Monthly Archives: August 2013

Fri 30th August 2013
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Lawsuit opposite new TLD applicant Famous Four is dismissed - Lawsuit was filed over plans for .bim top level domain, which never got off the ground. A group of investors in a failed top level domain bid have dropped their lawsuit against Famous Four Media, Domain Venture Partners, and some of the company’s principals. David Ways and a handful of his friends and family said they paid nearly $123,000 to the defendants to get the .bim top level domain name off the ground. Ways alleged that he was promised that he would become ... read more ...
 
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Google employing for new tip turn domain name initiative - Google is looking for a couple people to work on its top level domain name program. Google has posted two job openings related to its new top level domain name plans. The company is seeking both a Product Marketing Manager, Domains and a Strategic Partner Manager, gTLD program. Here’s the description for the Strategic Partner Manager: Google is launching a domain registry and we are looking for people that are excited about building this new business for Google. ... read more ...
 
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Domain parking: reduction is more? - SmartName drops most templates to focus on the best performing ones. It used to be that domain name parking companies bragged about how many templates they had. The templates had different ad locations, fonts, and most importantly, graphics related to the domain name’s topic. Which is why I find a recent move by SmartName/Afternic interesting. The company is dropping many of its templates and will stick with just five (see graphic). In a notice sent to clients, ... read more ...
Thu 29th August 2013
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700 new web address names are coming: here’s what you need to know - The internet is chock full these days, and if you want to stand out and compete you need not only a great website but also a memorable - and preferably short - domain name. New top-level domains mean the chance to grab a great URL Try and register your chosen domain name today with a .com or .co.uk ending and you'll inevitably find that it's already taken. There are around 110 million .com websites registered, which leaves the option of settling for another so-called top-level domain (TLD) such ... read more ...
 
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Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On Generic Parajumpers.com By Owner Of Parajumpers.it - PJS International SA of Luxembourg just lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Parajumpers.com which is owned by Vertical Axis who was represented by Esquire.com The three member panel failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking although the domain name Parajumpers.com was registered  4 years before the trademark was granted and 3 years before the complainant even registered its own domain name. Here are the relevant facts and finding by the Panel: The trademark PARAJUMPERS has been registered ... read more ...
 
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Chanel & Adidas/Reebok File More Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuits - Both Chanel and Adidas/Rebook filed federal lawsuits today over domain names. These are separate suits to the suits Chanel and Adidas filed last week. Both suits as the one’s filed last week, were filed in the Florida Southern District Court. Here are the 54 domain names subject to the latest suit by Adidas/Reebok: 11proboots.com 2013jeremyscottxadidas.com 4footballshirts.com adidas-nike-jp.com adidasjeremyscottsaustralia.com adidasoriginalssuperstar2.com adidasporschedesignbounce.com adidassneaker.org adidaswings4sales.com all-wholesaler.com billige-nike-fussballschuhe.com billigereeboksko.com brdclothstyle.com brownsneaks.com buyjerseys.us canada-jerseys.com chaussuresadidasjeremyscott.com cheapjerseys88.com cheapnba-mart.com cheapnbajerseywholesale.com clothingwholesaletrade.com cr7soccersales.com danmarkreebok.com dnike.com easytunereebok.com exportroad.com fineworkshops.com goemwholesaler.com jeremyscottadidascollection.com jerseybuy365.com jerseysfreetax.com jerseysshoppe.com kevinshoes.com mercurialsuperfly8.com nikeairmaxdeals4u.com nikeairmaxtnsko.com nikevipjerseys.com okshopshoes.com ralphlaurenus.com shirtforsoccer.com shopcheapnhljerseys.com skoronline.org sneakersaleclub.net soccer-wholesale.com soccerbootoutlet.com soccerjerseys1store.com sparta7.com sportjerseysfactory.com styleaaa.com thisjerseysb.com uniformfootball.com wholesale-soccer-jersey168.com wholesale-soccerjersey.com wholesalebrand.org   Here ... read more ...
 
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What Are New gTLD Governance Councils? - A domain name extension is unique Many generic, community and other geographic new domain name extensions (also called "gTLDs" or "generic Top Level Domains") will soon become a focal point for the industry or sector they represent. These simple denominators which define a vertical sector, profession, geographic, ethnic or other delineated group on the Internet have not existed on the Internet until now. These new domain name extensions are moving from the realm of science fiction to science ... read more ...
 
