Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Tue 27th August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
China DDoS attack shows not all TLD servers equally secure - The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that took down a portion of China's Internet over the weekend demonstrates that the strength of the global network varies greatly across domains. Servers running China's ".cn" top level domain (TLD) came under attack Sunday starting at about 2 a.m. Eastern time. The China Internet Network Information Center, which runs the TLD servers, confirmed the attack and apologized to affected users.The organization said it was working to "enhance the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
TMCH Agent: Mehr als 100 Kanzleien und Unternehmen vertrauen dem Service … - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 27.08.2013) Mehr als 100 nationale und internationale Kunden haben sich für den InterNetX TMCH Agent entschieden, um effektiv Markenschutz unter den kommenden new gTLDs zu betreiben. Der Service von InterNetX kann bisher eine 100-prozentige Erfolgsquote bei der Validierung der Einträge beim Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) vorweisen. Mit der Einführung der new gTLDs wird das Internet vielfältiger. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ARI Registry Services Supports One of the First New TLDs to Pass Pre … - ARI Registry Services has become one of the first back-end registry services providers to pass the rigorous pre-delegation testing regime for new Top-Level Domain applicants following official notification from ICANN today that شبكة. has passed. dotShabaka Registry, the applicant for شبكة. (.shabaka, translates to .web in English), received official confirmation today that they have successfully passed pre-delegation testing. This is one of the last crucial steps in determining ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without … - According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board,  ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included. On the issue of not requiring the URS to be added to the registry contracts ICANN said: “”There was a specific community concern raised, and subsequent letters provided to the Board, regarding the inclusion of a requirement for the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to be included in the renewed agreement, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
What About Baidu? - Google’s been up to a lot lately: It recently signed on to an intellectual property best practices document aimed at cutting off ad revenue to cybersquatters. Its investment in new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will (or won’t) come to bear soon. It announced the launch of Chromecast. And it continues to generate privacy issue buzz with Google Glass.So what’s Baidu, China’s answer to Google, up to these days?As Bloomberg reported at the end of July, Baidu is doing very well financially. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
CentralNic hopes to strike a chord on Aim - Internet registry services firm CentralNic, which derives revenues from the sale of internet domain names, made profits of £1.7million last year.Its 24 premium domain names include websites ending uk.com, which has been chosen for web addresses by the likes of Pineapple Dance Studios and rock band Radiohead.It has also been awarded exclusive distribution contracts for 60 new top level domains (TLDs), 25 of which are already confirmed to launch through CentralNic including .wiki .college for global ... read more ...
Mon 26th August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
UPDATED 85 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE, 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing … - 85 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. In a record setting week where 7 applications were send to extended evaluation and one geographic new gTLD failed the application process and is not eligible for extended evaluation. The 7 New gTLD applications that are heading for extended evaluation are: <![CDATA[]]>UPDATE:  On Friday ICANN’s site incorrect listed  .TAIPEI which was applied for by the Taipei City Government as failed but in fact that was an error on ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
FairWinds Tells Fortune 500 Clients To Pay Attention to Domain Hacks: Only 3 … - Brand Protection company Fairwinds in a blog post today,  told it big brands clients, the Fortune 500 companies they represent to pay attention to and try to acquire  domain hacks. For those that don’t know a domain hack is a domain spelled out using the letters of a ccTLD and soon some new gTLD’s that form words. Domain names like bi.ng which is owned by Microsoft in support of its Bing search engine. .Ng (Nigeria)) , .Ly (Libya) are two countries which has popular hack domains. “Last ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Chinese websites go down as massive DDOS attack hits its .cn domain - Early Sunday morning, the Chinese government says that it faced what is described as the largest Direct Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that the country has ever seen. The attackers targeted China's Top Level Domain (TLD) .cn and effectively took down all Chinese websites using the .cn TLD.   China's Internet Network Information Center said that the attacks began around 2 AM early Sunday morning and lasted for about two hours with the DDoS attack falling off around 4 AM. The Wall Street Journal ... read more ...
 
Sat 24th August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Omani regulator urges businesses to use ccTLD to prevent cyber threats - The information comprised in this section is not, nor is it held out to be, a solicitation of any person to take any form of investment decision. The content of the AMEinfo.com Web site does not constitute advice or a recommendation by Mediaquest FZ LLC and should not be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) any decision relating to investments or any other matter. You should consult your own independent financial adviser and obtain professional advice ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Publishes Draft Trademark … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently considering applications to add up to 1,400 new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to the Internet landscape, with some gTLDs opening for domain-name registrations beginning as early as late 2013. In response, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared an update to the policy and procedures related to the USPTO’s handling of trademark applications for marks comprised of gTLDs, and has set ... read more ...
