Tue 28th October 2014
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TLD Registry opens Chinese domicile and names GM - Chinese IDN registry opens office in “China’s Silicon Valley”. TLD Registry, the company behind the Chinese IDNs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has opened a Chinese headquarters and named a new General Manager for China. The company’s China headquarters is in Beijing’s Zhongguancun, commonly known as “China’s Silicon Valley”. Last Friday’s opening party was attended by Embassy of Finland‘s Minister Commercial, ... read more ...
 
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Amazon.com heading competence tip off skeleton for new tip turn domain names - Trademark application covers registry services related to selling domain names to the public. What does Amazon.com plan to do with top level domain names it is the registry for? Does it still plan to earmark them for just Amazon.com’s use? Is it just for defensive purposes? Or will it promote them to consumers? We don’t know much, but a recent trademark application provides some possible hints. Earlier this month, Amazon filed an intent-to-use trademark application ... read more ...
 
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.Feedback skeleton to gold feedback height with domain names - .Feedback domain names will come with a full-fledged feedback system. Jay Westerdal’s company Top Level Spectrum has submitted a request to ICANN to offer a feedback platform combined with its forthcoming .feedback top level domain name. The platform would mean that .feedback registrants could almost instantaneously launch a site on their domain names with a full-fledged feedback system. They could just register the domain and then log in to set up the site. In ... read more ...
 
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Radix gets .site as Google participates in a private auction - Radix tops Google and three others to win .site domain name. New top level domain name company Radix has secured the .site domain name, the company announced on social media this morning. That means the company has .website, .site and is still in the running to complete the trifecta with .web. Particularly interesting is that Google was in the contention set for .site. To my knowledge, the company has been a holdout for participating in private resolution of new TLD ... read more ...
Mon 27th October 2014
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Robin Chase owner of Zipcar Joins Tucows Board of Directors - Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), today announced that Robin Chase founder of Zipcar has joined its Board of Directors. Ms. Chase has been a pioneer of the peer, or sharing, economy. She founded Zipcar, now the largest car sharing company in the world. Zipcar’s disruptive technology and delightful customer experience gave its members on-demand access to cars by the hour and by the day, providing an effective alternative to car ownership or conventional car rental services. She took that a step ... read more ...
 
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Results From 1st .NYC Landrush Auctions: Carservice.NYC $11,500 Bitcoin.NYC $11K - We have a few results from the first .NYC landrush auctions that closed today on Snapnames.com. So first the disclaimers. These numbers are unofficial. These figures, did not come from the .NYC registry or Neustar the operator of the extension or SnapNames.com which held the auction. All these numbers came from bidders that may have won or lost landrush auctions. All numbers are rounded off Here are some of the winning bids according to some of those involved: CarService.NYC was the highest domain ... read more ...
 
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Afnic Reporting About Impact of New TLDs on Traditional TLDs - The October 2014 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names is out with focus on the impact of the hundreds of new TLDs on "traditional" players. The October 2014 issue shows that gTLDs (.com, .biz., etc.) are impacted by the massive influx of new TLDs on the market whereas ccTLDs (.fr, .re, ...) are better resisting the newcomers. Contributions to the combined monthly net balance in 2014Source: Afnic The histogram above highlights the fact that the contribution of ccTLDs, ... read more ...
 
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Arif Develier of Istanbul Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - A one member WIPO panel has found Arif Develier of Istanbul, Turkey, represented by Net Koruma Danışmanlık Hizmetleri, Turkey guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on domain name Develi.com The Complainant is a private individual and states that it is the owner of the restaurant chain named “Develi”, which it notes is the first and only such chain in Turkey that has been operating for more than a century. The Respondent asserts that the city of Develi is located in the central Anatolia ... read more ...
 
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.Biz Domain Name Registrations Fall Under 2.5 Million -                       The number of domain names registered under the Top Level Domain of .Biz has fallen under 2.5 Million. The extension owned and operated by Neustar (NSR) seems to have been effected by the new gTLD’s. As you can see from the chart .Biz was slowing growing until early this year when the new gTLD’s started to launch and now is moving the downward direction:       .XYZ has topped 650,000 registrations. .Berlin in the last week past the TLD’s .Tel and .Name ... read more ...
 
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.Biz Domain Name Registrations Fall Under 2.5 Million -                       The number of domain names registered under the Top Level Domain of .Biz has fallen under 2.5 Million. The extension owned and operated by Neustar (NSR) seems to have been effected by the new gTLD’s. As you can see from the chart .Biz was slowing growing until early this year when the new gTLD’s started to launch and now is moving the downward direction:       .XYZ has topped 650,000 registrations. .Berlin in the last week past the TLD’s .Tel and .Name ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Group wins hotly contested top level domain battle - No investment advice The Company is a publisher. You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic client acquires rights for new TLD - StockMarketWire.com - CentralNic has announced that its client Top Level Design LLC has succeeded in beating seven other companies to acquire the rights to the new top-level domain '.DESIGN'. CentralNic has subsequently been awarded exclusive global distribution rights to .DESIGN domain names. The .DESIGN TLD will initially be made available to trademark holders in Q1 2015 and will become available to the general public for purchase in Q2 2015, serving many substantial industries including ... read more ...
 
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Turkish grill sequence guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Develi Restaurant chain guilty of abusing UDRP. A restaurant in Turkey has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name develi.com. The complainant runs a restaurant chain called Develi and uses the domain name DeveliKebap.com. A key problem for the complainant was that Develi is also the name of a city in Turkey. Although the complainant has trademarks including “Develi”, these are figurative marks as part of a drawing. In fact, when ... read more ...
 
