Monthly Archives: August 2013

Mon 19th August 2013
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Blue Cross Loses Legal Rights Objection To Block a New gTLD .Blue - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association just lost a Legal Rights Objection to Afilias Limited new gTLD application for .Blue Here are the relevant findings by the three member WIPO panel: “”The Applicant has not denied that it was aware of the Objector when it lodged the Application. However, on the evidence which has been produced, the Panel has no reason to doubt the Applicant’s assertion that it applied for the .blue gTLD for the purpose of establishing a new registry which would provide ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: Dotless Domains a Bad Idea - August 19th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – You probably weren’t aware that the concept existed in the first place, but internet authority ICANN has moved against what it calls “dotless domains.” The organization has labeled them “harmful,” noting they “will not work as intended by ... read more ...
 
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Car Maker Land Rover Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - The car maker Jaguar/Land Rover Has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name MountainRovers.com. The domain name was  owned and used by the domain holder since 1998. The domain name holder did not file a response to the UDRP Not only did the one person National Arbitration Forum panel find that Land Rover guilty of RDNH it found that claim was barred by the legal doctrine of Laches. The one man panel said: “Complainant was a little too glib in its submission ... read more ...
 
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Google: ICANN verbietet Domains ohne Punkt - Die ICANN, zuständig für die Vergabe und Verwaltung von Domainnamen im Internet, hat in einer Resolution so genannte 'punktlose Domains' praktisch verboten. Das wird vor allem Google nicht gefallen. Der Suchmaschinenriese wollte die punktlose Top Level Domain (TLD) 'http://search' haben. Mit einem Punkt würde die Domain 'http://google.search' heißen. Darauf kann Google aber immer noch hoffen. Das Verbot begründet die Organisation mit Sicherheits- und Stabilitätsrisiken. Bei der Verwendung ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Shoots Down Google’s ‘Dotless Domains’ Proposal - A bid to save you even more time when you're trying to hit up your favorite sites on the Web has officially been quashed by the Internet overlords. We're speaking, of course, about the recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to officially put the "no" to Google's proposal for "dotless domain names." The phrase is pretty self-explanatory even if the news itself doesn't ring a bell. Here's the quick, bigger backstory: Google representatives ... read more ...
 
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Challenging a gTLD legal rights objection decision via declaratory judgment … - On August 13, 2013, in what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging an Expert Determination on a Legal Rights Objection under ICANN’s new gTLD Program, gTLD applicant Del Monte International GmBH (“DM International”) filed a complaint for declaratory relief against objector Del Monte Corporation (“DM Corp.”) in U.S. District Court, seeking to overturn the WIPO decision granting DM Corp.’s Legal Rights Objection to applicant’s registration of the gTLD .delmonte. The case is Del ... read more ...
 
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The+Cloud+Industry+Forum+voices+strong+opposition+to+Google%E2%80 … - Posted on: 19 August 2013 Written by: Claire Middleton Earlier this year ICANN started the process of reviewing thousands of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) applications across varied industries. One of those was .cloud. Three global brands – Google, Symantec and Amazon – applied for that domain as a closed registry, meaning that the applicant would be the sole registrar and registrant with exclusive control over the use of that gTLD.   The ... read more ...
 
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Google’s ‘dotless domain names’ proposal rejected by ICANN - A bid to save you even more time when you’re trying to hit up your favourite sites on the web has officially been quashed by the Internet overlords. We’re speaking, of course, about the recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to officially put the “no” to Google’s proposal for “dotless domain names.” The phrase is pretty self-explanatory even if the news itself doesn’t ring a bell. Here’s the quick, bigger backstory: ... read more ...
 
