Monthly Archives: January 2014

Wed 8th January 2014
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18 Year Old Domain InShape.com Saved In UDRP From InShapeClubs.com - In-Shape Health Clubs, LLC who operates under the domain name inshapeclubs.com, just lost its bid to get the domain name inshape.com which was registered way back in 1995. The one member panel however failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: Complainant registered its IN SHAPE mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for use in the field of physical fitness instruction and health services (Reg. No. ... read more ...
 
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Google May Not Be Showing Your Desired Ad To Put More Money in Their Pocket - Alan Mitchell of Calculate Marketing wrote over a year ago that many may be paying too much for their Google Adwords clicks. In an article on Search Engine People he gave this example: To see why, let’s suppose you have four Google AdWords keywords: red bikes red bikes sydney men’s red bikes men’s red bikes sydney All four of your keywords are set to phrase match, meaning that they can only be triggered on Google if the searcher types a search query which includes that keyword as a phrase ... read more ...
 
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Photographers Focus on New Generic Top-Level Domain Names with Easyspace – PR - Easyspace, one of the UKs largest domain name providers, has reported a surge in interest for photography-related extensions among the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Easyspace has created a website, http://www.easyspace.com/domain-names/new-gtlds to allow customers to build up a virtual shopping basket of the new domain name extensions they are interested in. The most popular group of new domains so far is extensions which reference the art of photography such as .photos, .photography ... read more ...
 
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Guilty Of RDNH: JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Brazil - JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, represented by Baril, Brandão Brofman Advogados (BBB), Brazil has just been found Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name neodent.com. The domain holder represented themselves. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member WIPO panel: “The Complainant is based in Brazil but has sales and other operations around the world. Its business is the production, sale, and support of ... read more ...
 
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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Launches His Newest Project On a .Co; Jelly.Co - Biz Stone one of the co-founders of Twitter, just launched his newest project on a .Co domain name. Jelly.co Jelly.co is an app which was originally launched on jellyhq.com which is now forwarding to the domain name jelly.co “Using Jelly is kinda like using a conventional search engine in that you ask it stuff and it returns answers. But, that’s where the similarities end. Albert Einstein famously said, “Information is not knowledge.” Knowledge is the practical application of information ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Reports $840K In Dec Sales Led By 5.co.uk - Namejet.com reported some $841,000 in domain name sales in December These sales are not all inclusive but  simply are reportable domain name auction sales that took place in December 2013. Sales were led by 5.co.uk which sold for $67,611 Actually .there were plenty of big dollar co.uk sales Personally I got outbid on getcash.com at $33,901 <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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What domain names De Beers and 20 other finish users bought final week - De Beers was among the famous brands that bought domain names last week. GoDaddy and Afternic sold $1.36 million worth of aftermarket domain names during the New Years week of 12/30/13-1/5/14. Below are some of the domain names that were purchased by end users, including diamond company De Beers. You can see view end user domain name sales reports here. DragonCoin.com $1,199 – OC Gold, and Orange County gold and silver dealer 360eye.com $12,500 – Enerfund, a private ... read more ...
 
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Gold is not a clearly defined community, row rules - Rival applicants fails to eliminate Donuts’ .gold top level domain application. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled that “gold” is not a clearly delineated community, and has thus rejected a community objection filed by World Gold Council against Donuts’ application to run .gold. World Gold Council (WGC) is a rival applicant for .gold. It did not apply under community status. In one of the shortest community objection decisions to date, ... read more ...
 
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Brazilian association guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Dental company went after domain name used by Korean dentist. A three person WIPO panel has found JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which specializes in dental implants, filed its case over the domain name NeoDent.com. It uses the domain name NeoDent.com.br. NeoDent.com is owned by someone in Korea who actually uses the domain name for a dental practice called ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel orders HP.nu to be eliminated to Hewlett-Packard - HP gets two letter ccTLD in WIPO decision. Hewlett-Packard has won the transfer of the domain name HP.nu in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. .Nu is the ccTLD for the island state of Niue. The operators of .nu use the standard UDRP for handling domain name disputes. The domain name owner tried to put up a defense that he registered a bunch of short .nu domain names and was not targeting HP with his registration. Nunames offered a promotion ... read more ...
Tue 7th January 2014
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Cisco Acquires A Domain In Stealth Mode That Represents An Industry They Say is Worth Trillions - Mike did a story the other day about IOT.com and it having a price tag of $2.8 million.  The Internet of Things has become a very hot topic over the last couple years, Cisco has also been busy branding the Internet of Everything or IOE.  IOE.com is now owned by Cisco although the sale was never made public. The name back in the day was first owned by the  International Oceanic Enterprises of Alabama, they were a seafood company doing business as Master Marine. They subsequently let the registration ... read more ...
 
