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Thu 4th December 2014
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Seven Key Takeaways from ICANN 51 in Los Angeles - The 51st international meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) formally concluded on Thursday, October 16, 2014, in Los Angeles. As always, the ICANN community discussed several high-profile topics during the meeting, all of which are relevant to registry operators, new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applicants and brand owners alike, including: two-character names and geographic names; string confusion objection review, indirect contention, and auctions; ... read more ...
 
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GOOAALLL! Back of the net! ‘Millions of dollars’ score .football gTLD - Adaptable System Recovery (ASR) for Linux virtual machines The top-level domain name .football has been auctioned off for, what's expected to be, millions of dollars to upstart registry Donuts.Domain names using the beautiful game's dot-word will be available some time in the new year, along with names ending in .news, .golf, .school and .latino, all of which were snapped in private auctions. The big winner was Donuts – winning ... read more ...
 
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Bulk Sunrise Period for Special Collision List Starts Next Week - The first 12 domain registries have been scheduled for the first special Sunrise Period mandated by ICANN for trademarks on the blocked collision lists (see TLD list at end of article). A total of 328 new domain extensions have launched so far in 2014. Each one of these has its own unique collision list of names that were found to be already in use on private computer networks. Some of these lists have over 100,000 names. All of these registries were required to block these names from being ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 280 million domain names in Q2, 2014 - December 3, 2014 BANGALORE, INDIA: Four million domain names were added to the Internet in Q2, 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs), according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief  by VeriSign, Inc. The increase of four million domain names globally ... read more ...
Wed 3rd December 2014
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"Chinese Domaining Masterclass" to be Presented at NamesCon Las Vegas in … - The second annual NamesCon domain name conference, to be held in Las Vegas in January 2015, is proud to announce a major lecture series presented by TLD Registry, the world's leading Chinese domain name registry. TLD Registry is the exclusive owner/operator of the Dot Chinese Online (.在线 ) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网 ) top level domains. TLD Registry's Chinese Domaining Masterclass will run over all four days of NamesCon, and will be taught by TLD Registry's Simon Cousins and ... read more ...
 
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Auction and Sales Channel Update - Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, has announce that following the recent series of private auctions, the Company will receive in aggregate $4.4 million (approximately £2.8 million) for withdrawing its applications on .latino, .school and a third domain application that at present cannot be named due to the rules governing the private auction process. The cash to the Group is net of auction fees and includes refunds ... read more ...
 
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Radix Set to Launch .SITE TLD in 2015 - Radix, the UAE based registry operator for a number of new TLDs, has won the rights to operate the popular new gTLD .site for an undisclosed amount, and is looking to launch it in early 2015. This was a big win for Radix as it went up against industry heavyweights including Donuts, Minds+ Machines and Interlink Co. .site is a short, generic, and easily understood nTLD by end consumers. It is already amongst the most pre-registered new gTLDs across several registrars and features in the ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Wins .School Beating Minds + Machines, Fegistry & Uniregistry - Donuts has won the new gTLD string .School beating out Minds + Machines, Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry and Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry. The new gTLD .School was scheduled to go to ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. .School is an interesting one because there is a lot of vertical competition in the new gTLD space. Donuts already launched .education which has over 13,000 domain name registrations and .university which has over 2,200 domain name registrations. The  same company that operates ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Famous Four Media To The New gTLD .Football - Donuts which lost the new gTLD  .Basketball yesterday, won the rights to .Football today. The only other applicant for .Football was Famous Four Media, which was also a losing applicant for .Basketball. .Football was scheduled to go to ICANN’s Last Resort Auction later this month According to its application Donuts: “.Football is a generic term and its second level names will be attractive to a variety of Internet users. .FOOTBALL will be attractive to the millions of enthusiasts worldwide who ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Wins .Golf Beating Famous Four ,TLD Assets, & Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry - Donuts has won the new gTLD extension .Golf beating out Famous Four Media, TLD Assets which owns the new gTLD .Irish and  Jay Westerdal’s Fegistry. We reported eailer today that Donuts won the new gTLD .Football as well. The ICANN last resort auction for .Golf was scheduled to take place later this month. No details about how the string was settled or how much was paid is available. According to Donuts application “.GOLF will be very attractive to the many tens of thousands of golfers (professional ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 280 million domain names in Q2 of 2014 - The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.4 per cent over the first quarter of 2014.VeriSign has announced that four million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate ... read more ...
 
