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Logicboxes Helps .mn Registry Grow By 350%
June 23, 2015 @ 8:42 AMLogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD & New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that…
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Verisign Patent: It is Difficult to Identify Desirable Domain Names That are Available
June 23, 2015 @ 8:42 AMPatent says it’s hard to find available domains, marketing says most domain lookups are successful. When do your company’s intellectual property efforts contradict your marketing efforts? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just issued patent number 9,065,794 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for providing domain name suggestions”. The patent describes ways of finding…
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Symantec Sells .security and .protection Domains to Xyz
June 23, 2015 @ 8:26 AMSymantec now left with two .brand domain names. Security software firm Symantec has sold its two non-brand top level domain names to XYZ, the company behind the .xyz top level domain name. XYZ says the .security domain name can be used for anything from private security to building security to internet security, with domains like…
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Nominet (.UK) Release Domain Name Dispute Report for 2014
June 23, 2015 @ 7:24 AMNominet, the nonprofit that behind .UK, released its the annual summary of domain name disputes bought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) which is similar to the UDRP system. A total of 726 complaints were made, up 8% on 2013. However, 2014 also saw a 51% increase in the number of cases where people were…
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Dropcatch Offers Name-your-own-price Bulk Backorders
June 23, 2015 @ 6:57 AMService lets customers place backorders for as little as $15. Expired domain name service DropCatch.com has launched a beta test of a discount club for customers who backorder a lot of domain names. DropCatch’s standard minimum price is $59 for a backorder. Under the new program, bulk customers can bid anywhere from $15-$58. If more…
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Chehade Confirms He'll Be Gone Before IANA Transition is Done
June 22, 2015 @ 7:43 AMICANN CEO Fadi Chehade has laid out his current best thinking for the timeline of the IANA’s transition from US government oversight, and he’ll be gone well before it’s done. At the opening ceremony of the ICANN 53 meeting in Buenos Aires today, Chehade described how June 2016 is a likely date for the divorce;…
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ICANN 53 Launches With Risky Caitlyn Jenner Joke
June 22, 2015 @ 4:29 AMICANN has risked the ire of community members by kicking off ICANN 53 today with a joke referencing transgender celebrity Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner. Just moments into his opening address this hour, ICANN chair Steve Crocker worked a joke around before/after photos of the former athlete. [UPDATE: Crocker has issued an apology. See the bottom of this…
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RUS Fight Brewing at ICANN 53
June 22, 2015 @ 3:10 AMShould the Uniform Rapid Suspension process spread from new gTLDs to incumbent gTLDs, possibly including .com? That’s been the subject of some strong disagreements during the opening weekend of ICANN 53, which formally kicks off in Buenos Aires today. During sessions of the Generic Names Supporting Organization and the ICANN board and staff, ICANN was…
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Chehade Makes Case for Insider CEO in Frank Assessment of Failings
June 22, 2015 @ 1:30 AMOutgoing ICANN CEO has made a case for his successor to be somebody already intimately familiar with the ICANN community. His remarks, which stopped short of explicitly recommending an insider take over his position when he leaves next March, came during a frank self-assessment of his shortcomings in the job at ICANN 53 in Buenos…
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Want to Slam .sucks? You Can at Dotsucks.sucks
June 21, 2015 @ 6:44 AMVox Populi Registry is eating its own dog food and has launched a .sucks gripe site targeting itself. DotSucks.sucks has gone live, allowing critics to take a pop at the company and its gTLD. The registry-owned site says: “if we intend to build it, then we need to live here.” The domain hosts a simple…
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