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Bmw Wins B.mw Domain Name Cybersquatting Case
October 1, 2015 @ 7:19 AMDomain name owner had a plausible defense, but didn’t bother to respond to the allegations. Car company BMW has won rights to the domain name B.MW through a cybersquatting arbitration proceeding through World Intellectual Property Organization. .Mw domain names are country code domain name for Malawi. .Mw domain names use the same UDRP rules applicable…
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Domain Name Registrars No Longer Have to Carry General Liability Insurance
October 1, 2015 @ 6:58 AMICANN waives insurance requirement for accredited registrars. ICANN’s board approved a resolution this week to waive an insurance requirement for domain name registrars. The registrar accreditation agreement requires registrars to carry general liability insurance of at least $500,000, but ICANN will no longer require this. ICANN has decided to waive the requirement for a couple…
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Readers Digest Corp Re-brands to Trusted Media Brands, Inc & Buys Tmbi.com for It's Website
October 1, 2015 @ 4:39 AMThe Readers Digest Association has changed its corporate name after 93 years of use and is rebranding to Trusted Media Brands, Inc. and has purchased the 4 letter acronym domain name TMBI.com which was listed for over $16,000 to use as its main domain name.
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ICANN Going to Panama for 56th Meeting
October 1, 2015 @ 3:46 AMPanama has been selected as the venue for ICANN’s 56th public meeting. The ICANN board of directors approved the location a few days ago. The meeting will be held in June next year in Panama City. ICANN 56 falls between the March meeting in Marrakech, Morocco and October’s meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The…
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Africa Hands Coffin Nails to DotConnectAfrica Evaluators
October 1, 2015 @ 3:07 AMThe African Union and a United Nations commission have formally told ICANN that they don’t support DotConnectAfrica’s bid for .africa. When it comes to showing governmental support, a necessity under ICANN’s rules for a geographic gTLD applications, the UN Economic Commission for Africa was DCA’s only prayer. Company CEO Sophia Bekele had managed to get…
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Verisign Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks (VRSN)
September 30, 2015 @ 10:17 PMZacks lowered shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report report published on Wednesday morning, MarketBeat.com reports.
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Ibuystores.com Loses Bid to Grab iBuy.com in UDRP
September 30, 2015 @ 9:52 AMIBUY Stores, Inc. of New York, just lost its bid to grab the domain name ibuy.com in a UDRP IBuy Stores owns the domain name ibuystores.com This case really should have gotten a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling. The domain holder applied for a trademark in 2008, they bought the domain name in 2007 and…
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Verisign Offers Free Public DNS
September 30, 2015 @ 9:21 AMVerisign has launched a free recursive DNS service aimed at the consumer market. Public DNS, as the service is called, is being positioned as a way to avoid having your browsing history collated and sold for marketing purposes by your ISP. There’s no charge, and the company is promising not to sell your data. It…
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NBC Launching Seeso Streaming Service?
September 30, 2015 @ 6:09 AMCompany registers domain names for what appears to be a streaming TV service. Judging from recent domain name registrations, NBC Universal is getting ready to launch an over-the-top streaming service called Seeso. The company registered dozens of domain names related to the service yesterday. I can’t track down any related trademark applications, and Google searches…
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Strangest Decision of The Year? Netflix Loses Urs On The Domain Name Netflix.website
September 30, 2015 @ 5:47 AMNetflix, Inc. just lost a complaint filed under the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) on the domain name Netflix.website I have read through the short decision several times and still don’t understand it The domain owner said he doesn’t even own the domain. The domain which was had a website about Netflix service was found…
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