Wed 25th June 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
France shows no love for .wine domains. Here’s why - France is adamantly against the plan of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to launch .wine and .vin domains, as the brand of region-specific products will be put at risk.(Photo : Megan Mallen) France is adamantly against the plan of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to launch .wine and .vin generic top-level domains (gTLD). France says that if addresses such as .wine are used, trade agreements that involve region-specific products such as champagne ... read more ...
 
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This elementary cognisance illustrates a existence of code insurance in new TLDs - A visualization of reality for brand protection costs and new top level domain names. One thing that’s clear from talking to various people at ICANN 50 this week is that they are surprised by the low level of defensive trademark registrations in new TLDs. The trademark lobby expected a nightmare. New TLD applicants expected a lot less, but still more than they got. Here’s the reality in a simple chart: No harm done to the trademark lobby for exaggerating the ... read more ...
 
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The Great Courses loses dual UDRPs on a same day - Company that owns TheGreatcourses.com loses two cases in one day. The Teaching Company, LLC, d/b/a The Great Courses, lost two UDRPs on the same day this week. The company lost a case filed against Marchex for GreatCourses.com and against Michael Berkens for GreatCourse.com. Conveniently, John Berryhill represented both parties. In both cases, The Great Courses failed to prove the domain names were registered and used in bad faith. Marchex has owned GreatCourses.com ... read more ...
 
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Impressive formula from .Global domain name auction - .Global auction sells 35 domain names for a total of $63,780. .Global held a live domain name auction in London yesterday afternoon, and the results were quite impressive. The $63,780 in sales across 35 of 82 domain names far surpassed those I asked in a “straw poll” prior to the auction. It certainly exceeded my expectations. I think a key moment was the 12th lot for flights.global. The preceding nine lots failed to sell, and a $5,000 bid on flights.global was ... read more ...
Tue 24th June 2014
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Victim’s Of Terrorists Holding a Billion Dollars+ In Judgements Seeks Seizure of .IR Registry By ICANN - According to a press release, A lawyer representing a “group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize the ccTLD domain registry of Iran, .Ir “The families, who hold unsatisfied American federal court judgments amounting to more than a billion dollars against the Iranian government seek to own all the “top-level domain” (TLD) names provided by the US to ... read more ...
 
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Endurance Issues A Statement Claiming Google Domains Will be Good For Their Business -     Endurance International (EIGI) issued a statement on Google (GOOG) announcement yesterday that it is testing a new domain service. Shares of Endurance recovered nicely today, as shares wound up being down only a little of 5%, closing at $15 a share. Endurance had traded as low as $13.38 during the day. Endurance said they “expect Google’s new initiative to stimulate demand for hosting and web presence solutions by increasing the number of domains that are created and actively used. “Endurance ... read more ...
 
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A disputa pelo domínio .gay coloca em xeque a comunidade LGBT - Quando estávamos planejando esse blog, procuramos no Registro.br (site responsável por administrar os domínios “.br”) o endereço www.ladobi.com.br. Para nossa frustração, ele já havia sido comprado por uma blogueira de moda que não postava nada havia mais de um ano e confessava, num de seus últimos posts, que estava desanimada com seu site porque havia brigado com o namorado. Por sorte, o domínio gringo ladobi.com estava ainda (por milagre) disponível. Não fosse uma controvérsia ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $900K As Mi.Co.Id Sells For $60,000 - Over the past week, 476 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via Sedo MLS, totaling $900,000. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: RoyalFortunes.com at 35,000 USD · Top ccTLD: mi.co.id at 60,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: Parfum.net at 4,200 EUR Mi.Co.ID is very interesting .id is the ccTLD for Indonesia. I’m not sure I have ever seen a five figure sale for that extension but the domain is owned under the control ... read more ...
 
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InfoWorld: “Privacy concerns dawn over ‘new’ Google domain registration service” - InfoWorld has concerns about Google and their new domain registration service. Google’s invitation-only Domains name registration service works a lot like the old one but raises new questions about privacy and ad scraping The big unanswered question: What about privacy of data stored on the domain? If Google is your registrar, can Google reach in and finger all of the data associated with the domain, in pursuit of better-honed advertising? I turned to the Google Apps Administrator security and ... read more ...
 
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TheMarijuanaCompanies.com Launches With 7,500 Domains: JointLovers.com; WeedMedia.com - According to a press release out today, Northsight Capital, Inc. (OTCBB: NCAP) announced today that it has launched its corporate website, www.TheMarijuanaCompanies.com According to the press release the company owns over 7,500 related domains. “According to its site “The Marijuana Companies will be comprised of a group of marijuana related websites that are being developed by the company. Leaving nothing to the imagination, The Marijuana Companies will provide its audience with a means to ... read more ...
 
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NCC Group’s new ‘.trust’ domain promises Internet security overhaul - With a flood of new general top-level domains (gTLDs) reaching Internet users in 2014, security UK firm NCC Group and a clutch of large Internet brands have announced a new secure domain they hope will turn out to be the most significant of them all. Called '.Trust', at first it's not clear that this is anything cleverer than a bit of security engineering for businesses that want to stick .trust on the end of their e-commerce websites and emails. Does the world need yet another gTLD, even ... read more ...
 
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Google launches invite-only domain registration service - Tech savvy firms urged to switch to .uk as Stephen Fry leads the charge New top-level domains now available - but some aren't without controversy book and search web domain suffixes coming by May 2013? With the launch of thousands of new top-level domains (TLDs), domains are a hot topic right now, and Google isn't prepared to miss out on the action. The search giant has launched an invite-only domain registration service called Google Domains, which it hopes will be the place that businesses pick ... read more ...
 
