Tue 2nd June 2015
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Barclays moves to new gTLDs - Barclays is moving its online presences to its new gTLDs, the UK bank has confirmed. The Barclays Group will transfer its online assets to .barclays and .barclaycard to make it “crystal clear” that customers are engaging with a genuine Barclays site, it said. Barclays will no longer use the .com and .co.uk TLDs. Troels Oerting, Barclays Group chief information security officer, said: “This clarity, along with the advantages of controlling our own online environment, enables us to provide ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Study Finds 46% Aware of New gTLD's; Only 80% Know .Com, .Net and .Org - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the findings from its ICANN Global Consumer Research Study, to measure aspects of consumer awareness, perceived consumer choice, experience and trust related to the current generic top-level domain (gTLD) landscape and the domain name system (DNS). The global study surveyed 6,144 consumers aged 18+ representing Asia, Europe, Africa, North America and South America, and was administered in 18 languages and drawn from 24 countries. ... read more ...
 
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State of Texas Fines EscrowHill.com $30K For Non -Compliance with State Regs - June 2, 2015 by Michael Berkens 27 Comments Escrowhill.com  has just been fined by the The Banking Commission of the State of Texas for $30,000 for doing escrow business in the state without appropriate licenses after receiving a C D order Respondents have been properly notified regarding their right to an administrative hearing under Texas Finance Code Chapter 151 (Chapter 151) Respondents are currently represented in this proceeding by attorneys Bradley J. Aiken and F. John Podvin, Jr The Commissioner ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Announces Phase One Results from Multiyear Consumer Study on the … – ag-IP - Home / ICANN Announces Phase One Results from Multiyear Consumer Study on the ... / LOS ANGELES - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the findings from its ICANN Global Consumer Research Study, Phase One, conducted on its behalf by Nielsen, to measure aspects of consumer awareness, perceived consumer choice, experience and trust related to the current generic top-level domain (gTLD) landscape and ... read more ...
 
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Unprecedented move: Vox Populi extends sunrise deadline for “.sucks” domain … - In a move that is being interpreted as possible overreaching, Vox Populi, operator of the .sucks domain name, extended the period for registering .sucks during the "sunrise period" without notice. The new deadline to register the .sucks domain name is June 19. Not only is it $2,000 or more to register each .sucks domain name, there is also an annual renewal fee of $2,000. There is online speculation that Vox’s extension is motivated by a relatively large surge in last minute registrations before ... read more ...
 
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Which gTLD .sucks — protecting your business brand - Since ICANN – the organization that allocates domain names — approved an initiative in 2011 to add thousands of new “generic” Top-Level Domains (gTLD), over 635 new gTLDs have been registered.  Many of these are creative efforts to expand topical diversity on the internet, but few have received as much notoriety as .sucks. A gTLD is the portion of an internet address to the right of the dot, such as .com, .net or .org.  Under ICANN’s plan, third parties may register and administer ... read more ...
Mon 1st June 2015
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What’s Going on in China’s Domain Name Industry? - Recently, there has been a lot of noise about China tightening control of the new top-level domains and how it could severely damper domain name registrations in China and one should make preparation for the worst. Initially, I tried to stay out of this as I know all the players behind this. But given that at least 3 people have emailed me asking what's going on, I decided to clear the air here. It started with a report by Brandma on China's "Special Operation" to regulate Domain Name Registrations ... read more ...
 
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FTC Doesn’t Want to Be Drawn Into .Sucks Domain Debate -

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You Want To See Great New gTLD's? Look during The Early Domains In .School, .Football & .Casino - The new gTLD’s of .School, .Football and .Casino are launching this week into General Availability on Wednesday beyond the .porn and .adult of this world. If the new gTLD’s are going to be an investment vehicle for domain investors you need to look no further than the domain names registered in the Early Access program  (EAP) for each of these new domain strings to find the bang on brandable domains for the next generation. For .School, .Football .Casino we found these domain names already ... read more ...
 
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VIP Programs Court Domainers - Discounts and priority service are added perks for domain name investors. Last week, domain name registrar DirectNic unveiled its new VIP program, and domainers could be forgiven for having flashbacks to last decade at registrar Fabulous. That’s because Mike Robertson, who made a name for himself in the domain name business by playing point man for many large domainers with portfolios at Fabulous, is now at DirectNic and is spearheading its VIP program. The program includes discounted pricing, ... read more ...
 
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Na .nl en .com bestaat nu ook .amsterdam, maar alleen voor hoofdstedelingen - Volkskrant.nl gebruikt cookies om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden Ja, ik accepteer cookies Volkskrant.nl gebruikt cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën (“cookies”) onder andere om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden. Ook kunnen we hierdoor het gedrag van bezoekers vastleggen en analyseren en daardoor onze website verbeteren. Cookies van onszelf en van derden ... read more ...
 
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Na .nl en .com nu ook .amsterdam - Volkskrant.nl gebruikt cookies om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden Ja, ik accepteer cookies Volkskrant.nl gebruikt cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën (“cookies”) onder andere om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden. Ook kunnen we hierdoor het gedrag van bezoekers vastleggen en analyseren en daardoor onze website verbeteren. Cookies van onszelf en van derden ... read more ...
 
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ICANN survey: .Com still king, though new TLDs have a possibility (especially outward U.S.) - ICANN survey shows that acceptance of domain name extension options is higher outside of the U.S. and Europe. ICANN has released results of the first phase of a multi-year consumer study on the domain name landscape. The survey of over 6,000 people who use the internet 5+ hours a week was conducted in February. Here are some of the notable findings around awareness and trust of top level domain names. Awareness Unsurprisingly, awareness in legacy domain names such as .com is much higher than new ... read more ...
 
