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Wed 6th May 2015
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Renowned Four Press’s.SCIENCE domain expansion quickly increases to get to … - This post was originally published on link to postIt Is Bomb.SCIENCE Thursday, 06 May 2015, Gibraltar: Popular Four Press, a worldwide head within the supply of universal Top-Level Areas (gTLDs), today declared the.SCIENCE new universal Top-Level Site, a domain registry that it handles, has already reached over domain 250,000 enrollment (internet handles) in a few months. This makes.SCIENCE among the fastest-growing site registries in the world. ldquo;We’re naturally happy using the ... read more ...
 
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INTA 2015: Trademark Practitioners Must Redefine Their Role in Branding - The 137th International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting just wrapped up in San Diego, and by all accounts, it was the biggest ever—with nearly 10,000 trademark practitioners from more than 150 countries in attendance. The topics under discussion did not vary much from years past—issues such as IP infringement and brand protection remain at the forefront. But this year’s attendees were reminded that they are one of a brand’s most important ambassadors, and they need to start ... read more ...
 
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Adult domain sunrises break records despite trademark counsel “domain fatigue” - Tim Lince After a record-breaking double sunrise period for its ‘.adult’ and ‘.porn’ gTLD strings, ICM Registry has announced it is expanding its programme for trademark owners by allowing sunrise B applicants access to its domain matching programme. The move comes at a time when, according to ICM Registry’s legal counsel, trademark counsel ... read more ...
 
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¿La extensión de los nombres de dominio importa? - Hace un tiempo surgieron nuevos TLD (top level domain) que se agregan a los ya tradicionales .COM - .EDU – INFO y los territoriales .CL - .CO – .ES. Son los denominados “temáticos” como .MODA .ABOGADOS .CLOUD, entre muchos otros, en distintos idiomas. Todo ello puede resultar bastante interesante para las empresas, pues les permitirá lograr un posicionamiento mucho más específico en sus áreas de negocios, e incluso, existe la posibilidad que, cumpliendo ciertos requisitos, las empresas ... read more ...
 
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Advertising Law – May 2015 - In This Issue: Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews ICANN Seeks FTC Assistance With “.sucks” Domain Name ASME Updates Editorial Guidelines: Don’t Deceive Readers Rough Life: MyLife.com to Pay $1M and Face Injunction Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews In a new lawsuit, Amazon targeted one individual and four companies that allegedly wrote and posted fake reviews on the e-commerce giant’s site. Amazon’s Conditions of Use expressly prohibit paid reviews, as the site’s 250 million ... read more ...
 
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Alpnames.com Offering Free .Party New gTLD Domain Name Registrations - Alpnames.com the registrar who offered free and then $.49 domain names for .Science which just broke the 250,000 domain registration mark, announced today that is was now offering free .Party domains. Famous Four Media is the registry for both .Science and .Party. As we discussed before Alpnames.com which is located in Gibraltar as is Famous Four, only seems to have sold registrations on Famous Four’s extensions. .Party which launched a while back has over 5,600 registrations. Its not clear how ... read more ...
 
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Will .sucks … Suck for your brand? - In brief: Despite strong criticism of Vox Populi's pricing scheme as predatory and exploitative, brand owners are paying hefty premiums for early registration in the yourbrand.sucks domain string. With sunrise registration closing on 29 May 2015, you should now be taking the necessary steps to ensure your company can secure a registration during the sunrise period, so that .sucks will not suck for your brand. Partner Tim Golder (view CV) and Associate Carissa Apps report. Introduction .SUCKS Summary ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media’s .SCIENCE domain extension rapidly rises to become the … - It Is Rocket .SCIENCE Wednesday, 06 May 2015, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that the .SCIENCE new generic Top Level Domain, a domain registry that it manages, has reached over domain 250,000 registration (web addresses) in 3 months. This makes .SCIENCE one of the fastest growing domain registries on the planet. “We are understandably delighted with the adoption by the public of the .SCIENCE domain ... read more ...
 
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Meet Twitter’s first trademark counsel - How long have you been at Twitter? I have been here a little over a year. I came on as Twitter’s first trademark counsel, and manage the trademark, domain and marketing practices here. Prior to that I was at Amazon for three-plus years in Seattle, and before that I was at the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend in the New York office. Being the first was definitely something that attracted me. To come ... read more ...
Tue 5th May 2015
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Extortion or free speech? -   Molouk Y. Ba-Isa Saudi Gazette     Most everyone is familiar with dotCom (.com) or dotGov (.gov) domain names. But back in 2011, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided to allow a massive expansion of generic top-level domain names (gTLDs). New gTLDs that were approved included dotBlack (.black), ... read more ...
 
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.NGO/.ONG Launches Today For Non-Profits: New gTLD’s Done Right: Here is … - The Public Interest Registry (PIR) which operates the .Org domain name extension, is launching .NGO and .ONG today into general availability for Non-profit, non governmental organizations. The new gTLD domain name extension go live at 8pm EST tonight to be registered on a first come, first served basis. I had a chance to chat with Dave Stewart VP, Sales and Marketing of PIR about these two new extensions. .NGO and .ONG are being sold together meaning you get both extensions for one price., which ... read more ...
 
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A Look at the Current State of ccTLDs, Particularly in Europe - European ccTLDs have passed 67 million registrations in total at a net growth of 0.7% over the past quarter, according to the new DomainWire report by Council of European National Top level Domain Registries (CENTR). According to the report, top 20 largest ccTLDs represent roughly 82% of all ccTLD registrations globally and 38% of all domain names globally (gTLDs, ccTLDs, etc). The ccTLD for Tokelau (.tk) has the largest zone with 28 million reported domain names. However, it offers mostly ... read more ...
 