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Matomy Media Group Increases Ownership of Team Internet AG From 20% to 70% - According to a press release, “Global digital performance-based marketing company Matomy Media Group today announced that it has acquired a majority ownership position in the Munich-based direct navigation search company Team Internet AG. As part of the deal, Matomy will increase its ownership stake in Team Internet from 20% to 70% and will integrate the company’s products into its multichannel suite of performance-based marketing capabilities. Team Internet generated revenue of $23.3 million ... read more ...
 
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Whose Afraid Of Google Domains? Shareholders Of Web.com & Endurance - Shares of Web.com are sinking in trading today, following on With Google’s announcement yesterday of its Google Domains registrar. As of publication, Shares of Web.com are trading down $7.35 or over 21% at $27.25 Shares of Web.com closed yesterday at $34.60. Web.com has a 52 week high of $37.72 and a low of $22.72 Shares today have traded as low as $26.32 Shares of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (EIGI) are down almost 14%, down $2.22 at $13.66. Share of other publicly traded registrars ... read more ...
 
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Research on New Internet Domain Names Shows US and Europe Lag Behind … - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) -  Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the findings of a survey that queried more than 1,150 individuals from the United States, United Kingdom, China and Germany about their perception and awareness of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs).  The survey, conducted in May 2014, revealed a number of insights into the global domain name market, including data showing that China is much more advanced ... read more ...
 
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XNXX.com Loses UDRP On XXNX.com - A three member UDRP panel has rejected the owner of a popular adult webiste XNXX.com attempt to grab the domain name XXNX.com in a Very interesting opinion. The complaint was brought by WGCZ S.R.O. who was represented by Randazza Legal Group The domain holder was represented by The Muscovitch Law Firm Here are the arguments made by the domain holder: “”The Respondent first claims to have registered the disputed domain name, , on or about November 29, 2002, and submits what are said to be the ... read more ...
 
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Auction Day At ICANN: Here is How You Can Watch & Bid On The .Global Auction Online - The Live .Global Auction event is being held today from London during ICANN 50. The auction will start approximately at 5:30 London time which is 12:30pm EST/ 9:30 PST Here is a short information sheet on how you can bid online or watch the auction. Yes there will be a Live Webcam broadcast of the auction. The Auction will be broadcast live. You HAVE to sign up even if you just want to watch the auction and the webcast. Below is the updated link to register for the live online .global auction. You ... read more ...
 
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France sparks .wine address row ahead of Icann meeting - France has slammed Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) for assigning internet domains over the planned launch of .wine and .vin addresses. Icann is the global body which rolls out new custom web names. France, however, argued that addresses like .wine would put trade agreements regarding the sale of champagne and other region-specific products at risk. French minister Axelle Lemaire has raised question ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll:What Will Google Domains Market Share Of The Registrar Market Be A Year After Launch? - Yesterday news that Google is launching a retail domain name registrar, generated a ton of press outside the domain industry. There is a lot of speculation of how successful he entry of Google into the registrar business will be, how much market share will Google Domains will gain and how it will effect other registrars, mostly Godaddy whose is going public this year. As we know Godaddy is the worlds largest registrar, with its sister registrar Wild West Domains also in the top 10 Web.com registrars ... read more ...
 
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Google entend proposer des noms de domaine - Google Domains est actuellement ‘invite-only’ et permet de vendre, transférer et gérer des noms de domaine. Le géant de l’information souhaite durant cette phase surtout accumuler de l’expérience et recevoir du feedback sur la manière de rendre l’ensemble aussi simple et transparent que possible. Le programme bêta coïncide avec la réunion de l’Icann organisée actuellement à Londres et ce, même si son lancement s’en distingue en grande partie. Il est même indépendant des ... read more ...
 
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UK market mostly unaware of new top-level domains - The UK market is falling behind when it comes to awareness of new top-level domains (TLDs). Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace, surveyed more than 1,150 individuals from the UK, US, China and Germany about their perception and awareness of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs). New TLDs became available earlier this year, joining traditional extensions such as .com, .net and .org. These extensions include .Nike ... read more ...
 
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NCC Announces .Trust Top-Level Domain - UK Internet security firm NCC Group has announced the .trust generic top-level domain (gTLD), which the company plans to develop into a mark of confidence for websites including retailers and banks. The domain is to be one of thousands of incoming gTLDs planned for introduction under a scheme approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2011. NCC acquired the rights to the .trust application for an undisclosed sum in February of this year from Deutsche Post. Security ... read more ...
 
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Les ‘TLD de villes’ ciblent de petites entreprises locales - Bientôt, l’on pourra enregistrer une extension .gent, .brussels ou .vlaanderen. Les conséquences possibles sont illustrées par .berlin, qui a récemment lancé les enregistrements. .berlin a démarré le 18 mars et recense actuellement 140.000 enregistrements. Selon Dirk Krischenowski, CEO et fondateur du nouveau domaine de haut niveau, il y a du potentiel pour un million d’enregistrements. Par comparaison, .de en compte quelque seize millions pour l’instant. A la demande de Data News, ... read more ...
 
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What Google’s latest business move means for trademark counsel - The news that Google is to get into the business of selling domain names will send shockwaves through the registrar world. However, the news is not only significant for the domain name industry - should the move greatly increase public awareness of (and engagement with) new gTLDS, it will also lead to an even bigger online world for trademark counsel to police. Google has been a lead player in the gTLD expansion, ranking second only to Donuts in terms of application numbers. As well as placing ... read more ...