DotConnectAfrica Trust Responds to ICANN GAC Objection Advice on Its .Africa … - In its response to the ICANN Board, DCA Trust disagreed with the GAC Objection Advice. DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust), the contending applicant that submitted an independent bid for the .Africa new generic Top-Level Domain name, recently submitted another fulsome response to the ICANN Board of Directors to defend the GAC Objection Advice that was issued against its .Africa new gTLD application by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) body within ICANN. It may be recalled that ... read more ...

ICANN Still Has Virtually No Revenue Coming In From Last Resort Auctions - If two or more applicants applied for the same new gTLD unless the parties can resolve their contention between themselves the parties go to an ICANN last resort auction. We have chatted before that we expect some of the new gTLD string auctions to go into the $xx,xxx,xxx range. With potentially over 200 new gTLD strings going to an ICANN auction we would expect revenue to ICANN from these last resort auction to generate Hundreds of Millions of dollars to ICANN. Yet ICANN 2014 budget includes ... read more ...

Now At 66 ICANN Expects 105 New gTLD Applications To Be Withdrawn Before … - In its 2014 budget ICANN expects a total of 646 new gTLD applications will be withdrawn up from its estimate of 545. We know that there were 1931 applications submitted for 1,409 strings. So we know that all the non-winning applications in strings with more than one application will be withdrawn accounting for 522 of the 646 applications. Of the 646 applications it is now budgeting to be withdrawn, 105 are projected to be withdrawn prior to the end of Initial Evaluation at a 70% rate. There ... read more ...

WIthdrawn Applications Are Reflected On The ICANN Website The Same Day - Earlier today Straat Investments let us know they had withdrawn their application for .Book today, we now know that once a site is withdrawn with ICANN it is reflected on the ICANN site the same day. Straat’s withdrawn application for .book is now reflected on ICANN’s site just hours after it was withdrawn making it the 65th new gTLD application to be withdrawn. Also today another .Brand application was withdrawn, L’Oréal application for the new gTLD,  .KIEHLS with a prioritization number ... read more ...

Are you dialing back domain investments as you wait for new TLDs? – Domain … - Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday . In the report , Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top level domain names:We have two primary buyers for our domain names – domain investors and businesses. While businesses domain sales continue to grow, we have begun to see evidence of domain investors interest slowing as they attempt to assess the ... read more ...

Straat Withdraws Application For .Book In Favor Of Deal With Another Applicant - NU DOTCO LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of STRAAT Investments, has withdrawn its application for the  new gTLD .Book which had a prioritization number of 357. The withdrawal is not yet reflected on ICANN’s site. .Book is one of 13 new gTLD applications filed by STRAAT, which is affiliated with .CO Internet. According to Jose Rasco, Managing Director of NU DOTCO, the organization is still very interested in acquiring the .Book TLD, but instead of pursuing the application directly, is working ... read more ...

Radix Withdraws New gTLD Application For .Movie - Radix which had applied for 31 new gTLD’s has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Movie. Radix application for .Movie had a prioritization number of 592. There are 7 other applicants for the .movie new gTLD including Google, Amazon, Famous Four, Straat Investments which is associated with the .Co registry,  Donuts and Dish Network. Radix announced a month ago that it was joining forces with two other applicants for .Online, Tucows and NameCheap both of which have since withdrawn their ... read more ...

What New gTLD Applicants Need Is a Quick, Lightweight Answer to the World’s … - It's safe to say that with just a week to go before ICANN intended to sign the first contract for a new gTLD, the last thing anyone wanted was a 12-page document from the world's governments with 16 new "safeguards", six of which it wants to see applied to every new extension. But what the industry shouldn't overlook, especially in the face of the expected critical responses this week and next, is that the Governmental Advisory Committee's (GAC's) formal advice from the ICANN Beijing meeting ... read more ...