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Domínio .pt é o que consegue maior crescimento em taxa de registos na Europa - Os números são do CENTR, a associação europeia dos domínios ccTLD (domínios de topo de países como o .pt para Portugal ou .es para Espanha) e dão destaque à taxa de crescimento conseguida pelos domínios de topo portugueses no primeiro trimestre, que ficam à frente da Bielorrússia, Islândia, Suíça e Estónia, mas também da taxa de crescimento global que se fixa em 1,3%. Luisa Geifão, presidente da Associação DNS.pt, admite que estes números são resultado do menor crescimento ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair to Give Evidence in .Africa Case - The controversy over the competing .africa TLD applications has been going on for some time. A recent decision by the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (ICDR) said that ICANN had breached its own by-laws and has questioned why ICANN won't allow a current board member and the former Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Chair to speak to them and provide evidence. A letter that was published on the ICANN site yesterday suggests that ICANN may have changed their tune and will now let ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Adds NCC Group’s Domain Assured Service - According to a press release, CentralNic, has partnered with global information assurance specialist NCC Group, in order to protect its growing list of clients from domain abuse. NCC Group’s Domain Assured service uses expert threat intelligence to deliver a complete picture of a domain’s threat landscape, which allows registry operators to monitor the overall health of their domain portfolios and major domain abuse types such as spam, typo squatting, hosting of malicious code and phishing. The ... read more ...
 
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NiRA Opens .Ng Domain Name under ‘i.ng’ Zone – Udeagu - Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has added a new boost to the cyberspace with the registration of new domain names under the ‘.i.ng’ zone. Chief Operating Officer (COO) and head of the Secretariat of Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Edith Udeagu made this known in a statement to the press, adding   that the new zone was introduced in April to serve as another platform in promoting the .ng ccTLD and growth ... read more ...
 
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IDNauction Launches Free Domain Name Auction Site - FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IDN.auction launched today, offering web professionals a totally free auction site for Internet domains, including all Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The site, which does not charge listing fees, gives web entrepreneurs an economical, easy way to get the right web address for the right price. For domainers, the site offers maximum profitability for sale of URLs. In honor of the launch, the site is waiving all closing fees for a limited time. "Don't you think ... read more ...
Mon 4th May 2015
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In-house counsel become digital natives - Print Close Email a friend Your name: Your email: Please enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate more than one email address. Recipient email(s): Recipient name(s): Email yourself a copy? ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .Sale Gets 165 EAP Day 5 Domain Name Registrations; .Video 125 - The new gTLD .Sale which launches into general availability (GA) on Wednesday got 165 registrations on the 5th day of the Early Access program which allows registrants to pay an extra fee to get to register domain names ahead of GA. The list of domain name registered yesterday for both .Sale and .Video comes from Registered.Today As you can see it looks like trademark holders that either missed Sunrise or saved a few bucks by grabbing domain names in the 5th day of EAP registered domain names ahead ... read more ...
 
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Radix Partners With the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Press … - SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 4, 2015) - Radix, a leading new gTLD registry, announced today that it has partnered with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) to support its Press Freedom initiative. As part of the partnership, Radix will donate a portion of its revenue generated from .press domain registrations from the month of May to ICFJ. World Press Freedom day, held on May 3, celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom and pays tribute to journalists who ... read more ...
 
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IDN.auction Launches Free Domain Name Auction Site - FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 2015 /SATPR.COM/ — IDN.auction launched today, offering web professionals a totally free auction site for Internet domains, including all Top-Level Domains (TLDs).   The site, which does not charge listing fees, gives web entrepreneurs an economical, easy way to get the right web address for the right price.  For domainers, the site offers maximum profitability for sale of URLs.  In honor of the launch, the site is waiving all closing fees for a limited time. “Don’t ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes partners with Domains.green to setup Retail and Wholesale … - (MILITARY-TECHNOLOGIES.NET) May 04, 2015 - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale retail channels for .green domains; thus helping Domains.green LLC get closer to the global green community and serve it better. The .GREEN domain namespace is a collective symbol that identifies supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green ... read more ...
Sun 3rd May 2015
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It’s all a matter of logistics - At one time, there were companies that just hauled things and companies that mainly just stored things in warehouses. But more and more, companies called third-party logistics (3PL) providers are combining those services and others to give other companies an efficiency advantage. Full story available to subscribers ... read more ...
 
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Die beliebtesten neuen Top-Level-Domains im April - Seit unserer letzten Auflistung der zehn beliebtesten neuen Top-Level-Domains hat es einige Veränderungen gegeben. Es lässt sich nämlich eindeutig sagen, dass der vergangene Monat zwei große Verlierer und drei große Gewinner hatte. Was es mit diesen Entwicklungen auf sich hat, zeigt unser heutiger Artikel. Die Verlierer Während Dauer-Spitzenreiter .xyz weiter ein stabiles Wachstum an den Tag legt (obwohl man abwarten muss, wie sich die Registrierungszahlen nach der Renewal-Phase entwickeln ... read more ...
 
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Die beliebtesten neuen Top-Level-Domains im April - (PresseBox) (Bonn, 03.05.2015) Seit unserer letzten Auflistung der zehn beliebtesten neuen Top-Level-Domains hat es einige Veränderungen gegeben. Es lässt sich nämlich eindeutig sagen, dass der vergangene Monat zwei große Verlierer und drei große Gewinner hatte. Was es mit diesen Entwicklungen auf sich hat, zeigt unser heutiger Artikel. Die Verlierer Während Dauer-Spitzenreiter .xyz weiter ein stabiles Wachstum an den Tag ... read more ...