Monthly Archives: September 2013

Tue 3rd September 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
FirstHotel.com Saved In UDRP: Domainer Also Owns CheapHotels.com & CheapRooms.com - First Hotels AS of Oslo, Norway just lost a UDRP on the domain name FirstHotel.com which is owned by  Klaudia Kruzicevic of Split, Croatia, who was represented by ESQwire.com, P. C. The three member panel basically found that the domain holder did not buy the domain FirstHotel.com in bad faith but in support of its Internet based travel business she and her deceased husband started in 1999 operating many travel related websites including Cheaprooms.com, Cheaphotel.com, and Cheaphotels.com. “The ... read more ...
 
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Vertical Axis Loses UDRP On 9 Year Old ParisOpera.com and 7 Year Old OperaParis.com - Opera National de Paris of Paris, France, just gained control of ParisOpera.com and OperaParis against Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented byESQwire.com, P.C. It was a majority decision  with panelist Neil Brown filing a dissenting opinion longer than the actual opinion of the panel in which he found that the complaintant failed to meet any of the three required conditions for a UDRP. The domains were awarded based off a trademark which is OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS, which in the dissent found ... read more ...
 
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Site Generating 25,000 page Views A day Changes URL From a .Com to a .Net - According to a press release today, a site that was generating some 25,000 page views per day just changed its domain from a pretty crappy .com to a two word .net On August 31, EurekaMag.com has changed its domain name to GeoScience.net and its slogan to Biology – Geography – Health, reflecting a shift to a global digital approach and to further strengthen its presence worldwide. The new streamlined presence and its seamless mobile site are all accessed via the new single URL. GeoScience.net ... read more ...
 
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PCadvisor.co.uk Open Poll On Whether People Are Aware / Interested In New … - PCadvisor.co.uk,  just opened a poll today on what readers think about the new gTLD domain name program. Its one of the first open polls I have seen on the subject in a non-domainer publication. The poll asks: With the launch of new domain names are you: Planning to buy one Already on the pre-registration list Never heard of them Not interested It will be interesting to see what the results look like if they can get thousands of votes. So far only 25 votes are recorded with 20% planning on ... read more ...
 
 
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Nem lesznek "pontmentes" URL-ek - Az új, általános legfelső szintű tartományok (generic top-level domain, gTLD) nem lesznek magukban használhatóak - döntött pénteken az Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), az IP-címeket és tartományneveket kiosztó, azok működését felügyelő független szervezet. A döntés értelmében nem jöhetnek majd létre egyszavas, csupán a gTLD-ből álló URL-ek, a gTLD-t is meg kell előznie valamilyen tartománynak, ahogy az ma ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic raises £7m in float on Alternative Investment Market - INTERNET domain name provider CentralNic Group began trading on the junior stock market yesterday after raising £7m. The firm, which sells premium domains with endings such as uk.com and eu.com, hopes to cash in on rising demand for personalised web addresses. “The response from investors to the IPO has reaffirmed our belief that CentralNic is a very attractive investment proposition, and the company now has the funds in place to take advantage of additional opportunities to win new TLD [top ... read more ...
 
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First Four TLDs Pass Pre-Delegation Testing - The first four new Top Level Domains (TLDs) have passed pre-delegation testing. Historically, it has taken most companies about 9 months after the Registry Agreement is signed before domain names go on sale to the general public. The four TLDs signed Registry agreements in April 2013. These TLDs may begin to sell domain names to the public as early as December 2013 or January 2014. Applicants have a maximum of one year after the Registry Agreement is signed to begin selling domain names to the ... read more ...
 
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NoktaDomains domain name sales and leases from final month - Company sold 29 domains and made five leases that are public. I always find NoktaDomains’ monthly sales lists interesting. It gives insight into a mid-sized domain portfolio owner and it also shows the types of domain names it’s leasing rather than selling. (The leases are obviously driven by the buyer’s ability to pay.) Here are Nokta’s sales from last month: pccleaners.com 13,500 okuyucu.com 8,265 multicooker.com 6,500 nymoving.com 4,200 astroclub.com 3,655 8fx.com ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy auctions sells 40,264 domain names in August - A good month for GoDaddy Auctions including a public six figure sale. GoDaddy Auctions sold 40,264 domain names last month, up slightly from July’s 39,264 sales. (Numbers aren’t finalized immediately when the month ends, so August’s numbers might increase.) As always, the most popular word in sold domains was “online”. That was followed closely by “home”. Health, media, blog, design, and free were also popular keywords. Most sales were through auctions, ... read more ...
 
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New lapsed domain name manners now in effect - Registrars must follow new guidelines for expired domain names. New expired domain name rules governing all gTLDs went into effect on Saturday. The Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP) regulates how domain name registrars handle expiring domain names. For example, it requires them to send expiration notices at certain intervals. It also requires domain name registrars to interrupt the nameservers for most expired domain names to get the attention of the domain ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic goes public: a demeanour during a numbers - CentralNic went public yesterday. Here are some of the company’s financials. Yesterday CentralNic, a company best known for offering third level domain names similar to ccTLDs, went public. The company plans to use proceeds for a number of purposes, including investing in some new TLD applications (e.g. funding auctions) and building a domain registrar business. Here’s a look at the some of the company’s numbers. Market cap at placing: £32.5 million2012 revenue: ... read more ...
Mon 2nd September 2013
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Core Diagnostics of Gurgaon India, Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Core Diagnostics of Gurgaon, India has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the UDRP it filed on the domain name corediagnostics.com by a one member WIPO panel. Core Diangostics was represented by in-house council. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant first started business in 2011. It registered its trademarks in 2012. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name in 2001 and has been using it since then to promote various ... read more ...
 
