Monthly Archives: February 2014

Fri 21st February 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
The domain name discussion circuit is really, unequivocally busy - Lots of competition creates a dilemma for attendees. The domain name conference circuit is undergoing a big shakeup in 2014 because there are a lot more options. A lot of the new(er) options are directly related to the rollout of new top level domain names. Money is flowing because of the rollout, and a lot of new faces in the industry are seeking to learn, meet people, and strike deals. The huge number of conferences means that prospective attendees will have to ... read more ...
Thu 20th February 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
New Lightweight Target Designator for the US Army - BAE Systems HAMMER precision targeting system successfully completes Critical Design Review for the U.S. Army’s JETS program. Photo: BAE SystemsBAE Systems has completed the U.S. Army’s Critical Design Review for its HAMMER precision targeting system, one of two candidates for the Army’s the Joint Effects Targeting System (JETS) program’s Target Location Designation System (TLDS) system. JETS is an Army-led, joint-interest program with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps.Current systems ... read more ...
 
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Google; Linkedin; Amazon; BMW; Dupont; Godaddy; Micosoft; Yahoo All Grab .Menu Domains In Sunrise - An interesting mix of companies applied during Sunrise for .menu domains. While some of the Sunrise domains like nestle.menu; fridays.menu; tgifridays.menu; panerabread.menu; pfchangs.menu; icantbelieveitsnotbutter.menu, joyofcooking.menu; sweettomatoes.menu and kentuckyfriedchicken.menu are bang on for those in the food or restaurant industry, most of the trademarks were by tech companies and other global brands. Even Mark Monitor and Godaddy registered their respective .menu domains Google; Linkedin; ... read more ...
 
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Dot Desi Reseller, LLC Selects LogicBoxes’ Vertical Integration Solutions For … - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... .desi to set up global Retail and Wholesale channels using Vertical Integration Solutions by LogicBoxesLogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration solutions provider for New gTLD Registries today announced that it has been selected by Dot Desi Reseller, LLC (an affiliate of Desi Networks, LLC Registry for .desi gTLD) to manage their wholesale and retail infrastructure and provide marketing assistance.   As part of the deal, LogicBoxes will provide a custom ... read more ...
 
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Best Selling Author & Social Media Expert Gary Vaynerchuk to Keynote DOMAINFest Conference - DomainSponsor just announced that New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author and social media expert Gary Vaynerchuk will be the opening keynoter at this year’s DOMAINFest Hollywood, which will be held from March 31 to April 2, 2014 at the luxurious Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California. As a social media trailblazer, Vaynerchuk began video blogging in 2005 and now has nearly 1 million Twitter followers. He has been included on BusinessWeek’s list of the “Top 20 People ... read more ...
 
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Gucci Wins UDRP on 71 Domains Against a Most Ridiculous Domain Holders Of All Time - Gucci won 71 domain names in a UDRP against the most ridiculous domain holders of all time. The Complainant is Guccio Gucci S.p.A. of Florence, Italy, represented by Studio Barbero, Italy. The Respondent is Organization shimici, Here are the domains that Gucci won control over: alwaysmakeyouhappygucci.com, angelgucciuse.com, authenticguccihome.com, bestguccibags.com, bestsellergucci.com, buyguccisitezone.com, charming-guccisite.com, cheapbutgoodgucci.com, colorfulguccisale.com, colorfulgucciyou.com, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
ANRT : Nouvelle plateforme de gestion du domaine «.ma» - L’ANRT est chargée par la loi 29-06, modifiant et complétant la loi 24-96 relative à la poste et aux télécommunications, de gérer les noms de domaine Internet «.ma».   Aussi, dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de pays (ccTLD : Country Code Top Level Domain) en caractères non latins (arabe, chinois, russe…), l’ICANN a approuvé la demande de délégation présentée par l’ANRT pour la gestion du ccTLD arabe «المغرب.». La ... read more ...
 
