Category Archives: EN

Fri 2nd October 2015
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ICANN will approve extension of URS to legacy TLDs, but only in particular … - Trevor Little This week the ICANN board approved the proposed renewal of the registry agreements for the .travel’, ‘.pro’ and ‘.cat’ legacy TLDs, giving the green light for use of the Uniform Rapid Suspension system (URS) to be extended to the strings. However, addressing previous opposition to such a move, it stated that extension of the ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: RSL.com, WakeUpHappy.com, RealEstate.com & More Domains - Domain Movers is an exciting series that uses domain names as a driver to breaking and interesting news relating to some of the largest companies in the world. Welcome, enjoy and spread the word about this cool and always interesting series. 4 new domain names have been registered by the “Bic” brand? The whois details on each domain name are generic at this time but contain the Bic brand name in some of the domains, which may be who the actual owner is. The domain names are: BicTrailer.com, BillionsTrailer.com, ... read more ...
 
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September's Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories - A look back at last month’s top domain name news. Ashley Madison, domain name liquidity and a domain parking lawsuit were popular topics last month. 1. Ashley Madison takes down WasHeOnAshleyMadison.com – the company got it by filing a UDRP. 2. How can we bring liquidity to the domain name business? – with nearly 100 comments, there was lots of debate on this issue. 3. Expired Domain Report: What are 6 digit domains worth? – a couple sold for over $7,000! 4. Huge victory for Domain Registrars ... read more ...
 
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.Miami domain names go on sale today - Miami gets its own domain name today. I didn’t get around to my usual weekly roundup of domain name launches, but there’s a big one happening today at noon ET: .Miami. .Miami joins .NYC and .Vegas as the only .city domain names in the United States. Unlike many of the other geo domain name launches, it’s also quite cheap. 11 is offering first year registrations for $11.99 ($22.99 renewal) and GoDaddy has a first year price of $14.99 ($24.99 renewal). 101Domain has an everyday price of $18.99. All ... read more ...
 
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PassItOn.com sells for $64,000 on Sedo - PassITon.com sold for $64,000 on Sedo,when I saw it I wondered if Mike Berkens owned it because Mike does well with popular phrases. Just yesterday Mike sold LoseYourShirt.com for $10,000 on Go Daddy. The owner was not Mike but a company called Commerce Stream. The domain has been registered since 1997 and it looks like it has had a few corporate owners over the years. In 2000 a company called SoftLock owned the domain name, then in 2003 a company called Internet Retail Billing owned it for about ... read more ...
Thu 1st October 2015
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The Social Responsibility Imperative – TLDs Leading the Charge - Last month at CIRA's annual general meeting, I had the pleasure of meeting Tracy Axelsson, the executive director of the Vancouver Community Network. Her organization is working to connect street-involved citizens in downtown Vancouver with critical life-saving information via SMS messages. Chatting about her program was a vivid reminder for me of what many technology companies around the world have recognized, that the benefits of our wares can have a profound impact on our economies, culture ... read more ...
 
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Theralase Successfully Completes GMP Manufacturing of Anti-Cancer Drug - For health and drug regulatory agencies, medication must not only be produced according to regulation standards, but manufacturers must prove that each production will have the same potency and yield as the original batch. Theralase Technologies (TLT:CA) , manufacturer and marketer of a patented super-pulsed laser technology used to eliminate pain, reduce inflammation and accelerate tissue healing, has made a significant breakthrough that furthers the company’s mission to treat the ... read more ...
 
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Theralase Completes GMP Manufacture of Second Batch of Lead Drug - Toronto, Ontario - Theralase Technologies Inc. (“Theralase” or the “Company”) ($TLT:CA) ($TLTFF), a leading biotechnology manufacturer focused on commercializing medical technologies to eliminate pain and destroy cancer, announced today that it has completed manufacture of a second batch of its lead Photo Dynamic Compound (“PDC”), TLD-1433 in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (“GMP”) standards. This milestone demonstrates Theralase’s ability to consistently ... read more ...
 
