Thu 28th May 2015
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Harvard sues visit UDRP crook to have the domains disabled - Company that lost four UDRP complaints if filed against others might be at risk of losing its own domain name. Harvard has sued a handful of companies it says have copied its trademarked exam questions. Among these companies is one that lost four UDRP cases in a single week — Certplex, Ltd. Certplex lost four UDRPs for domain names including the term “Braindumps”. One of Certplex’s sites offering test prep is Braindumps.com. According to the complaint filed by Harvard, Certplex publishes ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: InkTV.com, Jude.org, VirtualAds.com and More Domains - Domain Movers consistently delivers unique domain name data two times a week here on TheDomains, which contains recently registered, acquired and simply moving domain name from some of the largest companies around the world. Enjoy the recent domain movements that I have detected based on whois records and other sources: Daniel J. Edelman, Inc. (PR firm) has registered the domain name PaypalReady.com . This was a little odd to me as Paypal almost always registers its own domain names but eBay and ... read more ...
 
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FTC to ICANN on .Sucks: Yeah, we told we this would happen - FTC wants ICANN to address overarching issues with new TLDs rather than one-off cases. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has responded to ICANN’s request that it investigate the practices of top level domain name registry Vox Populi over its rollout of the .sucks domain name. I’d summarize its response as: “yeah, we told you this would happen with your rollout of new TLDs”. FTC’s Chairwoman Edith Ramirez wrote (pdf) that the FTC cannot comment on the existence of any pending investigations, ... read more ...
 
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NAF row orders send of FatTuesday.com to owners of Fat-Tuesday.com - Panel really screwed this one up. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the transfer of the domain name FatTuesday.com to David Briggs Enterprises, Inc. The complainant operates bars under the name Fat Tuesday and uses the inferior domain name Fat-Tuesday.com. Of course, Fat Tuesday is also the name for what many of us think of as Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”. Type “Fat Tuesday” into Google, and it duly pops up the date of this holiday. Amazingly, ... read more ...
 
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Announcement: New gTLD Applicant and GDD Portals Update – ag-IP - Home / Announcement: New gTLD Applicant and GDD Portals Update / LOS ANGELES - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) provided an update on its investigation into a data exposure issue in the New gTLD Applicant and GDD (Global Domains Division) portals, first reported on 1 March 2015. According to the Corporation, in its 30 April announcement, ICANN noted its intention to disclose to affected users the identity ... read more ...
Wed 27th May 2015
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TLD Podcast #11: Dirrell-DeGale & Khan-Algieri - In this episode, Diego and I recap the surprisingly thrilling and close fight between James DeGale and Andre Dirrell. DeGale made history by becoming the first British Olympic gold medalist to win a professional world title, and we speculate about what’s next for both DeGale and Dirrell. We also preview Amir Khan-Chris Algieri and Kell Brook-Frankie Gavin, and consider the broader landscape at welterweight. (Note: I incorrectly state that Dirrell lost to Arthur Abraham at the beginning of the ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Reports On Security Breach Of New gTLD Applicant Portal: 60 Searches … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today provided an update on its investigation into a data exposure issue in the New gTLD Applicant and GDD (Global Domains Division) portals, first reported on 1 March 2015 In its 30 April announcement, ICANN noted its intention to disclose to affected users the identity of any user(s) that viewed their information without authorization by May 27th 2015. This activity has been completed. Specifically, ICANN: Notified the users whose ... read more ...
 
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General Availability for .Pharmacy Domain Names Begins June 3, 2015 - PRESS RELEASE The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that general availability for the .pharmacy domain begins June 3, 2015. At this time, all pharmacies and pharmacy-related entities may apply for .pharmacy domain names. The .pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) was launched in 2014, and NABP has approved more than 300 .pharmacy domain names applied for or requested during prior limited registration periods. NABP created the .pharmacy TLD to provide consumers ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Reports On Security Breach Of New gTLD Applicant Portal: 60 Searches: 200+ Records - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today provided an update on its investigation into a data exposure issue in the New gTLD Applicant and GDD (Global Domains Division) portals, first reported on 1 March 2015 In its 30 April announcement, ICANN noted its intention to disclose to affected users the identity of any user(s) that viewed their information without authorization by May 27th 2015. This activity has been completed. Specifically, ICANN: Notified the users whose ... read more ...
 
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Phishing in the New gTLDs - The new Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Global Phishing Survey has just been released. Written by myself and Rod Rasmussen of IID, the report is the "who, what, where, when, and why" look at phishing, examining the second half of 2014. The report has many findings, but here I'll concentrate on the new gTLDs. The second half of 2014 was when an appreciable number of new gTLDs entered general availability and started to gain market share. Phishing in the new gTLDs started slowly and is rising. ... read more ...
 
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Technology.ie Interviews Jothan Frakes and they are giving divided giveaway tickets to DomainFest - Technology.ie is giving away 20 free tickets to DomainFest. Their website posted today, Technology.ie has got twenty tickets to give away to DomainFest Bulgaria next week. It’s just one of the events which form part of Bulgarian Internet Week, in a country which ranks second in the world for Internet use (average: 16 hours per person per week). There is a podcast with Jothan Frakes of NamesCon and  DomainFest. Jothan discusses New gTLDs being the new normal and starts out discussing a growing ... read more ...
 
 
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Les noms de domaine .pharmacy seront disponibles à partir du 3 … - MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, 27 mai 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- La National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) est heureuse d'annoncer la disponibilité générale du nom de domaine .pharmacy à compter du 3 juin 2015. A partir de cette date, toutes les pharmacies et entités liées aux pharmacies pourront demander un nom de domaine .pharmacy. Le nom de domaine de premier niveau (TLD) .pharmacy a été lancé en 2014, et la NABP a approuvé plus de 300 noms de domaine .pharmacy qui avaient ... read more ...
 
