Hotel chain obtains transfer of ‘.berlin’ domain name reproducing its mark -

In a new box underneath a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before a World Intellectual Property Organisation, a obvious hotel sequence has performed a send of a domain name equally reproducing a heading underneath a new general tip turn domain (gTLD) ‘.berlin’.

The ‘.berlin’ TLD is one of a many city TLDs launched by ICANN this…

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Amazon bags control of .book and .pay domains – but NOT .cloud - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar Bookseller-turned-bazaar Amazon has beaten off competition from eight other companies, including Google and publisher Bowker, to win the right to sell domains ending in .book.It's not known how much Amazon paid since the gTLD was bought at private auction, although it is believed to have been between $5m and $10m – Amazon just paid $4.6m for dot-buy, by the way. Bowker was reportedly the last to drop out of the auction, ... read more ...

.quebec geographic gTLD ready for public launch - Quebec’s new generic top level domain (gTLD) —.quebec — is scheduled for general availability November 18, 2014. The .quebec domain will be of interest to any brand owners conducting business in La belle province. The launch of the .quebec domain is part of the ongoing expansion of the Internet from only 22 gTLDs in 2013 (e.g. .com, .net) to over one thousand by the end of 2015. New gTLD registries may be classified as open, restricted or closed. Open domains are available ... read more ...

Donuts Beat Microsoft & Google For .Live - According to ICANN’s site both Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) have withdrawn their application for the new gTLD .Live, leaving .Donuts as the winner of the .Live new gTLD. Earlier today we reported that three other public company’s Google, Amazon and Symantec Corporation, (NASDAQ: SYMC) all lost the new gTLD auction for .Cloud. The Donuts application was placed under the company Half Woods, LLC So far Google has won 4 new gTLD in contention:  .Dev over Amazon;  .Docs over Microsoft,  .Drive ... read more ...

Shocker: Both Amazon & Google Lose New gTLD .Cloud Private Auction - A private auction was held a couple of weeks ago for the new gTLD .Cloud and shockingly neither Amazon (AMZN) or Google (GOOG), which both applied for the extension, won the auction. Amazon, Google, Donuts, Dot GLOBAL AS (cloudnames.com) and a third public company Symantec Corporation, (NASDAQ: SYMC) have all withdrawn their applications for .Cloud The only two applicants who have not yet withdrawn their application are;  Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (Minds + Machines) and ARUBA S.p.A. which ... read more ...

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Startup.club Launches to Help Entrepreneurs Get Access to Great .CLUB … -     The .Club registry announced today the Startup.club which is designed to Help Entrepreneurs Get Access to Great .CLUB Premium Domain Names with the purchase price financed up to over 10 years with no interest. The Startup.Club will be rolled out today  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Conference in Miami. The new program for entrepreneurs which includes a payment plan for premium .CLUB domain names valued at more than $20,000 each, allows qualified businesses to spread payments over 10 years, interest ... read more ...

The New TLD Registry Example to Follow - With lessons learnt from the first Round, what does a new applicant need to know to prepare for the coming Round? Which example should he follow to increase his chances of success? I have had the chance to read about new domain names sales figure expectations, prior to the launching of Round one of the ICANN new gTLD program. Comments that I read and feed-backs that I have today are: "our expectations are the one we wrote on the paper and we are happy with them". Well… not only I can tell ... read more ...

ICANN Los Angeles Recap Webinar - With more than 400 new gTLD registries now delegated and over 2.6 million new gTLD registrations, a changing Internet governance landscape, and requirements for enhancing ICANN accountability resulting from the IANA transition, assessing the impact on your business is vital. Join Domain Management and gTLD Experts, Elisa Cooper and Matt Serlin of MarkMonitor for guidance on navigating this complex environment. When: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET Key Takeaways: The ... read more ...

TLD Appoints its First China GM & Open Its HQ In “China’s Silicon Valley” -                     TLD Registry Ltd, who operates two of the most successful new gTLD’s, had two big announcements  today. They announced their first ever China GM and the opening of their office in the “China’s Silicon Valley” TLD announced the appointment of the company’s first ever China General Manager. Mr. Jin Wang has joined the TLD Registry team, contributing a wealth of knowledge and expertise of the internet and domain name industries in China. “Our eight month ... read more ...

