Monthly Archives: June 2014

Mon 23rd June 2014
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Cleveland Clinic’s .Med domain name focus is behind on a table - Medistry’s application for .Med is alive and well following a decision Friday by ICANN. ICANN ruled that the Independent Objector should not have been able to file a community objection against Medistry’s application because there were no informal objections to the application. Medistry is backed by Cleveland Clinic. I described Medistry’s appeal in detail in this prior post. Medistry provided letters from two groups that were thought to have objected to its ... read more ...
 
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Rightside to switch to EAP in lieu of normal landush - Domain name registry to switch up the phase between sunrise and general availability. Rightside, applicant for dozens of top level domain names, is replacing its traditional landrush phase with an Early Access Program (EAP). The switch will occur later this summer when the company releases .attorney and .lawyer. Prior domains launches will still have a normal landrush. EAP, which was pioneered by Donuts, is a sort of dutch auction. The seven day EAP period will have ... read more ...
 
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What domain names Colgate, AOL and others bought - Colgate buys a domain for its teeth whitening products. Sedo sold about $1 million worth of domains the week before last, including some to big brands. Here’s a look at some of the end user sales. You can view previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domain names on Sedo? Read this report to learn best practices. Heals.com $16,800 – Furniture store Heal’s, which uses the domain name Heals.co.uk. Tokin.com $35,000 – Electronics company NEC. One of ... read more ...
Sun 22nd June 2014
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One … - I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD program has the potential to  verticalize  the internet providing a new gTLD for each business sector, class of products,  professions or services. Having said that the some in the Wine industry  is seeking to make the granting of a .Wine and or .Vin new ... read more ...
 
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One Product On Earth, Wine - I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD program has the potential to  verticalize  the internet providing a new gTLD for each business sector, class of products,  professions or services. Having said that the some in the Wine industry  is seeking to make the granting of a .Wine and or .Vin new ... read more ...
 
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Interlink steht vor Einführung der neuen Internet-Domain ".moe" für Anime … - Tokio (ots/PRNewswire) - Interlink Co., Ltd., ein neuer Domain-Registry-Betreiber, gab am 17. Juni bekannt, dass die einzigartigste Top-Level-Domain (TLD)(1) des gesamten Internets ".moe" ab Dienstag, den 17. Juni für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich ist. (Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/ [http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/] ) Der Begriff "moe" (beschreibt eine besondere Affinität für fiktive Figuren, Menschen, Tiere, etc.; wird "moh-ay" ... read more ...
 
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Governments in combative mood over gTLD safeguard mechanisms - With ICANN’s London meeting underway, governments have wasted no time in resulting hostilities over the availability of additional safeguards for geographical indicators (GIs) in the ‘.wine’ and ‘.vin’ strings. World Trademark Review has previously reported on the arguments over the two strings, with ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) recently giving them the go-ahead to proceed without any additional safeguards for GIs. Last week, with the London meeting fast approaching, ... read more ...
Sat 21st June 2014
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Go Daddy Now Carrying $1.5billion in debt - Jeff Bailey wrote a good piece on Seeking Alpha about the upcoming Go Daddy IPO. This article is worth reading for those contemplating investing in Go Daddy. Bailey does a good job at looking at the metrics Go Daddy uses and a look at their past financial history. As far as metrics go Bailey points out that Go Daddy likes to focus on bookings rather than revenue. In its IPO filing, GoDaddy makes clear it prefers different metrics. It likes bookings, which are all the cash receipts taken in during ... read more ...
 
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Inu stresses on CCTLDS at CDNSF meet - Dhaka:  Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu has emphasized on the development of Country Code Top Level Domains (CCTLDS) for each country at the first Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum (CDNSF) -2014 conference in London. The minister said it while presiding over the session on “Investment and Innovation in Domain Name System” on the first day of the two- day conference on Thursday at London Hilton Metropole Hotel. Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum-2014 conference was organized by Commonwealth ... read more ...
 
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Implementation of .bd domain stressed - Editor : Moazzem Hossain, Published by the Editor for International Publications Limited from Tropicana Tower (4th floor), 45, Topkhana Road, GPO Box : 2526 Dhaka- 1000 and printed by him from City Publishing House Ltd., 1 RK Mission Road, Dhaka-1000. Telephone : PABX : 9553550 (Hunting), 9513814, 7172017 and 7172012  Fax : 880-2-9567049. E-mail: editor@thefinancialexpress-bd.com, tfe@bangla.net, fe@accesstel.net and fexpress68@gmail.com ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com’s .Global Live Auction Closes Tommorow & 50% Of The Domains Have Bids - Namejet.com’s pre-bidding for the  Live ICANN .Global Auction ends tomorrow Sunday June 22nd at 11pm EST and as of publication 50% of the domain names have bids. The live auction will be held on Tuesday in London during the ICANN 50 meeting. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed Street, London, which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meeting will be held and is one of the recommended ICANN hotels for the meeting so many of you will be staying there as well. If your ... read more ...
Fri 20th June 2014
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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT - It shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United States but higher than any state’s sales tax. Up to now Bahamas.bs a domain name registrar originated under the country of the Bahamas was not required to collect or charge any such taxes however now that the registrar has been acquired by CentralNic a company ... read more ...
 
