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MMX Aims for 1 Million .vip Domains, Will Release .boston in September & Hires Victor Pitts
March 22, 2017 @ 10:12 AMMinds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX), reported its operational progress across a number of business activities since its trading update announced earlier this year in January 2017. MMX is targeting global registrations of .vip to surpass one million by the end of 2017. .VIP currently has over 586,000 registrations. The company is participating directly in the auctions of .vip premium names currently being held by eName, one…
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This .yachts Domain Shouldn't Have Been Lost in a UDRP, But...
March 22, 2017 @ 8:09 AMThe domain name owner had a great defense but didn’t reply to the filing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name virgin.yachts be transferred to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Enterprises. I did a doubletake when I saw this decision. In order to register a .yachts domain name, you have to be…
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Victor Pitts Hired By MMX As Director of Premium Sales
March 22, 2017 @ 6:09 AMThis morning, I received an announcement about another noteworthy domain industry hiring. Industry veteran Victor Pitts has joined MMX (formerly known as Minds & Machines) as Director of Premium Sales for the Americas. Many people in the domain space likely know Victor from his days at Moniker (and Oversee.net), and more recently at Above.com. In his new role with MMX, Victor will be working on selling some of the premium-designated domain names in the new extensions operated by MMX. Victor will also be working on various industry partnerships. I am sure his industry experience will be particularly helpful with the…
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4 Letter .com Saved in UDRP But No Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
March 21, 2017 @ 12:17 PMComplaint was dead-on-arrival because domain was registered before business started. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name QWIC.com in a UDRP brought by an electronic bike maker. The case was filed by the maker of Qwic bikes in the Netherlands. It uses the domain name QWIC.nl. The complaint was dead on…
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Epik Hires Joseph Peterson As Director of Operations
March 21, 2017 @ 6:44 AMEpik Holdings, Inc., announced that it has hired Joseph Peterson as director of operations. This is something that came as a pleasant surprise! Epik is a company that is truly investing in the domain name industry and hiring someone with the integrity and expertise of Joseph Peterson will help them grow even faster. Congratulations to…
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MMX Targets One Million .vip Registrations
March 21, 2017 @ 5:21 AMCompany anticipates rapid growth in .VIP namespace; targets fall for .Boston launch. MMX (a.k.a. Minds + Machines) released a business update today and said it is targeting one million .vip registrations by the end of 2017. The .vip namespace currently has over 586,000 registrations, primarily in China. The company is targeting additional distribution in Asia…
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New TLD Registries Ask for 75% Cost Reduction
March 20, 2017 @ 4:31 PMCiting struggling registries, group requests temporary fee rollback and marketing effort. The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) has asked (pdf) ICANN to cut its fees for a year and to undertake a $3 million marketing effort to promote new top level domain names. In a letter to ICANN last week, RySG chair Paul Diaz said…
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Tracking The Growth of .brand Top Level Domain Names
March 20, 2017 @ 6:34 AMIt’s slow, but marching upward. A lot of things are playing out slowly with new top level domain names, including the adoption of so-called “.brand” domain names. These are domains such as .google and .mlb that are owned by brands. Now you can track the progress these domains are making with the help of a…
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Neustar Launches Stats Hub Tool
March 20, 2017 @ 6:15 AMThere are quite a few companies that are either using their .brand extension or plan to use their .brand extension. Google has its .Google extension, Barclays has its .Barclays extension, and Saxo Bank has its .Saxo extension, among many other companies. Earlier today, Neustar launched its Stats Hub product, a new tool for people and companies interested in the .brands space. According to Neustar, “The ‘Stats Hub’ is an interactive database of statistics on .brand domain usage including domains registered and utilization info (number resolving/non-resolving/redirecting etc), which is also categorized and can be filtered by brand, location, industry to find…
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Should Zions Bank Have Been Hit With Reverse Domain Name Hijacking?
March 17, 2017 @ 9:13 AMPanelist questions Zions Bank’s decision to file a UDRP. I want to give World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby some credit. He recently decided a case involving Zions Bank. He found in favor of a person in Pakistan who registered ZionVPN.com to start a VPN internet service. It was quite clear what the registrant’s…
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