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Allgemeine Verfügbarkeit der .pharmacy Domänennamen beginnt am 3. Juni 2015 - MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, 27. Mai 2015MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, 27. Mai 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Die National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) freut sich bekannt geben zu können, dass die .pharmacy Domänennamen ab dem 3. Juni 2015 allgemein verfügbar sind. Ab diesem Datum können alle Apotheken und mit Pharma verbundenen Organisationen Anträge auf den .pharmacy Domänennamen stellen.Die .pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) wurde 2014 eingeführt, und die NABP hat über 300 beantragte bzw. ... read more ...
 
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Allgemeine Verfügbarkeit der .pharmacy Domänennamen beginnt am 3. Juni 2015 - Mount Prospect, Illinois (ots/PRNewswire) - Die National Association of Boards of Pharmacy(®) (NABP(®)) freut sich bekannt geben zu können, dass die .pharmacy Domänennamen ab dem 3. Juni 2015 allgemein verfügbar sind. Ab diesem Datum können alle Apotheken und mit Pharma verbundenen Organisationen Anträge auf den .pharmacy Domänennamen stellen. Die .pharmacy Top-Level Domain (TLD) wurde 2014 eingeführt, ... read more ...
 
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La disponibilité générale des noms de domaine .Pharmacy … - MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, 27 mai 2015 /CNW/ -- La NABP (National Association of Boards of Pharmacy®) est heureuse d'annoncer que la disponibilité générale du domaine .pharmacy commencera le 3 juin 2015. À cette date, toutes les pharmacies et entités du secteur pharmaceutique pourront demander des noms de domaine .pharmacy. Le domaine de premier niveau (TLD) .pharmacy a été lancé en 2014 et la NABP a approuvé plus de 300 noms de domaine .pharmacy postulés ou demandés durant les ... read more ...
 
 
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Domain definitions: Registrar and Registry - The definition of registry is becoming fuzzy. Two of the most commonly misused words in mainstream articles about domain names are registrar and registry. Many publications use one when it should be the other. A registrar is the company where you register a domain name, such as GoDaddy or Name.com. A registry is the company that manages the top level domain name. So if you register a .com domain name at GoDaddy, GoDaddy is the registrar and Verisign is the registry for the domain name. Now, most ... read more ...
 
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Sale of ‘.hiv’ raises awkward questions as to success of new gTLD programme -

The initial auction of a live new gTLD took place in February. The gTLD, ‘.reise’ (which means ‘travel’ in German), had a smallest starting bid of $400,000. It was eventually purchased by Donuts, a association that operates a gTLD ‘.reisen’ (which also means ‘travel’ in German).

The auction of a live gTLD registry with active domain name…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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What Fadi Chehadé should do in his final year as ICANN's CEO - Here’s what companies and people want to see ICANN’s outgoing CEO accomplish before he leaves the post. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé made the surprise announcement last week that he would step down from his role as CEO of the organization next March. I reached out to a number of companies and people in the ICANN community to ask what they would most like to see Chehadé accomplish in this last ten months at the head of the internet group. Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows: If Fadi were to take practical ... read more ...
 
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15 finish user domain name purchases - An accessories company, law firm and trade publisher bought domain names last week. Sedo had 598 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.1 million. Two likely end user sales aren’t on this list because they have whois privacy or are still in transfer: MyFood.com at $33,500 and FBet.com at €50,000. Neither domain name resolves to an active website yet, but we’ll probably find out who the buyers in the coming months. Below are 15 end user domain name sales at Sedo from the past week (You ... read more ...
Tue 26th May 2015
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UPDATE – Minds + Machines gets into its stride as Krueger bows out - Fred Krueger, executive chairman of Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) is stepping down, having steered the company's evolution from an investment company to a fully-fledged operating entity. Krueger will be succeeded as chairman by Keith Teare, with the role now being a non-executive one. The company saw profit before tax surge in 2014 to US$22.06mln from US$1.14mln in 2013, largely as a result of receiving US$33.72mln (2013: US$6.44mln) for stepping aside in contested auctions for generic top level domains ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Reports Earnings For 2014: Profit $22 Million: $46 Million in a Bank - Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) reported its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Minds + Machines reported a profit before in 2014 of $22.06 million against a profit of $1.14 million in 2013, largely as a result of receiving $33.72 Million for withdrawing applications for new gTLD’s that were in private auctions. The company made $6.44 million in 2013 for withdrawing applications Revenue from registry and registrar services, and this totaled $1.92 Million in 2014, up from $56,000 the ... read more ...
 
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Advantages of Crowdinvesting in Financing New gTLDs - The second-round new gTLD applicants have a tool they don't even know about: "crowdinvesting." That's when a venture sidesteps banks and venture capitalists and instead raises money by selling shares directly to the public. Usually this is done over the Internet, and often enough the investors can hope for a financial return that's far better than what banks and stocks offer. Since the end of 2013, crowdinvesting has raised more than $600 million from more than 5,000 offerings in the United ... read more ...
 
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Bought a Month Ago For $12K Fbet.com Leads Sedo's $1.1M Transactions during $50,000 Euros - Over the past week, 598 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1 Million The domain selling for the highest amount is this week is Fbet.com which was purchased on Sedo just a little over a month ago for $10,099 and just sold again on Sedo for 50,000 Euro’s which is over $54,000 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. The Top ccTLD: cz.cc at 10,000 Euro’s The highest selling other TLD’s were  zb.org which sold for $10,099 and Joy.Eu that ... read more ...