Category Archives: EN

Thu 7th May 2015
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TLD Podcast #9: Canelo-Kirkland & Mayweather-Pacquiao - In this episode, Diego and I give our Mayweather-Pacquiao postmortem. We dissect the fight itself, talk about how it had impossible hype to live up to and wonder what’s next for both men. Was Manny Pacquiao’s shoulder injury a deciding factor? Is Floyd Mayweather that much better than Pacquiao? We also preview Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-James Kirkland, a fight that promises tremendous action and carries major implications. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of the episode: We know that Manny ... read more ...
 
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Rightside posts profit, gets $7.2 million from withdrawing new TLDs - Rightside posts profit and gets big haul from withdrawing new top level domain name applications. Rightside released first quarter earnings after the bell today. The company posted an adjusted EBITDA of $0.6 million and a GAAP profit of $1.9 million. Revenue from Registrar Services (i.e. eNom and Name.com) was $42.0 million, up from $37.5 million in the same quarter last year. Registry Services (i.e. new top level domains and backend services) revenue was $1.6 million, up from just $42,000 in the ... read more ...
 
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Coming Soon: .Bank And .Insurance Domain Names - 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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.Club turns 1 and these 17 registrars are offered domains for $1 - Registrars offer $1 special on .Club domains on first anniversary of launch. .Club is celebrating the one year anniversary of its general availability. As part of the celebration, 17 registrars are offering .Club domain names for about a dollar today only. (See the list at the end of this post). The registry put out an infographic today displaying some of the top level domain’s metrics after one year of .Club. Highlights include: 220,000 paid registrations 73,123 unique registrations 38,665 live ... read more ...
 
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Not Every New Domain .Sucks — .CLUB Marks One-Year Launch Anniversary as … - FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwired - May 07, 2015) - While much media attention has been focused on the defensive strategies that celebrities and brands are taking against the new .sucks and .porn domain names, there have been several new domain extensions enjoying widespread success, being registered and used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses. One of those successes is .CLUB, the most popular new domain extension, celebrating its one-year launch anniversary today, maintaining ... read more ...
 
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What You Need to Know About .sucks Domain Names - The sunrise period for trademark owners to register their .sucks domain names has started. That means owners of federally registered trademarks (and celebrities) can pay around $2,000 to get their brands’ .sucks domain names before those domains go on sale to the general public on June 1, 2015. Yes, you read that correctly. The cost to secure your .sucks domain name before anyone else can get it is at least $2,000. If you wait until June 1, you can register any .sucks domain for $249 ... read more ...
 
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TheVerge.com Calls Purchase of RandPaul.com For $100K "Ransom" - TheVerge.com is apparently on the Verge of calling anyone who owns a domain name and is looking to sell it a Cybersquatter and somehow is calling on the next President of the United States to outlaw the practice of buying a domain name and selling it. The story is about Rand Paul purchase of RandPaul.com for $100k yesterday calling payment of $100K “Ransom” “Rand Paul’s presidential campaign has already suffered an unfortunate outlay: a $100,980 ransom check for RandPaul.com.” “Domain ... read more ...
 
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Expired Domain Name Roundup including Moviez.com for $11k - Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in domain name sales at NameJet. At some point, yours truly will stop pointing out the fault line between Chinese and Western domain sales in these charts, inasmuch as I’m beginning to sound like a broken record! Still, for the benefit of those readers who are just now joining us, I’ll reiterate: Week after week, domain auctions at NameJet are dominated by purchases addressing either the U.S. or the Chinese market; and it’s always a tossup which group ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: QD.com, Circle.com, HorseRanch.com and More Domains - Welcome to the latest and greatest domain movers where we detect domain names on the move that have been recently acquired, registered or just moving for one reason or another, mainly all by large companies! These are often early detections and lead to new products, brands, services, advertising campaigns and much more. Here we go with the latest, and if you like this series, checkout some of the past articles here in the Domain Movers category. Future Media Architects Inc. has sold the 2 letter ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD 1st Day Domain Names Totals: .Video 3,271 & .Sale 2,160 - Rightside launched two new gTLD domain name extensions into general availability (GA) yesterday .Video and .Sale Including all domain name registered in the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those that paid a higher fee during the Early Access Period (EAP) to register domains before GA .Video wound up with 3,271 domain name registered and .Sale has 2,160 registered domain names. .Video domain name registrations are priced at $34.99 while .Sale is priced at $22.99 at Enom.com Rightside now has ... read more ...
 
