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Thu 30th April 2015
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LogicBoxes Partners With Domains.Green to Setup Retail & Wholesale … - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs and ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale and 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 and supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green Community Leader and ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Partners With Domains.Green to Setup Retail & Wholesale Channels … - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs and ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale and 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 and supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green Community Leader and ... read more ...
 
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Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each … - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows  trademark owners the first opportunity to secure names in .PORN and .ADULT, resulted in around 4,000 domain name registrations per TLD which is a record for any new gTLD by many times over. According to ICM, the best previous gTLD launches garnered around 750 ... read more ...
 
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Conn. IP Lawyers Predict Problems With New ‘Dot.Sucks’ Domain Name -

Brian C. Roche and Gerald C. Pia Jr. are partners in Roche Pia in Shelton, a cyberlaw organisation representing clients in Internet piracy, domain name disputes, mechanism crimes, trade tip cases and other egghead skill matters.

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ICANN’s bill for clawing global DNS from Uncle Sam: $7m and counting - Domain-name overseer ICANN is failing in two fundamental tasks, according to the US government, while spending millions of dollars of internet users' money trying to take control of the critical IANA technical contract. In a letter sent earlier this month from the Senate's Judiciary Committee to the White House new “IP Czar” Daniel Marti, Marti is specifically requested to focus on ICANN and its failure to enforce key agreements with the wider ... read more ...
 
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The .ME Domain Hits 800000 Registrations - PODGORICA, Montenegro--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The .ME Registry announced today that its ccTLD has passed 800,000 domain registrations. Since its launch in 2008 Montenegro’s country code domain has been marketed as a premier choice for building a personal brand and it quickly became one of the favorite new extensions among creative individuals who want to stand out online. The domain has continued to grow steadily in response to the global trend of nurturing ... read more ...
 
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Cyrillic considerations - Cyrillic considerationsNon-Latin names are not new, but gTLDs are bringing them like never before. PETOŠEVIĆ’s Tatyana Kulikova examines the Russian exampleThe TLD .РФ (.rf in Latin) was the first Cyrillic TLD of the IDNA (Internationalising Domain Names in Applications) system. It was delegated to Russia in May 2010, but the idea had been around since 2001. At the beginning of this year, Macedonia launched its Cyrillic TLD, .мкд (.mkd in Latin), and on 1 March, Belarus launched .бел ... read more ...
 
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The routes to be travelled - The routes to be travelledDaniel Greenberg of Lexsynergy outlines how trademark attorneys should approach online brand protection in the new gTLD programmeWhether you agree or disagree, domain names are intertwined with trademarks. The vast majority of trademark law firms offer some sort of service relating to domain names or have assisted clients in resolving domain name disputes. The impact of new gTLDs (such as .lawyer, .london, .sucks and .adult) is significant, creating ‘new real estate’ ... read more ...
 
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Cybersquatting: where do we stand? - Cybersquatting: where do we stand?The age of new gTLDs has brought with it more opportunities for cybersquatters. Nathalie Dreyfus of Dreyfus reportsThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched the new extensions project in 2008. In January 2015, the number of registered domain names among 500 new active extensions reached the four millions. Within a few years, the number of new extensions continuously increased from 20 to more than 1,000. Some 506 of 1,930 initial ... read more ...
 
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Only in name - Only in nameNameshield’s Jean-Francois Vanden Eynde on the big .brand dreamIn 2012, the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received 643 applications for restricted-use gTLDs from brand owners. Recently, a surprising proportion of these so-called .brand applications have been withdrawn, often resulting in the loss of the entire application fee, which is $185,000. Why have these brand owners taken the decision to relinquish control over their very own piece of internet ... read more ...
 
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ICANN rolls out new Generic TLDs – IT - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has begun their roll out of new Generic Top Level Domain Names (GTLDs).Whilst in the past generic domain name extensions were limited to .COM, .BIZ, .NET and the like, ICANN intends to release over 1000 new domain extensions which will include extensions such as .SHOP, .CLOTHING, and .SHOES. The release of the new GTLDs is the culmination of a process commenced as far back as the year 2000 with the intention of expanding the ... read more ...
 
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Let the good times roll - Let the good times rollAnthony Beltran of 101domain examines the progress made in rolling out domain names endings, and what to expect in the futureIt seems like a lot longer than a year ago that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, known better as ICANN, finally kicked off the new gTLD programme. It was only February 2014 when we saw the launch of the first new gTLD name—a full string internationalised domain name (using non-Latin characters) meaning ‘web’ in Arabic. Hopes ... read more ...
 
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What in the world is happening and how do I approach the unknown? - What in the world is happening and how do I approach the unknown?Faced with so many choices across new gTLDs, many haven’t a clue what to do. Jeanette Söderlund Sause of .Global explains what brands should look out forWith the recent introduction of several hundred new TLDs, such as .global, .archi and .nyc, the internet name space has expanded significally beyond the traditional .com TLD. This is about the extent of the knowledge that most people outside of the immediate domain name industry ... read more ...
 