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This week’s new TLD launch - Slim pickings for new top level domain names this week. You might notice something subtle in the title of this post. It’s singular. That’s because, as best I can tell, just one publicly available domain name is entering general availability this week: .saarland. Saarland is a German state. The domain name launches on Thursday for about $30 retail. The claims period for .brand domain name .bnpparibas also start this week. If you count early access, two more domain ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Wire Podcast #4: Ron Jackson recaps this year’s domain name sales - Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #4. What impact has the launch of hundreds of new top level domain names had on the domain name market? In this episode of the Domain Name Wire podcast, DNJournal editor Ron Jackson recaps year-to-date domain name sales and discusses recent sales trends. He also talks about how he got started in domain investing and the types of domain names he selling these days. It’s a can’t-miss episode. Also: the economics of private vs. ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ harnesses a energy of .Com to foster the domain names - Company uses com.com to market .xyz domain names. Regardless of what you think about its approach, I’ve got to hand it to .xyz. The top level domain is trying a bunch of creative marketing and sales tactics. Here’s one a reader just tipped me off to: the company is using the com.com “typo” to inform people about available .xyz domain names. Depending on which domain name .com.com you type in, .xyz will give you a pitch for .xyz. For example, type in baseball123.com.com ... read more ...
Sun 26th October 2014
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Sunday Updates & Thoughts - I thought I would share some updates and thoughts over the weekend after a GREAT New England Patriots win today! Big game against Denver next weekend. I’m excited for the TRAFFIC conference later this week, and I have been touching base with some friends and colleagues the last few days to set up some time to chat. If you’re headed to Miami for TRAFFIC, safe travels to you. Here are some updates and thoughts today: If you would like to be introduced to someone at the TRAFFIC conference, ... read more ...
 
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NY Post Covers .Luxury: “Domains Ending in a Word “Luxury” Shows No Signs of Slowing” - The New York Post, has just covered the .Luxury new gTLD in a story entitled Rush for ‘luxury’ domain names continues. “Luxury may no longer be a dirty word. “The rush for domain names that end in the word “luxury” shows no signs of slowing, according to Monica Kirchner, CEO and co-founder of .Luxury Tiffany, Armani, Four Seasons, Bitcoin, Berkshire Hathaway and Hermès are among 1,250 companies that have signed on to dot-luxury (www.join.luxury) and will use the luxury domain extension ... read more ...
 
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Nat Cohen’s Telepathy Hit With UDRP On Three Letter .Com: SDT.com - Nat Cohen’s Telepathy was been Hit With UDRP On the domain name SDT.com The UDRP was filed by SDT International Limited Company Telepathy has owned the domain since at least 2007 according to Domaintools.com, however recently moved the domain name to the domain name registrar name.com from Moniker.com due to theft concerns which he wrote about on his blog. Many times you will see a UDRP filed after an ownership change and I wonder if some Corporate Counsel saw the change in domain registrars and ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: no preference nonetheless on Morocco meeting - Organization is considering its options due to possible travel restrictions. ICANN today responded to rumors about postponing next February’s meeting in Morocco by saying it has not yet made a decision. However, it confirmed that it is considering a postponement related to the Ebola outbreak. While Morocco itself is not at the center of the outbreak in Western Africa, host officials are concerned that future travel restrictions might limit the ability for people ... read more ...
Sat 25th October 2014
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Breaking: Report Says ICANN Is “Postponing” Meeting in Marrakech in February - According to a report in Moroccoworldnews.com, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to postpone its 52nd meeting scheduled to take place in Marrakech from February 8-12. “ICANN is an international entity that coordinates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions, which are key technical services critical to the continued operations of the Internet’s underlying address book, the Domain Name System (DNS).” The article is citing another publication, ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Launches .ARMY, .AIRFORCE, and .NAVY for Armed Forces … -

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ICANN’s Haul From Just 7 Last Resort New gTLD Auctions Tops $26 Million - ICANN just released a report showing that it has received over $26 Million dollars from last resort new gTLD auctions. The total amount received by ICANN from the last resort auctions is $26,172,919. That amount is net of auction set up guarantees, set up and cancellation auction fees paid to Power Auctions the provider of the ICANN auctions. There have only been 7 new gTLD’s last resort auctions including the first one for an IDN which sold for $600,000 and the three that sold this week Many more ... read more ...
 
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ICANN’s Haul From Just 7 Last Resort New gTLD Auctions Tops $26 Million - ICANN just released a report showing that it has received over $26 Million dollars from last resort new gTLD auctions. The total amount received by ICANN from the last resort auctions is $26,172,919. That amount is net of auction set up guarantees, set up and cancellation auction fees paid to Power Auctions the provider of the ICANN auctions. There have only been 7 new gTLD’s last resort auctions including the first one for an IDN which sold for $600,000 and the three that sold this week Many more ... read more ...
 
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Are New Generic Top-Level Domains Creating Confusion? - VeriSign holds a unique place in the infrastructure of the Internet, managing root DNS functions and working as the custodian of the .com and .net domain names. Over the course of 2014, hundreds of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) have entered the Internet, which is now confusing the marketplace, according to VeriSign's CEO. James Bidzos, CEO of VeriSign, made the comments about the impact of new gTLDs during his company's third quarter earnings call on October 23. For the quarter, VeriSign ... read more ...