Wed 4th November 2015
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.Sex is Live - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public purchase. Retail prices vary by registrar but Godaddy is charging $72 for a .sex domain name. According to ntldstats.com .Sex got just over 3,800 domain registrations through Sunrise and the .XXX matching program although the registry told me that .sex had ... read more ...
 
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.Com's latest winners and losers - Registrar results with .com are in for July ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from July. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s monthly look at how registrars performed with .com. Keep in mind that these reports are published after a three month delay. So this post is about July’s results. Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1. GoDaddy* 893,043 2. eNom** 218,457 3. HiChina 152,135 4. PublicDomainRegistry 117,568 5. Tucows ... read more ...
 
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BRS Media Files Independent Review Process regarding the .RADIO Top Level Domain - SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evaluation Results. (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/afilias-brs-tin-llc-v-icann-2015-10-12-en) ... read more ...
 
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‘Our Own Little Kingdom’: Dot-Brands Are Staking a Claim on Their Bit of the Web - Two years ago, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) were introduced into the internet root zone. It marked a transition to expand from the dot-com suffix to dot-everything-else. Since the new program launched, we’ve seen gTLDs like .london and .guru added to the list, not to mention more controversial strings such as .sucks.But it’s not just about hoarding .sexy URLs. ICANN, the non-profit that oversees domain names, looks forward to the new gTLDs leading to further innovation. ... read more ...
 
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End user domain name sales adult to $100,000 including AOL - AOL was among the companies buying domain names in the aftermarket last week. Sedo had a great sales week last week, handling $1.7 million of domain name sales on 688 transactions. End users were a big reason for this solid sales week. An Austin company led the public charts with its $100,000 purchase of Material.com. AOL also bought a domain name…for only $700. Even a .taxi domain name was among the 29 end user domain name sales I uncovered. Here’s a look at end user domain name sales from ... read more ...
 
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How the new gTLD regime affects brand owners - When the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) programme became a reality in 2011 after an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Singapore, a significant number of brand owners expressed concern over the lack of attention paid to the protection of their digital assets. Cybersquatting was a growing problem for organisations within the 300 or so existing gTLDs at the time, and there was a general feeling that the domain name industry as a whole was not doing enough to ... read more ...
 
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eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com - November 4, 2015 by Michael Berkens 2 Comments According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name etags.com “The company launched as a Florida-based company offering fast and easy online vehicle registration services to people all over The Sunshine State. “Since its launch last year, the company has experienced notable growth with their most recent achievement in the successful launch of services in California after securing a business partnership ... read more ...
 
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3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process - According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evaluation Results. Although not mentioned in the press release the other two applicants are Afilias and Donuts. “”On Sept. 10, 2014 ICANN announced that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) Results “Prevailed” ... read more ...
 
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The Knowledge Group Has Scheduled a Live Webcast on Emergence of the New … - New York, NY, November 04, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast entitled: Emergence of the New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD): Revolutionizing Trademark Protection Live Webcast. This two-hour event is scheduled on December 15, 2015 @ 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.Event Synopsis:In establishing the .BRAND New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), The Internet ... read more ...
 
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Checklist for how to name a startup - Dharmesh Shah wrote an article on Inbound.org that detailed his checklist for choosing a start up name. Shah writes he has been thinking about naming and branding for 20 years. He also mentions some of the data points he looked at when coming up with his checklist. He looked at over 4,000 start up names, he looked at length of name, starting letters, TLD, etc… From the article: The S.M.A.R.T. Startup Name Checklist So, let’s start with my handy-dandy checklist for what makes for a good startup ... read more ...
Tue 3rd November 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.7 million led by Material.com during $100,000 - Over the past week, 688 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.    Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: material.com at 100,000 USD Top ccTLD: devils.tv at 10,000 USD Top “other” TLD: steam.net at 17,250 USD New Gtld sales: expeditions.online    2,000    EURbid.taxi    2,000    EURvictory.church    1,999    USDemmanuel.church    1,999    USDmesse.news    1,750   ... read more ...
 
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Sony uses .Sony domain name instead of .Com for microsite - Company puts .brand to work. Last week I wrote about the .Brand challenge to .Com, and how it doesn’t come in the form of big companies giving up their .com domains. For example, Sony is never going to let Sony.com expire. Instead, challenge is the thousands of additional domain names companies register to promote contest, microsites, etc. Which is why a site recently launched by Sony is noteworthy. To promote some of its technology in the new Bond film Spectre, the company set up a site at AssistMoneyPenny.sony. This ... read more ...
 
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.Club Registry Reports “Record Month” - .Club domain names are one of the best selling new gTLD extensions. The registry is currently the 6th best selling new gTLD extension, with over 300,000 domain names sold, according to nTLDStats.com. The Registry is reporting that its aftermarket sales are also selling well. Yesterday, the .Club Registry published a blog post announcing that October was a “record month” in terms of the value of domain names it sold in the aftermarket. According to the .Club Registry, the “(t)otal premium ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Reports Over $1M In Domain Sales In October - Namejet.com just published its domain name sales list for October 2015. As usual only domain sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report and only domains that were paid for by the end of the month are included. In all NameJet.com reported over $1 Million in sales in October led by 742.com at $142,000. 17 domain names sold in the five figures including 7 LLL.com domain names. We bought Blazed.com for $10,000 that is included in the report Here are the sales:   ... read more ...
 
