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Dave Evanson: Circa.com Sold for $150k
March 8, 2016 @ 2:23 PMAccording to a tweet this afternoon from Sedo domain broker Dave Evanson, Circa.com has sold for $150,000. Just sold circa(.)com for $150,000!! Congrats to buyer and seller!! — dave evanson (@SedoDaveEvanson) March 8, 2016 At the present time, it does not appear that the Whois information has been updated yet. It is currently registered to a company based in Nevada. If you visit Circa.com, you will see that there is not currently a functional website operating there. I presume that will change. There are many companies called Circa, and there are thousands of domain names that have the word “circa”…
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Trump is #1 Trending Keyword in .com Registrations in February
March 8, 2016 @ 1:16 PMVerisign the registry for .Com and .Net just published it’s Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net domain name registrations in February. Trump ruled the .Com universe coming out as the number one trending keyword for the month while came in 7th for .Net trending keywords. For those registering any “trump” domain names be…
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Afilias Says .bet is 11th Most Registered New gTLD; But It's Really 84th
March 8, 2016 @ 11:44 AMAfilias put out a press release earlier today claiming that one of it’s new gTLD’s .Bet which was just launched last week, already was the 11th most registered new gTLD, but in reality it’s the 84th most registered new domain extension. Here is how the press release started out: “According to data verified with ntldstats.com,…
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Domain Name Association Taps Outsider As New Executive Director
March 8, 2016 @ 7:47 AMArbeit most recently led marketing efforts for engineering trade group. The Domain Name Association (DNA) has named Roy Arbeit its new executive director. Notably, Arbeit has experience working for trade organizations but does not have a background in the domain name industry. This might be a smart move, bringing an outside perspective to the what…
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UDRP Filed On ETH.com
March 8, 2016 @ 6:24 AMThe three letter ETH.com domain name is the subject of a new UDRP proceeding at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The case is WIPO Case D2016-0444. According to NameBio, ETH.com previously sold in 2008 for nearly $20,000. The complainant is listed as ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich). I have never heard of this organization / company prior to seeing the UDRP filing. I did a Google search for a company with that name, and I believe this company uses the ethz.ch ccTLD domain name for its website. I did a Whois search for ETH.com, and it shows that…
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ICANN China "Conflict" Denied As Cruz Looks for Dirt
March 7, 2016 @ 12:15 PMICANN chair Steve Crocker has denied that outgoing CEO Fadi Chehade has a conflict of interest with the Chinese government, after US Senator Ted Cruz pressed him for more details on Chehade’s extra-curricular activities in the country. “There’s no money involved, so there’s no conflict of interest involved at all,” Crocker said at a press…
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Cyber Security Company Tries to Steal Domain Name Through UDRP
March 7, 2016 @ 9:37 AMOh, the irony. A cybersecurity firm has been busted for trying to nab a domain name through a baseless cybersquatting claim. Israeli company Cyberbit Ltd, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Limited, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Cyberbit.com. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist came to this…
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ICANN Ups New gTLD Revenue Forecast
March 7, 2016 @ 6:12 AMICANN has increased its new gTLD revenue projections for fiscal 2016. The organization released its draft FY17 budget over the weekend, showing that it expects its revenue from new gTLDs for the 12 months ending June 30, 2016, to come in at $27.3 million. That’s a 13% increase — an extra $3.1 million — on…
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US Judge Freezes .africa gTLD
March 7, 2016 @ 1:32 AMA US court has blocked ICANN from delegating the .africa gTLD for at least another month. At the request of failed .africa applicant DotConnectAfrica, a California judge handed ICANN a temporary restraining order, enjoining it from “issuing” .africa. The ruling came two days after the ICANN board of directors voted to allow .africa to be…
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Governments Split On IANA Transition
March 7, 2016 @ 12:36 AMICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee is unlikely to provide its full backing to accountability proposals supporting the IANA transition. In meetings at ICANN 55 in Marrkech over the weekend, a handful of GAC delegates publicly stated that they would block consensus over concerns the proposals reduce government power in ICANN. The most vocal opposition came from…
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