Thu 30th April 2015
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Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each: 10X+ More Than Any Average - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows  trademark owners the first opportunity to secure names in .PORN and .ADULT, resulted in around 4,000 domain name registrations per TLD which is a record for any new gTLD by many times over. According to ICM, the best previous gTLD launches garnered around 750 ... read more ...
 
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Domeny branżowe zyskują coraz większą popularność -     W ostatnim czasie, według ICANN, przedsiębiorcy wykazują rosnące zainteresowanie domenami branżowymi. Ich lista jest bardzo długa i zawiera m.in. takie pozycje jak: .art, .bar, .club, .casino, .moda, .fitness, .ink, .marketing, .media, .pizza, .studio, .tattoo, .tech czy .xxx. Dlaczego warto je stosować? Wiele firm posiada podobne lub takie samy nazwy, dlatego wykorzystanie domeny branżowej ułatwia klientom dotarcie do odpowiedniego dostawcy. Pełnią one rolę podobną do drogowskazu. ... read more ...
 
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.Me Passes 800K Registrations - The .Me Registry announced today that they passed the 800,000 mark in the number of registered domain names. If .Me was a new gTLD and not a ccTLD it would be the 2nd most registered, however they have not offered to my knowledge free domain names at any point Here is the announcement: “”We Hit 800,000 Domains! It’s another big day for us as the .ME has passed 800,000 domain registrations. We are proud that from the very launch the .ME domain became a premier choice for building a personal ... read more ...
 
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.Porn and .Adult domain names mangle morning records - Provocative domains, low pricing, marketing and promotion with Trademark Clearinghouse boost early numbers for new adult domains. ICM Registry announced today that its .Porn and .Adult domain names each received about 4,000 registrations during the sunrise trademark period. That’s more than any other new top level domain names to date. The strong interest was certainly fueled by the nature of the domains and news about Taylor Swift buying her name, but it went beyond that. ICM Registry offered ... read more ...
 
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Short domain names lead lapsed domain name sales - Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. China and the USA take turns as king of the mountain. Last week, an English domain was perched on top of our pile of expired NameJet auctions. This week China occupies both the #1 and #3 positions with PQA.com ($17.1k) and 058.net ($5k) respectively, while #2 currently remains indeterminate. METE.com ($12.3k) can be regarded as an English word, a verb meaning to measure and dispense some allotment. Yet it’s so archaic ... read more ...
 
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How One Tweet Cost Twitter $8billion in Market Cap - Twitter has been under pressure for the last couple days as a disappointing earning release caused the stock to take a dive. The dive started earlier than normal for a bad earnings report. Companies usually wait til after the close for release and full dissemination. A Tweet that went out Tuesday while the market was still open and caused the stock to plummet. The BBC wrote: What actually happened? Twitter was due to announce its earnings for the first quarter of the year after close of trading ... read more ...
 
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ICANN da luz verde a más de 1300 nuevos dominios genéricos de alto nivel - La creación de dominios genéricos de alto nivel -también denominados gTLD- viene transformando Internet desde el año 2011. Sin embargo, el impacto real de esta revolución silenciosa se empezó a notar en 2014, cuando los primeros nuevos nombres de red salieron a la luz pública. Esta revolución, que representa millones de dólares y enfrenta a las multinacionales tecnológicas, redefinirá quién es quién en la red y otorgará identidad a millones de empresas que esperan ansiosas apoderarse ... read more ...
 
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The .ME Domain Hits 800000 Registrations - PODGORICA, Montenegro--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The .ME Registry announced today that its ccTLD has passed 800,000 domain registrations. Since its launch in 2008 Montenegro’s country code domain has been marketed as a premier choice for building a personal brand and it quickly became one of the favorite new extensions among creative individuals who want to stand out online. The domain has continued to grow steadily in response to the global trend of nurturing ... read more ...
 
