ICANN Gives You The Chance To Review Trademark Clearinghouse’s Performance … - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) announced today that it’s “seeking one or more provider(s) to conduct an independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse to assess the effectiveness of three key areas related to the Clearinghouse in meeting its intended objectives and to identify considerations for future application rounds of the New gTLD Program. The three key areas for examination in this review include: (a) Trademark Clearinghouse Guidelines and Verification ... read more ...

Bloomberg Files UDRP on Bloomberg.News - I was looking through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP filings, and I saw that Bloomberg Finance, L.P. has filed a UDRP on the Bloomberg.News domain name. The UDRP is WIPO Case D2015-1378. According to Whois information, the Bloomberg.News domain name is registered to someone with a Beijing address, and it was created on July 14, 2015. Interestingly, on the same day Bloomberg.News was registered, Bloomberg dealt with a fake Twitter corporate report that appeared on ... read more ...

.Online Tops 550 Sunrise Registrations With 15 Days To Go - Radix the owner of the new gTLD .Online told TheDomains.com today that the number of Sunrise domain name registrations for .Online by trademark holders have exceeded 550 with over 15 days to go. The .Online Sunrise period for trademark holders ends on 17th August, and will be followed by an Early Access Phase from 19th to 26th Aug. General Availability starts on August 26th, 2015. The wholesale price for a Sunrise .Online domain registration is $150. Each registrar sets the retail price to their ... read more ...

Ruling brings dotAfrica domain closer – IT - Africa’s own home on the worldwide Web is a significant step closer to becoming a reality after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Numbers (ICANN) received the final Declaration from the Independent Review Process (IRP) that was instituted in 2013. The IRP panel recommended that ICANN allow DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust’s competing application for .AFRICA to continue through the new gTLD evaluation process. This is in spite of the fact that ICANN’s Government Advisory ... read more ...

ZACR relieved by dotafrica adjudicator ruling - INTERNET | Aug. 3, 2015, 10:54 a.m.Africa's own home on the worldwide web is a significant step closer to becoming a reality after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Numbers (ICANN) received the final Declaration from the Independent Review Process (IRP) that was instituted in 2013. The IRP panel recommended that ICANN allow DotConnectAfrica (DCA) Trust's competing application for .AFRICA to continue through the new gTLD evaluation process. This is in spite of the fact that ICANN’s Government ... read more ...

US Circuit Court Upholds ICANN’s Defense of the New gTLD Program – ag-IP - Home / US Circuit Court Upholds ICANN's Defense of the New gTLD Program / LOS ANGELES, California - The United States' Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of antitrust and other claims against ICANN made by a company called name.space, related to ICANN's new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program, in an opinion published today [PDF, 116 KB], a press release by ICANN stated. In 2013, a federal district court dismissed ... read more ...

Fed Court of Appeals Affirms Dismal Of Name.Space’s Claim Against ICANN’s New … - The United States’ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of antitrust and other claims against ICANN made by a company called name.space, related to ICANN’s new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program, in an opinion published today In 2013, a federal district court dismissed all of name.space’s claims, and today the Ninth Circuit affirmed that dismissal in all respects. name.space alleged that ICANN violated the Sherman Act, and various trademark and other laws, in establishing ... read more ...

Minds + Machines Group Stock Rating Reaffirmed by N+1 Singer (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at N+1 Singer in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports. Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 7.50 on Thursday. The stock’s market capitalization is £62.70 million. The company’s 50-day moving average price is £7.83 and its 200 day moving average price is £8.26. Minds + Machines Group has a 52-week low of £6.75 and ... read more ...

Minds + Machines Group’s "Corporate" Rating Reaffirmed at N+1 Singer (MMX) - N+1 Singer reiterated their corporate score on shares of Minds + Machines Team (LON:MMX) in a a study released on Thursday morning, Analyst Ratings.Net reviews. Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 7.12 on Thursday. Heads + Machines Group has a 1-year low of £6.75 and a-1-year a lot of of £13.75. The stock’s 50-day moving average is british pound;7.85 and its 200-day moving average is £8.27. The business’s market capitalization is £59.56 million. Minds + Devices ... read more ...

Minds + Machines Group’s "Corporate" Rating Reaffirmed at N+1 Singer (MMX) - N+1 Singer reiterated their corporate score on shares of Minds + Machines Team (LON:MMX) in a a study released on Thursday morning, Analyst Ratings.Net reviews. Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 7.12 on Thursday. Heads + Machines Group has a 1-year low of £6.75 and a-1-year a lot of of £13.75. The stock’s 50-day moving average is british pound;7.85 and its 200-day moving average is £8.27. The business’s market capitalization is £59.56 million. Minds + Devices ... read more ...

