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Wed 6th May 2015
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Alpnames.com Offering Free .Party New gTLD Domain Name Registrations - Alpnames.com the registrar who offered free and then $.49 domain names for .Science which just broke the 250,000 domain registration mark, announced today that is was now offering free .Party domains. Famous Four Media is the registry for both .Science and .Party. As we discussed before Alpnames.com which is located in Gibraltar as is Famous Four, only seems to have sold registrations on Famous Four’s extensions. .Party which launched a while back has over 5,600 registrations. Its not clear how ... read more ...
 
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Will .sucks … Suck for your brand? - In brief: Despite strong criticism of Vox Populi's pricing scheme as predatory and exploitative, brand owners are paying hefty premiums for early registration in the yourbrand.sucks domain string. With sunrise registration closing on 29 May 2015, you should now be taking the necessary steps to ensure your company can secure a registration during the sunrise period, so that .sucks will not suck for your brand. Partner Tim Golder (view CV) and Associate Carissa Apps report. Introduction .SUCKS Summary ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media’s .SCIENCE domain extension rapidly rises to become the … - It Is Rocket .SCIENCE Wednesday, 06 May 2015, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, a global leader in the provision of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that the .SCIENCE new generic Top Level Domain, a domain registry that it manages, has reached over domain 250,000 registration (web addresses) in 3 months. This makes .SCIENCE one of the fastest growing domain registries on the planet. “We are understandably delighted with the adoption by the public of the .SCIENCE domain ... read more ...
 
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Meet Twitter’s first trademark counsel - How long have you been at Twitter? I have been here a little over a year. I came on as Twitter’s first trademark counsel, and manage the trademark, domain and marketing practices here. Prior to that I was at Amazon for three-plus years in Seattle, and before that I was at the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend in the New York office. Being the first was definitely something that attracted me. To come ... read more ...
Tue 5th May 2015
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Extortion or free speech? -   Molouk Y. Ba-Isa Saudi Gazette     Most everyone is familiar with dotCom (.com) or dotGov (.gov) domain names. But back in 2011, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided to allow a massive expansion of generic top-level domain names (gTLDs). New gTLDs that were approved included dotBlack (.black), ... read more ...
 
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.NGO/.ONG Launches Today For Non-Profits: New gTLD’s Done Right: Here is … - The Public Interest Registry (PIR) which operates the .Org domain name extension, is launching .NGO and .ONG today into general availability for Non-profit, non governmental organizations. The new gTLD domain name extension go live at 8pm EST tonight to be registered on a first come, first served basis. I had a chance to chat with Dave Stewart VP, Sales and Marketing of PIR about these two new extensions. .NGO and .ONG are being sold together meaning you get both extensions for one price., which ... read more ...
 
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A Look at the Current State of ccTLDs, Particularly in Europe - European ccTLDs have passed 67 million registrations in total at a net growth of 0.7% over the past quarter, according to the new DomainWire report by Council of European National Top level Domain Registries (CENTR). According to the report, top 20 largest ccTLDs represent roughly 82% of all ccTLD registrations globally and 38% of all domain names globally (gTLDs, ccTLDs, etc). The ccTLD for Tokelau (.tk) has the largest zone with 28 million reported domain names. However, it offers mostly ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Board Member and Former GAC Chair to Give Evidence in .Africa Case - The controversy over the competing .africa TLD applications has been going on for some time. A recent decision by the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (ICDR) said that ICANN had breached its own by-laws and has questioned why ICANN won't allow a current board member and the former Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Chair to speak to them and provide evidence. A letter that was published on the ICANN site yesterday suggests that ICANN may have changed their tune and will now let ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Adds NCC Group’s Domain Assured Service - According to a press release, CentralNic, has partnered with global information assurance specialist NCC Group, in order to protect its growing list of clients from domain abuse. NCC Group’s Domain Assured service uses expert threat intelligence to deliver a complete picture of a domain’s threat landscape, which allows registry operators to monitor the overall health of their domain portfolios and major domain abuse types such as spam, typo squatting, hosting of malicious code and phishing. The ... read more ...
 
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NiRA Opens .Ng Domain Name under ‘i.ng’ Zone – Udeagu - Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has added a new boost to the cyberspace with the registration of new domain names under the ‘.i.ng’ zone. Chief Operating Officer (COO) and head of the Secretariat of Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Edith Udeagu made this known in a statement to the press, adding   that the new zone was introduced in April to serve as another platform in promoting the .ng ccTLD and growth ... read more ...
 
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IDNauction Launches Free Domain Name Auction Site - FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IDN.auction launched today, offering web professionals a totally free auction site for Internet domains, including all Top-Level Domains (TLDs). The site, which does not charge listing fees, gives web entrepreneurs an economical, easy way to get the right web address for the right price. For domainers, the site offers maximum profitability for sale of URLs. In honor of the launch, the site is waiving all closing fees for a limited time. "Don't you think ... read more ...
Mon 4th May 2015
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In-house counsel become digital natives - Print Close Email a friend Your name: Your email: Please enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate more than one email address. Recipient email(s): Recipient name(s): Email yourself a copy? ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .Sale Gets 165 EAP Day 5 Domain Name Registrations; .Video 125 - The new gTLD .Sale which launches into general availability (GA) on Wednesday got 165 registrations on the 5th day of the Early Access program which allows registrants to pay an extra fee to get to register domain names ahead of GA. The list of domain name registered yesterday for both .Sale and .Video comes from Registered.Today As you can see it looks like trademark holders that either missed Sunrise or saved a few bucks by grabbing domain names in the 5th day of EAP registered domain names ahead ... read more ...
 
