Seven Key Topics to Track During ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires | The National Law … - 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 ...

Rightside Spent $54M On New gTLD’s Got Back $29M By Withdrawing Apps - Bizjournals.com, just covered Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) and there is some good information in the article some of which I had not read before “Rightside spent $54.18 million on gTLDs over the past three years. The company got back about $29 million of that by withdrawing applications on some domains” With its partner in certain strings Donuts, Rightside applied or had part interest in 133 new gTLD applications. Rightside secured 39 new gTLD strings and is still negotiating on another 26. One of ... read more ...

Canada Responds to ICANN on Controversial .SUCKS New gTLD - The Government of Canada has responded to ICANN regarding the controversial .SUCKS new gTLD rollout. In a letter to ICANN dated June 9 (PDF), Industry Canada Deputy Minister James Knubley said that Canadian law includes trademark protections, and those laws apply to the new gTLD as much as, and in the same way, as they apply to everything else. Less than a page long, the letter is strikingly short compared with FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez’ response, and could be considered terse in its ... read more ...

Kaspersky spam and phishing report: some fears about new gTLDs have … -

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched a focus routine for new general top-level domains (gTLDs) in Jan 2012. The new gTLD programme will outcome in an rare enlargement of a Domain Name System. At a time of writing, over 630 new gTLDs have been substituted and approximately 400 have been launched.

New gTLDs were introduced by ICANN to…

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New domain names are just better…right? - When searching online, Google gives you three opportunities to work out if a result is worthy of your click. The page title – that’s the blue bit in a larger font. The green bit – that’s the domain name. The grey bit – that’s the page description, words that describe what the page is all about. The domain name is a key chance to persuade a visitor to click. And thanks to launch of new gTLDs towards the end of 2013, every website owner has an opportunity to make their domain more relevant, ... read more ...

Almost All Of Free .Berlin Domain Names Have Expired 37K So Far - .Berlin had over 31,000 domain names expire yesterday adding to the previous day where over 36,000 domain names expired. .Berlin about a year ago allowed free domain registrations for 2 days, which totaled somewhere between 70,000-75,000 domain names with two registrants picking up almost 70,000 domain names just between the two. Now that these free domain names have come up for renewal it seems very few have been renewed. Basically we are seeing 67,000 of the free domain names have expired At the ... read more ...

ECTA: ICANN hears brand owners loud and clear - Brands have suggested several areas where the new gTLD programme needs to be improved, a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said at the European Communities Trade Mark Association conference in Hamburg. Fabien Betremieux, senior registry services and engagement manager in the global domain division at ICANN, shared that brand owners are finding it difficult to keep track of the implementation schedules of so many new TLDs. "There are also concerns ... read more ...

Verisign Downgraded By Zacks Partially Based on the New gTLD Program - Zacks, a publication that tracks the stock market and covers many public companies has downgraded shares of Verisign to a sell,  partially based on the new gTLD program. “”We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long run. “The negative impact of search engine adjustments on domain monetization and increasing operating expenses related to marketing remain the primary headwinds in the near term. ” “Verisign ... read more ...

Zacks Lowers Verisign to Sell (VRSN) - Zacks downgraded shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note released on Tuesday morning. According to Zacks, “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 run. Additionally, ... read more ...

The new generic top-level domains: Protecting your trademarks - Pat Fackrell Virtual real estate on the Internet is one of the best pieces of property that a business can own. A good website and a simple domain name, such as [yourtrademark].com or [yourtrademark].net, are easy and effective ways to attract and retain business. A big concern, however, is protecting [yourtrademark].com from improper use. For example, many times a third-party will register a domain name that is either identical or confusingly similar to [yourtrademark].com. If done with ... read more ...

Donuts Clears 1.369 Million Reserved Domain Names for Registration - Copyright 2015 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved2015-06-11 BELLEVUE, Wash., June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning this week, Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), will release for registration 1.369 million previously reserved domain names.  The company will make these names available in batches each week between June and September. Those interested in these valuable, frequently searched terms can secure them through accredited domain ... read more ...

Verisign Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks (VRSN) - Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) was downgraded by Zacks from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday. According to Zacks, “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 ... read more ...

Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) Reports Form 4 Insider Buying : Robert J Majteles … - Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) Discloses Insider Transaction. Robert J Majteles , director of Rightside Group, Ltd. purchased 4,000 shares on Jun 5, 2015. The Insider buying transaction was disclosed on Jun 9, 2015 to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shares were purchased at $7.66 per share for a total value of $30,636.80. The stock has received coverage from different analysts. Deutsche Bank initiates coverage on Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME).The analysts at the brokerage ... read more ...