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A name that unsuccessful a "radio test" was spiteful this genuine estate business - Old name led to a “word-of-mouth” issue for company. Technology-driven real estate startup TripleMint just raised $1.65 million from investors. It’s also changing its name from one that caused it problems. TripleMint used to be called Suitey, a name that I don’t know how to say, and if someone told me about it I wouldn’t know how to spell it. My guess is it was a play on “sweetie” and the real estate context of “suite”. Co-founder David Walker explained that the old name was “really ... read more ...
 
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Cyrillic considerations - Cyrillic considerationsNon-Latin names are not new, but gTLDs are bringing them like never before. PETOŠEVIĆ’s Tatyana Kulikova examines the Russian exampleThe TLD .РФ (.rf in Latin) was the first Cyrillic TLD of the IDNA (Internationalising Domain Names in Applications) system. It was delegated to Russia in May 2010, but the idea had been around since 2001. At the beginning of this year, Macedonia launched its Cyrillic TLD, .мкд (.mkd in Latin), and on 1 March, Belarus launched .бел ... read more ...
 
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The routes to be travelled - The routes to be travelledDaniel Greenberg of Lexsynergy outlines how trademark attorneys should approach online brand protection in the new gTLD programmeWhether you agree or disagree, domain names are intertwined with trademarks. The vast majority of trademark law firms offer some sort of service relating to domain names or have assisted clients in resolving domain name disputes. The impact of new gTLDs (such as .lawyer, .london, .sucks and .adult) is significant, creating ‘new real estate’ ... read more ...
 
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Domain Registrar MAFF.com Rebrands To XZ.com That They Bought For $138K in 2013 -                       The Chinese domain name registrar MAFF.com has re-branded to XZ.com We received an email from MAFF.com announcing the re-branding today. The domain name XZ.com was purchased at the Inaugural Heritage Domain Auction which was held in New York City in November 2013 for $138,000. The domain name Maff.com is being forwarded to XZ.com. ... read more ...
 
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ChinesePot.com owners can keep domain name notwithstanding not responding to UDRP - Owner of ChinesePod.com loses case against ChinesePot.com. Language instruction service Chinesepod Limited, which uses the domain name ChinesePoD.com, has lost a UDRP against the owner of ChinesePoT.com. It’s a case of a “typo” also being a common word. The owner of ChinesePot.com didn’t respond to the UDRP, but ChinesePod didn’t convince a World Intellectual Property panelist of the merits of its case. Although the parked page at ChinesePot.com consists of lots of links to language instruction, ... read more ...
 
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Cybersquatting: where do we stand? - Cybersquatting: where do we stand?The age of new gTLDs has brought with it more opportunities for cybersquatters. Nathalie Dreyfus of Dreyfus reportsThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the new extensions project in 2008. In January 2015, the number of registered domain names among 500 new active extensions reached the four millions. Within a few years, the number of new extensions continuously increased from 20 to more than 1,000. Some 506 of 1,930 initial ... read more ...
 
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Only in name - Only in nameNameshield’s Jean-Francois Vanden Eynde on the big .brand dreamIn 2012, the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received 643 applications for restricted-use gTLDs from brand owners. Recently, a surprising proportion of these so-called .brand applications have been withdrawn, often resulting in the loss of the entire application fee, which is $185,000. Why have these brand owners taken the decision to relinquish control over their very own piece of internet ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Haus.com, Gifts.com and More Domains - Thanks for stopping in to checkout Domain Movers, which is a series on TheDomains that digs thousands of domain names and finds domain registrations, domain acquisitions and simply movers for other reasons mainly by all large companies. Here we go with the latest domain movers discovered: Microsoft announced its new name for “Project Spartan”, which is the new browser to replace Internet Explorer. The new browsers name is “Microsoft Edge”. They currently do not own Edge.com, not even MicrosoftEdge.com ... read more ...
 