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The NewYorker Mag Covers New gTLDs: “The Great Internet Land Grab” & Calls Mr. Schilling A Squatter - The New Yorker Magazine  just did a cover story on the new gTLD program entitled “The Great  Internet Land Grab” “Suddenly reorganizing the way we navigate the web with new strings like .guru, .club, or .google might seem frivolous or strange, but entities like ICANN and its stakeholders insist that they will make the Web more intuitive and user-friendly; an address like AdoptA.dog is slightly more logical than PetAdoptions.com, which is currently occupied by a squatter” For the record ... read more ...
 
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Archeo (Marchex) Puts Up Over $7,400,000 (Estibot Value) Of Domains In Auction At SnapNames - Archo the company that Marchex is hoping to spin off into a separate public company is holding an auction of 71 domain names that have an appraised Estibot value of over $7.4 Million dollars. The auction which is currently ongoing closes on September 26th at 3:15pm Here are the domain names in the auction along with the reserved ranges and the Estibot valuation for each. If your looking for the biggest bargain compared to Estibot value its Camcorders.com which has a reserve range of only $25-$50K ... read more ...
 
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Domains: "shop" die am meisten vorbestellte gTLD – Hardware - Schon seit Jahren wird auf einschlägigen Webseiten darüber berichtet, dass die Icann zahlreiche neue Domainendungen einführen wird. Der Domain-Registrar United Domains meldete, dass schon jetzt mehr als eine Million Vorbestellungen vorliegen würden. Die beliebteste gTLD sei dabei .shop, dicht gefolgt von .web und der mittlerweile auch genehmigten Domain-Endung .berlin. Wie viele letztlich registriert werden, wird sich ab der endgültigen Einführung zeigen. Die Vorbestellungen sind auf jeden ... read more ...
 
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Domains: "shop" die am meisten vorbestellte gTLD29.08.2013 – 12:22 Uhr – Hardware - Schon seit Jahren wird auf einschlägigen Webseiten darüber berichtet, dass die Icann zahlreiche neue Domainendungen einführen wird. Der Domain-Registrar United Domains meldete, dass schon jetzt mehr als eine Million Vorbestellungen vorliegen würden. Die beliebteste gTLD sei dabei .shop, dicht gefolgt von .web und der mittlerweile auch genehmigten Domain-Endung .berlin. Wie viele letztlich registriert werden, wird sich ab der endgültigen Einführung zeigen. Die Vorbestellungen sind auf jeden ... read more ...
 
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New Top Level Domains Present Brand-Protection Challenges - 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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.berlin steht in den Startlöchern - MarkMonitor erklärt Rechtsschutzmechanismen für generische Top Level Domains   Mitte Oktober wird voraussichtlich die erste deutsche generische Top Level Domain (gTLD) .berlin zugelassen. Dabei handelt es sich jedoch um eine der ersten von vielen weiteren neuen gTLDs, die noch folgen werden. Für Unternehmen und Markeninhaber ist es wichtig, dass sie sich mit diesem Thema auseinandersetzen – auch wenn sie sich nicht für eine eigene Domain beworben haben. Denn es entsteht eine Vielzahl neuer ... read more ...
 
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dotSaarland: Verein stellt die neue TLD .SAARLAND vor – business - Ausschnitt aus dem dotSaarland-Flyer Hinter der Endung .SAARLAND steht die Idee, mit Internetadressen wie www.beispiel.saarland alle Saarländer und Saarland-Freunde anzusprechen und ihnen ein Zuhause im Internet zu schaffen.Attraktiv ist die neue Endung für Vereine, Unternehmen und Privatpersonen, um eine Online-Kommunikation mit der Gemeinschaft der Saarländer und Saarland-Fans zu ermöglichen oder um die kulturellen sowie ökonomischen Besonderheiten des Saarlandes ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Queries at the Root & Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle - Since Verisign published its second SSR report a few weeks back, recently updated with revision 1.1 [PDF], we've been taking a deeper look at queries to the root servers that elicit "Name Error," or NXDomain responses and figured we'd share some preliminary results. Not surprisingly, promptly after publication of the Interisle Consulting Group's Name Collision in the DNS [PDF] report, a small number of the many who are impacted are aiming to discredit the report. While we believe it is not ... read more ...
 
