Category Archives: EN

Fri 10th April 2015
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SnapNames Is Holding Auction of 36 Registry Owned .Yoga Domain Names - SnapNames.com is holding an auction of  36 .Yoga domain names. About 1/2 the domain names have a reserve range price of $1k or less. Many are at no reserve and only one domain has a high range reserve of $2,500 All of the 36 .Yoga domain names are owned by the registry, Minds + Machines (LSE: MMX). The auction closes on May 4th at 3:15pm EST in accordance with Snapnames.com normal closing rules. As of publication one domain, Practice.yoga has a bid,  but has not hit reserve. Here is the entire ... read more ...
 
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Big brands register .Sucks as ICANN asks FTC for review - Oprah, Apple and Microsoft among companies paying to protect their brands. Intellectual property interests and brands owners are upset about the .sucks domain name and its pricing, but many big brands aren’t taking chances even as ICANN asks government regulators to review it. .Sucks registry Vox Populi continues to advertise which companies are coughing up dough to prevent their .sucks domains from being available to the general public. Some of the latest: Oprah (Oprah.sucks), Verizon (Verizon.sucks), ... read more ...
 
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Global e-Commerce Sales Projected to Hit $994.5 Billion This Year - Thad Rueter reported for InternetRetailer .com that global e-commerce sales are expected to hit $994.5 billion according to A.T. Kearney. The report cited the United States ahead of China for “online market attractiveness.” From the article: Global e-commerce sales will reach $994.5 billion this year, up 18.4% from $839.8 billion in 2014, according to a new forecast from A.T. Kearney. That compares to a 20.8% year-over-year increase in 2014, with a 16.1% increase anticipated for 2016, to $1.155 ... read more ...
 
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Australian Judge releases personal info on over 4700 who allegedly pirated movie - The AP wrote that an Australian judge has apparently agreed to release the names of over 4700 Aussies who downloaded the movie Dallas Buyers Club. SYDNEY (AP) — Internet providers have lost an Australian court battle to keep secret the names of Internet users suspected of illegally downloading Hollywood movie “Dallas Buyers Club” over file-sharing networks. The Federal Court ruling on Tuesday is a landmark win for copyright holders in a country which has a reputation for being among of world’s ... read more ...
Thu 9th April 2015
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New Study Says "Consumers Feel Uncomfortable with the ‘New Internet’ and … - With hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLD) arriving on the Internet – like .shop, .bank and .london – research has revealed that 87 percent of consumers do not feel very comfortable ... read more ...
 
 
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Theralase closer to clinical testing of non-invasive cancer treatment - Thu 3:16 pm by Alessandro Bruno Tthe combination of light and PDC is much less invasive than other cancer treatments; in fact, the penetration of the light source via optic fiber is the only invasive procedure involved. Toronto-based Theralase Technologies (CVE:TLT) is closer to bringing its anti-cancer Photo Dynamic Compound (PDC), TLD-1433, to the pre-commercial production stage, having successfully released ... read more ...
 
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UK users still don’t trust fancy new Internet top-level domains, study finds - Eighteen months into the new era of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .london, .shop and .bank barely one in ten British and US consumers feels comfortable visiting websites using them, according to a large survey by security firm NCC Group. The survey of 10,000 consumers (5,000 from each country) found that 87 percent said that they didn’t feel comfortable visiting new domains, presumably an issue connected to unfamiliarity. Roughly half claimed that their insecurity would be helped by ... read more ...
 
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Suckstobeyou.com - Trademark owners will be thrilled to know that for a short time (until June 1) they have a priority right to register their brands with the generic top-level domain (gTLD) “.sucks.” Top level domains are the suffixes added to a domain name/address.  Generic gTLDs  were intended to be available for general registration by any person or organization within a particular group (“restricted”) and included the very well-known gTLDs “.com,” “.org,” “.net,” etc.  As the qualification ... read more ...
 
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NameJet Holding Auction Of Court Ordered Domains To Be Sold Including FILETMIGNON.COM - Pursuant to Order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and further at the direction of the US Marshals Service, NameJet is auctioning some terrific steak-related domains, such as FILETMIGNON.COM, along with a few other assorted names, including the following: 1-800-nuts.com azizmerchant.com buykobebeef.com dodgeinnsteak.com dryagedsteaks.com filetmignon.com flowerofthemonthclub.biz flowerofthemonthclub.net flowerofthemonthclub.org flowerofthemonthclub.us flowerofthemonthclub.ws fruitclub.net grandadsbaconrinds.com kobebeef.biz kobebeef.net kobebeefsale.com kycity.net luckyagro.com simonmeats.com steaks-meat-food.com tropicaldental.com wagyusteaks.com wagyusteaks.net wagyusteaks.org These ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs and Universal Acceptance - Universal Acceptance is the topic of the moment, explained in one simple sentence: in the new gTLD world, it means that various groups (the DNS, ICANN and a few others) are working hard to make new domain names better accepted by the existing technical Internet infrastructure. A video extracted from the "ICANN 52" meeting explains it in 50 slides but I suggest a pause on slide 17, because it shows where the issues are and what remains to be fixed to give the ultimate answer to that question: ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Holding No Reserve Auction Of Over 250 Short .BUZZ Domain Names - Namejet.com is holding no reserve auction of over 250.short Buzz domains. All of the domains are short, most are 4 letters  (5 letters is the longest) as well as some 3 letter words. The domain have to be back-ordered by dates starting as soon as April 16th but they are staggered, with the last one’s needing to be back-ordered by May 3rd. Here is the list of domain names, which all require a $69 bid to enter the auction and the date each must be back-ordered by. As usually all back-orders must ... read more ...
 
