Category Archives: EN

Mon 22nd December 2014
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UDRP Filed on 14 Year Old Domain: Domain Holder Objects To 2014 Trademark Filing - This is a pretty interesting UDRP. Basically you have the Complainant which has been operating under the the domain name directorschoicetourandtravel.com since 2006 filed for a federal trademark on the term DIRECTOR’S CHOICE around July 15th of this year with the USPTO, which is says its been using “since at least as early as April 1997 used in connection with Complainant’s Services, namely, “arranging travel tours for music organizations; organization of travel” The domain name directorschoice.com ... read more ...
 
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Hottest Phrase Of The Moment: IcantBreathe.com Sells - The domain name IcantBreathe.com which matches one of the hot phrases in life and on social media, just sold earlier this month The domain name was listed for sale on CATCHYDOMAINS.COM The buyer has a page up and the domain already has an Alexa.com ranking of 11M. I spoke to the new owner of the domain who told me he has already received several offers on the domain. Of course the phrase not only is “Hot” as its in the news every day, its highly divisive. It maybe another example of a domain ... read more ...
 
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In Depth Article About ccTLDs on Moz Blog - It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you, but I don’t have a great deal of experience with ccTLD domain names, aside from seeing them in my travels. I know that Ron Jackson breaks out the ccTLD sales from other domain names in his sales reports, and there are frequently solid sales reported (ie $40,000 last week for SC.TV). If you are interested in ccTLD domain names, you will want to read an article on The Moz Blog that was published this morning. Eli Schwartz, Online Marketing Manager ... read more ...
 
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Aeropostale Wins 1st Uniform Rapid Suspension Appeal On Aeropostale.Uno - The clothing company Aeropostale has won what we believe is the first appeal of a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding. Back in April a URS examiner  Alan L. Limbury,denied the Complaint of  Aeropostale Procurement Company on the domain name aeropostale.uno finding that “Complainant here submitted with its complaint copies of the certificates of registration of seven United States AEROPOSTALE trademarks, four of which are in the name R. H. Macy Co., Inc., two of which are in the name Aeropostale ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs this week: Two launch on Christmas Eve - I wonder how many dentists will be registering domain names on Christmas Eve? Two new top level domain names launch this week, both on Christmas Eve and both from Rightside. .Dentist and .Rehab exit the Early Access Program on Wednesday and revert to regular pricing. The .dentist domains appear to be priced a little bit higher than most Rightside domains. GoDaddy is quoting a regular price of $49.99 and a sale price of $34.99. 101Domain quotes a $37.99 price. Compare ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Aftermarket with Joe Uddeme – DNWP Episode 012 - Domain name sales in 2014 and looking forward. How did new top level domain names affect .com domain name sales in 2014? What impact will they have in 2015? You might be surprised by the answer. Joe Uddeme, Director of Business Development for Domain Holdings, talks about trends the domain name brokerage saw in 2014. Uddeme will discuss how domain sales changed throughout the year as well, and how you can work with a domain broker like Domain Holdings. Also: .Club ... read more ...
 
