Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Sat 2nd May 2015
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Behind the Story of Netnopolis - You probably noticed the new banners on DomainInvesting.com advertising “The Story of Netnopolis.” If you clicked through, you learned it was an advertising campaign created by new gTLD registry and applicant, Radix. I reached out to Namrata Arya, one of my contacts at Radix, and she shared more details about this new marketing campaign and what Netnopolis means: “We’re running a never before ran sort of a campaign. It’s meant to create a metaphoric representation of the current ... read more ...
Fri 1st May 2015
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Consumer Education, Awareness Key to Combating Rogue Online Drug Sellers - MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) issued a report that profiles the continued pervasiveness of illegal online drug seller activity and the need for increased awareness about the risks such activity presents to public health. As detailed in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: April 2015, the threat posed by illegal online drug sellers ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Data Breach Could Result in Unfair Competitive Advantage for New … - Private data entered into the ICANN portals for new gTLD applicants and the GDD (Global Domains Division) was viewable in at least 36 log in sessions since April 2013, according to an ICANN statement issued on Thursday. “The results of the investigation currently indicate that the portal users were able to view data that was not their own,” said the release. The portals store data about applicants to the ICANN new gTLD program and gTLD registry operators. In December ICANN announced that ... read more ...
 
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SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Domain name firm CentralNic doubles revenues in … - By Ian Lyall, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:50 GMT, 1 May 2015 | Updated: 13:55 GMT, 1 May 2015 View comments Internet platform business CentralNic intends to keep its foot down after doubling revenue in 2014.The group, which made its name as a registry services provider - keeping a database of top level domains assigned by registrars - finished ... read more ...
 
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New domain name registry asks trademark owners to pay up or risk the … - In recent years, the Internet has seen the launch of numerous new top level domain names, i.e., the letter strings to the right of the "dot" such as ".wedding" and "country" that, when combined with a second level domain (the name to the left of the dot) form the domain name as a whole.  This Advisory focuses on one such top level domain, or gTLD: ".sucks".  The .sucks gTLD is especially noteworthy for two reasons.  First, the allocation of .sucks names by the registry chosen ... read more ...
 
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Calendrier des gTLDS – Semaine du 4 au 10 mai 2015 -   Partager cet article :Ce début de mois de mai est riche en nouvelles extensions, avec autant de sunrise, de landrush et d’ouverture générale. Afin de ne manquer aucune date, notez les sorties de vos futures extensions pour la semaine 19. Pour une vision plus lointaine, SafeBrands vous invite à consulter le calendrier des nouvelles extensions.A vos plannings !Ouverture période Sunrise :05/05 – .cafe05/05 – .express05/05 – .news07/05 – .siteFin période Sunrise :05/05 – .one09/05 ... read more ...
Thu 30th April 2015
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Red-faced ICANN regrets revealing private user financials - Culprits' names to be provided to leak victims next month. Global internet numbering and naming authority ICANN has issued regret over a two-year leak of private financial and technical documents attached to applications from generic top-level domain (gTLD) registrants. ICANN's ... read more ...
 
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Time running out to shape ICANN’s review of trademark protection mechanisms - Trevor Little The comment period for ICANN’s Rights Protection Mechanisms Review closes in two days. With just four comments posted to date, time is fast running out for counsel to help shape the organisation’s review of the trademark protections built into the gTLD programme. With a number of the most sought-after strings yet to hit the market, ... read more ...
 
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Dot Kiwi Celebrates First Anniversary - Dot Kiwi Celebrates First AnniversarySales of .kiwi domains put the company in the top 25% of new domains world-wide1 May 2015 – After a year of significant changes to New Zealand’s domain landscape, Dot Kiwi has announced that it has sold more than 12,000 .kiwi domain names during its first year of operation.Since 1 May 2014, individuals, bloggers, non-profit organisations and companies have bought .kiwi domain names as a new way to represent themselves online via personalised ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Partners With Domains.Green to Setup Retail & Wholesale … - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs and ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale and 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 and supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green Community Leader and ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Partners With Domains.Green to Setup Retail & Wholesale Channels … - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs and ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale and 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 and supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green Community Leader and ... read more ...
 
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Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each … - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows  trademark owners the first opportunity to secure names in .PORN and .ADULT, resulted in around 4,000 domain name registrations per TLD which is a record for any new gTLD by many times over. According to ICM, the best previous gTLD launches garnered around 750 ... read more ...
 
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Conn. IP Lawyers Predict Problems With New ‘Dot.Sucks’ Domain Name -

Brian C. Roche and Gerald C. Pia Jr. are partners in Roche Pia in Shelton, a cyberlaw organisation representing clients in Internet piracy, domain name disputes, mechanism crimes, trade tip cases and other egghead skill matters.

Via: ctlawtribune.com

 
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ICANN’s bill for clawing global DNS from Uncle Sam: $7m and counting - Domain-name overseer ICANN is failing in two fundamental tasks, according to the US government, while spending millions of dollars of internet users' money trying to take control of the critical IANA technical contract. In a letter sent earlier this month from the Senate's Judiciary Committee to the White House new “IP Czar” Daniel Marti, Marti is specifically requested to focus on ICANN and its failure to enforce key agreements with the wider ... read more ...
 