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John Berryhill on domain name law and cybersquatting – DNW Podcast #35 - Protect yourself from cybersquatting claims. What happens when a company thinks you’re cybersquatting on one of its trademarks? Domain name attorney John Berryhill has helped people defend many such accusations. On this episode he explains what a company has to prove in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). He also discusses some common misconceptions about the factors that will sway a UDRP panel one way or the other. Did you know that parking your domain name can actually help ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Flok.com, EverydayValue.com and More Domains - Welcome to the exclusive Domain Movers series on TheDomains.com where Jamie Zoch scours the web and digs thousands of domain name registrations and domains on the move to find domains acquired by some of the largest companies on the web! The follow are often early detections of domain names being registered, acquired and simply moving by large corporations. Here we go with the latest domain movers: Apple Inc. has secured the domain name Research-Kit.com to add to its ResearchKit.com domain name I ... read more ...
 
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Spam, battaglie legali e vendette: ecco gli effetti della … - Il 12 gennaio del 2012 il mercato dei domini di primo livello (TLD o Top Level Domain in inglese), ovvero la parte che si trova all’estrema destra di un qualsiasi indirizzo web, è stato liberalizzato. Questo significa che, a partire da questa data, è teoricamente possibile registrare una combinazione di lettere qualsiasi da utilizzare come suffisso per un indirizzo web, previa accettazione e autorizzazione dell’ICANN, l’organo addetto alla gestione dei domini internet. ... read more ...
 
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Heinz Files UDRP On KraftHeinz.com, Registered Same Day Merger Was Announced - Just two month after announcing its merger with Kraft Foods (NASDAQ: KRFT) ,  H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ)  has filed a UDRP to gain control of the domain name KraftHeinz.com The domain name was registered on March 25, 2015 the same day the companies announced the merger, by someone in Korea. On the same day someone in Korea also registered the reverse domain of HeinzKraft.com with the same registrar, so pretty likely the same person. So far a UDRP has not been filed on that domain, however the ... read more ...
 
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Apple Inc. Wins AppleId.com and AppleAccount.com In UDRP - Apple Inc. has secured two domain names recently with two different UDRP filings on the domain names AppleID.com and AppleAccount.com . AppleID.com The AppleID.com domain name was registered on May 26, 2004 and was secured by Apple Inc. in a UDRP case #D2015-0582 with a status of “Terminated”. The terminated status often relates to the respondent not putting up a fight and transferring the domain name. According to whois records, Apple Inc is now the owners of the domain. I tried to find an ... read more ...
 
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This week: .Porn and .Adult - This was supposed to be a big week with .sucks going into general availability, but that launch has been delayed by 3 weeks. It’s still going to be a big for new top level domain names, though: the entry of .adult and .porn will surely generate mainstream press. Here’s a run down of new TLDs hitting the market this week: .Tirol, a domain name for the Austrian state of Tyrol, goes live today. On Wednesday, the heavily restricted .pharmacy domain name goes into general availability. Qualified ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Utilization Report by CSC - CSC put out their most recent New gTLD utilization report, the report is published every two months. The report looks to find trends and make observations for corporate clients and digital marketers. Observations from the report include: there have been 1,300+ registrations to date which represents a more than 60% increase from the March report. When it was feasible, they analyzed .brand registries with more than two registrations to identify the following findings:   The most active .brand applicants ... read more ...
Sun 31st May 2015
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BigRock.com: India Accounts For 4% of All Domain Registrations; China 20-22% - According to firstpost.com, average monthly domain name registrations in India has more than doubled to 4% of all global registrations, citing figures from web-hosting company BigRock. China, accounts for 20-22%t of monthly new domain name registrations globally. BigRock hosts websites for Warner Brothers, Fiat India, Adidas, Yatra.com, HP Gas, Star Network, and Kotak Securities, among others and competes with larger players like GoDaddy, HostGator and Net4India. There are now 232 million Internet ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: How Many Sunrise Domain Registrations Will .Sucks Get? - The new gTLD .Sucks has been in the news for a few months since announcing its pricing plan which place a suggested retail price of up to $2,499 for trademark holders. ICANN claimed .sucks domains were being sold to trademark owners in a “predatory” manner, and took the unprecedented step of asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it was legal. This week the FTC answered and told the ICANN, if you break it you buy it, basically telling ICANN you created the mess and we warned you ahead of ... read more ...
 
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A Second German Court Rules AdBlock Software is not illegal - In April we wrote about a German court upholding the rights to block ads, now a second German court has come out and ruled the same way. German publishers seem to be up in arms and have promised to appeal these rulings. Venture Beat wrote: One month after a German court ruled online ad-blocking technology is perfectly fine, a second legal challenge has now arrived at the exact same conclusion. Back in April, a court in Hamburg ruled that blocking advertisements was legal following a four-month trial ... read more ...
Sat 30th May 2015
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Prudential Denied URS On Rocksolid.financial Despite Trademark & Parked Page - The Prudential Insurance Company of America just lost the attempt to get the new gTLD domain name rocksolid.financial suspended through a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding. The domain owner is Terrance McQuilkin who was represented by Mark Jeftovic of Toronto. The Examiner Antonina Pakharenko-Anderson, denied relief to Prudential despite having a trademark going back to 1986 for financial services and the domain being parked, finding the term Rock Solid was generic Here are the highlights: “”The ... read more ...
 
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Blacknight announce .irish domain landrush available to global Irish community - .IRISH is the new top-level domain for people who want a distinctive web address that clearly says ‘Irish’. ... read more ...