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ICANN asks FTC and OCA to examination .Sucks - ICANN asks government agencies for feedback on .sucks plan. ICANN has sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Canada’s Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA), asking them to consider if Vox Populi’s plans for the .sucks top level domain are violating any laws or regulations these agencies enforce. .Sucks registry Vox Populi has an interesting pricing model that charges some brand owners — including those that have tried to protect their brands in new domain names — a higher fee. The ... read more ...
 
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MySchool.com domain name owners fights behind after lawsuit - Domain name owner alleges reverse domain name hijacking. Original Web Ventures has responded to a lawsuit filed against its domain name MySchool.com, and has made claims of its own against plaintiff Joseph Carpenter. Carpenter filed an in rem lawsuit against MySchool.com in February after losing two separate UDRP cases over the domain name. The lawsuit sought to get control of the domain name under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Carpenter runs a site at MySchool411.com. Original ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel Finds Not Responding To C & D Letter Is Bad Faith: 14 Year Old Mascot.nl Lost - “Mascot International A/S of Silkeborg, Denmark, just won the rights to the domain name mascot.nl which was registered on October 31, 2001. Complainant, a Danish company has a Benelux trademark for the term MASCOT which is really a figurative mark for the  word MASCOT as written in a special script: which was granted in January 18, 1989 Complainant also filed a wordmark as CTM, for goods in classes 9 and 25, application date October 29, 2001, registration date March 3, 2004, registration no. ... read more ...
 
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87% of consumers uncomfortable with ‘new internet’ - 09/04/2015 By Daniel Hunter With hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLD) arriving on the internet — like .shop, .bank and .london — research has revealed that 87% of consumers do not feel very comfortable visiting them.The New Internet Study by global information assurance firm NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to these new gTLDs.With more domains going live, 40% of web users also reported ... read more ...
 
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Study of 10K People: 49% of Consumers Are Uncomfortable With Vising A Site … - Global information assurance firm, NCC Group released the results of The New Internet Study, today of 10,000 people. NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to these new gTLDs. 49% of respondents said they felt uncomfortable visiting a web site using a new gTLD domain. 42% of web users reported feeling less secure online since their introduction while 35% feel just as secure. Other finding from the study: · 45% of those we surveyed said they would feel ... read more ...
 
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Ford.com, eStore.com and Many More Domain Movers - I have been doing these Domain Movers lists for awhile and they never get old! Never! They are packed with valuable and always interesting domain name data watching what companies are buying, registering and selling their domain name assets. Having an “insiders” look at potential “news” like new brands and products is always cool! As always, a TON of time goes into these articles and this dedication is to help all domain name investors and the domain industry as a whole. Here we go with the ... read more ...
 
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DomainNameSales increases sales commissions - Rate increased to 15%, in line with competitors. DomainNameSales.com is increasing the fee it charges for brokering a sale from 12.5% to 15.0%. The commission applies to existing negotiations for which a deal hasn’t been reached. In justifying the price increase, DNS VP of Sales Jeff Gabriel wrote: Over the past 90 days we have added 5 new Domain Brokers – two are fluent in Mandarin, three have backgrounds in Hi-Technology, Advertising, and Engineering Sales. Our new team members allow us to ... read more ...
 
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.US Domains Are Subject To Being Suspended Under The URS - .US domain names have became subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy. Actually ICANN site on the URS specifically  says that .US domain names are not subject to the URS Technically the decision is a usRS for the .usTLD Rapid Suspension System (the “Rules”). In the National Arbitration Forum decision, Beachbody, LLC of Santa Monica, CA got the domain name t-25.us suspended for the life of the registration Sandra J. Franklin, was Examiner. The decision did not cite what trademark ... read more ...
 
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Lady Gaga gift switches from .org to .foundation - It’s a longer TLD but shorter address overall. The Born This Way Foundation (BTWF), a non-profit founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, has switched its web address from a .org to .foundation. The charity was using bornthiswayfoundation.org, which now forwards to bornthisway.foundation. Although the top level domain is longer, the entire address is three characters shorter. Born This Way Foundation is named after Lady Gaga’s 2011 album of the same name. Its mission is to inspire youth and build ... read more ...
 
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The IP-Savvy Star Who Doesn’t Do Porn - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
 
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.Wedding Winds Up With 1,254 Domain Registrations After It's First Day Of General Availability - Minds + Machines launched .Wedding into general availability yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period, .Wedding ended its first day of GA with 1,254 registrations according to ntldstats.com 1and1.com and Godaddy.com were the top two domain name registrars where .Wedding domain names were registered. .Wedding has variable pricing on premium domain names. You can see the list of ... read more ...
 
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Facebook Acquires Single Letter i.org Domain Name - Facebook Inc. has acquired the single letter domain name i.org according to whois records! Facebook owns the domain name Internet.org and is leading the effort of connecting the 2/3’s of the world who do not have internet. It is unknown at this time if the newly acquired domain name I.org will be used with this effort. I.org was held by PIR registry and under the Project 94 which is: “Project94 is the allocation of 94 1-2 character .ORG domain names that have never been released for registration. ... read more ...
 
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Study of 10K People: 49% of Consumers Are Uncomfortable With Vising A Site Using A New gTLD - Global information assurance firm, NCC Group released the results of The New Internet Study, today of 10,000 people. NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to these new gTLDs. 49% of respondents said they felt uncomfortable visiting a web site using a new gTLD domain. 42% of web users reported feeling less secure online since their introduction while 35% feel just as secure. Other finding from the study: · 45% of those we surveyed said they would feel ... read more ...