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Propozycja adresów internetowych bez kropek odrzucona - treść komentarza została ukryta. [rozwiń] "Google przekonywało, że uruchomienie adresów pozbawionych kropek pozwoliłoby internautom oszczędzić nieco czasu" Moim zdaniem chodziło im raczej o to aby ludzie przestali myśleć o internecie w kontekście adresów stron bo przecież obecnie to już tylko kropki odróżniają adresy internetowe od zwykłych wyrażeń (adresy bez www funkcjonują a czasem nawet te z www ... read more ...
 
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ICANN verbietet punktlose Domainnamen - Die für die Vergabe von Domains zuständige Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hat entschieden, weiterhin keine punktlosen Domainnamen (dotless Domains) zuzulassen. Nutzer werden also auch in Zukunft keine Webadressen nach dem Vorbild http://name sehen. Anlässlich der Vergabe generischer Top Level Domains (gTLDs) im vergangenen Jahr hatte die ICANN die Diskussion um punktlose Domainnamen offenbar auf Druck einiger Bewerber erneut angestoßen. Unter anderem hatte sich ... read more ...
 
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ICANN odmítá nápad Googlu na unikátní „dotless“ domény - Organizace ICANN, která dohlíží mimo jiné na schvalování nových domén nejvyššího řádu, před pár dny jasně zatrhla plány Googlu na vybudování nového systému takzvaných dotless domén – domén bez teček.Původní nápad Googlu spočíval v tom, že by své žádosti o nové TLD domény jako BLOG, CLOUD, SEARCH a další využil pro nový systém, ve kterém by každá z těchto domén vedla na web, který by si vybral každý z uživatelů internetu. Jednalo by se tedy ... read more ...
 
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Uh-Oh: String likeness panels remonstrate on .cam vs. .com - One panelist dings .cam while two others say it’s OK. ICANN’s string similarity objections are about to face a big challenge. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has lost an objection brought by Verisign against United TLD’s .cam domain name application. But two other applicants, AC Webconnecting BV and dotAgency Limited, have prevailed against Verisign’s challenges. If the rules for string similarity are written well enough, how can panelists disagree on the ... read more ...
 
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.Academy, .Blue and .Bio new TLD objections denied - WIPO denies three more challenges to new top level domain names. World Intellectual Property Organization panels have denied three more top level domain name Legal Rights Objections. All of the objections were filed against strings that are not in contention sets. .Academy – Academy Sports + Outdoors filed this objection against Donuts. A number of brands have challenged Donuts over its domains including .coach, .limited, and .express. All have failed. This sums ... read more ...
 
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Marchex releases prejudiced list of Q2 domain sales - BMW among companies that bought domain names from Marchex last quarter. Marchex, which is spinning off its domain name business Archeo sometime later this year or early next year, today released a partial list of the domain names it sold last quarter. Along with its second quarter earnings release earlier this month, the company reported that it sold 70 domains for approximately $1.3 million. Last quarter it listed the top sales for the quarter, but this time it is ... read more ...
 
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Land Rover found guilty of RDNH in sardonic cybersquatting decision - Panelist rips apart Land Rover. Land Rover has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP case it brought against a Montana dealer of old school Land Rovers that uses the domain MountainRovers.com. This is despite the car dealer not responding to the UDRP. Even more noteworthy is the scathing critique panelist Houston Putnam Lowry had for Land Rover. Lowry determined that Land Rover didn’t meet any of the three necessary requirements to win a ... read more ...
 
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Domain Capital lends $150,000 to SearchCore - Domain name and website investment firm borrows $150k from domain name financing company. SearchCore, Inc. has borrowed $150,000 from Domain Capital, a regulatory filing with the SEC discloses. The company put seven domains names up as collateral for the deal: manufacturedhome.com, manufacturedhomes.com, manufacturedhouse.com, manufacturedhomes.net, modularhomes.com, traveltrailer.com, and toyhaulers.com. SearchCore has paid a combined $417,000 to acquire these domain ... read more ...
Sun 18th August 2013
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So Now What Will Google Do With Its New gTLD Application For .Search - Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google’s application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon’s .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its  application for .Search to operate on a closed basis, meaning that the registry generally would not be open to registrations by third parties, but amended its application back in April of this year to operate it as a open string using Dotless Domains, just days after ... read more ...
 
