Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Thu 16th July 2015
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New gTLDs Are Great for Pump-and-Dumps, Phishes and More… – CircleID - Yesterday, egregious financial truth-tellers (a client of ours at easyDNS) ZeroHedge broke the news that parties unknown, engineered what looks to be a textbook "pump-and-dump" on Twitter's stock by putting up a fake "Bloomberg Financial News" site on the domain bloomberg.market and proceeded to run a story on it about Twitter being acquired. The story spread and shares of Twitter stock promptly spiked on volume, Twitter finishing the day on nearly double the average daily volume. TWTR Stock ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs Are Great for Pump-and-Dumps, Phishes and More… - Yesterday, egregious financial truth-tellers (a client of ours at easyDNS) ZeroHedge broke the news that parties unknown, engineered what looks to be a textbook "pump-and-dump" on Twitter's stock by putting up a fake "Bloomberg Financial News" site on the domain bloomberg.market and proceeded to run a story on it about Twitter being acquired. The story spread and shares of Twitter stock promptly spiked on volume, Twitter finishing the day on nearly double the average daily volume. TWTR Stock ... read more ...
Wed 15th July 2015
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Lululemon obtains suspension of ‘.sale’ domain name under URS -

In a new domain name brawl brought underneath a Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) before a National Arbitration Forum (NAF), a row has systematic a cessation of a domain name underneath a ‘.sale’ new general top-level domain (gTLD). The preference highlights how a URS offers discerning service for heading holders seeking to tackle infringing domain names.

The…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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Lululemon obtains suspension of ‘.sale’ domain name under URS – Update … -

In a new domain name brawl brought underneath a Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) before a National Arbitration Forum (NAF), a row has systematic a cessation of a domain name underneath a ‘.sale’ new general top-level domain (gTLD). The preference highlights how a URS offers discerning service for heading holders seeking to tackle infringing domain names.

The…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases July 2015 Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands … - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BRS Media Inc., a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that helps traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Web, today announced that dotFM, the .FM top-level domain registry, has released the latest 2015 ranking of the .FM Top 40 Hits, the top sites and brands under the FM Top-Level Domain. dotFM’s latest ranking, “.FM Top 40 Hits” lists the top sites and brands ... read more ...
Tue 14th July 2015
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Rightside Publishes Post On Taking Down The Bloomberg.Market Website - Rightside (NAME) just published a post about the new gTLD domain name Bloomberg.Market which as we wrote earlier today which led to a huge rally in shares of Twitter and more than 50 million shares being traded today which is more than double its average three-month volume. Within a few hours of our post Rightside shut the domain name down. Rightside,  which is the registry for the new gTLD .Market, issued a statement on its company blog about the events of today: “”Earlier today, we learned ... read more ...
 
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.հայ Approved as Unique Domain Suffix for Armenia - .հայ (transliterated as “hye” in Latin script) has been approved as Armenia’s new country domain (Source: Public Radio of Armenia) The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved a new Internet domain representing Armenia—.հայ (transliterated as “hye” in Latin script). The new .hye domain has been delegated to the Internet Society of Armenia, which requested the unique country code in 2014. ICANN is a nonprofit organization responsible for monitoring ... read more ...
 
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Unique Internet Domain, .հայ, Approved to Represent Armenia Online - .հայ (transliterated as “hye” in Latin script) has been approved as Armenia’s new country domain (Source: Public Radio of Armenia) The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved a new Internet domain representing Armenia—.հայ (transliterated as “hye” in Latin script). The new .hye domain has been delegated to the Internet Society of Armenia, which requested the unique country code in 2014. ICANN is a nonprofit organization responsible for monitoring ... read more ...
 
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Fake Story on New gTLD Domain, Bloomberg.Market Sends Twitter Shares Up … -   According to several sources, a fake news story appearing on a new gTLD domain name Bloomberg.Market sent shares of Twitter up over 5% today when they reported Twitter was going to be bought for $31 Billion dollars to over $38 a share. The domain is  Bloomberg.market, not Bloomberg.com but its made to look like Bloomberg.com   We have chatted on many occasions that trademark holders haveonly lightly  participated in the Sunrise periods for each new gTLD rollout with the exception of .porn, ... read more ...
 
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Will Today’s Twitter “News” Help the New gTLDs? - I was watching CNBC this afternoon when I heard the commentators discussing a report about an acquisition bid for Twitter. It was later reported that the article discussing this bid was found on what seems to be a fake Bloomberg website. My first thought was about whether the fake website was operating on a new gTLD domain name to confuse people into believing it was associated with the financial news company. It reminded me of the TMZ.today story. According to an article appearing on Newsweek ... read more ...
 
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CSC Publishes July’s NewgTLD.Report: 3945 New gTLD’s in Alexa Top 1 Million - The brand protection company Corporate Service Company (CSC) published its bi-monthly New gTLD Utilization Report (newgtld.report) yesterday “with expanded metrics and analysis around dot brands” In the July Report CSC saw a significant increase in .Brand new gTLD’s registrations. There are now over 2,050 registrations under .Brand (and closed) top-level domains, up 55% since the May report” According to the report, the number of new gTLDs in the Alexa Top 1 Million is 3,945 up 4% from the ... read more ...
 
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.PRESS Domains by Radix Announces Partnership With Clippings.me to Offer … – SYS - SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/14/15 -- Radix, a leading new gTLD registry, today announced its partnership with Clippings.me, one of the largest journalism portfolio hosting services. With the growth of digital journalism, web portfolios have become the primary tool for journalists to exhibit their work and gain an engaged follower base. Through this partnership, users of Clippings.me will be able to use .press domains ... read more ...
 
