Monthly Archives: January 2014

Tue 28th January 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
UNiDAYS guilty of retreat domain name hijacking - Company that uses MyUnidays.com tries to hijack Unidays.com. UK company MYUNiDAYS, which offers products at a discount to college students under the UNiDAYS brand, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting case. The company uses MyUnidays.com for its web address and filed a cybersquatting UDRP complaint against Unidays.com. UNiDAYS launched in 2011 and obviously chose the MyUnidays.com domain name because Unidays.com was already registered. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Why is it so formidable to remember that TLDs have been practical for? - The fact that there are so many of them makes it more difficult for me to recall which ones were applied for. I live and breathe domain names, and research what’s going on with new TLDs on a daily basis. But when I’m put on the spot and people ask me for examples of some of the new domain names coming out, I often freeze. I can think of a few, but after that I start questioning to myself: wait, did someone actually apply for this domain about about to mention? Was ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Chinese IDN TLDs devise dual day launch celebration and live auction in Macau - New TLD applicant plans big launch party and live auction in Macau. It’s going to be really difficult for new top level domain backers to get much attention for their launches in an environment where multiple TLDs are launching every week. But TLD Registry, which is launching Chinese equivalents of online (.在线) and website (.中文网) is going all in with a two day celebration and live domain name auction. The event is scheduled for March 20-21 at the Galaxy ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Captain American, Wolverine, and X-Men discovered in Australian domain dispute - A superhero rescue down under. Disney has rescued a handful of its superheroes from an Australian artist. Disney, along with its Pixar and Marvel divisions, filed a cybersquatting complaint against Australian James Kite for the domain names CaptainAmerica.com.au, Wolverine.com.au, Avengers.com.au, Pixar.com.au, and x-men.com.au. Kite appears to be a cartoon artist and was forwarding some of the domain names to his personal site. As soon as he received the dispute, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy’s 2nd Super Bowl ad to underline chairman quitting their pursuit (for real) to start a biz - GoDaddy posts teaser for second ad for Sunday’s game. GoDaddy has already posted one of its two Super Bowl commercials for Sunday’s game. It hasn’t posted its second yet, but it has revealed some of the subject matter. According to a video teaser GoDaddy just posted, the second commercial will feature someone quitting their job (for real) in front of the Super Bowl TV audience. Apparently only the production staff and the person’s father knows about her resignation. ... read more ...
 
Written by The MediaWizard's Blog in EN
newgTLDs: A rising waves rises all ships! - 1. A registrant with a .com will not give up that .com and move to a new TLD 2. ccTLDs perform well in non-US locations inspite of .com mindshare 3. newgTLDs will expand the market – Paul Stahura I’m cautiously optimistic about newgTLDs, not surprisingly, since I’m also extremely positive about existing alternative TLDs and ccTLDs – both refashioned brands and those with a strong home base. In fact, I saw ccTLDs as a viable alternative back in 2007, when most people still scoffed ... read more ...