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PCadvisor.co.uk Open Poll On Whether People Are Aware / Interested In New gTLD’s - PCadvisor.co.uk,  just opened a poll today on what readers think about the new gTLD domain name program. Its one of the first open polls I have seen on the subject in a non-domainer publication. The poll asks: With the launch of new domain names are you: Planning to buy one Already on the pre-registration list Never heard of them Not interested It will be interesting to see what the results look like if they can get thousands of votes. So far only 25 votes are recorded with 20% planning on buying ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
The New gTLDs Are Almost Here - 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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Mezi žádostmi o nové internetové domény je i český .UNICORN - „O tom, proč si o nové domény nezažádaly další české firmy a instituce, nemáme podrobnější informace,“ sdělil pro E15.cz Vilém Sládek ze sdružení CZ.NIC, které se stará o správu tuzemské domény. S velikou pravděpodobností je ale hlavní příčinou vysoká cena. Jenom podání přihlášky totiž vyjde na 185 tisíc dolarů. Údajně má jít o cenu opodstatněnou. „Ve skutečnosti tolik stojí náklady na celý proces schvalování ... read more ...
 
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Mezi žádostmi o nové TLD domény je i český .UNICORN - Světový správce internetových domén ICANN schválil novou várku žádostí o domény nejvyššího řádu (gTLD). Mezi jména jako .apple, .google a další se dostala i doména .unicorn, o kterou zažádala tuzemská softwarová společnost Unicorn. Další česká jména chybí.„O tom, proč si o nové domény nezažádaly další české firmy a instituce, nemáme podrobnější informace,“ sdělil pro Connect.cz Vilém Sládek ze sdružení CZ.NIC, které se stará o správu tuzemské ... read more ...
 
 
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Dotless Domain Names Prohibited – ag-IP - LOS ANGELES, Ca - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) announced that ot has adopted at its meeting on August 13, 2013, a resolution affirming that "dotless domain names" are prohibited. Dotless domain names are those that consist of a single label (e.g., http://example, or mail@example). Dotless names would require the inclusion of, for example, an A, AAAA, or MX, record in the apex of a TLD zone in the DNS (i.e., the record relates ... read more ...
 
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CENTRALNIC LTD. : Admission to trading on AIM – 4 - CENTRALNIC GROUP PLC ("CentralNic" or "the Company") Admission to trading on AIM CentralNic Group PLC, an internet registry service provider which derives revenues from the sale of internet domain names (such as avon.uk.com), is pleased to announce that dealings in its shares on AIM will commence today following a placing and vendor placing at 55p per share, raising a total of £7 million before expenses. Zeus Capital ... read more ...
 
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ICANN announces conclusion of new gTLD initial evaluations - Major milestone reached in new domain program News | CIOL Bureau LOS ANGELES, USA: ICANN's Generic Domains Division announced the conclusion of the Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program. More than 1,700 applications have now moved to the next steps in the program. "This is an extraordinary landmark which demonstrates the progress in this program," said Akram Atallah, president of ... read more ...
 
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ICANN uzavřel další fázi vzniku nových domén, ve hře zůstává i česká .UNICORN - Lupa.cz (www.lupa.cz), server o českém Internetu. ISSN 1213-0702 Copyright © 1998 – 2013 Internet Info, s.r.o. Všechna práva vyhrazena. Powered by Linux. Přepnout na mobilní verzi Kontakt| Reklama| Podmínky užívání| Podpořte Lupa.cz| RSS exporty ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Corediagnostics.in Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - M/s. Core Diagnostics filed UDRP against domain name registered a decade before it was founded. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Richard Hill has found M/s. Core Diagnostics, owner of CoreDiagnostics.in, guilty of attempting reverse domain name hijacking. The Indian company started its business in 2011 and registered its trademarks in 2012. Still, it filed a UDRP against the owner of corediagnostics.com, who registered the domain name in 2001. The ... read more ...
Sun 1st September 2013
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Trademarks for TLDs - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently circulated proposed examination guidelines to allow the USPTO to begin providing Trademark Protection for Top Level Domains (TLDs). This is an important new development. TLDs today are currently ineligible for Trademark protection on the basis that they do not constitute a source-identifying mark. The USPTO is currently in the process of rectifying this situation by extending Trademark protection to Registry Service providers ... read more ...
 
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Was Whistles.com Quietly Lost IN A UDRP? Case Is Terminated & Complaintant Now Owns a Domain - A UDRP was filed on the generic domain name Whistles.com a couple of months ago and today the proceeding is showing as being “terminated”. The complainant in the UDRP was Whistles Limited of London. who according to the updated whois records just obtained control of the domain. The previous owner was a  iGenesis Limited of Hong Kong. The domain name according to screenshots was parked with results mostly for  women’s gowns,  dresses and clothing  which happens to be the business of Whistles ... read more ...