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Thu 2nd October 2014
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September 30: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD For .Deals 2592: .Bayern 20396 - One new gTLD went into general availability yesterday, .Deals. Including domain registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register their domain during the Early Access Program (EAP), .Deals ended its first day with 2,592 domain names. .Bayern which actually launched on Tuesday and is for the German state of Bavaria which has a population of some 12.44 million people (2011 number) is sitting with 20,396 registrations. The total number of new gTLD’s ... read more ...
 
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Lancement mondial du .ovh, une nouvelle extension pour la communauté IT - Une extension communautaire OVH est l’une des rares marques à avoir souhaité ouvrir son extension au grand public, à lui donner une véritable dimension communautaire. « C’est la première marque IT française à réaliser une ouverture générale de son extension, annonce Thibaud Saudrais, en charge du projet chez OVH. Avec le .ovh, nous rejoignons le club très fermé des communautés (.med, .archi…), des métropoles (.paris, .berlin, .nyc…) et des grandes marques (.canon, .apple…) ... read more ...
 
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Top 10 trademark stories for September 2014 - Trevor Little The most-read story on the World Trademark Review blog last month was written after we visited a new London-based 3D printing cafe business. The owner, who has plans to take his business model global, warned that “every brand on the high street should be scared of 3D printing”. However, he was equally keen to point to the positives ... read more ...
 
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Lancement mondial du .ovh, une nouvelle extension pour la communauté IT - L'hébergeur et registrar OVH gère plus de 3,5 millions de noms de domaine. Première entreprise IT française à proposer son extension ouverte à tous, OVH souhaite fédérer une communauté riche de plus de 700 000 utilisateurs et partenaires. Avec un tarif de 2,99 € HT/an, le .ovh est l’une des nouvelles extensions (new gTLDs) les plus accessibles du marché. Mieux encore : les 50 000 premiers domaines créés seront gratuits la 1re année et à tarif préférentiel à vie pour ces ... read more ...
Wed 1st October 2014
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Condições aplicáveis ao registo de domínios com dois caracteres já estão … - O DNS.PT, associação privada sem fins lucrativos responsável pela gestão e operação do ccTLD português, .pt, anunciou que as condições aplicáveis ao registo de domínios com dois caracteres já estão disponíveis em www.dns.pt. Segundo as novas regras relativas ao registo de domínios .pt, a partir de 1 de Novembro será retirada a proibição do registo de domínios, directamente sob .pt, com menos de três caracteres, proibição essa que está em vigor desde 2001. Como tal, foram criadas ... read more ...
 
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Infographic: Where in the World Do Chinese People Live? - Nearly 23% of humanity is Chinese. Click to download a high-resolution PDF of TLD Registry’s “Where do Chinese people live?” infographic.There are approximately 50 million ethnic Chinese people living outside of China's mainland, which itself is home to nearly 1.4 billion Chinese. Ethnic Chinese people comprise 3.7% of the world's population beyond China's borders. Most of these consumers read, write and speak Chinese. Densely populated Chinese communities outside of China, oftentimes ... read more ...
 
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Frank T. Schilling Registers 12K+ New gTLD In Addition to The 75K Owned By … - We noted last week that North Sound Names a company owned and/or controlled by Frank Schilling, registered some 31,000 domain names in new gTLD’s extensions owned by another Frank Schilling Company, Uniregistry. About 10,000 domain names were registered by North Sound Domains in .blackfriday; another 5,000 domain names under the new gTLD .Hiphop; and 16,000 domain names were registered by North Sound Names under .Audio. At the time we noted that North Sound Names with those registrations had almost ... read more ...
 
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Terror victims a step closer to ‘owning’ Iran’s Internet - Who “owns” the Internet? Israeli attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner intends to find out — in order to force ICANN, the US government organization that manages the web, to hand over the domain names of Iranian web sites to the victims of terror attacks perpetrated and funded by Tehran. To do that, she intends to put ICANN through the wringer –examining paperwork and deposing officials — in order to collect on a $1 billion terror bill courts say Iran owes terror victims. This ... read more ...
 