Mon 27th January 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Asia’s First New gTLD Premium Domain Name Live Auction Slated for March 21 - TLD Registry Ltd, the home of the essential new Chinese TLDs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) confirmed today that its first major live auction event will be staged in China's Macau on March 21, 2014. TLD Registry's CEO, Arto Isokoski said, "As the first new Chinese gTLDs to come to market, it's only fitting that we celebrate our Landrush period in China. I can think of no better place for our celebration than Macau." The innovative live auction will be ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
OMGChrome.com Takes A demeanour during what .chrome competence demeanour like - Omg Chrome did a piece on how Google will use dot chrome. Of course Chrome is ubiquitous all throughout the Google landscape, from  netbooks,  to the most popular web browser  on the planet, to ChromeCast for your tv. There were a couple Chrome related news items today, Google is offering a $2.7 million bounty for cracking ChromeOS  Forbes is out with a story on an add on that turns your browser into a BitCoin wallet. From the OMG Chrome Article: Google hasn’t officially commented on what ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
New TLDs on 2014 SXSW Agenda - The South by Southwest (SXSW) event held annually in Austin, Texas is a mixture of technology and music. This year’s SXSW agenda features a brief session about the new TLDs that will be available later on this year. The Future15 15 minute session will be led by Jeremiah Johnston, General Counsel at Sedo. The session / panel is called “The Discussion’s Over: New Domains Are Here,” and it will be held on Monday, March 10 from 12:30 – 12:45 in Ballroom E of the Austin Convention Center. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
DotAsia and Momentum Events Announce Partnership for Major Hong Kong Domains Conference scheduled for May 2014 - DotAsia, and Momentum Events have announced that they will be joining forces to create a new domain industry event coinciding with the prominent International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual conference and exhibition, taking place May 13-14 in Hong Kong. This new event which combines DotAsia’s “Internet of Names” meeting and Momentum’s “Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress” is designed to bring together existing and new TLD applicants, brands, domain investors and other industry ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Exploring the Various Options of Private gTLD Auctions - Now that ICANN's Last Resort Auctions are becoming an imminent reality, more and more applicants with gTLDs in contention are coming to the conclusion that they would be better off in a private auction. As a result, there is a renewed discussion of the various approaches that have been proposed. Interesting new suggestions have also been made within the gTLD applicant community. Innovative Auction's offering, the Applicant Auction, has been used to resolve contention for 21 gTLDs to date, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
New gTLDs’ Success Drivers - This post demonstrates that success factors differ across generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) depending on their implied signal/message. Success drivers can be grouped into four: community, location, generic keywords, and competitors to .com. I discuss their marketing implications. For community gTLDs, their success, as measured by profits, depends on whether the registrants are nonprofit or for-profit organizations. The former's profits are driven by user satisfaction reflected in online reviews, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
So schützen Sie Ihre Marke bei den Neuen Top Level Domains - Ein heißes Eisen bei der Einführung der neuen TLDs ist die mögliche Verletzung von Markenrechten. Marken und Domains sind kein neues Thema. Die Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy von ICANN schützt die Rechte von Markeninhabern bei allen von ICANN verwalteten generischen Top Level Domains. Die Markenrechte beziehen sich auf die Inhalte links vom "." einer Domain. Mit der Einführung neuer TLDs stellen sich aber ganz andere Probleme. Es geht jetzt auch um den Markenschutz bei Domains rechts vom ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
New gTLDs: What About 10 Years Ago? - In 2003 — what did we have in terms of domain names? In 2003, the .AERO, .BIZ, .COOP, .INFO and .NAME Registries were just born. The . .MUSEUM Top-Level Domain was born that very year and .ASIA, .CAT, .JOBS, .MOBI, .PRO, .TEL and .TRAVEL did not exist yet. However, .EU was on its way. Although this particular TLD was a country code Top-Level Domain targeted at the European Union, it was awaited for by many brands in its Sunrise Period. .EU brought something new to the Domain Name Industry ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Daniel Schindler of Donuts Says gTLDs Better Than .Com But .Com Values Will Go Up - In a blog post appearing in iparkavenue.com,  Daniel Schindler of Donuts is quoted as saying gTLDs Better Than .Com. You might expect that from a co-founder of a company which applied for 3x more new gTLD’s than any company on earth, however in all fairness Dan’s comment that a new gTLD is better than a .com seems to be limited to end users looking for available domain names: Here are the most interest parts of the story: “First, he is firmly convinced that the new gTLDs are better than the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
