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The Average Pay Per Staff Member at ICANN in 2014 Was Over $187,000
July 9, 2015 @ 1:46 AMIon Mag did an article that broke down the money that ICANN is making and the kind of salaries being paid out. It is a pretty thorough look at what goes on over at ICANN. Average pay per staff over $187,000 stood out to me. From the article: ICANN’s 2014 tax return (IRS form 990)…
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World's Fourth-largest Bank Dumping Old Domains in Switch to Dot-brand gTLD
July 9, 2015 @ 1:17 AMA French bank appears to be the first major company to commence a permanent switch from a legacy TLD to a new dot-brand. BNP Paribas, the fourth-largest bank in the world, is dumping its .fr and .net domains in favor of .bnpparibas for customers in its domestic market, where it serves close to eight million…
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Playa Games, Maker of Online Sfgame Played By 40m: Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
July 8, 2015 @ 12:35 PMPlaya Games GmbH which is the creator and operator of an online game called “Shakes & Fidget” which it says is known as “SFGAME” was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name SFGame.com The decision was handed down by the one member UDRP panel of Alistair Payne. The UDRP was…
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Workbetter.com Lawsuit Dismissed After Judge Disses Case
July 8, 2015 @ 12:08 PMJudge says it looked like a “set up”. Just one day after appearing in court and having the judge deny a motion for preliminary injunction, Office Space Solutions has dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit over the domain name WorkBetter.com. The company, which is launching a new business called Work Better, filed the case last month in…
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WordPress Wins Another Round Against Chris Pearson/DIYthemes
July 8, 2015 @ 8:53 AMThesis creator loses cybersquatting case. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has successfully defended a challenge by Thesis developer Chris Pearson over the domain name Thesis.com. Pearson had a high profile spat with WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg about five years ago. Pearson had released his Thesis software with a licensing fee; Mullenweg argued it should be…
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Qatar Airways Loses 2nd UDRP in a Month On 15 Year Old DiscoverQatar.com
July 8, 2015 @ 8:34 AMQatar Airways Q.C.S.C. of Doha, Qatar, just lost a second UDRP in a month, its attempt to grab the domain name DiscoverQatar.com Last month the state owned Airlines lost a UDRP on two other generic domain names, discoverqatar.org and qatartourism.org last month. The domain holder represented himself in the UDRP The sole panelist of Adam…
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14 Year Old Gsus.com (Jesus in Spanish) Saved in UDRP From Tm Holder of G-sus
July 8, 2015 @ 7:31 AMG-Hold License B.V. just lost its bid to grab the domain name gsus.com which is owned by Vertical Axis, Inc in a UDRP. gsus.com issued phonetically and slang for Jesus in Spanish. Vertical Axis registered the domain name Respondent registered the disputed domain name on October 14, 2001. Vertical Axis was represented by ESQwire.com The…
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Verisign Announces $30k Winner of #internetofficial Contest: KidsCookDinner.com
July 8, 2015 @ 6:27 AMVerisign the registry for the .com registry has announced the Grand Prize Winner of it’s #InternetOfficial contest. It’s KidsCookDinner.com, registered through Network Solutions. I was one of the five judges selected by Verisign to judge the contest however the Grand Prize winner was selected by the public. Here is the announcement: “”New York-based Kate K…
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Slacker Dot-brands Get ICANN Reprieve
July 8, 2015 @ 4:33 AMWannabe dot-brands that dawdled and lost the chance to sign a new gTLD registry agreement with ICANN have been given a second shot. ICANN yesterday introduced a new Application Eligibility Reinstatement process that will enable applicants to change their application status from the dead end of “Will Not Proceed”. To demonstrate they really are committed…
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Chinese Registrar Gets Terminated
July 8, 2015 @ 4:18 AMChinese registrar name2host.com has had its accreditation terminated by ICANN for failing to comply with an audit. According to the compliance notice (pdf), ICANN has been chasing the company since March but has encountered only disconnected phones and unanswered emails. It seems name2host.com’s principals were all using Hotmail or Yahoo email accounts; not exactly the…
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