Mon 6th April 2015
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.Com's winners and losers update - Rightside had a good December in terms of transfer gains. ICANN has published Verisign’s .com transaction report from December, giving us an idea of which domain name registrars are winning and losing customers through transfers. eNom had the biggest net gain from transfers, while Moniker had the biggest net outflow. Here are the top 5* net winners from December: 1. eNom +26,948 2. Uniregistrar +13,842 3. NameSilo +6,829 4. Name.com +6,044 (same company as eNom) 5. HiChina +5,699 * I’ve ignored ... read more ...
 
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Do Domain Extensions Matter ? One investigate says if it is .Com, You Betcha - Website Magazine asked the question: “Do Domain Extensions Matter ?” They went on to cite a recent study from Interbrand that stated 94 percent of consumers correctly recalled .COM while only 7 percent correctly recalled a new domain extension. From the article: In addition to memorability, Interbrand’s study sheds light on clickability. In fact, the data shows that 61 percent of consumers who were shown a search results page displaying similar Web addresses with different extensions still ... read more ...
 
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Gail.com Gets 5,000 Hits Per Day, No Ads and Not For Sale - First names in .com are some of the more valuable virtual real estate out there online, Susan.com sold for $34,000 at the 2015 NamesCon auction. Justin showed the world his life on Justin.tv. Some use modified or less popular versions of a first name to brand their business, Lynda.com is one popular example. Mike stumbled upon Gail.com and the FAQ on the site is rather interesting, the domain was a gift from a husband to a wife back in 1996 when most did not even understand domain names. Hello and ... read more ...
 
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$7500 For Easter.Sucks + 3K A Year, Or EasterSucks.com For $8 A Year? - The new gTLD program was supposed to in part  index the domain name by verticals, interests   and geographical areas. They jury is still out on whether a photographer named John Smith would be better off with John Smith.Photography or JohnSmith.com or JohnSmithPhotographer.com However when it comes to some extensions like .sucks where the selling point is the expression of free speech it gets a little more complicated. Consider someone who hates the once a year holiday of Easter. So if you have ... read more ...
Sun 5th April 2015
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$7,500 For Easter.Sucks + 3K A Year, Or EasterSucks.com For $8 A Year? - The new gTLD program was supposed to in part  index the domain name by verticals, interests   and geographical areas. They jury is still out on whether a photographer named John Smith would be better off with John Smith.Photography or JohnSmith.com or JohnSmithPhotographer.com However when it comes to some extensions like .sucks where the selling point is the expression of free speech it gets a little more complicated. Consider someone who hates the once a year holiday of Easter. So if you have ... read more ...
 
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8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name from a Huffington Post - In an article titled “8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name” Bradley Glonka used the words domainer and cybersquatter interchangeably, “In some cases, you may discover that the domain name you want is owned by someone called a “domainer” or “cybersquatter” – a person who registers tons of likely-to-be-desired domain names to sell them at a serious profit.” The above mentioned quote was apart of fact #7, the article discussed things like owning more than one domain, but not ... read more ...
 
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La revolución de los nuevos dominios en la red toma forma - Internet está atravesando una revolución silenciosa marcada por el florecimiento de centenares de nuevos dominios que se distancian del “punto com” para redefinir quién es quién en la red de redes, un negocio de millones de dólares que enfrenta en subastas a los gigantes tecnológicos. Se trata de una transformación paulatina que comenzó en 2011, cuyo impacto se empezó a notar en 2014 y que, cuando concluya, habrá añadido al menos 1.300 nomenclaturas al ciberespacio, los llamados ... read more ...
Sat 4th April 2015
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.CASINO gTLD Launches Sunrise - You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. Any legal analysis, legislative updates or other content and links should not be construed ... read more ...
 
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NYPost.com: "Gotham’s ‘.nyc’ is fastest flourishing city domain on Internet" - Josh Kosman wrote a an article on Friday night with regards to .NYC and the rest of the new city gtlds. Kosman used data from Domain Punch that stipulated that 72,000 freebies should not be included in the totals for .Berlin, so with that technicality, .NYC is the leader in paid registrations. From the article: New York City is on the fast track to becoming the dot-com capital of the world. The rush to grab the city’s digital real estate — or addresses ending in .nyc — has made the Big Apple’s ... read more ...
 
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Launch of gTLD .sucks - Brand owners should take note of the newly launched Top Level Domain (TLD). As of 30 March 2015, the .sucks domain names may be purchased for the purpose of creating an online platform where consumers can create a forum to criticise businesses. If you are concerned about the use of your trade mark with the .sucks domain names, it is recommended that you apply for the registration of the corresponding .sucks domain names to protect your core trade mark(s). There is a sunrise period ... read more ...
 
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Launch Of gTLD .sucks - 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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Registrar Promo Leads to 10,000 Paid .Link Registrations Per Frank Schilling Tweet -

Frank Schilling tweeted out late tonight that there were 10,000 new .link registrations combined as a outcome of a registrar promo.

Via: thedomains.com

Fri 3rd April 2015
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April 1: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification periods - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out updates ... read more ...
 
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Mise à jour de la fiche Devolo pour les adaptateurs CPL dLAN - Nous venons de référencer sur TLD une trentaine de fichiers pour les adaptateurs courant porteur en ligne (CPL) de marque Devolo c'est à dire pour la gamme de produits réseau dLAN USB, Ethernet et Wi-Fi. Si parmi les drivers, firmwares et applications ajoutées, certains datent d'il y a déjà quelques mois voire quelques années, en revanche, plusieurs mises à jour sont sorties relativement récemment à savoir fin 2014 et début 2015. Citons par exemple de nouveaux micrologiciels pour les ... read more ...
 