I nuovi domini della Rete contesi tra Google e Amazon - 27 - 01 - 2014Valeria Covato Il 2014 porta una rivoluzione nel mondo di Internet. Presto sul web ci si imbatterà in nomi a dominio con TLD, “top-level domain” (la sigla con cui si fa riferimento al dominio di primo livello che, in URL, segue il punto posto più a destra), diversi da quelli a cui siamo stati abituati fino a questo momento. TEMPI E COSTI L’anno scorso Internet ha aperto le porte a domini generici di primo livello permettendo così di creare il proprio spazio sul web ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve … - In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with cabana networking starting on the 29th. “This will be our first weekend show and the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Premiere Party promises to be a spectacular Halloween Masquerade Ball.” “The Hotel is working with us to provide a program for families of all ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve New gTLD Auction In Vegas - In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with cabana networking starting on the 29th. “This will be our first weekend show and the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Premiere Party promises to be a spectacular Halloween Masquerade Ball.” “The Hotel is working with us to provide a program for families of all ages, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Report: Dailymail.com “Sold For As Much As £1m-plus” (1.65 Million) - According to a story in TheGuardian.com, whose parent company operates Mail Online otherwise known as the  Daily Mail General Trust “has paid potentially as much as £1m-plus to secure the valuable domain name. DailyMail.com” One Million British Pounds Equal just over $1.650,000. According to the story “Mail Online is switching from a .co.uk to .com homepage address, following protracted negotiations with the US paper that owned the dailymail.com domain name”. The technically challenging ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Web.com Has 50 New gTLD For Pre-Registration - Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW), which owns two of the top to 10 domain name registrars now has over 50 new gTLD’s domain extensions available for pre-registration and purchase. The following new domain names are now available for pre-registration or Sunrise registration: .ACADEMY .CLOTHING .EMAIL .INSTITUTE .PHOTOS .TECHNOLOGY .BIKE .COMPANY .ENTERPRISES .KITCHEN .PLUMBING .TIPS .BUILD .COMPUTER .EQUIPMENT .LAND .RECIPES .TODAY .BUILDERS . CONSTRUCTION .ESTATE .LIGHTING .REPAIR .TRAINING .CAB ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique … - Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique (gTLD) : enjeux et opportunités L’ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) a autorisé la possibilité de réserver de nouveaux gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain, ou nom de domaine de premier niveau générique) permettant désormais à des entreprises, à des collectivités ou à des entités de posséder leur propre extension. Donatienne Blin, avocat au sein du département Informatique Réseaux chez Courtois Lebel, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique (gTLD) : enjeux … - Les nouveaux noms de domaine de premier niveau générique (gTLD) : enjeux et opportunités L’ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) a autorisé la possibilité de réserver de nouveaux gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain, ou nom de domaine de premier niveau générique) permettant désormais à des entreprises, à des collectivités ou à des entités de posséder leur propre extension. Donatienne Blin, avocat au sein du département Informatique Réseaux chez Courtois Lebel, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Presse-Event am 29.01.2014 in Berlin – Die neuen Top-Level-Domains starten … - Einladung zum Presse-Event am 29.01.2014 - Die neuen Top-Level-Domains starten: Hype oder Revolution? Die ersten neuen Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) werden ab 5. Februar 2014 vergeben. Es ist der Startschuss für über 500 frei registrierbare Endungen wie .berlin, .ruhr und .shop. Sind die neuen Adress-Endungen nur ein Hype oder doch eine Revolution? Auf unserem Presse-Event erfahren Sie alles über die neuen Adress-Endungen: Welche neuen Top-Level-Domains setzen sich durch? Wie verändert ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Firm Deep Mind - Google is acquiring Deep Mind for reportedly  $400 million although some are reporting it may have been as high as $500 million.  Deep Mind is involved in the field of artificial intelligence. The news came out on a Sunday and many publications are covering the story. Recode.net posted that, DeepMind has only a landing page for a website where it describes its business as building learning algorithms for simulations, e-commerce and games. Profiles on LinkedIn indicate the company is about three ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN creates swell on information influence waivers for domain name registrars - ICANN posts its first preliminary determination on a data retention waiver. ICANN published today the first preliminary determination on a registrar’s request to change the data retention requirements in the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). The 2013 RAA requires registrars to keep certain information about their customers even after the customer takes its business elsewhere or lets a domain name expire. Some registrars balked at this requirement, arguing ... read more ...