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Bonnie Wittenburg is new CEO of Moniker - KeyDrive S.A. is pleased to announce that Bonnie Wittenburg has taken the position as CEO of Moniker. Bonnie Wittenburg has been the Executive Vice President of Key Systems since 2009. “Moniker is one of the top 10 ICANN accredited registrars for generic top level domains on the international market and member of the KeyDrive S.A. since January 2012. KeyDrive has more than 6 million domains under management.” “Moniker currently has nearly two million domains under management.” Bonnie Wittenburg. ... read more ...
 
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Neue Internetadressen: Apple sichert sich applestore.berlin - Ob die neuen, gTLD abgekürzten Top-Level-Domains das Internet übersichtlicher machen oder am Ende für mehr Verwirrung sorgen, bleibt abzuwarten. Jedenfalls werden im Laufe der nächsten Jahre mehr als 1300 neue Domainendungen eingeführt, ein Teil dieser Adressbestandteile lässt sich bereits jetzt registrieren und Apple mischt bei der Vergabe ordentlich mit. (Bild: Shutterstock) Natürlich müssen hier insbesondere Firmen darauf achten, dass ihre Markenrechte nicht berührt ... read more ...
 
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What if Domain Investors Buy the Good gTLD Domain Names? - Domain investor (and ‎Founder Director of the Intellectual Property Division at Heritage Auctions) Aron Meystedt shared something interesting this week: “With all of the gTLD rollouts, it’s obvious that domainers are buying all of the word combinations that actually make sense.” He further added, “The gTLD program was supposed to ensure that EVERYONE could receive the domain they wanted. In reality, domainers are going to buy all the good word combinations and end users are back ... read more ...
 
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Quel potentiel de développement pour les 5 futures extensions géographiques ? - A la veille de leur insertion dans la racine, l’Observatoire de l’Afnic s’intéresse aux perspectives de développement des 5 geo-TLDs français. L’Observatoire du marché des noms de domaine de l’Afnic s’intéresse ce mois-ci au marché que représentent les zones géographiques concernées par les .paris, .alsace, .aquitaine, .corsica .bzh. Pour étayer cette étude, l’Afnic s’appuie sur les données concernant le .fr sur ces zones de chalandise, par le biais de la distinction ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Registrations Top 125K As .Today; .Technology; .Land; .Directory … - The total number of new gTLD domain name registrations have now passed the 125,000 mark as several new extensions have finished Sunrise and starting to take registrations. .Guru continues to led the pack now topping over 35,000 registration with .Photography topping 18,000 registrations. Quite a few new gTLD’s are hitting RegistrarStats.com for the 1st time with .Today leading the way with over 5,000 registrations followed closely by .Technology at around 4,700. .Land which many people seem ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Registrations Top 125K As .Today; .Technology; .Land; .Directory Open Up Strong - The total number of new gTLD domain name registrations have now passed the 125,000 mark as several new extensions have finished Sunrise and starting to take registrations. .Guru continues to led the pack now topping over 35,000 registration with .Photography topping 18,000 registrations. Quite a few new gTLD’s are hitting RegistrarStats.com for the 1st time with .Today leading the way with over 5,000 registrations followed closely by .Technology at around 4,700. .Land which many people seem to ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Gestion des noms de domaine en caractères arabes : L’ANRT a eu … - alm maroc economie C’est officiel ! L’Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) gèrera les noms de domaine «.». En effet, dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de pays. Aujourdhui.ma | 20-02-2014 à 12:01:39 Par Dounia Mounadi C’est officiel ! L’Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) gèrera les noms de domaine «.». En effet, dans le cadre de la création de nouvelles extensions de ... read more ...
 
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Does England need its own internet domain? - 20 February 2014 Last updated at 11:29 GMT By Andrew Glover BBC News The confirmation of a .london domain was announced with much fanfare Debates concerning national identity and patriotism have a habit of turning lively. But does anyone care whether England gets its own internet domain name? The race between London and Scotland could be heading for ... read more ...
 