Radix Registry Passes 4 New gTLD Initial Evaluations – Virtual - Radix Registry, the new TLD Company of Directi, has passed the initial evaluation stage on 4 of its TLD applications, .blog, .hotel, .online and .insurance. Duvai, United Arab Emirates, May 09, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Directi, a global leader in Internet products and Web services, under its new brand Radix had applied for 31 strings comprising several generic and mass market names. A month back, it was announced that Directi, Tucows and Namecheap will join forces to manage the .online registry, ... read more ...

Sedo Transactions Total $1.46 Million Led By Moms.com for $252000 - Hello MHB, Is anyone wondering why so many secondary market sales are .COM Profit Centers? You hardly ever see .whatever sales which are far and few between. The mere fact that major players the gTLD applicants have chosen to try out Pure Play Generic markers = gTLDs to try to market Traffic back to their .COM Profit centers tells you that they know the power of Generic pure play Marketing Tools. The catch twenty 22 for them is they do not control the .COM Pure ... read more ...

Radix Registry Passes 4 New gTLD Initial Evaluations - Radix Registry Passes 4 New gTLD Initial Evaluations Details WhaTech Channel: Internet Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:32 Submitted by Team Logicboxes Press Release from: Directi - Mass-Market Web Products Read: 33 times Radix Registry, the new TLD Company of Directi, has passed the initial evaluation stage on 4 of ... read more ...

ICANN launches Trademark Clearinghouse protection for trade mark holders … - On 26 March 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). It is envisaged that the Trademark Clearinghouse will provide a database for individuals and businesses to register their brands, ahead of the release of around 2,000 generic top-level domains (‘gTLDs’), eg, ‘.news’, later this year. The TMCH will primarily serve two functions: The‘Sunrise’ registration service, which allows members of the Trademark Clearinghouse ... read more ...

Google Inc: GOOG alters algorithm in preparation for launch of new gTLDs … - Google Inc: GOOG alters algorithm in preparation for launch of new gTLDs; value of new gTLDs tipped to increase significantly Details Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 11:18 Written by Gary Howes Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is said to be preparing us for the much-anticipated launch of the new gTLDs. And, early indications suggest that the search engine is set to value these gTLDs highly. In what has been dubbed 'a surprising move' by one commentator, GOOG appears to have ... read more ...

Corsearch Launches Cost-Effective and Intuitive Trademark Clearinghouse … - NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 6, 2013) - Corsearch, a division of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services and the premier provider of clearance and protection solutions for trademark and brand professionals, has launched a filing service to help brand professionals submit trademark data into the Trademark Clearinghouse. Corsearch's filing service draws on its thorough understanding of trademark issues to help brand professionals submit their information properly and ensure they are protecting ... read more ...

CEO of DOT Registry, to Speak at the National Association of Secretaries of … - Innovator and Entrepreneur to speak at the National Association of Secretaries of State and lead direction of mobile technology and the future of state businesses and emerging gTLD's. Kansas City, Mo (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Small Business Champion, Shaul Jolles is excited to speak and foster business development and economic growth at the National Association of Secretaries of States (NASS) Symposium. This Symposium, focused on reducing bureaucracy and streamlining state government agencies ... read more ...

ICANN’s Trademarks Clearinghouse opens for business - With the launch of the Trademarks Clearinghouse, brand owners can now stake their territory In the brave new world of expanded generic top level domain names (“gTLD’s”). The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), the non-profit organization that manages and coordinates the system of domain names and IP addresses used on the internet, has put into operation what it calls “the most important rights protection mechanism built into ICANN’s new gTLD program”. The ... read more ...

Getting ready for the launch of new gTLDs – the Trademark Clearinghouse is open - ICANN’s new Generic Top-Level Domain (“gTLD”) program has been forging ahead, and it is expected that about 500 new gTLD applications will launch beginning late summer. Applications have been filed for a wide and varied range of new domains, including .buy, .music, .app, .cloud, and .coupon. Some of these domains may rise in popularity, bringing with it potential new business opportunities, and also challenges, including to trademark protection and enforcement. Trademark owners bracing ... read more ...