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URS Comes to .mobi As ICANN Offers Afilias Lower Fees
December 27, 2016 @ 3:47 AMAfilias’ .mobi is to become the latest of the pre-2012 gTLDs to agree to adopt the Uniform Rapid Suspension policy in exchange for lower ICANN fees. Its Registry Agreement is up for renewal, and Afilias and ICANN have come to similar terms to .jobs, .travel, .cat, .pro and .xxx. Afilias has agreed to take on…
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Registrars Off The Hook for Silly ICANN Transfer Policy
December 27, 2016 @ 2:51 AMDomain name registrars have been assured that ICANN Compliance will not pursue them for failing to implement the new Transfer Policy on privacy-protected names. As we reported late November, the new policy requires registrars to send out “change of registrant” confirmation emails whenever certain fields in the Whois are changed, regardless of whether the registrant…
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The Largest URS Complaint Ever Filed
December 23, 2016 @ 10:23 PMIn the largest URS case ever filed, an expert at the Forum ordered the suspension of 474 domain names in a single proceeding. The URS complaint was filed by Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (“Ashley Furniture”), against Fahri Hadikusuma.
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"Second Bite at The Cherry" Fails for SoccerMall.com
December 23, 2016 @ 6:43 AMSecond UDRP for domain name is rejected. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a Phoenix soccer store’s second attempt to get SoccerMall.com through a UDRP. Hassan Shams owns a store called Soccer Mall, and managed to recently get a service mark on the principal registrar for “soccer mall”. The trademark claims first use in…
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Mitsubishi Pulls Plug On Dot-brand gTLD
December 21, 2016 @ 2:02 AMJapanese conglomerate Mitsubishi has told ICANN it no longer wishes to operate one of its dot-brand gTLDs. The company has filed a termination notice covering its .mtpc domain, which stands for Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. The gTLD was delegated in February 2015, but Mitsubishi has never put it to use. Registry reports show only two…
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.us Considers Release of 1 and 2 Character Domains & WHOIS Privacy for $0.50
December 20, 2016 @ 7:59 AMThe usTLD Stakeholder Council and Neustar, Inc., the registry operator for the usTLD, is seeking public comment on the Council’s recommendation to Neustar to release one and two character domain names in connection with the us TLD Premium Domain Name (PDN) plan and to allow for the implementation of a registry-based wholesale whois privacy registration…
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GGRG Releases Their Latest Quarterly Report Breaking Down How Liquid Domain Sales Fared in 3Q-2016
December 20, 2016 @ 4:36 AMGGRG Brokerage Consulting and Giuseppe Graziano published the 3rd quarter Liquid Domains Market Overview partnering with Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com. This report is focused on the 3rd quarter of 2016 and presents key statistics of the domains that are considered liquid in the domain name aftermarket…
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Petition On .tech Domain Name Gains Steam
December 19, 2016 @ 6:24 PMNeverAgain.tech petition is making the rounds amongst techies. The .tech top level domain name is getting exposure with its target market thanks to a petition that’s making the rounds. NeverAgain.tech asks tech workers to sign a petition promising to not contribute to projects that involve creating a database of Muslims or that could lead to…
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Google's Waymo Domain Strategy and What It Says About Domain Choices
December 19, 2016 @ 6:51 AMJoseph Peterson takes a look at what domains Waymo registered…and didn’t. Google’s not God. MarkMonitor’s no Moses. Thou shalt not treat Alphabet’s domain registration patterns as the 10 Commandments. Yet it’s interesting to look at what they’ve carved in stone for themselves… because it’s a display of TLD priorities… and because others too…
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Pheenix Adds 300 More Registrars to Drop-catch Arsenal
December 16, 2016 @ 8:08 AMThe domain drop-catching arms race is heating up, with budget player Pheenix this week acquiring 300 more registrar accreditations from ICANN. According to DI records, the company now has almost 500 registrar accreditations in its family. More accreditations means more registry connections with which to attempt to acquire expired domains as they return to the…
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