May 31, 2015 deadline for trademark holders to acquire potentially damaging … - The sunrise period for trademark owners to acquire the .SUCKS domain suffix will expire on May 31, 2015. On June 1, 2015 the Generic Top-Level Domain (“gTLD”) (a domain suffix) _____.SUCKS will be released to the general public.  This domain suffix has the potential to be damaging to well-known brands including, consumer product, manufacturing and service companies. Prior to a new gTLD being released to the general public for purchase, trademark holders have the exclusive right to buy the new ... read more ...

.GOP Video Promotes Use, But No Major Presidential Candidate Seems To Own … - In a new video posted by the .GOP registry, they boast about it being the only new gTLD owned by a political party and of course that is true, as the other political domain names, .Democrat, .Republican. .Vote and .Voting are owned by for profit non-affiliated registries. The .GOP gTLD is owned by Republican State Leadership Committee, Inc. an affiliate to the republican party. The video’s most talked about site is  StopHillary.Gop which is being forwarded to a .com; a site under GOP.com which ... read more ...

.sucks fights back against critics: is it enough to convince brand owners to buy … - Many brand owners are holding out to see whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), or any other government agency in the United States or elsewhere, takes action against Vox Populi Registry Ltd. (Vox Populi) over what some have claimed is a “predatory scheme.” They may want to reconsider. Vox Populi, while the subject of congressional hearings and coming under attack from all sides, is defending itself and the right to create a platform for “legitimate critical commentary.” Will the right ... read more ...

.SUCKS Fights Back against Critics: Is It Enough to Convince Brand Owners to … - Many brand owners are holding out to see whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), or any other government agency in the United States or elsewhere, takes action against Vox Populi Registry Ltd. (Vox Populi) over what some have claimed is a “predatory scheme.” They may want to reconsider. Vox Populi, while the subject of congressional hearings and coming under attack from all sides, is defending itself and the right to create a platform for “legitimate critical commentary.” Will the ... read more ...

Verisign Upgraded at Zacks (VRSN) - Zacks upgraded shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Monday morning. Zacks’ analyst wrote, “Internet infrastructure assurance and domain registry services provider VeriSign reported strong first-quarter 2015 results with both earnings and revenues growing year over year. We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long ... read more ...

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New gTLD .sucks for brand owners… - Registration of trade marks under the controversial new gTLD (Generic Top Level Domain) .sucks is now open. The sunrise period runs until 29 May 2015 for trade mark owners who have registered their trade marks in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). The general availability period will commence on 1 June 2015, after which anybody can apply to register a .sucks domain. The .sucks registry is operated by Vox Populi, which has marketed the new gTLD as a forum “designed to help consumers find their ... read more ...

New domains revitalise old spam – IT - The new range of top level domains launched in January and intended for use by relevant communities and organisations has proved irresistible to spammers, according to Kaspersky Lab’s Q1 2015 analysis of the spam and phishing threats landscape. For many, the new domains represent an excellent tool for promoting unwanted or illegitimate advertising campaigns. The new generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration programme gives organisations the opportunity to choose a domain zone ... read more ...

Verisign Upgraded to Hold at Zacks (VRSN) - Zacks upgraded shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note released on Monday morning. Zacks’ analyst wrote, “Internet infrastructure assurance and domain registry services provider VeriSign reported strong first-quarter 2015 results with both earnings and revenues growing year over year. We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long ... read more ...

What New gTLD Applicants Want for Round 2 - After talking to a few new gTLD applicants who participated in "Round One" of the ICANN new gTLD program, here is a list of complaints and questions I received, and probably a few things potential candidates should pay attention to prior to submitting an application: Applying is too expensive, I want my TLD for $200,000 "all included" (ICANN fee + consultancy services to fill in my application) Applying for a new gTLD is expensive but ICANN is the organization to allow an applicant and it ... read more ...

Looks Likes Coupons.com Got $4.8 Million For Withdrawing Its .Coupons New … - According to Tweets from George Kirikos and Daniel Negari it appears that Coupons.com made a cool $4.8 Million dollars for withdrawing its application for the new gTLD .Coupons George found an SEC filing that showed Coupons.com received $4.8 million dollars from the sale of a domain name. Coupons.com withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Coupons which left Donuts, the only applicant for .Coupons the winner of what appears to have been a private auction or some other method to privately ... read more ...

CEO of .Design on ReDesigning The Success Of A New gTLD Launch - This is a guest post by Ray King the CEO of Top Level Design, a new domain registry behind the new gTLD’s .Design, .Wiki and .ink. Mr. King  has also founded Semaphore, Inc, SnapNames, Inc, AboutUs, Inc. and ICANNWiki (501c3). The post appears here unedited: We at Top Level Design believe that .design had the most successful launch of any generic new TLD to date. Not only that, I think we are well on our way to proving that a new TLD can justify a premium cost when it offers better, more meaningful ... read more ...

Why Geoff Stevens is Using Wyoming.Fish - Name.Kitchen, a website created by Donuts, has an interesting new video series profiling people and companies who have either switched or are using a new gTLD domain name. I think this will be a neat series to understand why people have selected a new gTLD domain name for their website. In the video embedded below, Geoff Stevens, a 42-year-old professional fly-fishing guide from Dubois, Wyoming, discusses why he chose to use the Wyoming.Fish domain name for his business. He also owns FishTetons.com, ... read more ...

.XYZ Starts Taking Domain Registrations Directly From Its Site -           .XYZ sent out an email the other day announcing that they were taking live domain name direct registrations from their registry site at Gen.xyz for .XYZ domains While a lot of new gTLD registries look like they take registrations from their registry site,  I believe that .XYZ joins only Uniregisty as a registry, to have live domain name registrations from the registry site. .XYZ appears to be a domain name registrar reseller, rather than have their own Registrar credentials. I would ... read more ...