Tag Archives: gTLD

Sun 17th August 2014
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The Next Shot Fired - Sunday, August 17, 2014, 3:00am Since 2011, the banking and insurance industries have been advocating for industry control over the generic top level domain (gTLD) names .bank and .insurance, to assure the integrity of the naming process as the number of available domain names is expected to expand ... read more ...
Fri 15th August 2014
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Call for ICANN to Educate and Not Mislead GAC - I read with interest the recent blog written by Theresa Swinehart a Sr. Advisor to the President on Strategy. She wrote: "The most critical element of this [ICANN Transition] process is trust and alignment. To ensure success on this accountability track, we must as a community work closely together to make sure that the final process is meaningful. There is plenty of work to be done in an ambitious period of time." Post the completion of the ICANN 50 London meeting, I wrote a Commentary on ... read more ...
Thu 14th August 2014
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Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New … - Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain names rightfully owned by SPG, and to recover damages both compensatory and statutory in nature arising out of: (i) Defendants’ wrongful exercise of control over the 5,000 domain names and (ii) unlawful attempts to exact a “ransom” from SPG for the ... read more ...
 
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Firms are very worried about new generic top level domains - We have updated our privacy policy. In the latest update it explains what cookies are and how we use them on our site. To learn more about cookies and their benefits, please view our privacy policy. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies. By continuing to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy unless you have disabled them. ... read more ...
Tue 12th August 2014
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Generic domain names pose threat - .com, .net, .org, and .gov have been a part of our online experiences for years now. Though we are familiar with existing Internet domains using these suffixes, the landscape is changing — and fast. New suffixes have and will become available at a rapid pace, causing concern for trademark infringement. These new suffixes — also known as generic Top-Level Domains or gTLDs — are the part of the web address to the right of the period and offer a wide variety to those ... read more ...
 
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Business Workshop: New domains are trademark headaches – Pittsburgh Post - August 12, 2014 12:00 AM Share with others: The organization that controls Internet names is making it harder and more expensive for trademark owners to protect their brands online. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently began to release new generic top-level domains (gTLD). These are are the endings of Web addresses, such as .com, .org or .net. Until 2013, there were only 22 of them. ICANN has already introduced more ... read more ...
Mon 11th August 2014
Thu 7th August 2014
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Demand Media Inc.: Demand Media Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results - Revenue ex-TAC of $87.1 Million and Adjusted EBITDA of $10.7 Million Registrar Revenue Increases 13% Year-over-Year to $41.2 Million Free Cash Flow of $9.8 Million SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Demand Media, Inc.(NYSE: DMD), a leading digital content media company, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. "The focus on user experience and content improvements we have made over the past several quarters are starting to show positive results," ... read more ...
 
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.Rocks The New gTLD With Over 5K Registrations. .Limited 1100; .WTF 973 … - .Rocks led this weeks new gTLD’s that went into general availability yesterday finishing off its first day with  5,191 registrations which includes domains taken in Sunrise and through the Early Access Program (EAP). .Limited finished it first day with 1,101 according to the Zone file which I pulled this morning .WTF had 973 domain names registered after its first day of GA The new gTLD .Financial wound up with just over 750 registrations including Sunrise and EAP. .Reise ended up its first day ... read more ...
 
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Would .Mtl Be a Mistake? - Rumour has it that Montreal wants their dot city TLD…But they want .mtl instead of .montreal ! Huge, huge mistake #newgtlds — Christopher Hofman (@HofmanLaursen) August 7, 2014   The Gazette, a Montreal-based newspaper, published an article about the possibility that the city of Montreal would apply for its own new gTLD extension. The article indicates that .Mtl would be the extension the city would apply for, and I tend to agree with Christopher Hofman Laursen of the European Domain ... read more ...
Wed 6th August 2014
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Montreal Looks Like The Next City That Wants To Apply For Its Own New gTLD … - According to the MontrealGazette.com, the city of Montreal seems to be the next city expressing Interest in applying for its own new gTLD, of .MTL “It’s an interesting possibility for Montreal,” said city councillor Harout Chitilian, the vice chairperson of the city executive committee. “We have to be creative to promote Montreal, and it’s a tool that we’ll take a serious look at.” But that gives Montreal time to plan a .mtl initiative, if and when an opportunity comes around again. A ... read more ...
Mon 4th August 2014
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Generic Top Level Domains – Current Sunrise Periods Open - 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 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: ... read more ...
Sun 3rd August 2014
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Generic Top Level Domains – Current Sunrise Periods Open – August 2014 Update - 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 ...
Sat 2nd August 2014
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.Mail Gets Added To .Home and .Corp As Strings Killed Off By Collision - According to a resolution of the ICANN Board the .Mail has joined .Home and .Corp as extension that will not be delegated as part of the collision report. .Mail was basically killed off as part of the “ICANN NAME COLLISION OCCURRENCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK” which is putting into place a plan which will start the process of freeing up domain names on the Collision list: “Registry Operators will implement a period of, at least, 90 days of continuous controlled interruption. ICANN will monitor and ... read more ...
 