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Online-Markenschutz braucht dynamische Verteidigungsstrategien - 1. Strategie für den Umgang mit den neuen gTLDs entwickeln Ob die neuen, generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLDs) für ein Unternehmen neue Chancen bedeuten oder nur eine weitere Front, die es zu verteidigen gilt – jede Marke benötigt eine Strategie für den Umgang mit ihnen. Hunderte neuer gTLDs kommen derzeit auf den Markt. Somit ist es für Unternehmen an der Zeit, zu entscheiden, ob sie die eigenen Marken in diesem neuen Umfeld registrieren, blockieren oder nur überwachen möchten. Dafür ... read more ...
 
 
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Is ICANN Leaving The US? Here Is Akram Atallah Of ICANN’s Answer - At the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference today that was held in Washington DC the question was asked to Akram Atallah of ICANN; is ICANN planning on moving from the United States? Here is the answer of Mr Atallah: There are no plans to move outside of the US, but you have to be somewhere, your have to be incorporated somewhere, so its an ongoing issue When ICANN was first created by contract with the US,  it was always envisioned that the multistake model would work so well that at a certain point, ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy/Afternic Reports Sales of $2.16 Million for a Week -

Go Daddy/Afternic reports $2,168,125 in sales for a week.

GoodNeighbors.com was a tip .com during $25,000

Diamonds.info was a tip non .com during $20,000

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Domain registrars doubt Minds + Machines’ Priority Reservation System - Registrar Stakeholder Group questions if Minds + Machines is complying with registry and registrar agreements. The separation between registry and registrar is being blurred with the introduction of new TLDs. For the first time, gTLD registries can also own domain name registrars. This uncharted territory is sure to lead to first time issues that need to get ironed out. Here’s the first major one to be raised. The ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) is questioning ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Moniker has a new CEO - Bonnie Wittenburg takes over the top spot at domain name registrar Moniker. Domain name registrar Moniker has a new CEO, Bonnie Wittenburg. Wittenburg has been with Moniker’s parent company KeyDrive since 2009, where she served as Executive Vice President of Key-Systems USA. She has been in the domain name industry since 1999, including stints at idNames (later part of Network Solutions and then Verisign) and Iron Mountain. She replaces Craig Snyder, who came over ... read more ...
 
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SteelBuildings.com: an instance of what’s wrong with UDRP - Small business owner forced to defend his great product-defining domain name. Last month I was shocked to see a UDRP filed for SteelBuildings.com. I was even more surprised when I saw that the domain name seemed to be in use by a company that sells steel buildings. I reached out to the whois contact for the domain name, as well as the email address on the website, to ask for details on the complaint. Yesterday, a few weeks later, I received a phone call from John ... read more ...
 
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22 finish user domain name sales adult to $25,000 - Ask.com, a pharmacy, and an Auctioneer buy domain names. Afternic and GoDaddy sold over $2 million worth of aftermarket domain names last week including new top level domain name auctions. Here are some of the domain names that were purchased by end users. You can see previous end user reports here. GoodNeighbors.com $25,000 – A MarkMonitor client purchased GoodNeighbors.com. State Farm is a client and uses the slogan “Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is there”, ... read more ...
Wed 19th February 2014
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.Wiki Picks Namejet.com For Sunrise and Landrush Auctions - Top Level Design, LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .wiki, has selected NameJet, to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions and help with future premium auctions. Sunrise is expected to begin in March, 2014. The .wiki TLD will make wikis more valuable through greater visibility and ease of use. Most Internet users are familiar with the concept of wikis, thanks to Wikipedia.org’s status as one of the most highly trafficked websites in the world. “There is something unique ... read more ...
 
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.Wiki Picks Namejet.com For Sunrise and Landrush Auctions - Top Level Design, LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .wiki, has selected NameJet, to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions and help with future premium auctions. Sunrise is expected to begin in March, 2014. The .wiki TLD will make wikis more valuable through greater visibility and ease of use. Most Internet users are familiar with the concept of wikis, thanks to Wikipedia.org’s status as one of the most highly trafficked websites in the world. “There is something unique and ... read more ...