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My initial .Cards spam, that competence indeed be a good thing for new TLDs - I received some spam today that linked to a pretty good new TLD. Over the summer I received a spam email linking to a .club domain name. The spam didn’t really have anything to do with .club; the domain choice seemed random. The .Club registry acted quickly to take action against the domain name, which is rather unusual for a registry. Today I received the my spam linking to a new TLD that truly takes advantage of new TLDs, and this might actually be good for the ... read more ...
Sun 21st December 2014
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Goliath vs Goliath as Google Takes On Hollywood in Piracy Wars - More and more tidbits continue to come out of the Sony leak, The Verge reported on a meeting between Sony, Google and Homeland Security. The Verge a week later ran a story about Google being incensed over Hollywood’s anti-piracy measures. Google was especially concerned with “Project Goliath” The project’s goal was to find a way to block pirate sites from appearing online. From the article: After hacked documents revealed that Sony and other media companies were attempting to pass harsh ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon: Spotlight on Afilias - This article is part of a series of interviews with NamesCon exhibitors and sponsors. The 2015 NamesCon event will take place at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas from January 11-14. Over 500 people have registered to attend NamesCon so far, and over 800 attendees are expected. Today’s NamesCon Spotlight interview is with John Kane, Vice President of Corporate Services at Afilias. You are welcome to post comments and questions for John in the comment section if you would like to ask about ... read more ...
Sat 20th December 2014
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Young New Yorker Invests In First Kuhn Mower Conditioner – Agri - Chad Carpenter is 31 years old and just bought his first Kuhn product this spring, a Kuhn FC 3560 TLD side-pull disc mower conditioner, an exciting milestone in this young farmer’s life.“I’ve only been farming two years,” says Carpenter, a Boonville, N.Y. native. He rents his uncle’s barn to milk 50 cows and grows a variety of crops on 200 tillable acres, which he leases from his father, John, and other family members.Eventually, he will relocate the entire ... read more ...
Fri 19th December 2014
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C-and-A.com Wins UDRP On C-A.Com Purchased For $3K & Offered To .Com Holder For $340K - Cofra Holding AG of Zug, Switzerland which owns the domain name C-and-A.com, just won the rights to the domain name C-A.Com. The three member panel did not like the fact that the domain owner who purchased the domain name C-A.com in January 2014 for $3k was asking for six figures to the .com holder of the domain name CandA.com Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: T the Complainant owns over 90 trademark registrations in various countries around the world, including the United States ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Partners with BaseKit to Bring Website Builder to Domain Registrars - Website building platform BaseKit announced last week that it has partnered with domain name services provider Rightside Group to provide its website building tool to its domain registrars. The agreement will give customers of eNom, eNom Central, Bulk Register and Name.com access to BaseKit’s website building platform. In a statement, BaseKit said the partnership with Rightside represents its efforts to support the growing trend of new gTLDs. New gTLDs are giving service providers more opportunities ... read more ...
 
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DNA’s First Official “State of a Domains” Newsletter Now Published Completely in Chinese! - TLD Registry the company behind Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website, have released a Mandarin version of the State of the Domains quarterly publication that is published by the Domain Name Association. They published on their website: TLD Registry is extremely proud to be responsible for the full layout and design of the Domain Name Association’s (DNA) first official newsletter, released this past October at ICANN 51 in Los Angeles. The publication provides insight to the use of domain ... read more ...
 
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Will some-more contested TLDs get some-more registrations? - Probably, but quantifying it is difficult at this point. I commonly hear that the best is yet to come in terms of new to level domain name launches. The most heavily contested applications are just getting resolved, and these represent the best top level domain names. It makes sense to me. But will this reflect reality? Are the TLDs we’re seeing so far not representative of the results of future, heavily contested TLD launches? I tried to dig into the data a bit ... read more ...
 
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Last week’s Expired Domain Name Sales - After seeing English and Chinese jostling for king of the mountain week after week, it’s a real pleasure to see Spanish climb to that top spot, as if reminding us that it – not English – stands as the world’s 2nd most populous language (behind Mandarin). GoDaddy auctioned off the word Gustazo.com for $4.7k. If you’re wondering what it means, well, I’ve already given you a clue in that first sentence. “Gustazo” equals a special pleasure. In particular, ... read more ...
 
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WIPO row denies UDRP on WUP.com - Complainant probably didn’t exist when domain name was registered. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP attempt on the three letter domain name WUP.com. The complaint was filed by Wengenroth Partner, an German SEO and online marketing firm. It appears the company didn’t even exist when the respondent register the domain name in 2008. The single member panel found that the complainant did not prove a lack of rights or legitimate interests, ... read more ...
Thu 18th December 2014
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.Club takes 6 out of the top 10 New gTLD Sales on Sedo in 2014 - Sedo reported their top 10 new gTLD sales of 2014 and .club dominated the list with 6 out of 10. Things seem to be on the upswing as the company raised another $3million according to DomainNameWire. Upswing in new gTLDs such as .club and .berlin More than 300 new TLDs have been launched in the market in 2014 and currently there are more than 3.5 million new domains registered.  The trading among new gTLD domains is already in full swing and the development of sales at Sedo’s marketplace has ... read more ...
 
