Fri 20th June 2014
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What if McDonalds’ WC Gol Ad Used .MCD gTLD? - If you have been watching the 2014 World Cup matches in Brazil, you have likely seen the McDonalds advertisement the company has been running on the pitch sideboards. McDonalds is directing viewers to a special World Cup website found on a subdomain of its website: Gol.mcd.com. When I first saw this campaign, my initial thought was “I wonder if they bought golmcd.com” to avoid losing traffic to this possible typo. They did not, and it appears that someone else bought it on June 2. I was ... read more ...
 
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NCC in cyber crime fight - IT security firm NCC Group has launched new services following its recent purchase of the domain, .trust. The Manchester-based company is hoping to create an online secure gated community with .trust, which was recently acquired from German postal group Deutsche Post. Bosses at NCC, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, say the domain will "provide a safer and more trustworthy Internet for both businesses and consumers". Chief executive Rob Cotton said NCC - which employ almost 900 staff ... read more ...
 
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New Infographic: Perspectives from Small Businesses on New Generic Top-level … - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]>   June 19, 2014 -- WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the next couple of years, domain standards like .com, .net and .org will be joined by potentially thousands of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .photography and .restaurant. To gain perspective from those already doing business online, ... read more ...
 
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The hotel industry secures the new Top-Level-Domain name ‘.hotel’ - HOTREC The hotel industry secures the new Top-Level-Domain name ‘.hotel’ Tatiana Rokou - 20 June 2014, 13:10 With the new generic TLDs there is a new era starting in the Internet. <!-- Lorel ipsum . Philippe Chereque, Amadeus, . . 41 ..- --> BRUSSELS – As announced on the website of ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...
 
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Canadian Court Rules Google Must Remove Websites Worldwide - We wrote previously about a ruling by the European Union with regards to the “right to be forgotten”. Now a Canadian court has ordered Google to remove sites worldwide. Amy Gesenhues covered the story on Search Engine Land, from the article: On the heels of Europe’s “Right to Be Forgotten” ruling, a British Columbia court in Canada has ruled Google must block a group of websites worldwide. The case was opened by industrial networking devices manufacturer Equustek Solutions, Inc. to block ... read more ...
 
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NCC Group Expects GBP5 Million Revenue from .trust Internet Addresses Next … - By Rory Gallivan LONDON--Internet security company NCC Group PLC (NCC.LN) expects revenue of a million pounds ($1.7 million) this year and GBP5 million next year from a new Internet address ending that it will offer to banks and other institutions seeking to guarantee the authenticity of their websites. The company Friday announced the launch of .trust, a generic top level domain that it hopes will appeal to companies seeking to reassure ... read more ...
 
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.Press Domain Names -The Changing Face of Journalism – Virtual - Big names in journalism and media industry can get .press web addresses today(eg. www.mybrand.press),under a special Pioneer Program by Radix. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 20, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Radix, Asia’s largest new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registry, has launched the .press gTLD for the global journalism, PR,media and publishing community. A gTLD is the part of your web address that follows the dot, like .com. Radix has been chosen by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned ... read more ...
 
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Michael Berkens wins UDRP box involving dual colorful lawyers - Randazza and Berryhill square off over X-Videos.com. Two of the most colorful lawyers in the trademark/UDRP business squared off in a UDRP over one of Michael Berkens’ domain names. Marc Randazza’s law firm represented WGCZ S.R.O., which filed a UDRP over Berkens’ domain name X-Videos.com. John Berryhill represented Berkens. Anyone familiar with the work of Randazza and Berryhill would expect rather colorful submissions by each party. Indeed, the three person ... read more ...
 
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Vistaprint might have only behind .Web by filing an Independent Review - Vistaprint challenges (again) string similarity between .web and .webs. What does this man for the .web timeline? Vistaprint is the latest new top level domain name applicant to invoke the Independent Review process regarding an application. The company is upset that a domain it applied for, .webs, has been placed in a contention set with Web.com’s bid for .web following a string similarity objection. It already filed (and lost) a Board Governance Committee “appeal” ... read more ...
 
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UDRPsearch owners sues after being threatened with UDRP - Virtual Point sues after person threatens UDRP if it doesn’t sell a domain for $1,000. The owner of UDRP database site UDRPSearch.com has filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) after being threatened with a UDRP. Virtual Point Inc filed the lawsuit after an individual tried to buy the domain name ALFinancial.com and allegedly threatened to file a UDRP if Virtual Point did not agree to a low price. According to the filing, Joseph Rosenzweig contacted the plaintiff about acquiring ... read more ...
Thu 19th June 2014
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.Website Debuts Next Week on a New gTLD Battlefield That is Getting Bloodier … - So, for example, if I owned a bar in Sarasota, Florida, as of this writing, I could pre-register Sarasota.pub for $33.00 in my Enom account right now, ... read more ...
 
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ICANN frustrated with delay in approval of .africa TLD - June 19, 2014, 4:26 PM — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has expressed frustration with the Independent Review Panel for the new generic Top Level Domains, after African Union Commission complaints of delays in approving the .africa TLD and marginalization the region's concerns. Earlier this month, the African Union wrote a letter to ICANN president Fadi Chehade, asking why the .africa TLD had not been given a go-ahead to commence operations despite complying with ... read more ...
 
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Is Your New TLD Protected Against Phishing and Malware? - Until now, the criminals behind malware and phishing have had only 22 generic top-level domain names (TLDs) to abuse — names like .com, .net or .org. But with hundreds of new TLDs entering the marketplace, e.g. .buzz, .email, and .shop, there are many more targets than ever. Your reputation is at stake. What can attackers do with domain names? As internet users, we've all experienced scams. Messages that look like they come from our bank and ask for our bank information. Or email promotions ... read more ...
 