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Beautiful People Magazine Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On BeautifulPeople.com - Beautiful People Magazine, Inc. has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) The Magazine filed a UDRP on five domain names: BeautifulPeople.com BeautifulPeople.net beautifulwomenonly.com gaybeautifulpeople.com beautifulpeoplegay.com The three member panel of Jeffrey M. Samuels Esq., Jonathan Hudis Esq. and Alan L. Limbury Esq. found the Complainant knew it could not prove bad faith registration of the domain names beautifulpeople.net and beautifulpeople.com, and knew of the ... read more ...
 
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One domicile cashes in twice in Verisign Contest - Twice the cash for Florida household. Verisign recently released the second batch of winners in its Internet Official contest. Here are the five that each took home $5,000: KidsCookDinner.com – Kate K, New York NYC SkinnyLA.com – Sarah G Los Angeles, CA SoldiersOnly.com – Alfred M, Jacksonville FL LastSecondFlights.com – Michael S – Wilton CT SeniorBride.com – Terry S., Port Charlotte, FL I couldn’t help but notice that there are now two winners from Port Charlotte, Florida. Last month ... read more ...
 
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This week's new TLDs (retroactive edition) - Recapping this week’s domain name launches. It’s been a busy week and I missed doing my weekly new top level domain name preview. A number of interesting domain names launched this week, so I’ll recap what came out and how they did. Top Level Design’s .Design entered early access on May 5. You can pick up the domain names now at a premium, or wait for regular pricing general availability on May 12. Regular pricing seems to be about $50-$70, but some registrars are offering first year discounts. Public ... read more ...
 
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.Club Celebrates It's 1st Birthday & You Get The Present: $1 Domains At Godaddy Today Only -     It’s .Club 1 year birthday and in celebration Godaddy.com is offering .Club registrations for just $1 (plus $.18 ICANN Fee) for just today, with no limit (so is Moniker.com) Here is the press release from .club celebrating its birthday: “While much media attention has been focused on the defensive strategies that celebrities and brands are taking against the new .sucks and .porn domain names, there have been several new domain extensions enjoying widespread success, being registered and ... read more ...
Wed 6th May 2015
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Renowned Four Press’s.SCIENCE domain expansion quickly increases to get to … - This post was originally published on link to postIt Is Bomb.SCIENCE Thursday, 06 May 2015, Gibraltar: Popular Four Press, a worldwide head within the supply of universal Top-Level Areas (gTLDs), today declared the.SCIENCE new universal Top-Level Site, a domain registry that it handles, has already reached over domain 250,000 enrollment (internet handles) in a few months. This makes.SCIENCE among the fastest-growing site registries in the world. ldquo;We’re naturally happy using the ... read more ...
 
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INTA 2015: Trademark Practitioners Must Redefine Their Role in Branding - The 137th International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting just wrapped up in San Diego, and by all accounts, it was the biggest ever—with nearly 10,000 trademark practitioners from more than 150 countries in attendance. The topics under discussion did not vary much from years past—issues such as IP infringement and brand protection remain at the forefront. But this year’s attendees were reminded that they are one of a brand’s most important ambassadors, and they need to start ... read more ...
 