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HaoZhan.com for $27.3k and other lapsed domain name sales - A weekly wrap of expired domain name sales. One reading of HaoZhan.com ($27.3k) is “warlike” (好战 / hào zhàn). China fortunately isn’t – not compared to the USA – but its domain buyers sure are aggressive lately! At least 3 of the top 4 expired domain auctions at NameJet last week fit the profile: Pinyin, LLLL, numeric. Whether or not Chinese bidders won the auctions, they would have contributed to those final prices. .COM, of course. What about hyphens, though? That’s the million ... read more ...
 
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Kurt Pritz resigns from Domain Name Association - Executive Director steps down from role. Kurt Pritz has stepped down from his role as Executive Director of Domain Name Association, and advocacy group for the domain name industry. In a letter sent to DNA members this afternoon, Chairman Adrian Kinderis did not identify a successor. Kinderis wrote: Fellow members may have concerns about the current and future management of the DNA and its many activities. Please be advised that the board and I have no serious concerns. The DNA partners with Virtual ... read more ...
 
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BMW Wins The Right To The Domain B.MW in a UDRP - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG of Munich, Germany, (BMW) just won the rights to the domain hack b.mw in a UDRP decision. We wrote about the filing of the UDRP back in July 24th of this year, as .mw is a ccTLD (country code domain extension) This is another case where a panel looked at both of sides of the dot to grant trademark protection Here are the highlights: It is apparent to the Panel that the Respondent was aware of the Complainant’s distinctive and well-known BMW mark when registering the ... read more ...
 
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BMW wins B.MW domain name cybersquatting case - Domain name owner had a plausible defense, but didn’t bother to respond to the allegations. Car company BMW has won rights to the domain name B.MW through a cybersquatting arbitration proceeding through World Intellectual Property Organization. .Mw domain names are country code domain name for Malawi. .Mw domain names use the same UDRP rules applicable to other domains, such as .com. BMW argued that the domain name registrant surely knew of the company, and that offering the domain name for sale ... read more ...
 
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Donald Trump, adult domain names and the battle over the Kit Kat shape all … - Trevor Little While a story focused on the latest developments in the gTLD space was the most-read World Trademark Review blog last month, the top 10 ran the full gamut of trademark-related topics, touching on the worlds of politics, law, counterfeiting, the internet and marketing. The most-read blog last month focused on ICM Registry’s ‘.sex’ ... read more ...
 
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Donald Trump, adult domains and the battle over the Kit Kat shape all feature … - Trevor Little While a story focused on the latest developments in the gTLD space was the most-read World Trademark Review blog last month, the top 10 ran the full gamut of trademark-related topics, touching on the worlds of politics, law, counterfeiting, the internet and marketing. The most-read blog last month focused on ICM Registry’s ‘.sex’ ... read more ...
 
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Domain name registrars no longer have to lift ubiquitous guilt insurance - ICANN waives insurance requirement for accredited registrars. ICANN’s board approved a resolution this week to waive an insurance requirement for domain name registrars. The registrar accreditation agreement requires registrars to carry general liability insurance of at least $500,000, but ICANN will no longer require this. ICANN has decided to waive the requirement for a couple reasons. First, the reason for requiring the insurance was to protect registrants. But most general liability insurance ... read more ...
 
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Don't be like a Tesla apologist - Some criticisms are valid, and this extends to the domain name industry. I stayed up to watch the Tesla Model X launch event online Tuesday night. It was supposed to start at 8 PM PST. Nearly an hour later, Elon Musk shuffled onto the stage unapologetically and proceeded to give a lackluster introduction to a car his company is depending on for its future. It has been amusing to see how people reacted to this. Most amusing are the Tesla apologists who make excuses for the company whenever someone ... read more ...
 
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Readers Digest Association Rebrands To Trusted Media Brands, Inc Buys TMBI.com Domain - In a historic move, The Readers Digest Association, Inc. has changed its corporate name after 93 years, to Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Back on June 1, 2015 TheDomains discovered that The Readers Digest Association had acquired the domain name TMBI.com from Get On The Web, but we were not sure “why” at that time, but now we do know why. TMBI.com had a $16,950 asking price by Get On The Web on a landing page directly on the domain name but it is not known what the actual purchase price of the ... read more ...
 