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TheHill.com: Post On 2016 Presidental Domain Names Doesn’t Even Mention … - TheHill.com just published a post entitled “ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on 2016’s hottest Web address” the artcile goes on to chat about “Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping up 2016-related domain names with the aim of cashing in on six-figure payouts — before any candidate has even thrown his or her hat into the ring”. “The starting bid to buy either ElectHillary.com or ReelectHillary.com at GoDaddy’s domain name auction site: $275,000. ... read more ...
 
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How two remote Arctic territories became the front line in the battle for internet … - Svalbard's domain name could be set to become a safe habour for privacy-focused services in Norway. Image: ShutterstockVisit a Norwegian website and chances are you'll find it ends in .no – the top level domain for the country. However, the country's domain name authority UNINETT Norid has two more country code top level domains (ccTLDs) up its sleeve. The pair are .sj, which represents two Norwegian territories in the Arctic called Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and .bv, which signifies ... read more ...
 
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New Insurance CRM Delivers Sales Automation to Small and Mid Sized … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   September 30, 2014 -- Miami Florida (PRWEB) September 30, 2014 A new CRM system has just been released specifically for small and mid size insurance sales agencies giving them all the tools and automation of large and highly automated insurance companies. Total Lead Domination (TLD) CRM is a turn key system offering a full ... read more ...
 
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Bayern Domain Weiß-blau over TCP/IP - 00:02:38 .bayern: Bayern-Domain geht ans Netz So richtig weiß-blau war das Web bislang nur unter der Adresse www.bayern.by. Dort finden sich Informationen zum Urlaub auf dem Bauernhof, zu Essen und Trinken und zu Wellness in Bayern. Die Site gehört der Bayern Tourismus Marketing GmbH. Ihre Adresse klingt gut, ist aber äußerst trickreich zustande gekommen. Denn die bajuwarisch anmutende Endung oder Top Level Domain (TLD) „.by“ soll eigentlich weißrussische Seiten kennzeichnen. Es ... read more ...
 
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First wave of .melbourne domain names go live tomorrow - The first collection of second-level domains using the new .melboune top-level domain will be live on the Internet from tomorrow. The first .melbourne names include the new online home for the TLD, www.live.melbourne, and the home pages of a number of businesses that have been appointed 'ambassadors' for the domain, including the Bank of Melbourne, the Melbourne Festival and the Flower Drum restaurant.Until now, the site detailing the .melbourne ... read more ...
Tue 30th September 2014
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Melbourne web address up and running - Melbourne's well-known Flower Drum restaurant, the Melbourne Festival and Bank of Melbourne are among the first businesses to adopt a new web address from today: dot-melbourne.For example, the Melbourne Festival's new online address is www.festival.melbourne.Melbourne is the first Australian city to have its own top-level domain name, or TLD.- AAP ... read more ...
 
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Arts Watch: Edinburgh’s Forest Fringe Microfestival Comes to Abrons – The Lo - This weekend an Edinburgh Festival Sensation, Forest Fringe, will be transforming the Abrons Arts Center into an experimental, building-wide microfestival for its New York debut. I recently caught up with one of the three co-founders, Andy Field. TLD – Why did you see the need to create the Forest Fringe Festival? AF – I love the International Festival and the Fringe and all of the other festivals in Edinburgh – it is extremely exciting to be there in the city during festival time. I love ... read more ...
 
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Next gTLDs: 2016 or 2019? - On September 22, 2014, ICANN published an analysis of the review and assessment work that remains to be done before a new round of gTLD (generic Top Level Domain) applications can be initiated. According to the document, 2016 is the earliest a call for the next lot of applications to operate an Internet suffix could come. To many, a subsequent application window so soon after the 2012 round seems unrealistic. ICANN has committed to undertaking a full review of that first round before moving ... read more ...
 
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Explore Global TLD chip market strategies and forecast to 2020 - Explore Global TLD chip market strategies and forecast to 2020 Details WhaTech Channel: Industrial Market Research Reports Published: Tuesday, 30 September 2014 17:31 Submitted by Sherry James WhaTech Premium Legacy News from: Radiant Insights - Market Research Read: 22 times The report include six parts, the first ... read more ...
 
