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2014 Final UDRP Stats From WIPO & NAF: 0.003% of All Domains Subject to a UDRP/URS
October 16, 2015 @ 8:00 AMThis week the WIPO published it stats for the cases it determine under Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) in 2014. Back in September the other major organization that hears UDRP and the only one to decide cases filed under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (“URS”) the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) announced their stats…
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Unblock.com Saved in UDRP But Panelist Should Have Found Reverse Domain Hijacking
October 16, 2015 @ 6:10 AMNetProtect, Inc. just lost its attempt to grab the domain name unblock.com in a UDRP in a silly case that should have resulted in a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) but the panelist was IMHO lazy and decided just to throw out the case. Calvin A. Hamilton was the sole Panelist for the…
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Afilias Acquires 101domain
October 16, 2015 @ 4:23 AMHello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name under the sun. 101Domain made a name for itself by carrying just about every domain…
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DI Will Be Live-blogging ICANN 54
October 16, 2015 @ 3:17 AMI’m going to be doing something a little different for ICANN’s latest public meeting. For various tedious reasons I was unable to attend in person ICANN 54, which started in Dublin this morning, so I thought I’d try to make the best of the advantages of remote participation and a friendly time zone to try…
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Twitter is Interested in The Second Round of New gTLD Applications
October 16, 2015 @ 12:16 AMTrademarksandBrandsOnline.com published an article that Twitter plans to participate in the second round of new gtld expansion. Stephen Coates is trademark counsel for the social media giant, he told the website that he doesn’t know exactly which extensions they would apply for, but that he would imagine .Twitter being high on the list. Interestingly Coates…
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Blackstone's B2R Holdings Rebrands As Lending.com
October 15, 2015 @ 4:24 PMB2R Holdings, a portfolio company of a Blackstone Group (LPBX ) , announced today that B2R rebranded itself as Lending.com and said it hoped to extend $10 billion in loans over the next three years. According to Jason Hogg, the CEO of Lending.com, expects to help facilitate $10 billion in loans in the next three…
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Former Adult Site Vs.com is The 3rd Reported Two Letter .com Domain Sale Today
October 14, 2015 @ 12:58 PMThe domain name VS.com appears to have sold. The domain name was registered to a VS Media, Inc. of Calabasas, California until a couple of months ago when it went under privacy at Godaddy. However the servers did not change and the domain was registered at Godaddy while it was owned by VS Media, Inc…
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Andruff Fuming After ICANN Leadership Snub
October 14, 2015 @ 9:30 AMLong-time ICANN volunteer Ron Andruff has complained to the ICANN board of directors after he was passed over for a key leadership position. Andruff this week filed a Request for Reconsideration after the board appointed Stephane van Gelder chair of the ICANN Nominating Committee for a second year, despite Andruff serving as “chair-elect” in the…
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Calvin Harris Wins Cybersquatting Claim for CalvinHarris.com
October 14, 2015 @ 7:55 AMFamous musician gets .com domain name. DJ and Taylor Swift boyfriend Calvin Harris has won rights to the domain name CalvinHarris.com through a World Intellectual Property Organization proceeding. Harris, whose real name is Adam R. Wiles, successfully argued that the owner of the domain name was cybersquatting. His attorneys sent a demand letter to the…
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There Goes Another Two Letter .com: Pt.com Appears to Have Been Sold
October 14, 2015 @ 7:17 AMThe domain name PT.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by a Mark Conrad of Rochester New York for many years and his former company Performance Technologies, who owned the domain since at least 2001. The domain has an original creation date of March 3rd, 1989. The buyer is Xu Caijun…
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