Monthly Archives: October 2015

Wed 7th October 2015
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Minds + Machines To Go With An 8 Day Early Access Program For .Law/.Abogado - Minds + Machines announced today for the first time, they will be running an Early Access Program (EAP) as part of the launch of .law and .abogado (spanish). The EAP period will run 8 days from 12-18 October. “During this EAP period an extra fee will be charged in addition to the standard annual charge for each domain name. Each day, the EAP fee will descend in price until the point where on the 8th day, the EAP fee will no longer exist and only Standard or Premium name annual charge will apply.” I’m ... read more ...
 
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Bridgestone Launches 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge Website - Tokyo (October 2, 2015) - Bridgestone Corporation today announced that it has launched a new website dedicated to 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The site is designed to offer an additional element of enjoyment to the numerous fans of the solar car race for which Bridgestone is the primary sponsor. On this website, the Company will post updates regarding the teams to which it is supplying tires, as well as information about its tire technologies. During ... read more ...
 
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Google Beefs Up Domain Registrar Service With 90 New Top-Level Domains And … - Google introduced major changes to its domain name registration service, adding business-centric features that Google hopes will attract customers away from domain giants such as Namecheap and GoDaddy. (Photo : Mike Windle | Getty Images) Google has made a major revamp to Google Domains, its domain name registration service launched in beta in the United States in 2014. The upgraded service now includes a trio of improvements that Google hopes will help it match up to the competition. Google ... read more ...
 
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.Club To Auction C.Club & 24 Double Letter Domains - According to a press release that is just out, C.Club and twenty-four 2-character .CLUB domain names are set to hit the auction block on October 29, 2015 in a series of five fast-moving auctions with each auction lasting three days. “This auction will be held on the Chinese EachNic.com platform, and marks the first time .CLUB Domains, the Registry behind one of the world’s most popular new domain extensions, is offering this set of domains in a public auction format. The domain inventory included ... read more ...
 
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Tagheuer Loses URS Which Now Seems Limited To Domains Parked or Offered For Sale - Tagheuer has become the latest trademark holder to lose a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding on the domain name tagheuer.digital Ho-Hyun Nahm, as Examiner found in favor of the domain holder although the domain did not resolve finding: “Passive holding can be considered as an indication of bad faith. However, in case of the disputed domain name, it has been less than four (4) months since its registration on June 19, 2015. As such, the period of passive holding is too short to infer Respondent’s ... read more ...
 
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Here are reward domain names .Club sole final month - Soho.club sells for $5k, leading .Club’s premium sales last month. The .Club domain name registry continues to release details of its premium domain name sales. It’s also including data on expired domain name sales from its unique relationship with SnapNames. Last month the company sold $53,742 of domain names through the registrar/premium channel. It also sold $10,682 of domain names through SnapNames auctions, and another 84 domains at $69 each through individual backorders at Snapnames. The ... read more ...
 
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As we predicted, National Car Rental fixing rights are for St. Louis stadium - City hopes to keep NFL Rams in the city with new stadium. On Saturday I wrote about National Car Rental registering domain names related to naming rights for a sports stadium. I predicted that it was for St. Louis. St. Louis is working on a plan for a stadium to try to keep the National Football League Rams in town, and National Car Rental is based in St. Louis. Turns out I was right. The company is pledging $158 million for National Car Rental Field, a proposed stadium on the Mississippi riverfront ... read more ...
Tue 6th October 2015
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Generic Top Level Domain Insights for Q3 2015 - Participants in the recently released Global Consumer described new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) as being "innovative", "trustworthy", "interesting", "informative", and "cutting edge". With such impressive descriptions, it appears that the industry has made significant progress in reaching the tipping point. Although Q3 reflects growth, it also highlights the varying degrees of performance and need for further advancement in developing consumer awareness and in turn, the health of the industry. September ... read more ...
 