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Right to reply: Happy 30th Birthday dotOrg - Stuart Fuller, Director of Commercial Operations and Communications at NetNames, comments on the 30th birthday of the dotOrg domain name, and how TLDs can help non-profit organisations establish an online marketing strategy. dotOrg was one of the six original Top Level Domains launched in 1985, along with dotCom and dotGov. As opposed to dotCom, which represents commercial interests, dotOrg was launched to reflect charitable or not-for-profit organisations. Thirty years later, the name space has ... read more ...
 
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.PRESS Domains by Radix Announces Partnership With Clippings.me to Offer … - SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 14, 2015) - Radix, a leading new gTLD registry, today announced its partnership with Clippings.me, one of the largest journalism portfolio hosting services. With the growth of digital journalism, web portfolios have become the primary tool for journalists to exhibit their work and gain an engaged follower base. Through this partnership, users of Clippings.me will be able to use .press domains for their portfolios at special prices. In turn, registrants ... read more ...
 
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Review Panel Chides ICANN Board, Government Reps -

Review Panel Chides ICANN Board, Government Reps

By Joseph Wrightjwright@bna.com

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You Can Buy .Love, But It’s Going To Cost You Up To $15K Per Year, Per Domain - .Love which launches Thursday,  is the first offering of Merchant Law Group which applied for 8 new gTLD’s. Despite a report yesterday, the best domain names for the new gTLD .Love have huge premium registrations/renewal prices,  actually the highest we have seen other than some Rightside new gTLD domain names up to $15,000 a year. There are other top .Love domain names that are reserved and not available. One and two character domains are also not available at this time. The normal registration ... read more ...
 
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ALM Media and ‘law’ Domain Announce Strategic Partnership - SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaboration Between Leading Legal Publisher and New Verified Domain Dedicated to the Legal Profession is Major Milestone on Road to Expanded, Reliable Internet Presence For The Law Community .Law Scheduled to Enter 'Sunrise' Period on July 30 and General Availability on October 12 Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), a leading owner and operator of gTLDs, today announced a strategic partnership with ALM Media, LLC, one of the world's largest legal ... read more ...
Mon 13th July 2015
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Independent Review Panel Favored DotConnectAfrica Trust Against ICANN … - In a landmark decision, an Independent Review Process (IRP), at the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) has ruled that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has violated its Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation following an expert determination of an IRP suit that was filed by DotConnectAfrica Trust in October 2013 to challenge an ICANN Board decision at the American Arbitration Association (AAA), New York, USA. The DCA vs. ICANN IRP decision was ... read more ...
 
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.News Sets Record With Of Over 400 Registrations on Day 5 of EAP; Now Over … - The new gTLD .News has set what WE believe is a record number of domain name registrations in Day 5 of AN Early Access Program (EAP) and now has over 1,000 registration. In the Early Access Program registrants pay an extra fee to register a domain name ahead of general availability (GA) where domain names become available to be registered on a first come, first served basis. On day 5 the whole price of the EAP fee is $100. This means that Rightside (NAME) just made over $40,000 in just EAP fees in ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines: .law partnership with ALM Media - StockMarketWire.com - Minds + Machines, a leading owner and operator of gTLDs, has announced a strategic partnership with ALM Media, LLC, one of the world's largest legal media companies, to collaborate on advertising and marketing content for the new top-level domain '.law' across ALM's legal media publications, conferences and digital platforms. In addition, ALM will adopt over 100 .law URL's for its existing legal properties and new product rollouts. The announcement was made at Legaltech ... read more ...
 
 
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Nominet: the force is with Disney - A UK fancy dress retailer has been told to give up six .uk and .co.uk domains containing the famous ‘Star Wars’ movie title to The Walt Disney Company. Nominet, through its dispute resolution service covering the .uk and .co.uk TLDs, issued the order on 5 July. Lucasfilm, the production company behind the Star Wars movie franchise, which was bought by Disney for $4.06 billion in 2012, requested the transfer of the ‘Star Wars’ domains, all containing variations of the registered trademarks, ... read more ...
Sat 11th July 2015
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How many top-level domains are there now? 300? 500? No, it’s 1000 - There are now more than 1,000 top-level domains (TLDs) for internet addresses, covering everything from .abb to .zw. This week, seven TLDs were added to the internet's root as part of the "new generic TLD" process being run by DNS overseer ICANN, pushing it over the 1,000 threshold. They were: .airtel, .barcelona, .bcn, .game, .jprs, .live, and .studio. In response, one of the people in charge of keeping ... read more ...
Fri 10th July 2015
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On a dépassé les 1000 extensions ! | SafeBrands -   Partager cet article :Difficile de s’y retrouver dans cet océan d’extensions, entre les génériques historiques, les ccTLDs, les brandTLDs et les new gTLDs. Et le nombre ne fait que s’accroitre.En effet, avec la délégation de 7 nouveaux gTLDs par l’ICANN le 8 juillet 2015 – .studio, .live, .jprs, .game, .barcelona et .bcn (le calendrier de lancement arrivera incessamment sous peu) – , le marché des extensions vient de dépasser la barre symbolique des 1000 tlds, ou pour être ... read more ...
 
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On a dépassé les 1000 extensions ! -   Partager cet article :Difficile de s’y retrouver dans cet océan d’extensions, entre les génériques historiques, les ccTLDs, les brandTLDs et les new gTLDs. Et le nombre ne fait que s’accroitre.En effet, avec la délégation de 7 nouveaux gTLDs par l’ICANN le 8 juillet 2015 – .studio, .live, .jprs, .game, .barcelona et .bcn (le calendrier de lancement arrivera incessamment sous peu) – , le marché des extensions vient de dépasser la barre symbolique des 1000 tlds, ou pour être ... read more ...