Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Wed 26th June 2013
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Afternic and NameJet to Offer Auctions and Premium Domain Sales for New Top … - WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), having just passed ICANN Initial Evaluation. “Leveraging the expertise of Afternic and NameJet is a crucial component of our go-to-market strategy. Not only do we benefit from their proven technology platforms, we will be reliant ... read more ...
 
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Riding the new gTLD-go-round: Revisiting the Past- Embracing the Future - Riding the new gTLD-go-round: Revisiting the Past- Embracing the Future June 2013 Trademarks Sally Abel, Fenwick West LLP Closing in on nearly three decades of trademark practice, I am struck by just how far technology has advanced the practice since that bemusing day years ago when a potential client expressed surprise that I was able to file applications with the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) from the West ... read more ...
 
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New generic top level domains and the Trademark Clearinghouse – what you … - As readers of Knowledge Bytes will know from our June 2011 edition, the world is entering into a period of great change in the internet domain name space. Background Approximately 1,400 new generic (and not so generic) top level domains ("gTLDs") will soon be coming online. For trademark owners, this will create potential new opportunities for increasing the scope of their internet presence. However, it will also almost inevitably lead to increased costs and headaches for brand owners in terms ... read more ...
 
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BigRock pushes $4 .biz domain deal to get Indian SMBs online - After Google's India Get Your Business Online program and GoDaddy’s Cup of Coffee campaign, BigRock joins the bandwagon by rolling out an integrated media campaign to build awareness about getting businesses online. Big Rock, one of India's leading domain registrars and Web hosting companies, wants to promote .biz as a preferred domain for small businesses in India. For the campaign, BigRock has joined hands with Neustar, the registry operator for the .biz TLD, and offers a complete ... read more ...
 
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BigRock pushes $4 .biz domain deal to get Indian SMBs online - After Google's India Get Your Business Online program and GoDaddy’s Cup of Coffee campaign, BigRock joins the bandwagon by rolling out an integrated media campaign to build awareness about getting businesses online. Big Rock, one of India's leading domain registrars and Web hosting companies, wants to promote .biz as a preferred domain for small businesses in India. For the campaign, BigRock has joined hands with Neustar, the registry operator for the .biz TLD, and offers a complete ... read more ...
 
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ICANN wants to kill off WHOIS - An ICANN working group wants to replace the current WHOIS system for retrieving details of domain name registrations. The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is calling for public input  on a successor to the current WHOIS system used to retrieve domain name information. This will mean a radical change from WHOIS as it will help resolve the nearly decade-long deadlock within the ICANN community on how to replace the current WHOIS system. WHOIS is widely regarded as "broken", ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Expert Working Group Recommends WHOIS Replacement – ag-IP - LOS ANGELES - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’s Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is recommending major changes to the way registrant data is provided to users. According to the Corporation, the “Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model” is intended to streamline the way data is retrieved and validated, and will restrict its disclosure to what it considers permissible purposes. The system could replace the WHOIS domain name registration system ... read more ...
 
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Team TLD saddling up for round three of road series - Topics:  cycling, queensland road team series, team tld racing Story Tools var addthis_config = { services_compact: 'favorites, email, facebook, twitter, buzz', services_exclude: 'print' } Tweet Team TLD hitting the road again this weekend at Boonah. Kevin Farmer TOOWOOMBA'S Team TLD will be out to build on its sound start to this year's Queensland Road Teams Cycling Series during round three this weekend. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN working group seeks to kill WHOIS - An Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) working group is seeking public input on a successor to the current WHOIS system used to retrieve domain name information.The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has issued a report (PDF) that recommends a radical change from WHOIS. The working group, which had a clean-slate approach to a new domain name information, was formed "to help resolve the nearly ... read more ...
Tue 25th June 2013
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Fact Book 2013: Everything You Wanted to Know About Canada’s .CA ccTLD - CIRA said a survey of the Canadian market revealed that "Canadian Internet users strongly prefer .CA when it comes to either business (49% for .CA versus 17% for .COM) or personal use (54% for .CA versus 10% for .COM), particularly for such activities as banking, shopping ... read more ...
 