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MyDogBuddy Rebrands To DogBuddy.com A Domain They Bought For $350 On Godaddy - Techcrunch covered,  merger of two pet sitting services in Europe. “MyDogBuddy, has merged with its Spanish rival Bibulu, to become what it claims is the largest offering of its kind, citing a combined 10,000 local dog sitters registered with the platform.” “The merger also sees a rebranding of the combined entity to the much simpler DogBuddy.com domain.” DogBuddy.com was purchased at a Godaddy.com Auction back in April 2012 for a whopping $350 According to the story, the company raised ... read more ...
 
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Google To Blacklist All Digital Certificates from CNNIC - ZDNet took a look at Google and their black listing all digital certificates issued by the organization that manages the .cn extension. The article goes on to discuss what steps Firefox may take with regards to CNNIC. From the article: A recent alarm over a mis-issued digital certificate for several Google domains has resulted in Google blacklisting China’s main certificate authority. Google is blacklisting all digital certificates from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the ... read more ...
Thu 2nd April 2015
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.CASINO generic Top Level Domain Launches Sunrise - The new gTLD .casino opens to the public on June 3. Trademark owners may be able to register their trademark as a .casino domain name ahead of the public launch. The “sunrise” early registration period for trademark owners opened March 24 and ends May 23. .casino domain name registrations are available now for trademark owners that have already recorded their marks with the trademark clearinghouse (TMCH). As explained below, there is still time for mark owners that have not yet recorded marks ... read more ...
 
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You May Have To go To Auction To Get Your Brand.Sucks Domain - According to a press release we received toady by the registrar 101Domain.com, now that the .Sucks domain extension has launched they are pricing the “reserved” .sucks domains at $2,199 well below the $2,499 suggested retail price, however the PR makes it clear that you could wind up in an auction for a yourbrand.sucks domain. Here is the info from the PR: There are two distinct launch phases for the .SUCKS extension: TMCH Sunrise Phase, for those validated in the Trademark Clearinghouse Begins ... read more ...
 
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Coming Soon: Your_Brand.Sucks - Discussion about how something "sucks" is no longer reserved for middle school lunchrooms. Soon the Internet will include a new generic top-level domain ("gTLD") for .SUCKS. The goal of this new gTLD—according to its operator, Vox Populi Registry—is to foster a town square for consumers to voice opinions and criticism.1 On the other hand, many companies are obviously concerned that .SUCKS will adversely impact their brands and open a new avenue for cyber-squatters and other bad actors. Available ... read more ...
 
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Another Category Killer Domain, Storage.com is Sold - According to a press release just out, B2 Interactive has purchased Storage.com, including the domain name, intellectual property, and any ongoing business operations from from Self Storage Co., a subsidiary of Extra Space Management, Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “B² Interactive’s founders have a long history of providing online marketing services to the self storage industry, dating back to 1998 when co-founder Bill Hipsher built the first online directory for ... read more ...
 
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New WTR podcast available: assessing the gTLD rollout - Trevor Little For the latest World Trademark Review podcast, we sat down with Susan Payne, head of legal policy at Valideus, and Jon Nevett, co-founder and executive vice president for corporate affairs at Donuts, to talk gTLDs – the discussion presenting an assessment of the gTLD rollout to date and considering efforts to increase public awareness ... read more ...
 
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Sexodrome.xxx Saved in UDRP Despite Trademark: Panel Finds "Drome" is Generic - The Complainant Librairie des Artistes in Paris, France, just lost its bid to gain control over two adult domain names, sexodrome-europe.com and sexodrome.xxx. Disputed domain names and were registered on September 24, 2014. The Respondent is using the domain name to propose referencing links to other websites . The Respondent is using the domain name to run a sex shop online. First, the Applicant must establish that it has rights to trademarks or service that he holds. As the Applicant holds ... read more ...
 
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April fools joke: Thepiratebay is about to own .pirate domain registry - According to torrentfreak, Thepiratebay’s parent company, Reservella Ltd has started trying to register a new aTLD with a .pirate extension.Thepiratebay’s winston told torrentfreak:“We can no longer trust third party services and registries, who are under immense pressure from the copyright lobby. So we decided to apply for our very own gTLD and be a true Pirate registry,”So basically this move can be a solution to the problem of copyright material hosted websites for registering domain ... read more ...
 
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ND.com, Javelin.com, DashButton.com and More Domain Movers - Domain Movers is an exclusive series on TheDomains that features domain name acquisitions, domain registrations and simply domain movers in general by large companies. These are mainly all early finds and often relate to new brands, services and more by large companies. Here we go with the latest domain names I could dig up! Vobe.com has been acquired by a currently unknown entity. Whois information is currently incomplete. The domain appears to have changed ownership on 1/31/2015 according to whois ... read more ...
 
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Drug Maker Hoffmann-La Roche AG Wins 154 Domains in One UDRP - A WIPO UDRP panel has awarded drug maker F. Hoffmann-La Roche control of 154 domain names in a single UDRP The domain names were owned by dozens of registrants. The decision has not been published yet but you can see why the panel awarded the domain to the drug maker as all of thedomain contained names of drugs that are trademarked and manufactured and/or marketed by F. Hoffmann-La Roche. Earlier this year ebay.com won control of 1,152 domain names with a single UDRP. Here are the domains: ... read more ...