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So Now What Will Google Do With Its New gTLD Application For .Search - Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google’s application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon’s .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its  application for .Search to operate on a closed basis, meaning that the registry generally would not be open to registrations by third parties, but amended its application back in April of this year to operate it as a open string using Dotless Domains, just days after the ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Kills Google’s Dotless Domain Dreams - Back in April, Google sent a letter to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, proposing a dotless domain system that would make use of the gTLDs, generic top-level domains, that Google had applied to manage. The proposal, if accepted, would allow computer users to type in words in their url in order to produce desired search results more quickly. ICANN shot down the proposal, citing that security and stability issues that dotless domains would cause. They also raised ... read more ...
 
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Domainer Marc Ostrofsky Author Of Get Rich Click, New Book: Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play - Domain name inverstor and author, Marc Ostrofsky new book Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play is coming out on September 10th. Marc a domain-name investor best known for selling the name Business.com for $7.5 million.  Marc’s current holdings include; eTickets.com, CuffLinks.com, SummerCamps.com MutualFunds.com, Photographer.com, Consulting.com, TechToys.com, BeautyProducts.com, Bachelor.com and is a major shareholder and board member in Blinds.com, a $74 ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Denies Google’s Request For Dotless Domains - redOrbit Staff Wire Reports – Your Universe Online A resolution passed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Tuesday has effectively thwarted Google’s attempt to introduce and operate dotless domains. According to Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire, the applicant guidebook for new top-level domain names (TLDs) had already required individuals to obtain ICANN’s permission if they wish to operate a dotless domain. “The committee’s resolution reconfirms that ... read more ...
 
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NGPC Begins Consideration of GAC Durban Advice on New gTLDs – ag-IP - LOS ANGELES, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on August 13, 2013 to begin consideration of the GAC's further advice regarding new gTLD applications in the GAC Durban Communiqué, issued on 18 July 2013.   According to ICANN, the NGPC is developing a GAC scorecard similar to the one used to address the Beijing Advice as well as during the GAC and the Board meetings in Brussels on February 28 and March 1, 2011. Each ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Not Getting Its Fancy Dotless ‘Search’ Domain - ICANN’s loosening up and getting ready to roll out a whole new batch of .whatever generic top-level domains, but Google wanted more. Google was pushing for crazy, dotless domains like http://search. But the dream is over. ICANN just smacked it down. On Friday, ICANN New gTLD Program Committee decided to confirm and all-out ban on domains without dots in them, so http://whatever is off the table as a functional address option, for now. Ideally, http://search wouldn’t have just ... read more ...
Sat 17th August 2013
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NY Times Covers New gTLD’s: “Like Derivatives on Wall Street, They Have No … - The New Tork Times just covered the coming new gTLD’s and quotes a number of sources which give some juicy quotes like the one in the title which came from  Esther Dyson Some of the new gTLD’s getting a mention in the article were: .bible, .blog, .family, .game, .gay and .pizza. The article quotes  Akram Atallah, from  ICANN who says: “With .com and .net, if you wanted a nice name, it’s all taken,” “The idea of new gTLD’s is to provide real-estate availability in the market.” “The ... read more ...
 
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NY Times Covers New gTLD’s: “Like Derivatives on Wall Street, They Have No Value” - The New Tork Times just covered the coming new gTLD’s and quotes a number of sources which give some juicy quotes like the one in the title which came from  Esther Dyson Some of the new gTLD’s getting a mention in the article were: .bible, .blog, .family, .game, .gay and .pizza. The article quotes  Akram Atallah, from  ICANN who says: “With .com and .net, if you wanted a nice name, it’s all taken,” “The idea of new gTLD’s is to provide real-estate availability in the market.” “The ... read more ...