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MP3skull Getting Wiped from the Internet In 3… 2…1… - Last month, we witnessed ShareBeast get completely wiped from the internet by the RIAA, US Department of Justice, FBI, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (NIPRCC), and US Department of Homeland Security, with a US District Court judge authorizing the TLD (‘Top Level Domain’) removals.<!--/* * The backup image section of this tag has been generated for use on a * non-SSL page. If this tag is to be placed on an SSL page, change the * 'http://72.52.81.231/revive/www/delivery/...' * ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.5million led by PassiToN.com for $64,000 - Over the past week, 689 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.     Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: passiton.com at 64,000 USD Top ccTLD: j.de at 22,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: reward.net at 14,800 USD New Gtld sales: entrepreneur.beer    2,500    USDtrusted.company    1,800    EURastro.club    1,500    USDdig.life    999    USDisy.club    800    USD Last week ... read more ...
 
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.Club Sells $64K In Premium Domains In September - The .Club Registry announced today on its blog that premium name sales for September, including SnapNames auctions, came to $64,423.82. As you read through the report I don’t think there is any other registry as transparent as .Club and that is just one of the reasons that I love working with them through RightoftheDot.com “”September marks the first full month that .CLUB names were available on SnapNames. As of September 30, 2015, total cumulative sales of registry reserved premium .CLUB ... read more ...
 
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Justin Hill | Different, But Same - Justin Hill joins team Lucas Oil/Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/KTM. Justin Hill was busy burning laps at the Troy Lee Designs Supercross track this morning, and we caught up with the new Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Red Bull/KTM rider in between motos to see how he is adapting to his new surroundings. Yeah, back in action for sure. I got landed on in Utah, and that was basically the end of my season. I broke my pinky finger, and I know that doesn’t sound very bad, but what really happened was ... read more ...
 
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Wow: Sedo sole 100 4 minute .com's final week - Four letter domain names are the new three letter domain names. Now that all of the three letter .com bargains have been picked over, it seems investors are on the hunt for the next best thing…four letter domain names. Sedo sold a whopping 100 four character domain names last week. Prices ranged from $749 for bzbs.com and ysyg.com to $25,000 for hips.com. Many of the domain names that were clearly sold to investors sold for several thousand dollars, which might start being a floor for four character ... read more ...
 
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Google bolsters Google Domains, switching to Domains.Google? - Registrar is revving up with simple email connection, more domain options. Google announced today that it’s adding features to its domain name registrar Google Domains, plus expanding the number of domain names it offers. I suspect Google is also getting ready to change the domain name the service is hosted on. The company is making it easier for people to set up email addresses with their new domain names. The registrar also now allows for transfers to other Google accounts, which is known as ... read more ...
 
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Oversee Founder & Former CEO Lawrence Ng Links Up With Metamorphic Ventures -   According to SocalTech.com, Lawrence Ng, the founder and former CEO of Oversee.net, which of course at one time owned DomainSponsor.com, Moniker.com and SnapNames.com along with around a reported one million domain names, is now running an asset management company called LNG Management and has linked up with New York City based venture capital firm Metamorphic Ventures. “According to LNG Management, Ng has become an advisory board member for Metamorphic Ventures. LNG said that Ng is incubating ... read more ...
 
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Amazon.com foreshadows AWS re:Invent news with domain name registrations - What will Amazon reveal at AWS re:Invent this week? Here are some clues. Amazon.com registered 21 domain names yesterday that likely foreshadow product announcements at this week’s AWS re:Invent conference. The company registered 5 internet of things domain names as it prepares to launch a cloud-based service for IOT this week: amazoninternetofthings.com, amazoniotplatform.com, awsinternetofthings.com, awsiotplatform.com, awsiotservice.com. Here are some other domain name registrations that likely ... read more ...
 
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Thoughts on a latest domain name "scandal" - A comment from Lanny B below… I debated adding to these comments with my own story, I have no desire or intent to destroy Adam, but I do want to protect people in the future from what I and apparently others had to go through. While reading this post there were a few things I was surprised at, but most of it I was not shocked to hear based on my own experience working with Adam for 8 months. Looking back on everything, I should have paid much more attention to all the red flags, and I was ... read more ...
 