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Nuove registrazioni di gTLD e Periodi Sunrise - Pianificare di registrare il proprio marchio come nome di dominio durante un Sunrise Period per poi scoprire che la registrazione figura in un elenco di Nomi Riservati?Ci sono una serie di motivi per cui un dominio che corrisponde al proprio marchio può figurare in una Reserved Names list. Prima di tutto se il dominio desiderato è oggetto di Name Collision, anche se questo non si verifica per tutti i registri. Infatti alcuni operatori stanno accettando idomini che sono stati oggetto di Name Collision ... read more ...
Wed 30th July 2014
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Interlink Co., Ltd. Wins Community Priority Evaluation For The New gTLD .Osaka - Interlink Co., Ltd. Application for The New gTLD .Osaka just won its Community Priority Evaluation .Osaka has prevailed with its Community Priority Evaluation application getting 15 of the maximum 16 points. This means that GMO’s application for .Osaka will not move forward. Here is part of the decision: “Thank you for your participation in the New gTLD Program. After careful consideration and extensive review of the information provided in your application, including documents of support, the ... read more ...
 
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.XXX Operator ICM Registry Wins Right to Operate .Sex - MIAMI — ICM Registry, the operator of .xxx, .adult and .porn, has won the right to operate the .sex gTLD. Internet Marketing Solutions Ltd., a competing applicant for .sex, has withdrawn its application, leaving ICM Registry's bid as the sole applicant for .sex. Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry, told XBIZ that his company acquired the rights to .sex in a transaction for the gTLD.  The agreement "is subject to confidentiality but in essence we bought the other applicant out, and he has no ... read more ...
 
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ICM Registry Operator of .XXX Wins Rights to The New gTLD .Sex - ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX registry has won the right to operate the .Sex new gTLD. The other applicant for .Sex, Internet Marketing Solutions Limited has withdrawn their application, leaving ICM’s the lone applicant for .Sex. ICM also is the only applicant for the new gTLD’s .adult and .porn The only caveat on the new gTLD’s .Sex, .Adult and .Porn is that just a few weeks ago, seemingly out of nowhere, the New gTLD Committee of ICANN commented that they might be sensitive strings ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines confirms client has won .broadway gTLD - No investment advice The Company is a publisher. You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio ... read more ...
Mon 28th July 2014
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Demand Media – The Times They are a Changin’ - “This is the most important and exciting change in the internet in a long, long time. Maybe since the beginning of the modern internet.” - Ben Fried, Google’s Chief Information Officer (source) Investors should take note every time a Google exec goes on record saying they are “incredibly excited” about something because most of the time, there’s a good reason for it. Which is why when I heard the above quote at Google’s I/O, I decided to dig in. And what I found was a truly great business ... read more ...
Fri 25th July 2014
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Groei nieuwe domeinextensies zet gestaag door - Maassluis, 25 Juli 2014 /EZPress/ - Sinds de uitgave van de eerste nieuwe domeinnamen (new gTLD’s) zet de groei nog gestaag door. In Nederland worden er per maand ruim 4000 nieuwe domeinen met één van de nieuw uitgekomen extensies geregistreerd. Nederland staat hiermee wereldwijd op de 9e plaats. Stabiele groei Waar de verwachtingen voor het uitkomen van de nieuwe extensies uiteen liepen is nu op te maken dat het aantal geregistreerde domeinen stabiel groeit. Sinds ... read more ...
Thu 24th July 2014
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This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Kaufen 4325; Consulting 3852; Media … - Yesterday a bunch of new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA)  meaning domain names can be registered live on a first come first serve basis. All total include any Sunrise registrations and any Landrush/Early Access Program (EAP) registration which took place before GA .Voting 9.025 .Kaufen which is German for the word “Buy” had 4,325 .Consulting  3,852 .Media 3,438 .Pictures 1,548 .Lease .538 We noted yesterday that .Pictures was the 4th of very similar domains to launch including ... read more ...
 
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Nieuwe domeinextensies in trek - WWW Categorie: Kennis Gepubliceerd: donderdag 24 juli 2014 11:16Update: donderdag 24 juli 2014 11:29 Sinds de uitgave van de eerste nieuwe domeinnamen (new gTLD’s) zet de groei nog gestaag door. In Nederland worden er per maand ruim 4000 nieuwe domeinen met één van de nieuw uitgekomen extensies geregistreerd. Nederland staat hiermee wereldwijd op de 9e plaats.Stabiele groeiWaar ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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Die neueste und geekigste Internet-Domain ".moe" ist jetzt freigeschaltet! - Tokio (ots/PRNewswire) – – Potenziell über 200 Millionen Registrierungen für “.moe” erwartet! – Interlink Co., Ltd., ein neuer Domain-Registry-Betreiber, gab am 22. Juli die öffentliche Freischaltung der einmaligen Top-Level-Domain (TLD) “.moe” bekannt. Benutzer können sich ab sofort live registrieren, Anfragen werden in Reihenfolge des Eingangs bearbeitet. Endlich haben Benutzer eine Online-Plattform, wo sie ihr MOE (Leidenschaft) ausdrücken können! (Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201407182382/ ... read more ...
 
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COMUNICADO: La extensión de Internet más friki, ".moe", ya está disponible - --".moe" podría llegar posiblemente a más de 200 millones de registros - TOKIO, 22 de julio de 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlink Co., Ltd., un nuevo operador de registro de dominio, anunció el 22 de julio que ha abierto el dominio de alto nivel (TLD) más singular de Internet, ".moe", al público para los registros en vivo en una base de "primero en llegar, primero en recibir el servicio". Por primera vez, los usuarios tendrán una plataforma online valiosa para expresar su pasión por MOE. (Foto: ... read more ...