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.Club takes 6 out of a tip 10 New gTLD Sales on Sedo in 2014 - Sedo reported their top 10 new gTLD sales of 2014 and .club dominated the list with 6 out of 10. Things seem to be on the upswing as the company raised another $3million according to DomainNameWire. Upswing in new gTLDs such as .club and .berlin More than 300 new TLDs have been launched in the market in 2014 and currently there are more than 3.5 million new domains registered.  The trading among new gTLD domains is already in full swing and the development of sales at Sedo’s marketplace has ... read more ...
 
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Google swears no search leg up for new dot-word sites: We drill into claims - Google has reiterated its claim that there is no inherent advantage to new top-level domains – such as .london or .book – when it comes to topping search rankings. The position, posted on Google+ by the web giant's trends analyst John Mueller, more or less restates what Google SEO head honcho Matt Cutts insisted more than a couple of years ago. ... read more ...
 
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Flipboard Wins TM Dispute Leading to Flowboard Changing Their Name - Simon Sage reported for iMore that Flowboard an app that allows you to create presentations lost a trademark dispute with Flipboard. The company has decided to change their name and rebrand to FlowVella. FlowVella CEO, Brent Brookler told Geek Wire the changed had already been in the works, the company will keep the same F in their logo. From the article: Flowboard’s slick app for creating presentations will be known as FlowVella from here on out. The change comes at the heels of a trademark court ... read more ...
 
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The Empire Strikes Back: "New" Verisign Hums a Familiar Tune - Losing your monopoly must be hard. True, few companies ever experience that particular breed of angst, but if Verisign's reply to even modest success in the new gTLD marketplace is any indication, it must be very hard to say goodbye. We understand why they're worried: New .COM quality is abysmal. The quality of newly registered .COM names is dropping and has been for years. And there is nothing Verisign can do about it. So welcome to the fire sale. New .COM is as cheap as .XYZ. The average ... read more ...
 
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Zero to 60 in a Split Second: Coffee.Club Goes From a Domain Name to a … - At first glance, as a coffee lover with a 6-month subscription that just started,  I certainly like the business model. Coffee.club lets you choose ... read more ...
 
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Take this to the .bank: financial institutions need to prepare for new gTLDs - Hundreds of new generic top-level domains are in the process of being rolled out this year and next, including many that will be of interest to the financial services industry.  One of them that seems likely to attract a high level of interest and buy-in is .bank.  fTLD Registry Services, a joint venture formed by a number of financial services companies and trade associations, applied for and was recently awarded the right to operate the .bank and .insurance gTLDs.  The .bank domain ... read more ...
 
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A New Domain Name Dispute Alternative: The Uniform Rapid Suspension … - The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) was created as part of ICANN’s new gTLD program. A gTLD (generic top-level domain) is the “suffix” at the end of a domain name, most commonly .com, .org, .info, .biz and .us. Prior to the new gTLD program there were 23 gTLDs in operation.  The new gTLD program is expected to result in the launch of approximately 700 additional gTLDs. More than 400 new gTLDs have already been delegated, with the majority of these in operation. The expansion of ... read more ...
 
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“SeekingAlpha: Sears & Staples More Valuable As Domain Names Than The Brick & Motar Stores” - SeekingAlpha, just published s story right out of Rick Schwartz Playbook and something he has expressed for years on his blog, that Sears and Staples might be more valuable as domain names than as brick and mortar stores. “”What happens when a brick and mortar retailer’s brand becomes more valuable as a domain name than as a chain of stores?”” ” We might be seeing the answer to that question at department store legend Sears Holdings (NYSE: SHLD) and office supply category killer Staples ... read more ...