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Giving Away Domain Names; Does it Help? - Publisher’s Note: After learning about the .Berlin free domain name offer (now discontinued), I reached out to 101Domain’s Joe Alagna to discuss the strategy of giving gTLD domain names for free. Some people speculate that it is a bad sign for the gTLD program, and I asked Joe to share his insight. The .berlin registry rocketed to near the top in new gTLDs this week by offering their domain names for free for a limited time. .Berlin was already off to a good start. They went into General ... read more ...
 
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Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com … -                                                                   The results of a survey of small- and medium-sized (SMB) business owners which already conduct business online, was released today by SCORE and Verisign, the registry of the .Com and .Net registries. An inforgraphic was also published which appears above. Unlike almost study I have read, I cannot find in any of the material how many SMB participated in the study,  how the study was conducted and what ... read more ...
 
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Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com over New gTLD’s -                                                                   The results of a survey of small- and medium-sized (SMB) business owners which already conduct business online, was released today by SCORE and Verisign, the registry of the .Com and .Net registries. An inforgraphic was also published which appears above. Unlike almost study I have read, I cannot find in any of the material how many SMB participated in the study,  how the study was conducted and what ... read more ...
 
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New Infographic: Perspectives from Small Businesses on New Generic Top-level … – Virtual - WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the next couple of years, domain standards like .com, .net and .org will be joined by potentially thousands of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), such as .photography and .restaurant. To gain perspective from those already doing business online, SCORE, mentors to America's small businesses, teamed up with Verisign, the global leader in domain names, to better understand entrepreneurs' views on new gTLDs, and what small business owners ... read more ...
 
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1st Day Of New gTLD Launches .Community 2,206; .Cards 1,027; .Catering 854; .Cleaning 751 - For new gTLD launched yesterday and the total registrations for all four of Donuts strings after the 1st day of general availability came under 5,000 registrations including Sunrise and Early Access Program registrations. Here are the totals for the new gTLD that launched yesterday according to ntldstats.com: .Community 2,206 .Cards 1,027; .Catering 854 .Cleaning 751 It certainly caught my eye that the new domain extension that had the most registrations after its first day was the longest of the ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Waives Off Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions - Related: Press Release, News LogicBoxes, the premier technology and consulting company for Domain Registries, Registrars and large Web Hosts, today announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs.New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that provide a unique online namespace for people belonging to that community and region. However, with over 300+ TLDs already launched, these New gTLDs haven't quite achieved ... read more ...
 
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I got my initial giveaway .XYZ domain name offer today - Network Solutions finally got around to offering me a free .xyz domain name. The .XYZ top level domain name continues to grow by thousands of registrations each day due to a Network Solutions giveaway. I got my first such free domain offer today. It’s interesting to see how the company handles the promotion. As you probably know by now, Network Solutions’ program is “opt out”, meaning the domain name is put in your account unless you specifically decline. Interestingly, ... read more ...
 
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Amazon fires adult defensive domain registrations for Fire Phone - Amazon registers 200 or more domain names related to new phone. Amazon.com unveiled its Amazon Fire Phone yesterday. At the same time, it went on a defensive registration binge for names related to the new product. I count 200 domain name registrations yesterday related to the Fire Phone. This will give you an idea of the breadth of Amazon.com’s defensive registration efforts: 4gFirePhone.com, amazon-firephone.com, amazonfirephonecover.com, amazonfirephoneunlocked.com, ... read more ...
 
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Retweet.com Resold and other lapsed domain sales - People inject new words into language constantly.  “Tweet” has taken on new meaning thanks to Twitter, while “Retweet” would have meant nothing a decade ago.  Yet in that short space of time, this formerly unknown verb cannot only become commonplace but even sell for over $24k. A dangerous term to own, possibly.  Moreover, an interesting question for IP attorneys.  What is Twitter’s claim on a word associated exclusively with their brand but perhaps ... read more ...
 
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Several general domains strike with UDRPs recently - A handful of generics are hit with UDRPs, and one previous complainant called me… I’ve noticed a handful of seemingly generic domain names get his with UDRPs over the past few days. Here are some that have hit my radar: southpaw.com qiq.com verb.com emoney.com There can always be extenuating circumstances behind a UDRP filing, such as domain theft. But on the face of it these look like losing cases. That brings up something interesting that happened over the weekend. ... read more ...
Wed 18th June 2014
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Quiet week for gTLDs but don’t be fooled — the new dot era is still heating up - New gTLD total registrations surpassed 1 million this week with 1,068,354 domain name registrations. In the wake of the .xyz promotional domain name registration scandal, .xyz overcomes .club and .guru on the leaderboard, with 113,242 registrations. The top 10 new gTLDs now are: Click here to view the table. NetSol comprises 96,158 of the total number of new registrations within the .xyz registration, maintaining 84.91% compared with GoDaddy.com’s 5.93%. These statistics still ... read more ...
 
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Radix Announces Timeline for .Press “The Changing Face of Journalism” - Radix, announced today the timeline for rolling out their new gTLD .Press .Press will be available starting June 24th for Sunrise, the Landrush phase will follow starting on August 26th, 2014 “where anyone can register short and generic domain names by paying a small premium and .Press hits general availability on September 17th after which domains become available to everyone on a first-come and first-serve basis.” .Press according to Radix is “for the global journalism, PR, media and publishing ... read more ...