.Biz Domain Name Registrations Fall Under 2.5 Million -                       The number of domain names registered under the Top Level Domain of .Biz has fallen under 2.5 Million. The extension owned and operated by Neustar (NSR) seems to have been effected by the new gTLD’s. As you can see from the chart .Biz was slowing growing until early this year when the new gTLD’s started to launch and now is moving the downward direction:       .XYZ has topped 650,000 registrations. .Berlin in the last week past the TLD’s .Tel and .Name ... read more ...

Sunday Updates & Thoughts - I thought I would share some updates and thoughts over the weekend after a GREAT New England Patriots win today! Big game against Denver next weekend. I’m excited for the TRAFFIC conference later this week, and I have been touching base with some friends and colleagues the last few days to set up some time to chat. If you’re headed to Miami for TRAFFIC, safe travels to you. Here are some updates and thoughts today: If you would like to be introduced to someone at the TRAFFIC conference, ... read more ...

ICANN’s Haul From Just 7 Last Resort New gTLD Auctions Tops $26 Million - ICANN just released a report showing that it has received over $26 Million dollars from last resort new gTLD auctions. The total amount received by ICANN from the last resort auctions is $26,172,919. That amount is net of auction set up guarantees, set up and cancellation auction fees paid to Power Auctions the provider of the ICANN auctions. There have only been 7 new gTLD’s last resort auctions including the first one for an IDN which sold for $600,000 and the three that sold this week Many more ... read more ...

FoxNews Reports On Media Org’s Calling Google’s .Soy new gTLD “Segregation … - According to a story out in FoxNews.com, Google’s recent announcement of its new .SOY domain, meant to appeal to Latinos, has drawn criticism and jest from a number of places. .Soy (Spanish for “I am”) according to Google “offers Hispanic consumers, brands and publishers “a place to build, create and share culturally relevant Web content.” “A number of Latino organizations, including the Hispanic Heritage Fund and Ella Institute, have switch over to the .soy domain name, but some media ... read more ...

Would you blow $5.6m to own a dot-word? Meet a bloke who did just that - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar A further $13m was spent yesterday on auctions for the ownership rights to three new soul-sapping dot-word domains: .spot, .salon and .realty.Amazon outbid Google and gTLD powerhouse Donuts to pay $2.2m for the rights to sell dot-spot addresses; Donuts beat L'Oreal and two others for dot-salon at $5.1m; and top of the heap, domain investor and entrepreneur Jay Westerdal beat Donuts to dot-realty, paying $5.6m for the rights ... read more ...

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.Realty top-level domain auctioned for $5.58M - The rights to administer a new generic top-level domain, .Realty, were auctioned off Wednesday for $5.58 million to “domaineer” Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry LLC. Thanks to its trademark on the term “Realtor,” the National Association of Realtors was granted the right to administer the .realtor gTLD as part of a historic expansion of the domain name system by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). NAR is launching .realtor today, giving away a free domain to the first ... read more ...

$5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor … - Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal’s company. (The exact price paid was $5,588,888) .Realty joins .Realestate; .Realtor; .Property, .MLS,  .Immo, (which is short for immobilier  which means real estate and is used in France, Germany and Italy) and to a smaller extent .House, .Condos, .Rentals and .Apartments. Its a pretty crowed vertical. So ... read more ...

1st Day New gTLD Totals Are .Brutal: .Healthcare 1406; .Vet 649; .Army 196 … - 5 new gTLD went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis and the 5 combined for just over 2,500 registrations. Including registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those who paid extra during the Early Access Program (EAP) to register domains ahead of GA here are the totals for the 5 new gTLD’s after their first day: .Healthcare 1,406 .Vet 649 .Army .202 .Navy 122 .Airforce 116 As we spoke about earlier ... read more ...

How to hit the top of Google’s rankings: ‘Use a new dot-thing gTLD’ - Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar If you want to get higher up Google's search rankings, it turns out that using a new dot-thing domain – such as .guru or .ninja – may give you the edge.Two recent studies into the impact of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have claimed that, far from Google's official position, using the right domain ending can bump you up an extra place or two in the rankings. Both investigations ... read more ...

Uniregistry Domain Names Now at GoDaddy - Uniregistry has been selling its new gTLD domain names since the end of February of this year, but they have not been selling them via GoDaddy, the largest domain name registrar in the world. According to a tweet from Uniregistry founder Frank Schilling, as of yesterday, new gTLD domain names managed by Uniregistry are now available for purchase by customers at GoDaddy. Proud to see all Uniregistry TLDs on the shelf at #Godaddy today! The best extensions are now available at the biggest ... read more ...