Tag Archives: legal

Thu 8th September 2005
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Apple needs to get the domain name plan together - For being an innovator in the technology market, Apple is a laggard in the domain name market. One of the biggest domain name disputes in recent memory is over iTunes.co.uk. I won’t go into the details of this dispute, but you can read my previous posts here. Now it seems that Apple failed to register the domain IpodNano.com before announcing the new device to the world. A message on IpodNano.com says the domain is for sale, and according to WhoIs it was registered ... read more ...
Tue 6th September 2005
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Spamhaus slams Yahoo for domains registered - Spamhaus has slammed Yahoo for allowing the registration and/or hosting of thousands of domain names that can be used in phishing attacks. These domains have words in them like “bank”, “ebay”, and “PayPal”. Obviously, not all of these are used for phishing attacks…some might be reviews or services related to eBay, PayPal, and various banks. I’d be curious to see the breakdown between “bank” and the other keywords, since there are plenty of legitimate ... read more ...
 
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Unsavvy politicians - When will politicians learn? A college student in Nebraska registered the name of a local politician running for a district seat. The politician, Tony Ojeda, is mad. But the college student didn’t even register the domain until 2 weeks after Ojeda announced his candidacy! Ojeda also claims to have been in politics for 15 years. What politician doesn’t register his own name? There should be an internet guide for aspiring politicians. Gateway – Nebraska Legislature ... read more ...
 
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Registrar provides giveaway .CN domain names - The largest domain name registrar in China is giving free .cn domains to its current customers who already own .com or .net versions of domain names. Apparently, Chinese officials believe that owning a .cn domain name is patriotic. My guess is it makes it easier for the Chinese government to censor the web Registrar provides free .cn domain names ... read more ...
 
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Katrina.com - Katrina Blankenship has owned Katrina.com for 7 years. But it wasn’t a big deal until the massive hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. She has converted the site from a person/small business site to a resource for hurricane victims. The sad part is that a number of people have tried to con her into giving the domain up. Read more: Web site an inadvertent link for storm victims ... read more ...
Tue 30th August 2005
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.Net pricing might be fixed - The new agreement between ICANN and Verisign to manage the .net registry holds a big surprise: although the initial wholesale price of domains is lowered from $6.00 to $4.25, the price cap is completely removed in January 2007 (see .net pricing timebomb?). Registrars were given the chance to react to this pricing scheme, and they had a fair number of complaints about the pricing. In a report recently released by ICANN, the registrars gave the following suggestions: a. ... read more ...
Thu 25th August 2005
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Falwell censor wins behind domain name rights - Back in May I wrote about a court decision involving the domain Fallwell.com (see Falwell domain fight could have implications for free speech on internet). In May a court decided that Rev. Falwell should get the rights to the domain that the current owner was using to critize Falwell’s views. Good news: an appeals court has reversed the lower court’s ruling on grounds that the domain wouldn’t be confused for Rev. Falwell’s actual site. You can read more ... read more ...
Thu 18th August 2005
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.XXX faces some-more opposition - .XXX, a new domain name extension created for the adult entertainment industry, is facing increasing opposition from governments around the world. ICANN has delayed its final vote on the domain. There are two sides of the debate, and both are opposed to the domain extension for different reasons: 1. Governments, such as President Bush’s office. They think it will just proliferate porn on the internet as site operators keep their .com domains and just add more ... read more ...
 
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Latest domain name statistics - Verisign just released its August domain name report. Among its findings: -82.9M domain names are registered worldwide, a record high. -The most popular extensions remained the same: .com, .de, .net in that order -Quarterly domain registrations increased 63% year-over-year Verisign reports that “The continued acceleration of using domain names to generate Pay-Per-Click advertising revenues was a big driver of the new unit growth”. Verisign has reported in the ... read more ...
Mon 8th August 2005
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Iraq gets the domain name prolongation back -

Ready to register Iraq ccTLDs? ICANN has redelegated a .IQ extension, that was creatively postulated in 1997, to a National Communications and Media Commission of Iraq. Kazakhstan also had a ccTLD redelegated. It was creatively combined in 1994, and has been redelegated to a Kazakhstan Association of IT.

Via: domainnamewire.com

 
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iTunes.co.uk goes to Apple (for now) - The High Court of London has denied Benjamin Cohen’s application for Judicial review on a domain name dispute over iTunes.co.uk. First you’ve heard about this? Check out the history: Previous iTunes.co.uk posts on DomainNameWire But is this the end of it? Part of the court’s decision rested on Cohen’s application being late. Cohen can now appeal for oral arguments. It would be shame to see this case end on legal technicalities. ... read more ...
Fri 29th July 2005
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Is U.S. control of a net all that bad? - The United States has taken heat of late for announcing that it intends to maintain “control” of the internet and naming systems. Many countries had hoped to loosen the U.S.’s control. So here’s the question. Is it really that bad if the U.S. maintains control? What’s the alternative? Generally speaking, the U.S. is the most stable country and it already has a tradition of managing the net. What if control got into the wrong hands? China would try ... read more ...
Tue 19th July 2005
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Domain-Sucks.com isn’t international - A recent WIPO panel ruling shed some new light on adding “sucks” or another derogative term to a trademark. The case is Air France and the domain AirFranceSucks.com. There are a number of reasons Air France won this case. Some of the reasons are nothing novel: the registrant wasn’t a dissatisifed customer posting complaints, and the page was used to generate revenue from pay-per-click ads. But there was something “new” in this WIPO decision. The WIPO ... read more ...
 