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World now has 280 million registered domain names: Verisign - There are now 280 million registered domain names across the world. Global domain names and Internet security company VeriSign, Inc has announced in its latest Domain Name Industry Brief that four million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2014, pushing the total to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2014. “The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.4 percent over the first quarter ... read more ...
 
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Global registered domain names reach 280 mln in Q2 - The internet recorded the addition of 4 million domain names in the second quarter, up 1.4 percent from the first quarter, according to VeriSign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The additions brought the total number of registered domain names at end June to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs). Worldwide registrations grew by 18.6 million, or 7.2 percent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs reached a combined total of 128.9 million domain names, up 3.7 percent ... read more ...
 
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Total Domains Reach 280 Million Worldwide - The second quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 280 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs) — an increase of four million domain names or 1.4 percent over the first quarter of 2014 — according Verisign in its latest issue of Domain Name Industry Brief. Registrations have grown by 18.6 million, or 7.2 percent, year over year. Additionally, the base of country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) is reported at 129.3 million domain names, a 1.7 percent increase ... read more ...
Tue 2nd December 2014
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Verisign: There Are Now 280 Million Domain Names; Up Over 7.2% From Last … - Verisign published its Domain Industry Brief for the second quarter of 2014. As of June 30, 2014 there are now over 280 Million domain names across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.4% over the first quarter of 2014. Registrations have grown by 18.6 million, or 7.2 percent, year over year. The base of country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) was 129.3 million domain names, a 1.7% increase quarter over quarter, and an 11.5% increase year over year. The .com ... read more ...
 
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Internet Grows to 280 Million Domain Names in the Second Quarter of 2014 - RESTON, VA--(Marketwired - Dec 2, 2014) - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global leader in domain names and Internet security, today announced four million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 280 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2014, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of four million domain names globally equates to a growth rate ... read more ...
 
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December 1: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
 
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TLD Registry to Present World’s First Masterclass on Booming Chinese Domain … - NamesCon co-producer Jothan Frakes said “We believe that the Chinese Domaining Masterclass will be a huge asset for NamesCon, in terms of delivering something unique, educational, and ... read more ...
 
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Can Verisign Maintain Its Leadership Moving Forward ? - Trefis is a financial analysis site, they describe themselves as an interactive financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US.  They wrote about Verisign yesterday and whether or not they can maintain their growth. They note that .com has built such a niche that it has been able to stand the test of competition, in their estimation .net is not and they believe the new gtld program has affected .net in a negative way. From ... read more ...
 
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TLD Registry to Offer “Chinese Domaining Masterclass” - I want to share some news I just received via press release that might interest NamesCon attendees. TLD Registry, the company that operates the ChineseLandrush.com website that you see advertised here and on other domain industry websites, will be hosting a “Chinese Domaining Masterclass” during NamesCon. According to Mitch Watkins from TLD Registry, “Four unique Masterclass sessions will be held all throughout the week of NamesCon, and repeat sessions will be given so everyone can ... read more ...
 
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Cybersquatting and the new gTLDs - The introduction by ICAAN of more than 1300 new generic Top-Level domains (gTLD’s) offers a new way for brand owners to communicate with their consumers online. An exciting prospect but there is of course a greater threat of cybersquatting in this new landscape. In this article, we look at the defence mechanisms available to brand owners to deal with this new cybersquatting threat. Trade Mark Clearing House (TMCH) The Trade Mark Clearing House (TMCH) is a database of verified ... read more ...
 
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FIBA Wins .Basketball Beating Donuts & Famous Four - The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go to the ICANN last resort auction in December. Minds + Machines is the backend provider. This is from FIBA site: “FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, is the world governing body for basketball. Founded in 1932, we bring together 214 National Basketball Federations from ... read more ...
 
Mon 1st December 2014
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Developments in generic top-level domains - In 2008, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – the international organization which manages and oversees the internet’s domain name system - adopted 19 specific policy recommendations for implementing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). gTLDs are unique identifiers visible to internet users as a suffix at the end of a domain name, e.g. .biz or .edu. The recommendations were laid down by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), ... read more ...
 
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Can VeriSign Maintain Its Market Leadership In The Coming Years? - VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), a leader in the Domain Name market (47% market share), regained its growth momentum in Q3 2014 after a disappointing performance in the first half of the year. The company saw the highest third quarter gross additions of 8.7 million to date, in Q3 2014. Some of the primary factors propelling this growth were: One of VeriSign’s prominent U.S. registrars concentrating on customer acquisition and acquiring domain names through discounts. China’s continued healthy ... read more ...