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Wed 12th March 2014
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US senator not a fan of ‘.sucks’ Web sites - By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch Getty Images U.S. Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) testifies during a Senate Water and Wildlife Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A U.S. ... read more ...
 
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March 10: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
 
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Patton Boggs Partners Offer Brand Owners Advice on Infringement Risks … - Tweet Tamlin Bason’s Interview with George Borababy and Deborah Lodge George Borababy, a partner in Patton Boggs, specializes in ... read more ...
 
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Are You Missing the .BOAT? - Image: psd/Flickr Are you a small or medium business? Have you ever heard of the TMCH or Trademark Clearinghouse? Do you know what a new gTLD is? If the answer to the last two questions is “no,” you’re not alone. It’s becoming very clear that awareness of gTLDs and the TMCH is not what it should be. gTLD stands for generic top level domain — it’s what comes to the right of the dot in an internet address. .com and .net are the most common, but new gTLDs, almost 1,000 of them, ... read more ...
 
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Afilias bringt die Endungen .ONL und .RICH ins Internet - Afilias erbringt Registry-Services für neue I-REGISTRY gTLDs Dublin, 12. März 2014_ Afilias, Registrierungsstelle für die Top-Level-Domains (TLD) .INFO, .ORG, .AERO, .MOBI, .ASIA, .XXX, .PRO, .POST und globaler Anbieter von Registry-Services, gibt heute den Abschluss der technischen Vorbereitungen für die Aktivierung der neuen generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLD) .ONL und .RICH im Internet bekannt. Mit den gTLDs .ONL und .RICH bietet die Berliner I-REGISTRY Ltd. Registraren einzigartige Vorteile. ... read more ...
 
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Afilias bringt die Endungen .ONL und .RICH ins Internet - Afilias bringt die Endungen .ONL und .RICH ins Internet Afilias erbringt Registry-Services für neue I-REGISTRY gTLDs Dublin, 12. März 2014_ Afilias, Registrierungsstelle für die Top-Level-Domains (TLD) .INFO, .ORG, .AERO, .MOBI, .ASIA, .XXX, .PRO, .POST und globaler Anbieter von Registry-Services, gibt heute den Abschluss der technischen Vorbereitungen für die Aktivierung der neuen generischen Top-Level-Domains (gTLD) .ONL und .RICH im Internet bekannt. Mit den gTLDs .ONL und .RICH ... read more ...
 
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Afilias welcomes .ONL and .RICH to the Internet - Afilias Afilias is happy to support the I-REGISTRY team in bringing unique domains to the public and helping them achieve their full potential. DUBLIN (PRWEB) March 12, 2014 Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the completion of technical preparations to activate the new .ONL and .RICH ... read more ...
 
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Afilias welcomes .ONL and .RICH to the Internet - Afilias welcomes .ONL and .RICH to the Internet PRWEB.COM Newswire DUBLIN (PRWEB) March 12, 2014 Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the completion of technical preparations to activate the new .ONL and .RICH generic top-level domains (gTLD) on the global Internet. Managed by Berlin, Germany-based I-REGISTRY Ltd., the .ONL and .RICH gTLDs are unique propositions for a Web presence. The .ONL domain is designed to be a quick way of saying “I’m online” ... read more ...
 
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AGIP & CentralNic Signed a Memorandum of Understanding – ag-IP - AMMAN - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March 3, 2014 between CentralNic Ltd and Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP). According to a press release by AGIP, the Memorandum aims at enhancing cooperation in business opportunities related to providing assistance for country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) registries. Mr. Mahmoud Lattouf, executive director of TAG-Domains, and Mr. Benjamin Crawford, chief executive officer of CentralNic signed the Memorandum. This cooperation ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top-Level-Domains: "Das Interesse ist groß, aber der Markt extrem … - - Unter den 45 neuen Top-Level-Domains (nTLDs), die bereits unter www.strato.de/domain angeboten werden, ist .berlin die am meisten bestellte neue Domain-Endung. In den nächsten Monaten werden Schritt für Schritt mehr als 500 frei registrierbare nTLDs eingeführt. - Harter Preiskampf: .de ab sofort 1 Jahr gratis*, .berlin 1 Jahr für 1,89 Euro monatlich** Einen Monat nach der Einführung der ersten neuen Top-Level-Domains (nTLDs) im Februar zieht Dr. Christian ... read more ...
Tue 11th March 2014
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New gTLD’s Registered With Word “Eco” Are Being Take Back: On ICANN’s … - As we just went to tape this weeks DomainSherpa.com discussion show, a fellow Sherpa, Page Howe, brought it to my attention that new gTLD domain names that have the word Eco on the left of the dot were in the process of  being taken back by the Donuts Registry. Page’s domain names eco.directory and eco.careers are only two of the domains now in the process of being deleted by the registry as the whois records are showing the domains being in pending delete. Even my company Worldwide Media, ... read more ...
 
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Pourquoi faux-t-il réserver en urgence les nouvelles TLDs ? - Les bons noms de domaines sont toujours ceux qui disparaissent rapidement! Cela peut être expliqué par la forte concurrence pendant les mois prochains entre les domainers (revendeurs de noms de domaine de seconde main) et les professionnels souhaitant protéger leur image sur la toile. L'ouverture des nouveaux TLD à la réservation publique va offrir aux passionnés du web une occasion qui ne se reproduira pas au cours des prochaines années! Les noms de domaines qui sont généralement très ... read more ...
 
