Tag Archives: nominet

Thu 3rd July 2014
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2nd turn .UK domain name registrations tip 100,000 - A strong sales month for .UK. Over 100,000 second level domain names under .uk have been registered since they became available for registration last month, .uk registry Nominet announced today. About two-thirds have been registered by people who have matching third level .uk domain names. They are given first rights to the second level domain name for a period of five years. Surprisingly, over one-third have been registered as completely new and unique registrations, ... read more ...
Wed 26th March 2014
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.UK adds registry close option - .UK domains can now get added protection against nameserver and domain hijacking. .UK registry Nominet is now offering its own version of a registry lock service, dubbed “Domain Lock.” Similar to Verisign’s Registry Lock service for .com domain names, Domain Lock requires manual intervention and authentication in order to change key details about a domain name. This authentication should prevent the type of attack that took down the New York Times website last ... read more ...
Thu 30th January 2014
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Nominet sets Jun 10 date for shorter .UK domain names - Shorter .uk domain names will land this summer. Nominet will offer second level registrations under the .uk domain name starting June 10. Companies will now be able to get example.uk instead of example.co.uk or example.org.uk as part of a plan approved in November. Owners of existing third level .co.uk domain names (as of October 28, 2013) will get first rights to the matching second level .uk domain names and have five years to decide whether they want it. Registrants ... read more ...
Wed 20th November 2013
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Nominet to offer second turn .uk domain names, with .co.uk owners removing priority - Major shift coming to .uk namespace. Nominet has approved a controversial program to offer second level .uk domain names, but has drastically changed the program from the first draft. Under the approved plan, second level .uk domain names (e.g. example.uk) will be available for registration at a wholesale price of £3.50 for single year registrations and £2.50 for multi-year registrations. Owners of existing third level .co.uk domain names will get first rights to ... read more ...
Fri 21st June 2013
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People who paid a lot for one minute .uk domains could remove out underneath new plan - If priority is given to first registration, many .me.uk registrants will be big winners. Registrants paid big bucks for one and two character .co.uk and .org.uk domain names when .uk registry Nominet auctioned them off a couple years ago. Bidders paid £3m in total. Under the proposed plan for allocating second level .uk domain names, they could get screwed. Nominet’s latest plan to release domains such as example.co.uk instead of example.uk would give a first right ... read more ...
Tue 18th June 2013
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Nominet reconsiders second turn .uk domains (and it might be good for domainers) - New plan gives rights to existing domain registrants and offers lower pricing. Nominet, the registry behind the .uk namespace for the United Kingdom, has put forth a new plan to offer second level domains to the public. Currently, registrations are only available at the third level. The group’s previous proposal to offer domains such as example.uk instead of example.co.uk was shelved in February after a number of stakeholders lodged complaints about the program. ... read more ...
Wed 27th February 2013
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Nominet shelves devise for shorter .uk domain names (for now) - No second level registrations — for now. .UK registry Nominet has delayed approving its own proposal for offer second level domain names. The proposal would have allowed people to register domain names at the second level (e.g. name.uk) instead of the existing third level requirement (e.g. name.co.uk). That concerned existing registrants of third level domain names, who wouldn’t necessarily be first in line to get the second level equivalent of their third level ... read more ...
Mon 29th October 2012
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Backlash rising opposite second turn .uk domains - Existing .uk domain owners upset about plans for second level domains. Earlier this month I reported about .uk registry Nominet and its plan to release second level .uk domains. As of right now you can only register third level .uk domains, such as domain.co.uk. The plan is to allow domains such as domain.uk to be registered. Domains.uk may well be a superior domain, but this isn’t sitting well with current registrants of third level .uk domains. In fact, Nominet’s ... read more ...
Mon 1st October 2012
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Nominet proposes second turn .uk domain names - Hi @Nic and all: The “Sunrise” period has, to my knowledge no legal standing in Court, anywhere; and if an owner of a Trademark happens to miss the window, offered by Nominet, the “registered” owner, has recourse through the UK (or any) Federal Court and the IPO.gov.uk, issued document will win well after the sunrise. Side note 1 Nominet are an appointed Government agency; and where they use the word “Registered” gives you as an official government sanctioned, domain name. ... read more ...