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Apple named ‘the most-phished brand’ as scam levels rise - Trevor Little Last night ICANN itself issued a warning about phishing scams using its branding and logo, and the organisation is not alone in this plight - the latest research from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has revealed rising levels of phishing attacks across the first half of 2014, with Apple identified as the brand most frequently targeted ... read more ...
 
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.bayern startet: Neue TLD für Geschäfte im Süden - Die Top Level Domain (TLD) ".bayern" wird ab heute vergeben, der Webhosting-Anbieter 11 ermöglicht die verbindliche Bestellung der neuen TLD .bayern. Als Einführungsaktion sollen alle bestellten Adressen im ersten Jahr nur 1,99 Euro monatlich kosten, später kostet die Domain 3,99 Euro pro Monat. .bayern ist die dritte neue geografische Top-Level-Domain in Deutschland, mit der ein Bundesland an den Start geht - nach den Stadtstaaten Berlin und Hamburg. Der Registrar Domain Registry Deutschland ... read more ...
 
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".bayern" geht an den Start – Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie - © JanMiks/Colourbox.de Mehr Sichtbareit im Netz: Der DEHOGA Bayern begrüßt die neue Endung ".bayern" Top Level Domains MÜNCHEN. Als eine der ersten Regionen hat sich Bayern eine der neuen Internetendungen gesichert. Diese Endungen, auch Top Level Domains (TLD) genannt, können künftig anstelle von „.de“ oder „.com“ stehen. Den offiziellen Start der Endung „.bayern“ verkündeten Vertreter aus Politik, Wirtschaft ... read more ...
Mon 29th September 2014
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New gTLD Abuse Trends Beginning to Emerge - With just over 2.4 million New gTLDs registered, abuse trends are beginning to emerge. Earlier this month we conducted a review of the top 100 most highly-trafficked Web property names across the top 5 most popular new gTLD registries. It is apparent that the abuse we had expected has occurred — just not where we had anticipated. For example, .Wang leads the pack in terms of abusive registrations with 47% of the top 100 Web property names registered to third-parties. For the other top ... read more ...
 
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„wiesn.bayern“ ist schon vergeben - München sz Man muss es wohl dazu sagen: Die Einführung der Internet-Domain „.bayern“ sei „kein Vorläufer eines Separatismus“, versicherte Bayerns Finanz- und Heimatminister Markus Söder (CSU) am Montag im Münchener Presseclub. Ab dem heutigen Dienstag können sich Interessierte die neue Internet-Wunschdomain sichern, wenn sie ihre bayerischen Wurzeln künftig auch über die Adresszeile nach außen tragen wollen.Zehn Jahre haben die Bayern an die ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...
 
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Bayern-Domains: Eigenständige Identität, die ihre bajuwarischen Wurzeln zeigt - Am 30. September um 12 Uhr startet die Bayern-Domain. Wer sich jetzt noch eine gute Bayern-Domain sichern will, muß sich sputen... Die Registrierungsstelle schreibt:" Die neue Top-Level-Domain .BAYERN ermöglicht allen in Bayern - ob ansässiges Unternehmen, Ein-Mann-Betrieb, Start-Up, Großkonzern, gemeinnützige Organisation oder Privatperson - ihre Website regional zu färben, zum Beispiel balkonbau.bayern." Die Bayern-Domains, meint die Registrierungsstelle, sorge für Orientierung bei den Besuchern: "Die ... read more ...
 
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Neue Domain-Endung im Internet: Exklusiv für AZ-Leser: Die .bayern-Domain … - Söder hatte im April das US-Unternehmen Icann in Kalifornien besucht, das die Vergabe der Domains reguliert. "Regionen, Städte, Unternehmen, Vereine und Bürger können sich mit der Endung .bayern im Netz besser positionieren und ihre Verbindung zum Freistaat deutlich zum Ausdruck bringen", erklärte Söder. Eperten gehen auch davon aus, dass regionale TLDs, wie zum Beispiel .BAYERN in Suchmaschinen eine bessere Platzierung in den Trefferlisten erhalten. Das würde nicht zuletzt auch den regionalen ... read more ...