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It’s Official: Google Is Giving Away Free Domain Names - Since the ICANN Big Reveal where we learned  that Google applied for over 100 new gTLD extension we have been chatting about whether Google would giving away free domains. Well we didn’t have to wait long to find out. Google is offering 5,000 new gTLD’s in its first live new gTLD which is an IDN, .みんな Domainincite.com broke the news that Google is offering a free domain name to the first 5,000 people to submit a .みんな web site idea via a campaign web site ” “The offer expires ... read more ...
Mon 10th March 2014
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New gTLD guide #4: dot-guru - 10 March 2014   |   Alli Pyrah, New York In the fourth instalment in Managing IP’s series on domain names we profile dot-guru, one of the first English language gTLDs to be launched ... read more ...
 
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My Take on What Light Sunrise Numbers Mean - A week ago, Calzone shared some information about  the sunrise registration numbers for new gTLD registries. In the report, Calzone shared that “by any measure, the rolling average of 115 Sunrise domains per TLD falls far short of what many new Registries included in their revenue forecasts.” Although it might be obvious to many people, I want to share why I believe this may make things more challenging for the new gTLD registries and how this may change things a bit. I certainly don’t ... read more ...
 
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Companies, individuals making the most of .guru, .bike, and more - If you’re casting about for an interesting marketing or trends story, here’s one that could be adapted to just about any beat: The new domain names that have become available this year, which allow businesses to shed the run-of-the-mill .com designation in favor of snazzier suffixes like .bank, .guru and even, heaven help us, .Kardashian. It’s all part of the rollout of some 1,400 new “generic top-level domain names” (or gTLD) as the nomenclature ... read more ...
 
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How to register for a .uk domain name, and avoid the squatters and hackers - The fast approaching rollout of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), like .uk and .london, has the potential be either a dream scenario or waking nightmare for organisations of all shapes and sizes. This is because, on the one hand the move could let organisations tailor their online offering to a much more specific set of clients. For example, Groupon may like to take advantage of the ... read more ...
Sat 8th March 2014
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Budget draws first blood on opening day of QRTS - Topics:  cycling, day one, meringandan, qrts, tld racing Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet TLD Racing team members (from left) Darren Rolfe, Peter Watts, Trent West, Seb Scott, CJ Maycock, Dave Silk, Damien Doran and James Orchard with Meringandan Hotel publican Justin Murphy before the start ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Publishes Its Financials For The Six Months Ending December 2013 - The ICANN change in net assets is $3.3M, or 13.6%, higher than budget during the first six months of FY14 mainly as a result of (i) delays in planned operations ($2.8M, see Operating Expenses below), (ii) timing differences of ccTLD contributions ($1.3M), (iii) Reserve Fund and New gTLD investment income of ($3.7M) and ($1.4M), respectively, offset by (iv) delayed evaluation processing in the New gTLD program resulting in lower revenues recognized for the period (-$8.0M). The Funds under Management ... read more ...
Fri 7th March 2014
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Policy Advisory Board Model Now a Test of Multistakeholder Model - In early November 2013, prior to ICANN's Buenos Aires meeting, I published an article at this forum, Policy Advisory Boards – A Cornerstone PICS (Public Interest Commitment Specification), that extoled the advantages of adopting a Policy Advisory Board (PAB) model as a practical, effective, and least burdensome means of effectively implementing the request of ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) for consumer and competitive safeguards at sensitive new gTLD "strings" — especially ... read more ...
 
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.BUZZ signs RRA with GoDaddy & Frank Schilling New Uniregistrar Is One of … - (Photo: Rich Merdinger of GoDaddy, Pinky Brand of  FocusNUA advisor to .BUZZ and Bill Doshier, Founder and CEO of .BUZZ) .BUZZ signed its RRA with GoDaddy in New York City at  the Momentum 3rd Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress and announced over 40 other  registrars that will be taking .BUZZ registrations. One of the registrars on the list grabbed my eye, Frank Schilling  Uniregistrar Corp  which is the new domain name registrar that is suppose to be rolling out any day. Frank ... read more ...
 
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New Web domains expand possibilities - A great variety of gTLDs will add an organizing aspect to search and surfing. Credit: vschlichting Over 160 new gTLDs (generic Top-Level Domains) have joined the traditional .com, .org and .edu’s since October. Among these, many countries such as China, Australia and Switzerland have been granted country-specific domains as Internet access across the globe grows. Berlin and Vienna have registered their own city-specific gTLDs, .berlin and .wien. Even the domains’ languages are being expanded ... read more ...
 
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New top-level domain names are launching – don’t miss out - The release of one thousand new Top-Level-Domains in the coming years will offer a wide array of new addresses. For example, an eatery can use a .restaurant, .pizza, .pub or .coffee domain ending to specify their type of restaurant. Local or location-specific websites and businesses can benefit from the geographical domains including .london, .wales, .nyc, .berlin to name a few. Currently, newly created businesses sometimes find limited options to register their desired name, as many have already ... read more ...
 
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New domain names leading to new wave of cybersquatting - KEY POINTS ƒƒ New generic domain name extensions such as .clothing and .technology are starting to become available to the general public. ƒƒ We have observed numerous instances of cybersquatting in relation to these new domain names involving prominent brands. ƒƒ Administrative procedures allow trade mark holders to make complaints about infringing domain name registrations. ƒƒ Trade mark holders can also take steps to pre-register domain names corresponding with key ... read more ...
 
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200000+ Generic TLDs Have Been Officially Registered - As of last night, the 200,000 mark has been broken in Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). According to Domain Incite the number hit 201,184 registries to date. The top 10 most registered gTLDs are: While some bigger known companies like GoDaddy have entered the space, the current gTLD registration leader is Donuts who applied for 307 TLDs back in 2012. Of the top 10 gTLDs shown above, all belong to Donuts. This trend  won’t stop anytime soon as Donuts will continue rolling out additional premium ... read more ...