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Governments to get initial dibs on .travel domain names - According to a press release today, .travel domain names will be first offered to governments to snap up country, state, and city domains. For example, the Brazilian government will be able to register Brazil.travel before other interested entities such as tourism companies. The full press release is here. It is partially reprinted below: Tralliance Corporation, New York, the .travel Registry, in cooperation with the World Tourism Organization, has affirmed a priority ... read more ...
Tue 12th July 2005
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ICANN releases domain hijacking report - Looking for some light bedtime reading? ICANN today released a report entitled “Domain Name Hijacking: Incidents, Threats, Risks, and Remedial Actions”. It’s a big topic, and ICANN made a long response to the tune of 48 pages. The reports main findings are: (1) Failures by registrars and resellers to adhere to the transfer policy have contributed to hijacking incidents and thefts of domain names. (2) Registrant identity verification used in a number of registrar ... read more ...
Thu 7th July 2005
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.Net pricing timebomb? - There was a huge uproar when ICANN announced that Verisign would retain control of the .net registry a couple months ago. But there was good news–the new registry charge for .net domains would drop from $6.00 to $4.25. Some of this savings would likely be passed on to registrants. I personally applauded this price change. But I didn’t read the details of Verisigns agreement as closely as Kevin Murphy at Computer Business Review. He points out that the $4.25 ... read more ...
Fri 1st July 2005
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US to keep pivotal internet role - The U.S. government announced that it intends to continue playing a key role in the internet by not giving complete control over to ICANN. The U.S. government will continue to maintain the root master file that controls top level domains. Practically, this will have little effect except to upset other nations that want ICANN to hold more power. I don’t know which is more effective–ICANN or the U.S. government. My only concern is that the U.S. Government will ... read more ...
Mon 20th June 2005
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Elephant.com prevails - Elephant.com Article Adam Dicker recently prevailed in a WIPO decision against the British insurer with the elephant.co.uk domain name, Admiral Insurance Services. This was clearly a case of reverse-domain hijacking by a large insurer. Dicker showed his brilliance not only with winning this case, but also buying this domain in the first place. Apparently Dicker bought the domain for only $22,500. He offered to listen to Admiral Insurance Services’ offers for ... read more ...
Tue 14th June 2005
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TrivialPursuits.net; a pardonable domain decision - TrivialPursuits.net Article In a recent WIPO decision, the owners of TrivialPursuits.net won a case brought against him by the Trivial Pursuit board game company. I can understand going after this guy if he owned TrivialPursuits.COM, but what’s the value in the .net? Was it really a threat to their business? Seems trivial to me. ... read more ...
Mon 13th June 2005
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Anatomy of a domain name estimation scam - [Update March 23, 2009: a similar scam has surfaced.] One of the oldest and most popular scams against domain name owners is the domain appraisal scam. It works like this: someone emails you interested in buying a domain. When you reply, they require an appraisal to verify the value. The scammer either owns the domain appraisal company you are referred to, or is a paid affiliate. I recently received an offer to buy a domain, and knew it was a scam from the beginning. ... read more ...
Fri 10th June 2005
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Verisign to keep .net - ICANN Board Designates VeriSign to Retain Control of .NET Registry (press release) Marina del Rey, CA – – ICANN’s Board has named VeriSign, Inc. as the designated .NET successor registry. ICANN has also approved entering into a new agreement with VeriSign for their continued management of the .NET registry for six additional years. This announcement is the culmination of the .NET RFP and successor registry process that began on 6 March 2004 and included an independent ... read more ...
Mon 6th June 2005
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The Politics of .xxx - CNET has a great article about the politics behind the .xxx domain name extension. The big issue is whether politicians will try to make .xxx mandatory for adult web sites. I don’t think this will ever happen, and I hope it doesn’t. Look, I’m not a porn site junkie. But I do believe in property rights and freedom of speech. Politicians, no doubt, will try to make all adult web sites use the .xxx extension. They will be met with force from the adult industry’s ... read more ...
Thu 2nd June 2005
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The entrance fallout during New.net - With .travel and .xxx domains on the horizon, trouble abounds thanks to New.net. You may have heard of Net.net, which already sells domains with extensions like .travel, .xxx, and .law. These aren’t “real” domain names, as they go through an alternative root server. In order to actually visit one of the domains, your ISP must participate in the New.net program or you must modify your browser. So what happens when .travel and .xxx become “real” domains ... read more ...
Wed 1st June 2005
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Patenting domain name processes - A patent was recently granted to an Ohio inventor that relates to domain names. The system/method allows people to search for a domain name and other registerable names at the same time (e.g. vanity phone number, license plate, etc). There are a number of companies using similar features within domains, but not extending outside the domain realm to other naming devices. Is this worthy of a patent? It’s typical of new software and business process patents. What ... read more ...
 
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.xxx domain name prolongation prepared for lift-off - By as early as this fall, you might be able to register domain.xxx. Reports have surfaced tonight that ICANN is finalizing its work with the ICM registry to manage the domain extension. .xxx will surely be one of the most sought after new extensions. Registrations will cost between $60-$75, which is about 10 times what registrations prices are for .com, .net, etc. Nevertheless, expect rampant domain speculation. Contrary to what the religious right hopes, the ... read more ...