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.3 Million In Domain Names - Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 12/30/13 – 1/5/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,363,221. The top .com sale was lead by MyTicket.com for $20,000, with the top non-com sale lead by Uber.org for $36,000. Below is the complete report: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $3.4 Million Over 3 Week Period - Over the past 3 weeks, 1,317 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $3.4 Million. 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: msc.com at 35,000 EUR · Top ccTLD: jobs.ca at 450,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: 3.biz at 12,500 EUR Below is the complete list of transactions between Dec 16th, 2013 and Jan 5, 2014: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Going Going Gone: ICANN Auction Rules Cause a Stir - The applicant community is working its will on the rules for generic top-level domain (gTLD) auctions published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). But, as always, ICANN is no pushover. ICANN posted the new gTLD auction rules for public comment last month after community outcry over the preliminary rules during ICANN's Public Meeting in Buenos Aires in November. The comment period for the auction rules ends on January 15, with a reply period closing February ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Game.Cn Sells For a Record $511,000 - According to nicenic.net,the domain name Game.CN sold for $511,972.38. .Cn is the ccTLD for China. According to the story, the domain was a previously reserved .CN domain name Game.CN which was in a public auction, which ended in bidding 3.098 million cny,” with intensive competition of 686 bids in the last hour”. “”That Game.cn broke three million refreshed .CN open bidding history, also won the big honor of most expensive .CN domain name in 2013 But why can Game.CN get so popular? It’s ... read more ...
 
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Top 10 gTLDs to Watch in 2014 - Tweet Buffer As 2014 begins, the moment every gTLD applicant has been waiting for is finally here - the first gTLDs will actually start to launch this year. For most digital marketers, mobile, social and big data have been driving forces in their plans and little attention has been given to top level domains. But, as new top level domains actually make their way into the internet and consumers begin the journey of discovery in the new ... read more ...
 
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Overstock Gets Hit With $6.42 Million Fine From California Court Over Boosted Comparison Pricing - According to Wired.com, online retailer Overstock.com got hit with a $6.42 million dollar fine levied by a state California court finding that “Overstock’s price comparison techniques violate the state’s unfair competition and false advertising laws. ” When comparing its prices on products “to those listed by competitors, the judge found, the company is overstating the differences and misleading consumers. In short, the judge ruled that the company must better explain its comparisons on ... read more ...
 
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Afternic Adds China’s 2nd Largest Registrar To Fast Transfer Network: Now Has 18 Of Top 20 - Afternic.com which is owned by Godaddy, today announced their partnership with Xinnet, the second-largest domain registrar in China and 17th-largest registrar in the world. The agreement brings the world’s largest portfolio of fast-transfer domain names to Xinnet customers. With the addition of Xinnet, Afternic Fast Transfer Network, its DLS product now boosts 18 of the top 20 domain name registrars in the world. “Afternic has seen tremendous success in China, which is currently the company’s ... read more ...
 
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Iomart Group Plc : Photographers Focus on New Generic Top-Level Domains … – 4 - .Photos, .Photography and .Camera Are Popular New gTLDs Easyspace, one of the UK's largest domain name providers and part of iomart Group, has reported a surge in interest for photography-related extensions among the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). Easyspace has created a new TLD registration website,  to allow customers to build up a virtual shopping basket of the new domain name extensions they are interested in. ... read more ...
 
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Going Going Gone: ICANN Auction Rules Cause a Stir - The applicant community is working its will on the rules for generic top-level domain (gTLD) auctions published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). But, as always, ICANN is no pushover.ICANN posted the new gTLD auction rules for public comment last month after community outcry over the preliminary rules during ICANN’s Public Meeting in Buenos Aires in November. The comment period for the auction rules ends on January 15, with a reply period closing February 4. Auctions ... read more ...
 
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New escrow use Agreed.com launches - New domain name escrow service offers a good user experience to streamline domain transactions. Thought Convergence has formally launched its new online escrow service, Agreed. Those of you at TRAFFIC in Florida last October will recall that I wore an Agreed t-shirt one day. This was because Ammar Kubba won a charity auction: For a $2,750 donation to The Water School, I agreed to wear an Agreed.com t-shirt for a day, and to post a write-up about the company on Domain ... read more ...
 
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Republican National Committee loses quarrel over .republican - RNC loses objection against Demand Media’s application to run .republican top level domain name. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has lost a community objection it filed against Demand Media’s application to run the .republican top level domain name. The RNC, which uses the domain name gop.com, is behind an application for the .gop domain name. This case is really interesting, as panelist Brigitte Stern provided a very detailed analysis of the language ... read more ...
 
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How to collect that NamesCon sessions to attend - A handy guide to choosing conference sessions and some of my picks. The agenda for next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas appears to be basically finalized. For the first time in many years, I’m actually excited about attending some of the sessions rather than just networking with people in the hallways. Selecting sessions is challenging, especially since there will be three simultaneous breakout sessions. Here’s how I went about selecting which sessions ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy’s Afternic gets another vast Chinese domain name registrar on board - Afternic adds another registrar in its fastest growing market, China. Domain name sales platform Afternic announced today that Xinnet has joined its fast transfer distribution network for selling domain names. Xinnet is China’s second largest domain name registrar behind HiChina. HiChina joined Afternic’s network in 2012. Based on sales data I monitor, I believe HiChina quickly became one of Afternic’s larger distribution partners. China is Afternic’s fastest ... read more ...
 
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2013 Top Stories: A record series of RDNH filings - More complainants than ever were found guilty of trying to steal domain names using UDRP. 2013 saw a record number of UDRP complainants found guilty of “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking,” which is essentially using the UDRP in bad faith to attempt to obtain a domain name. As of the middle of last month, 24 complainants had been found guilty of abusing the UDRP. Nat Cohen has a lengthy article explaining why the number may have spiked in 2013. One hypothesis is that, ... read more ...