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.Club is batting 1.000 on 2 minute domain name auctions - .Club is setting a new standard for two letter domain name values in new TLDs. .Club’s two letter domain name auctions are off to a good start, with all 15 of the domain names that have closed so far reaching their reserves. The 15 domain names each had reserves of at least $5,000. Two of the five domain names ending tonight have also met their $5,000 reserves. These are impressive prices for two letter domains in new extensions. There’s a huge supply of two letter domain names available now, ... read more ...
 
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gTLD sunrise periods now open – October 2015 - As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods. Please contact us or see our December 2013 newsletter for information as to what the Sunrise Period is, and how to become eligible to register a domain name under one of the new gTLDs during this period.  As of the date of this newsletter, Sunrise periods are open for the following new gTLDs: .pohl .allfinanz .trading .spreadbetting .cfd .swiss .xn--45q11c ... read more ...
 
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China, Working with a US Company, Aims to Censor Online Content - Internet censorship around the world is the goal of a new collaboration between China and XYZ.com, which would ban websites whose names contain certain words from new top-level domains. China is already famous for massive Internet surveillance and censorship inside its borders. Now, through a partnership with American company XYZ.com, Chinese authorities are also aiming to censor online content around the world in an unprecedented suppression of Internet privacy and freedom. It's no secret ... read more ...
 
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October's Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories - Here’s what was hot in October. 1. The Adam Dicker Saga – One of the bigger personalities in the domain name industry had his comeuppance last month. Many of Adam Dicker’s revenue and prowess claims were called into question, people said they were ripped off by him, and apparently he was running low on money. A lawyer acting on behalf of Dicker sent a letter to people who posted things on a massive NamePros thread, asking them to remove the comments. This one isn’t over yet. 2. A Massive ... read more ...
 
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.Club Sells $125K in Domains in Oct Led By VIP.Club At $40 & The.Club $19K - The .Club registry published it’s October premium name sales report. Total premium name sales for October, including SnapNames sales and auctions, came to a record $125,372.25. As of October 31, 2015, total cumulative sales of registry reserved premium .CLUB names came to $1,268,199.27. The highest single sale remains Wine.club at $140,000.00 which was sold at the RightoftheDot.com auction at Namescon in January of 2014. We at RightoftheDot.com also brokered the domain name The.Club for $19,000 ... read more ...
 
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10 Digit .Com's Domain Hit NameJet.com - The numbered .Com domain name frenzy continues as I see today 10 digit domain names in pre-release on NameJet.com with multiple backorders. The two domain names that are now in pending delete with bids are 8888888833.com and 8888888835.com. The backorder deadline on these domain names is 11pm EST tonight. ... read more ...
 
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Here's because a MySchool.com lawsuit was discharged (Transcript) - Transcript reveals Judge’s reasoning for granting summary judgment to MySchool.com owner. Last week, Judge John F. Anderson granted Original Web Ventures’ motion for summary judgment in a fight over the domain name MySchool.com. In doing so, he dismissed claims by Joseph Carpenter, who owns MySchool411.com, that Original was cybersquatting by owning MySchool.com. I’ve just obtained the transcript (pdf) of the hearing on October 26 at which Anderson made his ruling. Anderson is a judge in Verisign’s ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling's Name Administration Wins Another UDRP on 16 Year Old Torneo.com - Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc represented as usually by John Berryhill, Ph.D, Esq., has won another UDRP this time on the domain name Torneo.com which was registered on September 28, 1999. “Torneo” is the common Spanish and Italian word for “tournament” The UDRP was filed by Sport and Fashion Management PTE. LTD. of Moscow, Russian Federation which owns the domain name torneo.ru The Complaint was filed on July 15, 2015. The panelists of Christopher J. Pibus, Irina V. Savelieva ... read more ...
 
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The Domain KanyeForPresident.Com Goes Up For Sale - The domain name that made international news, KanyeForPresident.com has gone up for sale on Flippa.com Back in August at the MTV Video awards Kanye West announced he will be running for President of the United States in 2020. A 24-year-old Tramal Ferguson of Marietta, Georgia registered the domain name KanyeForPresident.com “on a whim back in April 2015” and reportedly turned down offers as high as $80,000, shortly after Mr. West’s announcement. Now the domain is at auction on Flippa.com. The ... read more ...
 
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Experts in Consumer Protections, Economics and Security Needed for New gTLD … – ag-IP - Participants selected as CCT Review Team members will pioneer an ongoing effort to track and examine data about the domain name industry and system. Their analysis of how new gTLDs are affecting the market place and the Internet's root zone will impact future rounds of the New gTLD Program through potential changes to policy. Enhancing competition, choice and trust in the domain name space are key goals of the New gTLD Program, and the Internet community has a vested interest in determining whether ... read more ...
Mon 2nd November 2015
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October 2015 – gTLD Sunrise Periods Now Open - 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 ...