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Thu 12th September 2013
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String difficulty objections grub to a halt - No string confusion objection decisions have been published since August 28. Has the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) ceased publishing results from string confusion objections in the wake of contradictory decisions? It sure seems that way. The group had been on a roll publishing decisions. It published a number of August 26. Two days later it published even more decisions. Then on August 29 it published an updated decision list in which the only ... read more ...
Wed 11th September 2013
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Name.space files Opening Brief in interest of new TLD lawsuit - Company claims new TLD program is a conspiracy to enrich a select few and that ICANN is violating antitrust laws. Name.space has filed its opening brief in an appeal of a lawsuit it brought against ICANN last year. Name.space operates an “alternative root” whereby certain internet users can access domain names such as .online and .blog. It applied to have 118 of its alt-root domain names become part of the official root during ICANN’s 2000 “proof of concept ... read more ...
 
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Whoops! New TLD auction lawyers also representing Name.space in fit to hindrance program - Morrison Foerster has worked on private TLD auctions while also representing name.space in its lawsuit against the new TLD program. Earlier today I wrote about name.space’s opening brief in its appeal to a lawsuit it filed against ICANN last year. Name.space, which runs an alternate root with many domain names that are identical to ones being applied for in the new top level domain program, sued ICANN last year and asked the court to halt the new top level domain ... read more ...
Tue 10th September 2013
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Key takeaways from .Architect village conflict decision - The .Architect objection had some unique characteristics, but the panelist’s decision may concern other applicants. The International Chamber of Commerce today issued its decision (pdf) on an objection to Donuts’ application for the .architect top level domain name. The panelist found in favor of the objector, International Union of Architects (UIA), which is backing a rival application for .archi. As we found with string similarity objections, different panelists ... read more ...
 
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First village conflict decisions: .Architect conflict prevails, .Fly and .Gay fail - ICC issues first three community objection decisions. More controversy about new top level domain names is coming as the first community objection decisions have been released by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The International Union of Architects was successful in its objection to Donuts’ application for .architect. The group is backing a community application filed by Starting Dot for .archi. In a statement, Donuts spokesperson Mason Cole said “We ... read more ...
Mon 9th September 2013
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Amazon.com appeals stupid IDN fibre difficulty objection - Amazon asks ICANN to ignore bad string confusion objection decision. Amazon.com has appealed to ICANN’s board to overrule a decision in a string confusion objection that placed its new TLD application for .通販 in a contention set with .shop. Panelist Robert Nau ruled that .通販, which loosely translates to “online shopping”, would cause confusion amongst internet users when compared to .shop. It was truly an awful decision, and I can understand Amazon’s ... read more ...
Fri 30th August 2013
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Lawsuit opposite new TLD applicant Famous Four is dismissed - Lawsuit was filed over plans for .bim top level domain, which never got off the ground. A group of investors in a failed top level domain bid have dropped their lawsuit against Famous Four Media, Domain Venture Partners, and some of the company’s principals. David Ways and a handful of his friends and family said they paid nearly $123,000 to the defendants to get the .bim top level domain name off the ground. Ways alleged that he was promised that he would become ... read more ...
 
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ICANN finally signs some-more new TLD contracts; Donuts signs a dozen - A dozen Donuts as ICANN finally starts inking more registry agreements. Since ICANN signed four new top level domain registry contracts at its meeting in Durban in mid-July, no more have been signed. Until now. Donuts is reporting that it has signed a dozen (hopefully glazed) more registry contracts with ICANN. It signed one for 游戏, Chinese for “Game”, at the Durban meeting. The contracts cover .bike, .camera, .clothing, .equipment, .estate, .guru, .holdings, ... read more ...
Wed 28th August 2013
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ICANN to start constrictive routine on “uncalculated risk” strings - Applicants can start the contract process but can’t sign agreements yet. ICANN has released an update on how it’s handling potential name collisions with new top level domain names as it relates to contracting. The group will move forward with the contracting process even on strings that fall into the “uncalculated risk” bucket – but it won’t execute the contracts just yet. ICANN anticipates it will take 3-6 months to further study the potential effects ... read more ...
 
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Verisign wins conflict opposite .ecom tip turn domain name - Panelist says .ecom may rise to the level of being “deceptive” compared to .com. Verisign has killed off eCommerce Inc.’s application for the .ecom top level domain name by winning a string similarity objection. Verisign, which acts as the registry for .com domain names, said it was probable that internet users would be confused by web addresses ending in .com and .ecom. It also said it is worried that registrants of .ecom domains might be confused, thinking ... read more ...
Tue 27th August 2013
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Daniel Negari has confidant ambitions for changing a domain space with .XYZ - Daniel Negari is on a mission to brand .xyz as the go-to domain name. He has big ambitions, and he’s not afraid of putting his money where his mouth is. Daniel Negari, founder of .XYZAt just 27 years old, Daniel Negari has already proven his knack for smart investments. He’s built up both a physical real estate portfolio and a virtual one in the domain name business. An active domain investor, Negari also founded the third level registry .com.de, runs a web design ... read more ...
 
