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WIPO UDRP Filings Up 4.6% in 2015
March 18, 2016 @ 5:21 AMAccording to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) “cybersquatting claims” by just 4.6% last year In 2015, 2,754 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) claims were filed, a 4.6% increase on the number in 2014. New gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of the number UDRP’s filed. The New gTLDs .xyz, .club and .email were among…
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Battle Over Vineyards Named Wilson Goes to Court
March 17, 2016 @ 5:52 AMWinery files federal lawsuit after losing UDRP. A California company has filed a federal trademark and cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) after first failing to obtain the domain name WilsonVineyard.com through a UDRP. Wilson Vineyards, Inc filed a UDRP against Wilson Vineyard (singular) of Pennslyvania earlier this year. It was a bad UDRP filing, as there was…
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Melbourne IT Sells Domain Name Business and Buys InfoReady for $15.4m
March 16, 2016 @ 11:52 PMMelbourne IT has upgraded its earning forecasts after announcing plans to buy a data analytics provider, and offload its international internet domain names business. The tech company is buying InfoReady for $15.4 million and selling its international domain name reseller business for around $8 million to Canadian internet firm Tucows. Melbourne IT will raise $15 million to help pay for the acquisition of InfoReady, which offers data analytic services in Australia and Ireland.
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Breaking: Ename Acquires 4.cn
March 16, 2016 @ 8:10 AMeName now listed as sole shareholder of GoldenName entity. Consolidation in the Chinese domain name market has begun. Based on a Chinese corporation document and discussions with industry sources, Domain Name Wire has confirmed that eName now owns domain marketplace 4.cn. Sources tell Domain Name Wire that DN.com and other properties under the GoldenName umbrella…
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Afternic Adds United-domains Ag to Its Reseller Network
March 16, 2016 @ 2:47 AMAfternic announced today that united-domains AG has joined Afternic DLS. united-domains will now offer a much broader choice of premium domain names to their customers and will have the benefit of Afternic’s Fast Transfer technology. The Fast Transfer technology will enable united-domains customers to buy Afternic domains and have access to them within seconds, improving…
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Tucows Acquires Part of Melbourne It\'s Domain Reseller Channel for Aud $8.1 Million
March 15, 2016 @ 7:36 PMCompany gives its domain business a shot in the arm with 1.6 million more domains under management. [Updated with transaction price] Domain name registrar and mobile access company Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) announced today that it is acquiring the international wholesale domain reseller channel of Melbourne IT Limited (ASX:MLB). By acquiring these assets, Tucows will gain hundreds…
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Anger As ICANN Splashes Out $160,000 On Travel
March 15, 2016 @ 11:36 AMShould representatives of Facebook, Orange, Thomson Reuters, BT and the movie industry have thousands of ICANN dollars spent on their travel to policy meetings? Angry registrars are saying “no”, after it emerged that ICANN last month spent $80,000 flying 38 community members to LA for a three-day intersessional meeting of the Non-Contracted Parties House. It…
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Small Registrar Suspended By ICANN
March 15, 2016 @ 2:22 AMSmall US-based registrar Mobile.co, which usually does business at Mobile.domains, has been suspended by ICANN. From March 24 to June 22, the company will be unable to sell new domains or accept incoming transfers. ICANN said in its notice (pdf) that Mobile.co has been failing to escrow its registrant data with Iron Mountain, as required…
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Kiwi.com Sold for $800,000
March 14, 2016 @ 6:21 AMA few days ago, I saw that the Kiwi.com domain name had changed hands. Kiwi.com had been owned by Future Media Architects, and the Whois changed to show the registrant as Skypicker.com S.R.O. I had not heard of this company prior to the Whois change, and I am not sure what they are planning for Kiwi.com. At the time of publication, the domain name does not yet resolve. After seeing the domain name change hands, I reached out to Jeff Gabriel, Vice President of Sales at DomainNameSales.com (DNS) to ask if he could share any details because DNS brokers domain…
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3rd Annual DNSeattle Event in May
March 14, 2016 @ 6:06 AMThe 2016 DNSeattle domain investor event has been scheduled for May 12th. The third annual event will be hosted by GoDaddy at their Kirkland, Washington headquarters. It is being organized by DomainSherpa’s Michael Cyger. In 2014, DNSeattle was held on top of the Space Needle and there were approximately 50 people in attendance. Last year, the event was held at Rightside’s headquarters, and there were about 75 people in attendance. Michael is hoping to cap the event at around 75 people to keep it more intimate. “I want people to be able to see everyone there, if they want the…
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