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Digital Brand Strategist Jennifer Wolfe Advises Marketers to Consider … - Brand Marketers Should Prepare to Evaluate Soon-to-be-Launched Generics List Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) June 25, 2013 As the list of hundreds of new generic top level domains (gTLDs) will soon begin rolling out, Jennifer Wolfe, president of leading gTLD digital brand strategy firm Wolfe Domain, is advising marketers to perform a thorough evaluation of the new generics to capture competitive advantage. “Marketers are in the unique position of being ahead of a significant monetization ... read more ...
 
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eco veröffentlicht Registrar-Atlas 2013 – domain - Eco, der Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft eV, hat den Registrar-Atlas zum dritten Mal neu aufgelegt. Im Mittelpunkt stand diesmal die Frage, welche Erfolgschancen die Registrare den potentiellen neuen Domain-Endungen wie .web, .blog oder .mail einräumen. Auf 53 Seiten, so umfangreich wie nie zuvor, weiss die Neuauflage des Registrar-Atlas vollgepackt mit Zahlen und Statistiken zu glänzen. Untersucht wurden acht Märkte, nämlich Bulgarien, Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, die Niederlande, ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs: The Future of Domain Names - Have you ever tried buying a domain name? If yes, then you know the pain that comes along with it. Everytime you think of a name and assume that it can’t be taken, you end up being wrong. Almost anything imaginable has been taken by someone and some of them are just hoarding it. They buy the Top Level Domains and hold on to it like their life depended on it. So with the popular TLDs almost impossible to acquire, what new extensions will make an appearance in this field? Let’s have a look.Click ... read more ...
 
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Protecting your trademarks as ICANN launches new generic top level domains - Last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received over 1,900 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), including multiple applications for popular domains like .app, .inc, .art, .shop and .music. More than seven hundred applications have now passed an initial evaluation. If no further issues arise for those applications, ICANN anticipates that some of the new gTLDs could go live in the next few months. Although the new gTLD program will provide ... read more ...
 
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Domainia Inc Announces the Launch of Storedomainia.com, a Pre-registration … - Domainia Inc announces the launch of StoreDomainia.com, a pre-registration and awareness solution that introduces .STORE to businesses and consumers worldwide. Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) June 25, 2013 Within the next year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will introduce hundreds of new, industry-specific Top Level Domains (TLD), such as .STORE, to the Internet. The .STORE domain extension will act as an alternative option to .COM or .NET, designed specifically ... read more ...
 
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NCC Group passes ICANN’s evaluation process - StockMarketWire.com - NCC Group, the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, said subsidiary Artemis Internet Inc's .secure bid has passed ICANN's evaluation process. "This is a key milestone towards gaining ownership of the .secure generic top level domain (gTLD), following ICANN's decision to extend gTLDs to increase competition and choice in the domain name space," the company said. The evaluation included background screening, technical and financial capability testing ... read more ...
 
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting (New gTLDs) - Some companies sell bags, some sell guitars, some sell phones, some sell shoes, and others sell everything from antiques to zippers. Just about all companies today sell “something” – and themselves — online.As the Internet has grown over the past two decades we’ve seen more and more participation by businesses online to the point of ubiquity. Businesses that started small, perhaps with a simple, one-page website have expanded their online presence to hundreds of sites with many thousands ... read more ...
Mon 24th June 2013
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Introduction: New gTLD Security and Stability Considerations (Part 1 of 5 ) - Verisign recently published a technical report on new generic top-level domain (gTLD) security and stability considerations. The initial objective of the report was to assess for Verisign's senior management our own operational preparedness for new gTLDs, as both a Registry Service Provider for approximately 200 strings, as well as a direct applicant for 14 new gTLDs (including 12 internationalized domain name (IDN) transliterations of .com and .net). The goal was to help ensure our teams, infrastructure ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top-Level-Domains: Markeninhaber sollten frühzeitig handeln - Ab Herbst 2013 soll es über 1.400 neue Top-Level Domains (TLDs) wie .shop, .hotel, .berlin, .web, .koeln, .gmbh, .site, .app, .law, .film, .love, .auto, .sex und viele mehr geben. Um zu verhindern, dass die eigene Marke von Dritten registriert wird oder um sich die Domain mit der eignen Marke während der sogenannten Sunrise-Periode zu sichern gibt es diesmal für alle diese TLDs ein einheitliches Verfahren. Dies soll es Markeninhabern und Anmeldern erleichtern ... read more ...
 