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Who needs .Sucks? Microsoft registers Microsoft Edge Sucks domains in .com. - Company registers multiple derogatory domain names related to its new browser. There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the .Sucks domain name and how brands feel like they’re being coerced into paying big bucks to protect themselves. At the same time, a lot of these companies aren’t paying $10 to register BrandSucks.com. An exception is Microsoft, which is getting out ahead of feedback on its new Microsoft Edge browser by snapping up derogatory domain names. Among the company’s domain ... read more ...
 
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A demeanour during Neustar's domain name base - Company is counting on new TLDs for growth in domain name business, but it’s slow. Neustar reported earnings yesterday and released updated information on its base of domain names registered. .Co continues to perform well for the company, adding $5.2 million revenue in the first quarter. Additionally, the company has operating agreements with 122 new top level domains that have signed agreements with ICANN. 43 are already in market. This chart shows how many domain names Neustar is managing, both ... read more ...
 
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ICANN rolls out new Generic TLDs – IT - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has begun their roll out of new Generic Top Level Domain Names (GTLDs).Whilst in the past generic domain name extensions were limited to .COM, .BIZ, .NET and the like, ICANN intends to release over 1000 new domain extensions which will include extensions such as .SHOP, .CLOTHING, and .SHOES. The release of the new GTLDs is the culmination of a process commenced as far back as the year 2000 with the intention of expanding the ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .Science Tops 220K Registrations; Passes .Club; & Who Is AlpNames.com? -                 The new gTLD .Science has now blown by the 220K domain name registration mark hitting 223,159 according to ntldstats.com becoming the 2nd most registered new gTLD passing .club It was just 11 days ago we wrote about .Science hitting the 120K domain registration mark and questioning the type of registrations the extension was getting. .Science has picked up over 100,000 domain name registrations in those 11 days. .Science is operated by Famous Four Media. The domain name registrar ... read more ...
 
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Let the good times roll - Let the good times rollAnthony Beltran of 101domain examines the progress made in rolling out domain names endings, and what to expect in the futureIt seems like a lot longer than a year ago that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known better as ICANN, finally kicked off the new gTLD programme. It was only February 2014 when we saw the launch of the first new gTLD name—a full string internationalised domain name (using non-Latin characters) meaning ‘web’ in Arabic. Hopes ... read more ...
 
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What in the world is happening and how do I approach the unknown? - What in the world is happening and how do I approach the unknown?Faced with so many choices across new gTLDs, many haven’t a clue what to do. Jeanette Söderlund Sause of .Global explains what brands should look out forWith the recent introduction of several hundred new TLDs, such as .global, .archi and .nyc, the internet name space has expanded significally beyond the traditional .com TLD. This is about the extent of the knowledge that most people outside of the immediate domain name industry ... read more ...
 
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The unexploded .bomb - The unexploded .bombTLDs have multiplied exponentially—but will .com ever be left behind? The ever-popular .com celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 2014. It has gained the trust of millions worldwide, but new gTLDs are here and offer something markedly different. They’re new and ambitious, but will they knock .com off its perch? Some of the hundreds of new gTLDs that are already available include .land, .wtf, and .care. Of those, .xyz has proven the most popular so far, with more than ... read more ...
 
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.Fit Finishes 1st Day Of General Availability With 1,269 Domains - .Fit which launched into General Availability yesterday by Minds + Machines wound up with 1,269 domain names including selling some of those premium domain names we talked about yesterday. .Fit had less than 75 domains registered during the sunrise period by trademark holders so basically picked up 1,200 registrations yesterday. It appears trademark holders went in and picked up at least  8o more domains during EAP as both MarkMonitor and CSC Brand protection companies had about 40 registrations ... read more ...
 
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TLD Podcast #8: Mayweather-Pacquiao - In this special episode, Diego and I dissect every angle of Mayweather-Pacquiao. We talk about the pre-fight hype (or lack thereof, in some respects), the reality of Floyd Mayweather being pegged as the “villain”, the duelling HBO and Showtime documentaries and what to expect from fight week. We also debate about who has the edge in key areas like speed, power, stamina, defence, chin and footwork. On a more sobering note, we discuss Mayweather’s disturbing history of domestic violence ... read more ...