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30 Community and Limited Public Interest objections withdrawn - 30 new top level domain name objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce have been terminated. Objectors have withdrawn 30 new TLD objections filed with the International Chamber of Commerce as of yesterday, according to the group’s updated list of objections. 27 are community objections and three are limited public interest objections. Although some of the objections have been withdrawn because the top level domain application withdrew its application ... read more ...
Mon 26th August 2013
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Nau strikes again: Google wins .tours conflict opposite Donuts - .Tours and .Tour top level domain strings found too similar, will be placed in contention set. Another day, another inconsistent string confusion objection for new top level domain names. This time Google has won an objection (pdf) against Donuts’ application for .tours. Google applied for .tour, and now .tour and .tours will be placed in a contention set as a result of the ruling. Once you see the panelist’s name for this decision, you won’t be surprised by ... read more ...
 
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Dish DBS and .Hotel applicant record “appeals” to new TLD conflict decisions - Two companies appeal to ICANN’s board for reconsideration of new TLD objections. The first of what are likely many “appeals” of new top level domain name objections have been filed with ICANN’s board in the form of Requests for Reconsideration. Both Dish DBS and Hotel Top Level Domain S.a.r.l. filed Requests for Reconsideration with the board on Friday. Each request blames the process created by ICANN as well as the decision making by the panelists. Dish DBS ... read more ...
Sat 24th August 2013
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Do usually 4 new TLDs have a possibility of going live this year? - Barring a flurry of activity at ICANN or changes to the name collision mitigation plan, the launch of new TLDs won’t be a 2013 event. ICANN released updated contracting statistics for its new top level domain name program yesterday, and applicants will be sad to see that there are still just four signed registry agreements. Although a lot of applicants are going through the process, it has been slow going. For example, the applicant for the Arabic IDN that means ... read more ...
Fri 23rd August 2013
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How String Confusion Objections Became a Clusterf@ck - There are a number of reasons for contradictory String Confusion Objections for top level domain names. The guy in the middle got the right panelist.Of the four types of objections that could be lodged against new top level domain name applications, it would seem that string confusion objections would be the most basic. Is one string confusingly similar to another? Yet, while most people (other than the losers) haven’t had issues with Legal Rights Objections, there ... read more ...
Thu 22nd August 2013
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More trouble: apparently .Sport and .Sports are also confusingly similar - Panelist sides with SportAccord in objection against .sports. International Centre for Dispute Resolution has posted an updated list of string confusion objections, and there’s more trouble. SportAccord, an applicant for the .sport domain, has successfully objected to Donuts’ application for .Sports. SportAccord argued that “a significant degree of confusion would occur between any TLD string that is understood to be the plural of another TLD string.” Panelist ... read more ...
 
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String Confusions Gone Wild: Amazon IDN is found identical to opposite word in English - “Online Shopping” in Japanese is too similar to .shop in English, panelist rules. Some new top level domain name string confusions objection decisions have been baffling. A difference in opinion on .cam vs. .com. Plurals vs. Singulars. But now string confusions have officially gone off the deep end. A panelist has found that Amazon.com’s application for .通販, which is Japanese for “Online Shopping”, is too similar to .shop. Commercial Connect, which ... read more ...
Tue 20th August 2013
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ICANN needs to chuck TLD field a bone on name collisions - If delays are necessary, ICANN should pitch in for monitoring and notification system. A couple weeks ago new top level domain name applicants received some very unwelcome news: many of their TLDs could be significantly delayed due to security concerns about “name collisions”. Basically, some private networks already ping non-existent top level domain names that applicants have applied for. This leads to so-called name collisions. ICANN should have undertaken ... read more ...
 
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TLDH walked divided from auction with 2 strings and cash - New top level domain applicant settles contention sets and walks away with more cash than it spent. Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed to the private auction model to settle top level domain name contention sets. That changed, and last week it probably felt validated by its decision. The company participated in four top level domain name auctions. It won two of them, and the net cash it received from the two losses was more than enough to pay for ... read more ...
Mon 19th August 2013
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Uh-Oh: String likeness panels remonstrate on .cam vs. .com - One panelist dings .cam while two others say it’s OK. ICANN’s string similarity objections are about to face a big challenge. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has lost an objection brought by Verisign against United TLD’s .cam domain name application. But two other applicants, AC Webconnecting BV and dotAgency Limited, have prevailed against Verisign’s challenges. If the rules for string similarity are written well enough, how can panelists disagree on the ... read more ...
Fri 16th August 2013
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ICANN strictly kills Google’s devise for dotless Search tip turn domain name - Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names, effectively killing Google’s plans for a dotless .search top level domain name. A dotless top level domain name would resolve without a dot. For example, while something.example will resolve in most browsers, http://example will not. Google had hoped to use “search” as a dotless ... read more ...
Thu 15th August 2013
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Del Monte sues after .DelMonte TLD conflict decision - After losing top level domain objection, Del Monte International GmbH files suit. Is this the first lawsuit over a top level domain name Legal Rights Objection? Del Monte International GmbH has sued Del Monte Corporation in U.S. District Court in California in a trademark infringement case (case 2:13-cv-05912-RSWL-MAN). Although the actual complaint hasn’t been posted to the court’s website yet, the dispute is clearly related to the plaintiff’s application for ... read more ...
 
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8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million - Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. Here are the winners: .guide: Donuts, Inc (beat TLDH) .construction: Donuts, Inc (beat Dot Construction, LLC) .storage: Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) (beat Donuts) .desi: Desi Networks LLC (beat Afilias) .expert: Donuts, ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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Test pushing .co’s new Pop.co - New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely easy. The idea is summed up quite nicely at Pop.co: It’s as easy as they suggest. First, you select a .co domain name to use. For my test, I chose TestingPop.co. Then you enter your name and mobile phone number. After ... read more ...