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Neustar’s Proposal for New gTLD Collision Risk Mitigation - Neustar has a vested interest in ensuring that the domain name system is as secure and stable as possible. We have been operating top level domains (TLDs) for more than a decade, and we intend to provide the same level of service as the back-end registry provider for more than 350 applicants for the new generic TLDs that we hope will become available in the coming months. As such, we took the opportunity to respond to a recent proposal by ICANN's staff to mitigate the risk of "collision," ... read more ...
 
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Here are a blank Amazon and .Pets new TLD documents - Domain Name Wire data recovery services to the rescue. This morning I read Amazon.com’s spirited response to the Governmental Advisory Committee’s advice to kill .amazon. This afternoon, shortly after Top Level Domain Holdings CEO Antony Van Couvering tweeted about the response, he noticed that the document suddenly disappeared from ICANN’s website. Indeed, here’s what you’ll see next to .amazon on the GAC advice page: What happened? It’s hard to say. ... read more ...
 
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6 of tip 20 websites exposed to conflict that took down NYTimes.com - Amazon.com and Pinterest among those sites more vulnerable to unauthorized nameserver changes. Yesterday I wrote about how NYTimes.com could have avoided its nameserver hijacking on Tuesday had it paid about $50 a month for a service called Registry Lock. As the 55th most trafficked website (Quantcast), it seems like a small price to pay to avoid downtime. But The New York Times, which has since added Registry Lock, is not the only large website that hasn’t taken ... read more ...
 
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What is this new domain name scam? - I think I know, but feel free to dig in some more. I just received a scam phone call and I’m trying to figure out what the perpetrator’s goal is. I have an idea, but I figure some readers might know more. The caller said he was with “an independent agency with I-C-A-N-N”. He didn’t say “I-CAN”, he actually said each letter separately. He then said that it was necessary to verify the information associated with domain names once a year. He asked if I ... read more ...
 
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Analyzing new TLD fibre conflict panelists - A breakdown of panelists’ decisions and what went wrong. I’ve called String Confusion Objections a clusterf@ck based on seemingly conflicting opinions by different panelists. It’s clear that which panelist is assigned to a case has a lot to do with the outcome, which is a sign of a poorly designed system. Whether it’s ICANN’s fault or International Centre for Dispute Resolution’s fault is up for debate, although I’ll point out ICANN gave very little ... read more ...
Wed 28th August 2013
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ANA: ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability - The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has just weighted in on the Name Collision issue in a in a letter sent to ICANN. The title of the letter is “ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability” It should be noted that the ANA has not been the greatest fan of the new gTLD program in general. “The Interisle Consulting Group clearly stated in the “Name Collision in the DNS Report” (the “Study”) that nearly all proposed new gTLDs carry some ... read more ...
 
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ANA: ICANN is Falling Short of the Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability - The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has just weighted in on the Name Collision issue in a in a letter sent to ICANN. The title of the letter is “ICANN is Falling Short of its Mission to Protect Internet Security and Stability” It should be noted that the ANA has not been the greatest fan of the new gTLD program in general. “The Interisle Consulting Group clearly stated in the “Name Collision in the DNS Report” (the “Study”) that nearly all proposed new gTLDs carry some risk ... read more ...
 
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Gimme Shelter: With Hackers Hitting Domain Providers, Brands May Rely … - Most of us are pretty familiar with the concept of a hacker attacking a website – and, in fact, downloadable tools to help hackers break into a site and steal information are readily available. But what happens when a top-level domain registry is hacked, as appears to have been the case for Google’s Palestinian domain earlier this week?From what TechCrunch reported as of Monday morning, “…it seems that Google’s Palestinian domain was hijacked and redirected to another server altogether. ... read more ...
 
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On Day Of Hacking, Melbourne IT Announces CEO Theo Hnarakis will Step Down By a End of Year - Melbourne IT chief executive Theo Hnarakis will step down by the end of year after more than a decade as CEO according to afr.com The move comes on the day that it appears hackers associated with the Syrian Electronic Army Group hackers gained access the New York Times and Twitter amongst others although Melbourne IT who hosted the websites domain names. However, the story did not mention the hacking incident but the timing is hard to overlook. The story quotes the Melbourne IT chairman Simon Jones ... read more ...
 
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What is ICANN? - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) - The same way one would connect with someone else on the phone, Internet users need a distinctive name to contact each other online. An Internet address needs to be distinctive so computers can locate one another. The job of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is to coordinate these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was tasked with the technical organization of the Internet as a non-profit organization ... read more ...