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A UDRP in .bank? That's a Lost Battle.
June 12, 2017 @ 6:40 AMIt seems like it would be impossible to cybersquat a .bank domain name. National Arbitration Forum handed down a decision for MySummit.bank today. This is the first UDRP filed against a .bank domain and may well be the last. Why? Well, to register a .bank domain you have to be part of the banking community…
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CIRA and Nominum Offering DNS Firewall
June 9, 2017 @ 5:07 AMCanadian ccTLD registry CIRA has started offering DNS-based security services to Canadian companies. The company has partnered with DNS security services provider Nominum to develop D-Zone DNS Firewall, which it said lets customers “block access to malicious content before it can reach their network”. It’s basically a recursive DNS service with a layer of filterware…
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Uniregistry Offers Discounted Pricing for All Active DNAcademy Students
June 8, 2017 @ 11:59 PMUniregistry.com is excited to announce a partnership with DNAcademy.com. Michael Cyger’s passion for education has given young domainers the number one learning portal for domain investing. Uniregistry is proud to offer all DNAcademy students deeply discounted pricing on domain names which could save thousands of dollars per year in domain registration and renewal fees.
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Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in Hakoba Saree Case
June 8, 2017 @ 9:07 AMBoth parties sell Sarees. A single-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found a Mumbai company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domains Hakoba.com, hakobasaree.com, and hakobasarees.com. Hakoba Lifestyle Limited filed the case against Mukesh Shah of New York. The Complainant owns hakoba.in and sells sarees (saris). The Respondent is also in the…
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Sedo Names Matthias Meyer-Schönherr Chief Sales Officer
June 8, 2017 @ 7:14 AMChanges at the top of Sedo’s sales management. Domain name marketplace Sedo has named Matthias Meyer-Schönherr its new Chief Sales Officer. Meyer-Schönherr is replacing Dima Beitzke, who is leaving the company. Meyer-Schönherr has a ten-year tenure at Sedo. Most recently, he was Vice President of Global Business Development. He was responsible for establishing and expanding…
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Hexonet Makes Investment in PSI-japan
June 8, 2017 @ 6:25 AMCompany makes move into Japan with strategic investment. Domain name registrar Hexonet GmbH has acquired a “significant and strategic stake” in PSI-Japan, the two companies announced today. The move allows Hexonet to get a foothold in the Japanese market dominated by GMO. Japan is an interesting market for domain names. Much of web navigation is…
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Early .vip Results Suggest 70%+ Plus Renewal Rate
June 7, 2017 @ 6:47 AMMore than 60% of first-month registrations already renewed. MMX’s .VIP domain name has been a big success right out of the gate in terms of registration volume. It has China to thank; over 700,000 of its roughly 800,000 registrations are at Chinese domain name registrars. Hitting its first anniversary the big question was how many…
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Dynadot to Host Domain Name Meetup in San Francisco in July
June 7, 2017 @ 6:19 AMDomain meetup to take place in the center of the tech universe. Domain name registrar Dynadot is hosting a meetup in San Francisco next month. I’m not aware of any recent domain name meetups in the city, and you’d think it would be a hotbed for this sort of event. The meetup will take place…
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ICANN Scraps Remote Meeting Hubs
June 7, 2017 @ 5:37 AMICANN is doing away with remote participation hubs for its thrice-yearly public meetings. The organization said yesterday that the hubs were barely used and often hit technical barriers. For avoidance of doubt, we’re not talking about remote participation here, we’re just talking about the “hubs” that various community members would set up in their home…
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MMX Says .vip Renewals to Be at 70%+
June 7, 2017 @ 12:23 AMMMX believes the biggest money-spinner in its new gTLD portfolio, .vip, will see first-year renewals in excess of 70%. The company said this morning that it is projecting renewals towards the top end of industry norms based on manual renewals to date. .vip was a bit of a hit in China, topping a quarter-million domains…
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