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.XXX, .Porn., .Adult & .Sex Start Selling Premium Domains Through Registrars + 2 Characters - ICM Registry (ICM) which operates .xxx as well as the new gTLD’s .porn, .adult and .sex announced today the launch of its tiered-pricing, premium names program for .XXX, .ADULT, .PORN and .SEX.domain names. ICM is joining a growing list of new gTLD registries who are selling the vast majority of its premium domain names through the registrar channel with premium registration and renewal prices. These names include SEO based keywords as well as two character names. ICM will continue sell some of ... read more ...
 
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.Sex Matching Program For .XXX Domain Owners is Open - ICM Registry, the company that operates .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT announced today the launch of its .SEX Domain Matching/Sunrise B program. From now until October 30th, if you own a .XXX domain name, or if you are a trademark owner that reserved a name during the .XXX Sunrise B program, you are eligible to participate in this unique opportunity to register .SEX names before they become available to the general public. This program gives most .XXX participants a priority opportunity to register domain ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Sells $2.1 Million In Domain Names: 320 Premiums Through Registrar Channel - According to a story out today in itnewsonline.com Famous Four Media (FFM) is now selling premium domain names in some of their new gTLD extensions through the registrar channel.  Since launching the premium domain program three months ago FFM has sold 320 domains  ranging in 8 pricing levels. “In the month of August, Famous Four Media reported a transaction value for premium names in excess of $2.1million.” “Famous Four Media’s premium names vary in price from a very affordable $200 through ... read more ...
 
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.Sex domain name enters "matching" period - Companies have 30 days to buy matching domain names. The .Sex top level domain name has exited sunrise and is now available to more registrants. From now until October 30, anyone who owns a .xxx domain name can register a .sex domain name. Also, if you paid to block your .xxx name during the .xxx Sunrise B program, you can now register the matching .sex domain name. ICM Registry, which operates .xxx, .adult, .porn and now .sex, originally planned to hold back any domain name matching an existing ... read more ...
 
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CSC Digital Brand Services Names Martin Brodén Senior Intellectual Property … - WILMINGTON, Del.--(Business Wire)--Corporation Service Company® (CSC®), a global provider of business, legal, and digital brand services, today announced the appointment of Martin Brodén as senior intellectual property advisor for its Digital Brand Services division. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151006005228/en/ Martin Brodén (Photo: Business Wire) ... read more ...
Mon 5th October 2015
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The Mega Church; LifeChurch.TV Switches to Life.Church - According to a press release out tonight, the megachurch known as LifeChurch.tv has changed its domain name to a new gTLD; Life.Church The church, based in Edmond, made the announcement in a news release today saying the change is in anticipation of the ministry’s 20th anniversary in 2016. “Over the past two decades, the church has had three other names including Life Covenant Church, Life Church, and LifeChurch.tv. The change to Life.Church brings both a new name and a new website address to ... read more ...
 
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.WINE New gTLD is Here, Thanks to Politicians - It is no news that the .WINE and .VIN new gTLDs are to be announced soon by Donuts and if the month of November is the very month everybody has been waiting for, at the beginning of the Sunrise Periods, many questions arise regarding the protection of wine geographical indications. Axelle Lemaire There is a lot to say regarding the length of time it took to launch .wine and .vin new gTLDs and, most of all, how difficult it has been to protect its wine Geographical Indications (also called ... read more ...
 
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After 13 Years Luxury Jewelry Brand Chopard Gets HappyDiamonds.com - Chopard International just won control of the domain name HappyDiamonds.com which was registered on November 1, 2002. The domain is going to a parked page and I can tell you as a buyer of Chopard Jewelry the term Happy Diamonds is a major brand for the company and they have held a trademark on the term since 1979. The issue for me is how is it possible for a brand that sells VERY expensive jewelry allow someone to use a direct match domain for 13 years before deciding we should take some action ... read more ...