Tue 29th May 2012
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Tumblr picks adult Tumblr.co.uk in dispute - Company turns to dispute resolution service to get control of key UK domain name. Blogging service Tumblr has obtained the United Kingdom country code domain name Tumblr.co.uk through a dispute. Tumblr filed the dispute with registry Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service against Paul Guerin of France. Guerin did not respond to the complaint, and the arbitration panelist issued a summary decision. With .uk disputes, unlike .com and .net, arbitration panels can issue ... read more ...
Tue 5th April 2011
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ClickZ Loses Dispute for United Kingdom Domain Name - Web site’s attempt to get Clickz.co.uk rebuffed. Popular online marketing web site ClickZ.com has lost an arbitration case to get the domain name ClickZ.co.uk. Party Domain Limited registered Clickz.co.uk back in 1999. The domain points to a lander for the company that has links to some of it online party supply stores. ClickZ publisher Incisive Financial Publishing Limited sent a letter to Party Domain Limited in November 2010 asking it to clarify its intentions ... read more ...
Mon 13th September 2010
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A Trademark Sunrise for One Character Domain Names? - Plan sends wrong message about trademarks and domain names. Nominet, which oversees the .uk namespace, will begin releasing one and two character third level .uk domain names later this year. The process for releasing the domain names includes two trademark sunrise periods. A sunrise period is smart for the release of most new TLDs, as it gives rights holders the ability to protect their brands. But a sunrise for one and two character domains? That seems silly. ... read more ...
Sun 22nd November 2009
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UK Bill Would Regulate Domain Name Registries - Bill probably meant to regulate .uk but could ensnare .tel. A bill introduced in the United Kingdom Parliament would have potentially adverse effects on domain name registries operating out of the United Kingdom. The Digital Economy Bill includes clauses that would allow the government to essentially nationalize a domain name registry that met certain qualifications of “failing”. Although the bill was probably meant to target .uk registry Nominet, it was written ... read more ...
Thu 5th November 2009
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Nominet Releases Goldmine of Domain Renewal Statistics - Report provides insight into expired domain names. Nominet, the registry for the .uk country code, has released its 2009 Domain Name Industry Report (pdf). It includes in-depth stats about domain renewal rates and the reasons people let domains expire. This data should be useful to the ICANN Working Group examining the issue of expiring domains. As way of background, there are a couple differences between .uk and most other domains. First, registrations are for ... read more ...
Fri 17th July 2009
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Nominet in Spat Over Nominet.name - UK registry operator sends demand letter, then files UDRP. UK registry operator Nominet, which oversees the .uk country code, has filed for arbitration to get the domain name Nominet.name. Nominet began communicating with the domain’s owner last year, and in April sent a demand letter requesting the domain be turned over. The demand letter can be viewed at NotNominet.name. The owner was defiant, writing on his web site: …This site and the domain name has NOTHING ... read more ...
Mon 6th July 2009
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Sedo Employee Running for Nominet Board - Nora Nanayakkara gunning for Non Executive Director position at Nominet. Sedo Business Development Director Nora Nanayakkara is running for election to Nominet’s board as a non executive director. Nominet runs the registry for .uk domain names, the country code for United Kingdom. Elections close Thursday, July 8. Nominet members and Tag Holders can vote in the election. Members pay an initiation fee and annual fees. So-called Tag Holders are members who ... read more ...
Sat 28th June 2008
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.UK Registry Nominet Gets Nominet.com - Registry for United Kingdom domain names gets .com version of its name through UDRP. Nominet, the registry responsible for managing the .uk country code domain name, has won the domain name Nominet.com through arbitration at World Intellectual Property Organization. The company’s official web site is Nominet.org.uk, but it also owns Nominet.co.uk. The respondent in the case was Hansoo Bae of South Korea. The panel’s decision was rendered in Korean. Bae had ... read more ...