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Is That Site Secure? Look for the .Trust Domain - How do you know if a website is trustworthy? You can look for the little lock icon in the URL bar, or avoid clicking links from unknown sources, but even the most tech-savvy person can sometimes find it difficult to decipher between real and malicious websites. Enter the .trust domain. As part of a domain-name expansion effort from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the NCC Group will handle sites housed on the .trust domain (like PCMag.trust, for example) after acquiring ... read more ...
 
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.Trust Makes .Rich Look Cheap - Kate Vinton from Forbes is out with an article today on the .Trust extension and can it make the Internet safer ? From the article: Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” though a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), aptly named .trust.  The British security company hopes the new domain will be an elite island of safety within the dangers of the Internet for companies willing to pay to use the domain. In a world of ever increasing cybersecurity ... read more ...
 
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Will A New gTLDs Make The Internet A Safer Place? - Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” through a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), aptly named .trust.  The British security company hopes the new domain will be an elite island of safety within the dangers of the Internet for companies willing to pay to use the domain. In a world of ever increasing cybersecurity risk, however, it remains to be seen what level of security this new domain will be able ... read more ...
 
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Almost 4,000 .Berlin Domains Deleted - I was just reviewing RegistrarStats.com and noticed at 3,933 we deleted yesterday at the registry. Like .com domain names new gTLD domain names have a five day grace period in which they can be deleted. Not sure whether these are “free” domain names that were deleted or paid for .Berlin domains that were deleted once the free period started. Certainly if you paid for a .Berlin registration the days before the free domain promotion went live, you would not be a happy camper. I certainly would ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schiilling’s Name Adminstration Hit With UDRP on Puket.com From Puket.com.br - Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc., Hit been hit with UDRP on the domain name Puket.com The complainant is IMB Textil S.A. which seems to be a fairly large textile comapny in Brazil. The company’s website is at puket.com.br According to its Linkedin Page (translated by Google Translate from Portuguese): “The company was formed in 1988, the result of the dream of two brothers, Adolfo and Claudio Bobrow. Today has two industrial units with over 9000 m², located in São Paulo and Campo ... read more ...
 
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What if McDonalds’ WC Gol Ad Used .MCD gTLD? - If you have been watching the 2014 World Cup matches in Brazil, you have likely seen the McDonalds advertisement the company has been running on the pitch sideboards. McDonalds is directing viewers to a special World Cup website found on a subdomain of its website: Gol.mcd.com. When I first saw this campaign, my initial thought was “I wonder if they bought golmcd.com” to avoid losing traffic to this possible typo. They did not, and it appears that someone else bought it on June 2. I was ... read more ...
 
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NCC in cyber crime fight - IT security firm NCC Group has launched new services following its recent purchase of the domain, .trust. The Manchester-based company is hoping to create an online secure gated community with .trust, which was recently acquired from German postal group Deutsche Post. Bosses at NCC, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, say the domain will "provide a safer and more trustworthy Internet for both businesses and consumers". Chief executive Rob Cotton said NCC - which employ almost 900 staff ... read more ...
 
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New Infographic: Perspectives from Small Businesses on New Generic Top-level … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   June 19, 2014 -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the next couple of years, domain standards like .com, .net and .org will be joined by potentially thousands of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .photography and .restaurant. To gain perspective from those already doing business online, ... read more ...
 
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The hotel industry secures the new Top-Level-Domain name ‘.hotel’ - HOTREC The hotel industry secures the new Top-Level-Domain name ‘.hotel’ Tatiana Rokou - 20 June 2014, 13:10 With the new generic TLDs there is a new era starting in the Internet. <!-- Lorel ipsum . Philippe Chereque, Amadeus, . . 41 ..- --> BRUSSELS – As announced on the website of ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...
 
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Canadian Court Rules Google Must Remove Websites Worldwide - We wrote previously about a ruling by the European Union with regards to the “right to be forgotten”. Now a Canadian court has ordered Google to remove sites worldwide. Amy Gesenhues covered the story on Search Engine Land, from the article: On the heels of Europe’s “Right to Be Forgotten” ruling, a British Columbia court in Canada has ruled Google must block a group of websites worldwide. The case was opened by industrial networking devices manufacturer Equustek Solutions, Inc. to block ... read more ...
 
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NCC Group Expects GBP5 Million Revenue from .trust Internet Addresses Next … - By Rory Gallivan LONDON--Internet security company NCC Group PLC (NCC.LN) expects revenue of a million pounds ($1.7 million) this year and GBP5 million next year from a new Internet address ending that it will offer to banks and other institutions seeking to guarantee the authenticity of their websites. The company Friday announced the launch of .trust, a generic top level domain that it hopes will appeal to companies seeking to reassure ... read more ...
 
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.Press Domain Names -The Changing Face of Journalism – Virtual - Big names in journalism and media industry can get .press web addresses today(eg. www.mybrand.press),under a special Pioneer Program by Radix. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 20, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Radix, Asia’s largest new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registry, has launched the .press gTLD for the global journalism, PR,media and publishing community. A gTLD is the part of your web address that follows the dot, like .com. Radix has been chosen by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...
 
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Michael Berkens wins UDRP box involving dual colorful lawyers - Randazza and Berryhill square off over X-Videos.com. Two of the most colorful lawyers in the trademark/UDRP business squared off in a UDRP over one of Michael Berkens’ domain names. Marc Randazza’s law firm represented WGCZ S.R.O., which filed a UDRP over Berkens’ domain name X-Videos.com. John Berryhill represented Berkens. Anyone familiar with the work of Randazza and Berryhill would expect rather colorful submissions by each party. Indeed, the three person ... read more ...