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ICANN selects Panama for Jun 2016 meeting - Panama City selected for next summer’s meeting. ICANN’s summer meeting next year will take place in Panama City, Panama. The decision was made during a board meeting earlier this week. I think this meeting will draw a lot of domain name investors. Many already live in Panama (such as Andrew Rosener of Media Options) and many more run their businesses out of the country. There are two ICANN meetings between now and the Panama meeting. The first takes place later this month in Dublin, Ireland, ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2015
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ibuystores.com Loses Bid To Grab iBuy.com in UDRP - IBUY Stores, Inc. of New York, just lost its bid to grab the domain name ibuy.com in a UDRP IBuy Stores owns the domain name ibuystores.com This case really should have gotten a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling. The domain holder applied for a trademark in 2008, they bought the domain name in 2007 and the Complainant first filed its trademark in 2015 however the one member panel of David H. Bernstein did not even bring up the issue. Here are the highlights: Complainant is the owner of a United ... read more ...
 
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20 finish user domain name sales adult to $20,000 - A firefighting equipment manufacturer, event crew provider and celebrity news site bought domain names last week. Sedo handled 697 domain name transactions this past week, for about $1 million in sales. This includes a number of solid end user domain name sales in the five figure range, such as YouConnect.com and Cardx.com for $20,000 each. Here’s a look at end user domain name sales from the past week on Sedo: (You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d like to learn how to sell your ... read more ...
 
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Strangest Decision of The Year? Netflix Loses URS On The Domain Name Netflix.website - Netflix, Inc. just lost a complaint filed under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) on the domain name Netflix.website I have read through the short decision several times and still don’t understand it The domain owner said he doesn’t even own the domain. The domain which was had a website about Netflix service was found to be inactive when the Examiner David J. Steele, Esq. looked at it, yet he found in favor of the domain holder Here are the highlights: “At the outset, it is necessary ... read more ...
 
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Even before Ta.co, people suspicion Taco.com was owned by Taco Bell - Sure, some people will type taco.com instead of ta.co. But that confusion isn’t new. Yesterday I wrote about how I think Ta.co is a great shortcut web address for Taco Bell, and perhaps better than Taco.com. Many people disagree, and one commenter (on the first post about ta.co) asked how much traffic will end up at Taco.com by mistake. First things first, I don’t think people landing at Taco.com instead of ta.co will hurt Taco Bell. The domain name is owned by an IT company, so it’s not like ... read more ...
 
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NBC rising SeeSo streaming service? - Company registers domain names for what appears to be a streaming TV service. Judging from recent domain name registrations, NBC Universal is getting ready to launch an over-the-top streaming service called Seeso. [Update: Yes, that’s what it is.] The company registered dozens of domain names related to the service yesterday. I can’t track down any related trademark applications, and Google searches come back without any clues. Perhaps we can piece it together with some clues. First of all, ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Jackrabbit.com, FreeBasics.com, JC.com & More Domains - If this is your first time seeing a Domain Movers series, I highly suggest you checkout past articles. This series is all about detecting domain names on the move for one reason or another by large corporations. These companies often purchase already owned domain names by others for new brands, products or services and for many more reasons. These are early findings and the following is often the first time publicly that the information is announced. Microsoft Corporation registered 27 domain names ... read more ...
Tue 29th September 2015
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Florida Owner of UberPromotions.com Sues Uber.com For Trademark Infringement - UBER PROMOTIONS, INC. a Florida corporation filed a federal lawsuit today against the the world famous Uber.com whose formal corporate name is UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC for trademark infringement, unfair competition under the Trademark Act of 1946, under Florida law and under common law. The Florida corporation alleged they had a website for transportation services started in Gainesville Florida in 2006, home of the Florida Gators, several years before what we all know as Uber.com started. Here are ... read more ...