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Domeny branżowe zyskują coraz większą popularność -     W ostatnim czasie, według ICANN, przedsiębiorcy wykazują rosnące zainteresowanie domenami branżowymi. Ich lista jest bardzo długa i zawiera m.in. takie pozycje jak: .art, .bar, .club, .casino, .moda, .fitness, .ink, .marketing, .media, .pizza, .studio, .tattoo, .tech czy .xxx. Dlaczego warto je stosować? Wiele firm posiada podobne lub takie samy nazwy, dlatego wykorzystanie domeny branżowej ułatwia klientom dotarcie do odpowiedniego dostawcy. Pełnią one rolę podobną do drogowskazu. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN da luz verde a más de 1300 nuevos dominios genéricos de alto nivel - La creación de dominios genéricos de alto nivel -también denominados gTLD- viene transformando Internet desde el año 2011. Sin embargo, el impacto real de esta revolución silenciosa se empezó a notar en 2014, cuando los primeros nuevos nombres de red salieron a la luz pública. Esta revolución, que representa millones de dólares y enfrenta a las multinacionales tecnológicas, redefinirá quién es quién en la red y otorgará identidad a millones de empresas que esperan ansiosas apoderarse ... read more ...
 
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The .ME Domain Hits 800000 Registrations - PODGORICA, Montenegro--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The .ME Registry announced today that its ccTLD has passed 800,000 domain registrations. Since its launch in 2008 Montenegro’s country code domain has been marketed as a premier choice for building a personal brand and it quickly became one of the favorite new extensions among creative individuals who want to stand out online. The domain has continued to grow steadily in response to the global trend of nurturing ... read more ...
 
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Cyrillic considerations - Cyrillic considerationsNon-Latin names are not new, but gTLDs are bringing them like never before. PETOŠEVIĆ’s Tatyana Kulikova examines the Russian exampleThe TLD .РФ (.rf in Latin) was the first Cyrillic TLD of the IDNA (Internationalising Domain Names in Applications) system. It was delegated to Russia in May 2010, but the idea had been around since 2001. At the beginning of this year, Macedonia launched its Cyrillic TLD, .мкд (.mkd in Latin), and on 1 March, Belarus launched .бел ... read more ...
 
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The routes to be travelled - The routes to be travelledDaniel Greenberg of Lexsynergy outlines how trademark attorneys should approach online brand protection in the new gTLD programmeWhether you agree or disagree, domain names are intertwined with trademarks. The vast majority of trademark law firms offer some sort of service relating to domain names or have assisted clients in resolving domain name disputes. The impact of new gTLDs (such as .lawyer, .london, .sucks and .adult) is significant, creating ‘new real estate’ ... read more ...
 
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Cybersquatting: where do we stand? - Cybersquatting: where do we stand?The age of new gTLDs has brought with it more opportunities for cybersquatters. Nathalie Dreyfus of Dreyfus reportsThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the new extensions project in 2008. In January 2015, the number of registered domain names among 500 new active extensions reached the four millions. Within a few years, the number of new extensions continuously increased from 20 to more than 1,000. Some 506 of 1,930 initial ... read more ...
 
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Only in name - Only in nameNameshield’s Jean-Francois Vanden Eynde on the big .brand dreamIn 2012, the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received 643 applications for restricted-use gTLDs from brand owners. Recently, a surprising proportion of these so-called .brand applications have been withdrawn, often resulting in the loss of the entire application fee, which is $185,000. Why have these brand owners taken the decision to relinquish control over their very own piece of internet ... read more ...
 
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ICANN rolls out new Generic TLDs – IT - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has begun their roll out of new Generic Top Level Domain Names (GTLDs).Whilst in the past generic domain name extensions were limited to .COM, .BIZ, .NET and the like, ICANN intends to release over 1000 new domain extensions which will include extensions such as .SHOP, .CLOTHING, and .SHOES. The release of the new GTLDs is the culmination of a process commenced as far back as the year 2000 with the intention of expanding the ... read more ...
 
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Let the good times roll - Let the good times rollAnthony Beltran of 101domain examines the progress made in rolling out domain names endings, and what to expect in the futureIt seems like a lot longer than a year ago that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known better as ICANN, finally kicked off the new gTLD programme. It was only February 2014 when we saw the launch of the first new gTLD name—a full string internationalised domain name (using non-Latin characters) meaning ‘web’ in Arabic. Hopes ... read more ...
 
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What in the world is happening and how do I approach the unknown? - What in the world is happening and how do I approach the unknown?Faced with so many choices across new gTLDs, many haven’t a clue what to do. Jeanette Söderlund Sause of .Global explains what brands should look out forWith the recent introduction of several hundred new TLDs, such as .global, .archi and .nyc, the internet name space has expanded significally beyond the traditional .com TLD. This is about the extent of the knowledge that most people outside of the immediate domain name industry ... read more ...
 
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The unexploded .bomb - The unexploded .bombTLDs have multiplied exponentially—but will .com ever be left behind? The ever-popular .com celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 2014. It has gained the trust of millions worldwide, but new gTLDs are here and offer something markedly different. They’re new and ambitious, but will they knock .com off its perch? Some of the hundreds of new gTLDs that are already available include .land, .wtf, and .care. Of those, .xyz has proven the most popular so far, with more than ... read more ...