1st Day New gTLD Totals .Team 2643 .Show 1310; .Jewelry 961 - Three new gTLD’s went into General Availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and domain names registered in the Early Access Program (EAP) for an extra fee, here are the totals after the first day of GA: .Team 2,643 .Show 1,310 .Jewelry 961 Another new gTLD extension entered an EAP period on Wednesday, .Tech which had 236 domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders. ... read more ...

1st Day New gTLD Totals .Team 2643 .Show 1310; .Jewelry 961 - Three new gTLD’s went into General Availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and domain names registered in the Early Access Program (EAP) for an extra fee, here are the totals after the first day of GA: .Team 2,643 .Show 1,310 .Jewelry 961 Another new gTLD extension entered an EAP period on Wednesday, .Tech which had 236 domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders. ... read more ...

Minds + Machines To Register Up To 30K New gTLD Premium Domains Under Emerald … - Minds + Machines announced they are going through the process of registering up to 30,000 Premium Names from across its wholly-owned portfolio of TLDs through its wholly-owned entity, Emerald Names, “so as to raise the visibility of its inventory amongst the broker and registrar channel, as well as with consumers”. “As a result, these Premium Names will resolve to a “for sale” web site, whereas previously they returned a “not found” error when typed into a browser. These Premium ... read more ...

Radix Welcomes Founding Pioneers of the tech Domain Extension - More Related Stories email article print page OnePlus Co-Founder, Top Tech Influencers and Leading Startups Among the First to Adopt .tech July 29, 2015 -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/29/15 -- Radix, a leading new gTLD registry, today announced the founding pioneers for .tech as it enters the Early Access registration phase on July 29 at 16:00 UTC. Co-founder of OnePlus, Carl ... read more ...

Minds + Machines Group Rating Reiterated by N+1 Singer (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating restated by investment analysts at N+1 Singer in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. Shares of Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 7.0250 on Thursday. The company’s market cap is £58.73 million. The firm’s 50-day moving average is £7.88 and its 200-day moving average is £8.28. Minds + Machines Group has a 52 week low of £6.75 and a 52 week high of £13.75. Minds + Machines ... read more ...

Minds + Machines Group Rating Reiterated by N+1 Singer (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating restated by investment analysts at N+1 Singer in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. Shares of Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 7.0250 on Thursday. The company’s market cap is £58.73 million. The firm’s 50-day moving average is £7.88 and its 200-day moving average is £8.28. Minds + Machines Group has a 52 week low of £6.75 and a 52 week high of £13.75. Minds + Machines ... read more ...

New gTLD .Tech Enters Early Access Period (EAP) Today With 40+ Pioneers - Radix announced today that .Tech has entered the 1st day of the Early Access Program (EAP) Unlike other Radix new gTLD extensions that previously launched .Tech is not going to have a landrush period but an EAP period like Donuts and Rightside. Radix further announced that it has signed up 40+ Pioneers for .tech. “The Pioneer list includes impressive names like Carl Pei, co-founder of the much talked about OnePlus smartphone, Web Summit – Dublin based 3 day conference that attracts 22,000+ delegates ... read more ...

Out of .Africa – Process Failures Don’t Change the Facts - Posted here on behalf of DotConnectAfrica Trust as rejoinder and reply to Andrew Mark's recent article. The attention of DotConnectAfrica Trust has been drawn to a recent Blog article by Mr. Andrew Mark that was published in CircleID (see Out of .Africa - Process Failures Don't Change the Facts). In his article, Mr. Mark tried to re-frame the ongoing discussions and commentary about DCA Trust's recent IRP victory against ICANN as one about "requisite support for geographic string" to assist ... read more ...

Donuts Becomes 1st new gTLD Registry to Join The Internet Commerce Association … - Donuts has become the 1st new gTLD registry to join the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) as a Silver member. The ICA is a non-profit advocating for the rights and interests of domain name owners and related service providers. Although Donuts is also a member of the DNA (As is a company I’m a Director of,  RightoftheDot.com) the DNA and the ICA have different mission statements. The ICA is the only organization which is “concentrated on protecting the rights of domain name registrants” ... read more ...

Future Hosting Comments on the Search Impact of New Generic Top-Level Domains … - Future Hosting has commented on the confusion surrounding the search performance of new generic top-level domains to mitigate the impact of a misunderstanding of the search performance of new gTLDs. Southfield, MI (PRWEB) July 27, 2015 Future Hosting, a leading VPS, application, and dedicated server hosting provider, has commented on the confusion surrounding the search performance of new generic top-level domains. In light of recent clarifications ... read more ...

.Versicherung Domain Extension Auction DomainInvesting.com - Over the weekend, I received an email from Monte Cahn announcing that his company, Right of the Dot, LLC, is teaming up with Heritage Auctions to sell the .Versicherung new gTLD extension. The auction will be held on August 26th at 10am EST, and the auction format will be an online ascending clock auction. Versicherung is the German word for “insurance.” This domain name extension went into General Availability in September of 2014. There are approximately 3,000+/- .Versicherung domain ... read more ...