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All 2-letter .berlin Domain Names Were Registered Against ICANN Rules
April 14, 2015 @ 5:51 AMAll 676 combinations of 2-letter .berlin New gTLD domain names were registered yesterday against ICANN rules that prohibit the registration of all 2-letter domain names in New gTLDs. Domain names like us.berlin, uk.berlin and aa.berlin have been registered by a…
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.Promo and Other TLDs Headed to Auction
April 14, 2015 @ 5:06 AMAuction group hopes to sell .Promo and other TLDs at June auction. Innovative Auctions Ltd. is holding another auction to “resell” already-contracted top level domain names. The next auction will take place June 4 and will feature .Promo. Play.PROMO Oy has entered into a contract with ICANN for the top level domain name but has…
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NetSol's Free .XYZ Bundle Renews at $57
April 13, 2015 @ 7:03 AMNetwork Solutions is charging a total of $57.17 for renewing the .xyz domain names and associated services it gave away for free as part of .xyz’s controversial launch last year. A little over a year ago, NetSol found controversy when it pushed hundreds of thousands of .xyz domain names into its customers’ accounts without their…
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WIPO Panel Finds Chemical Company Engaged in RDNH
April 13, 2015 @ 6:27 AMPanel determines that company submitted “selective and incomplete story”. A three person WIPO panel has found NH Resources LLC of Texas to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name No-Heat.net. It’s a bizarre case in which the parties have already been embroiled in lawsuits, there are allegations of bribery and a…
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Panel Makes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Finding Without Domain Holder Asking for It
April 13, 2015 @ 6:14 AMNH Resources LLC and Vaughn Crowe of Southlake, Texas, were just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name no-heat.net, despite the fact that the domain holder didn’t even ask the panel to make a RDNH finding. The three member panel of John Swinson, Gaynell Methvin and David H. Bernstein rejected…
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Hugo Boss Loses UDRP Attempt to Grab Domain Hugo.mx
April 13, 2015 @ 5:24 AMHugo Boss just lost its bid to gain control of the domain name Hugo.mx The domain holder Jesus Navarro Saracibar, of Baltimore who seems to own some 10K domain name represented himself in the matter and seemed to do a very good job even citing other UDRP cases in support of his arguement. Bottom line…
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ICANN in "Fact-finding" Mode Over Potential .Sucks Breach
April 13, 2015 @ 3:05 AMICANN is playing its cards close to its chest when pressed on what it thinks Vox Populi may have done wrong with its .sucks launch pricing and policies. The organization told DI in a statement that it is currently “fact-finding”, and will not speculate on what parts of the Registry Agreement may have been breached…
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Go Daddy Purchases Web Design Marketplace Elto
April 10, 2015 @ 10:47 AMBack in October of 2013 Ophelie Lechat introduced me to a gentleman named Ned Dwyer, Ned ran a company called Tweaky and was looking to change the name of the company and was looking for a new domain name. I submitted a bunch of names both personal and client names. We were close on a…
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New gTLD's Registrations Top 5 Million; .Science & .Link Break 100k: We Break Down The Numbers
April 10, 2015 @ 7:17 AMThe number of new gTLD domain name registrations have topped 5 Million for the first time, according to ntldstats.com Here are the top 30 most registered new gTLDs: Domain. Total Reg % of all Reg .xyz 867,598 17.33% .XX’址 (xn--ses554g) 349,778 6.99% .club 204,557 4.09% .berlin 156,908 3.13% .wang 138,175 2.76% .link 105,023 2.10% .science…
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Big Brands Register .Sucks As ICANN Asks FTC for Review
April 10, 2015 @ 5:16 AMOprah, Apple and Microsoft among companies paying to protect their brands. Intellectual property interests and brands owners are upset about the .sucks domain name and its pricing, but many big brands aren’t taking chances even as ICANN asks government regulators to review it. .Sucks registry Vox Populi continues to advertise which companies are coughing up…
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