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.org Adds 130k Registrations, Tops 10.5 Million: Registrants in China Own 3.2%
October 14, 2015 @ 6:15 AMPublic Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains, today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report “The Dashboard.” The .Org domain name extension, added 130,865 additional registrations over the last 12 months, bringing the total domains under management (DUM) to 10,547,247. Other findings outlined in The Dashboard include:…
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Verisign: Xyz is 6 On The Top 10 Trending Keyword for .com Registrations in September
October 14, 2015 @ 5:35 AMVerisign’s (VRSN) published the top 10 keywords in registered in .COM and .NET in September and with the help of Google who bought amazing publicity to the .XYZ extension with its acquisition of abc.xyz, the term XYZ was number 6 on the top 10 .com list. In all 2356 .com domain names were registered that…
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Netflix Finally Wins a Urs On Netflix.pics; The Difference?; The Domain Was Parked
October 14, 2015 @ 5:21 AMNetflix finally won a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case on the domain name Netflix.pics Netflix recently lost two URS cases on the domain names Netflix.news and Netflix.website. There were two difference between this case of Netflix.pics and the other two URS they lose One was the Examiner which in this case was Debrett Gordon Lyons…
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Odd-couple Coalition Wants URS Deleted From Legacy gTLD Contracts
October 14, 2015 @ 1:27 AMCommercial and non-commercial interests within ICANN have formed a rare alliance in order to oppose the Uniform Rapid Suspension policy in three new legacy gTLD contracts. The groups want ICANN to delete URS from the .travel, .cat and .pro Registry Agreements, which were all renewed for 10-year terms last week. The Business Constituency and the…
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This Week's New TLD: .study
October 13, 2015 @ 9:31 AMYou might want to study this domain name. Yep, there only appears to be one new top level domain name launching this week according to the Calzone.org calendar. That means it gets a little extra attention. Open Universities Australia Pty Ltd (OAU) launches .Study in general availability on Wednesday. OUA is a not-for-profit company committed…
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.radio Applicants Invoke Independent Review Process
October 13, 2015 @ 5:59 AMCompanies ask for independent review in .radio decision. Three applicants for the .radio top level domain name have filed for the Independent Review Process (IRP) after losing out to a community applicant. Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media all lost their bids for the .radio domain name after European Broadcasting Union (EBU) prevailed in the Community…
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WIPO Publishes 2014 UDRP Figures & 2015 Ytd: 14% of WIPO's 2015 Cases are New gTLDs
October 13, 2015 @ 5:23 AMWIPO released it annual report yesterday for 2014 and Year to Date numbers through September 2015. Cases filed ins 2014 were up only 2% from 2013, with 2,634 cases being lodged by trademarks owners claiming abuse of their mark. Country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) – accounted for 13% of all filings in 2014 with 71 national…
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Famous Four Media Becomes 3rd New gTLD Registry to Pass 1 Million Domains
October 13, 2015 @ 4:52 AMAccording to a Press Release out today, Famous Four Media has become the 3rd new gTLD registry to pass one million domain names. Donuts was the first to hit 1,000,000 domain registrations but they offer well over 100 new domain extensions for sale. .XYZ was the second registry to hit 1,000,000 domain names but they…
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Dot-gay Bid Fails Again: This Time Because it is Too Gay
October 12, 2015 @ 10:05 PMThis time last year, the applicants for the internet top-level domain .gay were stunned to find that their application to be recognized as a “community” was rejected because they weren’t gay enough.
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University of Cambridge Loses Case Against Cambridge.com
October 12, 2015 @ 9:08 AMUniversity “seriously misdescribed” website in attempt to win transfer of site. The University of Cambridge has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the owner of Cambridge.com. The panel found that the University and its lawyers Stobbs IP Limited also “seriously misdescribed” contents of the domain name owner’s website. Kirkland Holdings LLC bought the Cambridge.com domain name…
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