control of domains while sitting back watching equally as good or better trademark infringing domains to simply drop. Just ... read more ...
 
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La semana TIC: Vuelve a crecer la telefonía móvil - HP Planet Partners, el programa de reciclaje de consumibles para ser eco-responsable HP Planet Partners, el programa de reciclaje de consumibles para ser eco-responsable ... read more ...
 
 
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gTLD Objections Rejected - Of the three dispute providers selected by ICANN, WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) is the first out of the gates to hand down decisions against legal rights objections to gTLDs and in favor of applicants.Of note, WIPO recently rejected objections against the .Limited gTLD, which was applied for by Donuts, and an objection against .RightAtHome, which was applied for by S.C. Johnson.In the case of .RightAtHome, the objector was unable to prove that the gTLD would create an unfair ... read more ...
 
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HuntingMoon Updates Its Site To Allows Domains To Be Listed For Sale For Free & Opens Marketplace For Apps - With over ten million dollars of domains and developed sites sales since 2006, HuntingMoon.com has made a dramatic update to its selling policies, enabling domain owners to list their domain names for sale and auction for free. Unlike other domain marketplaces, the commission to HuntingMoon on successful transactions is only 10%. Evan Horowitz, HuntingMoon.com CEO said, “The HuntingMoon Market has over 10,000 buyers shopping per month and growing. Start-ups, investors, and businesses rely on us ... read more ...
 
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gTLD : .Alsace et .Corse voient enfin le jour - gTLD : .Alsace et .Corse voient enfin le jour Ajouter un commentaire » General Après le .Paris et le .bzh, deux nouvelles extensions de nom de domaine géographiques ont été validés par l'ICANN au cour de ce moi de Juillet. Comme pour chaque lancement de gTLD, les noms de domaine aux extensions .alsace et .corsica seront en premiers lieux réservés par les registrars, en second lieu par les propriétaires de marques avant d’être finalement ouverts au grand public ... read more ...
 
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BXSP.com Sold By BuyDomains Days Ago On Afternic For $2K Winds Up WIth Blackstone Who Has Over 28 Billion In Assets - The domain name BXSP.com which sold just a few days ago and was listed on Afternic weekly report we published on Tuesday, wound up in the hands of one of the largest investment firms in the world, The Blackstone Group of Park Ave New York. In 2012, The Blackstone Group had revenues of Over 3.6 Billion  and had assets of over $28 Billion. I guess it would not be an understatement to say the domain holder may have left a few dollars on the table. The seller in this case was BuyDomains.com itself ... read more ...
 
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New Generic Top-Level Domains Are Coming — Consider Protecting Your Mark … - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Withdraws Two More New gTLD Applications … - Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry withdrew applications for two new gTLD’s today reflected on ICANN’s site. The application were for .Media and .Country Both of these application were due to have Initial Evaluation by ICANN released tomorrow as they had prioritization numbers 1,242 and 1,232 respectively so by withdrawing tonight Uniregistry picks up a 70% refund instead of the 35% it would have been entitled to after tomorrow. The withdrawal of Uniregistry application for .Country is an outgrowth ... read more ...
 
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Erste neue generische Top-Level-Domains - Tagblatt Online, 19. Juli 2013 14:17:41 Icann-Boss Fadi Chehadé (Bild: zvg) Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers hat die ersten gTLD verkündet, die nicht in lateinischer Schrift abgefasst sind. Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) hat die ersten generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLD) bekanntgegeben. Es sind .شبكة (Arabisch für Web), .游戏 (Chinesisch für Spiel), .онлайн ... read more ...
 
 
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ICANN: quattro nuovi domini, bocciato il .Amazon - Giacomo Dotta, 19 luglio 2013, 12:00 L’ICANN ha acceso il semaforo verde per le prime quattro proposte di apertura di nuovi domini. Come noto, infatti, d’ora innanzi sarà possibile imbattere in domini di ogni tipo, allontanandosi dai tradizionali .com, .it o .info, offrendo ai registrar proponenti la possibilità di gestire in proprio i domini correlati. Tra le ... read more ...
 
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Veel verkeer naar (nog) niet bestaande extensies - Om de impact in te kunnen schatten die het toevoegen van duizenden nieuwe domeinnaam extensies zou hebben op de huidige systemen, vroeg ICANN aan Interisle Consulting om de log files van één van hun internet rootservers te analyseren. Het controleren van deze logs toonde aan dat er reeds een verrassend groot deel van de aanvragen bestemd is voor domeinnamen onder extensies die momenteel nog niet bestaan maar die in de toekomst eventueel wel gereleased zouden worden. De meeste aanvragen waren ... read more ...
 
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ICANN beschließt neue Top-Level Domains – in Russisch, Chinesisch und … - Unzählige neue Top-Level Domains will die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auf ihrem zur Zeit stattfindenden Treffen im südafrikanischen Durban beschließen. Nun hat sie die ersten vier TLDs bekannt gegeben – und die sind nicht in Englisch. Diese vier sogenannten generischen TLDs – sie sind keine Länderkennungen wie etwas .de, sondern Gattungen wie .blog oder .travel – sind von drei Unternehmen beantragt worden. Nun hat sie die ICANN beschlossen. Es handelt sich ... read more ...
 
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3 commenti - Roma - Primo giro di assegnazioni dei nuovi domini generici di primo livello (gTLD) da parte dell'Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Il registrar statunitense ha ratificato i primi quattro accordi (registry agreements) dopo le quasi 2mila richieste pervenute nel corso della storica apertura agli stessi gTLD nell'estate dello scorso anno.I primi domini generici di primo livello saranno così attivati nel mondo islamico - la parola in arabo che sta per Web o rete - mentre ... read more ...