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Nominalia blinda el futuro de tu marca online con Trademark Clearinghouse - PROTECCIÓN DE DATOS DE CARÁCTER PERSONAL. En cumplimiento de lo establecido en la Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal (“LOPD”) y en el Real Decreto 1720/2007, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de Desarrollo de la Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de protección de datos de carácter personal (“RDLOPD”), la Compañía informa de que el acceso y uso de la página web no implica ... read more ...
Sat 22nd June 2013
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Dat is vieleicht ein Dingen: NRW-Domains kommen… - Tegtmeier hätte wohl dazu gesagt:" Nee, dat ich dat noch erleben durfte..." ICANN wird bekanntlich über 1000 neue Top Level Domains einführen. Jetzt hat ICANN 628 Bewerbungen um die Neuen Top Domains ein erstes Plazet erteilt-darunter auch den NRW-Domains. ICANN hat die Bewerbung für die NRW-Domain geprüft. Die Bewerbung um die NRW-Domain hat bei der sogenannten "Initial Evaluation" positiv abgeschnitten und erhielt daher in der veröffentlichten Tabelle die Bemerkung "pass". Bei Minds+Machines ... read more ...
 
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Nominalia incluye Trademark Clearinghouse dentro de su programa OBP - Nominalia ha incluido Trademark Clearinghouse dentro de su programa OBP (Online Brand Protection), el único mecanismo oficial de protección de marcas, imprescindible para cualquier marca registrada que quiera registrar un dominio en el periodo de lanzamiento de un nuevo gTLD. Este servicio nace con el objetivo de satisfacer las necesidades empresariales de cara a la próxima aparición de los nuevos gTLDs, monitorizando tanto los registros interesantes y estratégicos como aquellos que pueden ... read more ...
 
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Pourquoi TLD n’est-elle pas présente au Salon du Bourget ? -

« Nous ne sommes pas au Bourget, automobile ce n’est pas un Salon de matériel aéroportuaire », répond-on au siège du site tourangeau. L’entreprise TLD de Montlouis conçoit du matériel de ride aéroportuaire et notamment le « Taxibot » qui tracte l’avion sur le tarmac, économisant ainsi énormément de kérosène. Un site de and de 7.000 m², dédié à cette innovation, doit être créé à Sorigny, dans la section Isoparc.

Via: lanouvellerepublique.fr

 
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Pourquoi TLD n ‘ est – elle pas présente au Salon du Bourget ? -

« Nous ne sommes pas au Bourget, automobile ce n’est pas un Salon de matériel aéroportuaire », répond-on au siège du site tourangeau. L’entreprise TLD de Montlouis conçoit du matériel de ride aéroportuaire et notamment le « Taxibot » qui tracte l’avion sur le tarmac, économisant ainsi énormément de kérosène. Un site de and de 7.000 m², dédié à cette innovation, doit être créé à Sorigny, dans la section Isoparc.

Via: lanouvellerepublique.fr

Fri 21st June 2013
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100 New gTLD Pass IE: Moscow, .Wales; .Lol; .NBA; .Target; .HSBC; .Ninja - @Internet Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow, follow, follow, follow, Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick, Follow the Yellow Brick, Follow the Yellow Brick Road. We’re off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. You’ll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz! there was. If ever oh ever a Wiz! there was The Wizard of Oz is one because, Because, because, because, because, because. Because of the wonderful ... read more ...