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Radix Partners With the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Press … - SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 4, 2015) - Radix, a leading new gTLD registry, announced today that it has partnered with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) to support its Press Freedom initiative. As part of the partnership, Radix will donate a portion of its revenue generated from .press domain registrations from the month of May to ICFJ. World Press Freedom day, held on May 3, celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom and pays tribute to journalists who ... read more ...
 
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IDN.auction Launches Free Domain Name Auction Site - FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 2015 /SATPR.COM/ — IDN.auction launched today, offering web professionals a totally free auction site for Internet domains, including all Top-Level Domains (TLDs).   The site, which does not charge listing fees, gives web entrepreneurs an economical, easy way to get the right web address for the right price.  For domainers, the site offers maximum profitability for sale of URLs.  In honor of the launch, the site is waiving all closing fees for a limited time. “Don’t ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes partners with Domains.green to setup Retail and Wholesale … - (MILITARY-TECHNOLOGIES.NET) May 04, 2015 - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale retail channels for .green domains; thus helping Domains.green LLC get closer to the global green community and serve it better. The .GREEN domain namespace is a collective symbol that identifies supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green ... read more ...
Sun 3rd May 2015
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It’s all a matter of logistics - At one time, there were companies that just hauled things and companies that mainly just stored things in warehouses. But more and more, companies called third-party logistics (3PL) providers are combining those services and others to give other companies an efficiency advantage. Full story available to subscribers ... read more ...
Sat 2nd May 2015
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Behind the Story of Netnopolis - You probably noticed the new banners on DomainInvesting.com advertising “The Story of Netnopolis.” If you clicked through, you learned it was an advertising campaign created by new gTLD registry and applicant, Radix. I reached out to Namrata Arya, one of my contacts at Radix, and she shared more details about this new marketing campaign and what Netnopolis means: “We’re running a never before ran sort of a campaign. It’s meant to create a metaphoric representation of the current ... read more ...
Fri 1st May 2015
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Consumer Education, Awareness Key to Combating Rogue Online Drug Sellers - MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) issued a report that profiles the continued pervasiveness of illegal online drug seller activity and the need for increased awareness about the risks such activity presents to public health. As detailed in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: April 2015, the threat posed by illegal online drug sellers ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Data Breach Could Result in Unfair Competitive Advantage for New … - Private data entered into the ICANN portals for new gTLD applicants and the GDD (Global Domains Division) was viewable in at least 36 log in sessions since April 2013, according to an ICANN statement issued on Thursday. “The results of the investigation currently indicate that the portal users were able to view data that was not their own,” said the release. The portals store data about applicants to the ICANN new gTLD program and gTLD registry operators. In December ICANN announced that ... read more ...
 
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SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Domain name firm CentralNic doubles revenues in … - By Ian Lyall, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:50 GMT, 1 May 2015 | Updated: 13:55 GMT, 1 May 2015 View comments Internet platform business CentralNic intends to keep its foot down after doubling revenue in 2014.The group, which made its name as a registry services provider - keeping a database of top level domains assigned by registrars - finished ... read more ...
 
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New domain name registry asks trademark owners to pay up or risk the … - In recent years, the Internet has seen the launch of numerous new top level domain names, i.e., the letter strings to the right of the "dot" such as ".wedding" and "country" that, when combined with a second level domain (the name to the left of the dot) form the domain name as a whole.  This Advisory focuses on one such top level domain, or gTLD: ".sucks".  The .sucks gTLD is especially noteworthy for two reasons.  First, the allocation of .sucks names by the registry chosen ... read more ...
Thu 30th April 2015
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Red-faced ICANN regrets revealing private user financials - Culprits' names to be provided to leak victims next month. Global internet numbering and naming authority ICANN has issued regret over a two-year leak of private financial and technical documents attached to applications from generic top-level domain (gTLD) registrants. ICANN's ... read more ...
 
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Time running out to shape ICANN’s review of trademark protection mechanisms - Trevor Little The comment period for ICANN’s Rights Protection Mechanisms Review closes in two days. With just four comments posted to date, time is fast running out for counsel to help shape the organisation’s review of the trademark protections built into the gTLD programme. With a number of the most sought-after strings yet to hit the market, ... read more ...
 
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Dot Kiwi Celebrates First Anniversary - Dot Kiwi Celebrates First AnniversarySales of .kiwi domains put the company in the top 25% of new domains world-wide1 May 2015 – After a year of significant changes to New Zealand’s domain landscape, Dot Kiwi has announced that it has sold more than 12,000 .kiwi domain names during its first year of operation.Since 1 May 2014, individuals, bloggers, non-profit organisations and companies have bought .kiwi domain names as a new way to represent themselves online via personalised ... read more ...