Fri 23rd August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Carr & Ferrell LLP Trademark Attorney to Present Seminar in Turkey – Virtual - The information and experience Demirci will share in the seminar will be helpful to IP attorneys and their clients. Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2013 Aylin Demirci, an attorney with Carr Ferrell, LLP, specializing in trademark law, will be presenting a seminar tailored for trademark lawyers and agents in Turkey who have international clients with commercial activity or interest in the U.S. The seminar, titled U.S. Trademark Law, New gTLDs, Cases and what Turkish Firms Need to Know is ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
85 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE, 7 Go To Extended Evaluation; 1 Fails: Passing … - 85 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. In a record setting week where 7 applications were send to extended evaluation and one geographic new gTLD failed the application process and is not eligible for extended evaluation. The 7 New gTLD applications that are heading for extended evaluation are: <![CDATA[]]>Its interesting to note that one of the applications heading off for extended evaluation is that of .Express who actually filed and lost a Legal Rights Objection ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Russian Registrar Regtime Ltd. Lose Two Legal Rights Objections To PIR’s … - Regtime Ltd. and Legato Ltd of the Russian Federation  just lost two separate Legal Rights Objections at WIPO on the new gTLD strings .OPR and .KOM In The .OPR case the company objected to the Public Interest Registry (PIR) application of .OPR. PIR operates the .Org registry. The second objection was to Verisign’s new gTLD application for .Kom which is the more interesting decision in my opinion. Regtime has functioned as an ICANN-accredited registrar since 2007. Regtime was the original ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Vipspace Enterprises LLC Withdraws Application For new gTLD .VIP: Now 118 … - Vipspace Enterprises LLC of Munich Germany has become the latest company to withdraw its application for the new gTLD .VIP. The application had a prioritization number of 1,804 meaning that after next week’s Initial Evaluation release by ICANN the maximum refund would have only been 35% but now the applicant gets a 70% refund. Vipspace becomes the 1st applicant for the .VIP new gTLD to withdraw their application. There are still 5 more applicants for .VIP including Google, Donuts and Top Level ... read more ...
Thu 22nd August 2013
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
USPTO publishes draft trademark examination guide update regarding … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is currently considering applications to add up to 1,400 new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to the Internet landscape, with some gTLDs opening for domain-name registrations beginning as early as late 2013. In response, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared an updateto the policy and procedures related to the USPTO’s handling of trademark applications for marks comprised of gTLDs, and has set forth ... read more ...
Wed 21st August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
.BIBLE will Join .Com and .Org; American Bible Society to Offer a New Domain … - With fewer and fewer domain names available, American Bible Society will facilitate the addition of countless web addresses by releasing the .BIBLE top-level domain (TLD), making the message of the Bible even more accessible to people in a way that best fits their digital lives. BIBLE domain. Advertisement ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Governance Council launched for .BID Top Level Domain - Governance Council launched for .BID Top Level Domain by Tom Snee, Wednesday 21 August 2013 Wednesday, 21st August, Gibraltar: Dot Bid Limited, the sole applicant for the .BID new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), today announced that it is seeking representatives interested in participating in a Governance Council for the gTLD .BID. “The rise in popularity of market place sites such as ebay, Alibaba, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Governance Council launched for .BID Top Level Domain – SYS - Council Members sought to help guide .BID gTLD on the InternetWednesday, 21st August, Gibraltar: Dot Bid Limited, the sole applicant for the .BID new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), today announced that it is seeking representatives interested in participating in a Governance Council for the gTLD .BID."The rise in popularity of market place sites such as ebay, Alibaba, and Mercado Libre has meant that bidding online for goods and services around the world is nearly ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
All you want to know about .net - One of the most visible and venerable parts of the Internet domain space – .net – recently hit a major milestone when its zone surpassed 15 million .net domains registered globally, making it one of the most popular domain extensions on the Internet today. Supported by the same infrastructure and expertise that has powered .com for more than 15 years, .net is recognised around the world as an established and credible place to interact online. To mark this momentous occasion, we pulled together ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Governance Council launched for .BID Top Level Domain - RealWire2013-08-21 Council Members sought to help guide .BID gTLD on the InternetWednesday, 21st August, Gibraltar: Dot Bid Limited, the sole applicant for the .BID new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), today announced that it is seeking representatives interested in participating in a Governance Council for the gTLD .BID."The rise in popularity of market place sites such as ebay, Alibaba, and Mercado Libre has meant that bidding online for goods and services around the world is nearly as natural ... read more ...
Tue 20th August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ICANN Must Now Decide String Similarity Question - Yesterday, a decision on a string confusion objection was reached by a dispute resolution provider that resulted in a scenario that ICANN and the Applicant Guidebook had not addressed — conflicting opinions have been rendered by expert panelists ruling on the exact same pair of strings. One of our applications now hangs in the balance. The expert panelist for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) assigned to decide the string confusion objection filed by VeriSign against ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in NL and tagged
"Het Rotterdam Event op 5 september staat in het teken van het new gTLD … - B912465 20-08-2013Print pagina "Het Rotterdam Event op 5 september staat in het teken van het new gTLD programma en de Trademark Clearinghouse. Het new gTLD programma staat, min of meer, vast en de Clearinghouse is volop in bedrijf omdat dit najaar de eerste new gTLD's live zullen gaan. Welke consequenties dit gaat hebben voor bedrijven en welke mogelijkheden het biedt, daar gaat het op 5 september ... read more ...