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Adult domain sunrises break records despite trademark counsel “domain fatigue” - Tim Lince After a record-breaking double sunrise period for its ‘.adult’ and ‘.porn’ gTLD strings, ICM Registry has announced it is expanding its programme for trademark owners by allowing sunrise B applicants access to its domain matching programme. The move comes at a time when, according to ICM Registry’s legal counsel, trademark counsel ... read more ...
 
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Advertising Law – May 2015 - In This Issue: Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews ICANN Seeks FTC Assistance With “.sucks” Domain Name ASME Updates Editorial Guidelines: Don’t Deceive Readers Rough Life: MyLife.com to Pay $1M and Face Injunction Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews In a new lawsuit, Amazon targeted one individual and four companies that allegedly wrote and posted fake reviews on the e-commerce giant’s site. Amazon’s Conditions of Use expressly prohibit paid reviews, as the site’s 250 million ... read more ...
 
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.Club domain names by a numbers - A view of how .Club domain names are being used one year after the TLD launched. .Club celebrates the first anniversary of its general availability tomorrow. The top level domain name has eclipsed 200,000 domain names, making it one of the most-registered new top level domain names. What are people doing with these domain names? I once again turned to dataprovider.com to take a look underneath the hood. In a recent crawl, dataprovider was able to reach about three-quarters of the registered .Club ... read more ...
 
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Alpnames.com Offering Free .Party New gTLD Domain Name Registrations - Alpnames.com the registrar who offered free and then $.49 domain names for .Science which just broke the 250,000 domain registration mark, announced today that is was now offering free .Party domains. Famous Four Media is the registry for both .Science and .Party. As we discussed before Alpnames.com which is located in Gibraltar as is Famous Four, only seems to have sold registrations on Famous Four’s extensions. .Party which launched a while back has over 5,600 registrations. Its not clear how ... read more ...
 
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Namecheap Launches Online Marketplace For Small Businesses - Namecheap is launching a new marketplace today for small businesses according to Tech.co Rick Kirkendall, the CEO of Namecheap is quoted saying “The Marketplace is similar to the Apple app store, where external developers can submit apps for people to use to make building their websites easier, after they already have a domain,” says . ... read more ...
 
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Will .sucks … Suck for your brand? - In brief: Despite strong criticism of Vox Populi's pricing scheme as predatory and exploitative, brand owners are paying hefty premiums for early registration in the yourbrand.sucks domain string. With sunrise registration closing on 29 May 2015, you should now be taking the necessary steps to ensure your company can secure a registration during the sunrise period, so that .sucks will not suck for your brand. Partner Tim Golder (view CV) and Associate Carissa Apps report. Introduction .SUCKS Summary ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media’s .SCIENCE domain extension rapidly rises to become the … - It Is Rocket .SCIENCE Wednesday, 06 May 2015, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that the .SCIENCE new generic Top Level Domain, a domain registry that it manages, has reached over domain 250,000 registration (web addresses) in 3 months. This makes .SCIENCE one of the fastest growing domain registries on the planet. “We are understandably delighted with the adoption by the public of the .SCIENCE domain ... read more ...
 
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One Member UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GreatRun.com - Nova Holdings Limited, Nova International Limited, and G.R. Events Limited, of Newcastle upon Tyne, of the UK represented by Bond Dickinson LLP, the United Kingdom (the “Complainants”) was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name GreatRun.com On the issue of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking the one member panel of Gabriela Kennedy found “the evidence presented by the parties demonstrates conclusively that the Disputed Domain Name could not have been registered in bad ... read more ...
 
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Carly Fiorina jokes about induction SethMeyers.org - Presidential hopeful jokes with comedian about domain names. There’s been quite a bit of mainstream coverage this past week about presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and domain names. The press has said that she forgot to register CarlyFiorina.org. Some other person registered it and is using it to highlight layoffs under her tenure at HP. (As it turns out, her company actually used to own the domain name and let it expire.) Fiorina is having a laugh about it, including on Late Night with Seth ... read more ...