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The unexploded .bomb - The unexploded .bombTLDs have multiplied exponentially—but will .com ever be left behind? The ever-popular .com celebrated its thirtieth birthday in 2014. It has gained the trust of millions worldwide, but new gTLDs are here and offer something markedly different. They’re new and ambitious, but will they knock .com off its perch? Some of the hundreds of new gTLDs that are already available include .land, .wtf, and .care. Of those, .xyz has proven the most popular so far, with more than ... read more ...
 
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TLD Podcast #8: Mayweather-Pacquiao - In this special episode, Diego and I dissect every angle of Mayweather-Pacquiao. We talk about the pre-fight hype (or lack thereof, in some respects), the reality of Floyd Mayweather being pegged as the “villain”, the duelling HBO and Showtime documentaries and what to expect from fight week. We also debate about who has the edge in key areas like speed, power, stamina, defence, chin and footwork. On a more sobering note, we discuss Mayweather’s disturbing history of domestic violence ... read more ...
Wed 29th April 2015
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Competition for Monopoly gTLDs - The essay examines some of the new domain name managers' unjustifiable obsession with owning monopoly gTLDs when they should devote more energy and thought to making domain names more value adding. For the last three decades, the discourse regarding competitive advantage has focused on the need to rely on rare/unique resources and capabilities. However, more recently, the focus has shifted to the imperatives of efficient utilization of nonunique resources that are readily available on the ... read more ...
 
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How The Arrival Of gTLDs Could Shape The Future - Visited: 318Not rated by Anand SrinivasanApril 29, 2015 Ever since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opened up the internet to new generic TLDs, there has been a spate of new registrations from big corporations like Google and Amazon. The rationale behind some registrations is quite obvious. For instance, Google owns the rights to the .app TLD. As you can expect, .app is used to target the smartphone app markets. Similarly ... read more ...
 
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Happy Birthday dotLondon – brand - Happy Birthday dotLondon RSSS Tweet Email April 29, 2015 in -e.online Today, the city of London will celebrate the first birthday of its digital offspring, the dotLondon domain. Since London and Partners launched the new Top Level Domain there have been over 60,000 registrations, making it the 13th most popular new generic TLD. Whilst London lags behind some of its global counterparts – dotBerlin (156,000 registrations so far) ... read more ...
Tue 28th April 2015
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Hosting Co. One.com Winner of .One Gets Equity Investment To Enter US - One.com, which also won the rights to operate the new gTLD .One,  announced today that Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, and ATP Private Equity Partners (“ATP PEP”), one of Europe’s largest institutional investors in private equity funds, have completed a growth equity investment in the company. This investment will support One.com’s launch into the U.S., its ongoing product innovation and the acceleration of its growth in new regions in Europe. Terms of the investment ... read more ...
 
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Lessons from .Build One Year After Launch: Q&A with CEO and Founder George … - The .build domain namespace opened in General Availability in April 2014, as a domain name designed specifically for the online needs of the building industry and beyond. As the appointed technical provider for .build, ARI Registry Services powered the launch and continued technical operations for this global domain name. A year into the life of the namespace, ARI Registry Services' Head of Global Consulting Tony Kirsch caught up with George Minardos, CEO of .build to talk about his insights ... read more ...
Mon 27th April 2015
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New .vote TLD Used for Arizona Voters - Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan and the .VOTE registry are pleased to announce two new and simple web addresses have been launched for Arizona voters — www.arizona.vote and www.arizona.voto. These two new online destinations make it easier for people to locate information related to voter registration and election information. The new domains of .VOTE and its Spanish/Italian/Portuguese counterpart .VOTO were designed to help elected officials, governments, candidates and organizations ... read more ...
 
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Costa Rica: The New Home for Controversial Torrent Websites - Screenshot of KAT.cr A website that has often come under fire for allegedly facilitating online piracy of copyrighted content is currently hosted in Costa Rica. After trying their luck at retaining a Top Level Domain (TLD) in the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Isle of Man, a self-governing dependency of the British Crown, the administrators of the polemic website Kickass Torrents (KAT) have settled for the relative safety of Costa Rica. According to TorrentFreak.com, a website dedicated to covering ... read more ...
Sun 26th April 2015
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.sucks For Trademark Owners … - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
Fri 24th April 2015
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ICANN Runs Last Resort Auction for Contentious New gTLDs, Raises $59M - With the sale of .stream to Famous Four Media, ICANN has completed the sale of rights to new dot-word TLDs, The Register reports. Four other new gTLDs were resolved in the past week, all through private auctions as .stream was, however ICANN completes the process having raised $59 million from the 13 domains that sold through its public process. According to a report by CircleID, “ICANN’s new gTLD program provides for last resort auctions to settle contention sets where the competing applicants ... read more ...