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Mastercard Loses Another Priceless Case
May 2, 2012 @ 1:12 AMMastercard is devaluing its “Priceless” mark. Last Friday I wrote about how Mastercard lost UDRP cases for pricelessistanbul.com and pricelessamsterdam.com. It just lost another case (pdf), this one involving pricelesslondon.com, pricelessparis.com, pricelessnewyork.com, pricelesslosangeles.com and pricelessmexico.com. Why is Mastercard suddenly going after PricelessCity domain names? It appears to be related to its move to associate its […]
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How ICANN Will Spend $12 Million More of Your Money Next Year
May 1, 2012 @ 11:54 PM…and that doesn’t include new TLD costs. ICANN’s latest proposed budget segments out the core ICANN functions and the new top level domain program. But even its core functions budget are slated to grow by nearly $12 million next financial year compared to what it expects to spend in the current year (FY 12). Here’s […]
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Why is ICANN Still Only Budgeting for 500 New TLD Applications?
May 1, 2012 @ 11:22 PMMain ICANN budget still assumes 500 applications. In January ICANN released its framework for the FY 2013 budget (which begins in July). Its framework for new TLD revenue was based on 500 applications for new top level domains. ICANN just published its draft budget and now it’s budgeting for… only 500 applications. I realize these […]
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Ripoff Reports Files Its Own Ripoff Report
May 1, 2012 @ 10:47 PMSite files complaint over .info domain name.
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The World's First Family-friendly Domain Registrar Opens for Business
May 1, 2012 @ 10:11 PMAfternic, the world’s leading marketplace for premium domain names, announced today that it has added Domainbox.com, a top ICANN-accredited registrar based in the UK, to its rapidly growing Premium Reseller Network.
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Afternic Adds Domainbox.com to Its Growing Partner Network
May 1, 2012 @ 10:02 PMAfternic announced today that it has added Domainbox.com, a top ICANN-accredited registrar based in the UK, to its rapidly growing Premium Reseller Network.
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Spring Clean at '.no' Registry
April 30, 2012 @ 11:51 PMUnder the Norwegian domain name policy, only companies registered in the Register of Legal Entities may register ‘.no’ domain names. For foreign companies, the most common solution for fulfilling the local presence requirement is to register a Norwegian branch office.
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Owner of Sma.de Files UDRP Against Sma.com
April 30, 2012 @ 11:11 PMSpinning the wheel in UDRP roulette. SMA Solar Technology AG has filed a UDRP case with World Intellectual Property Organization for the domain name SMA.com. SMA.com belongs to Specialized Micro Architects. It was originally registered in 1995 and currently has an expiration date of 2017. The oldest whois record at Domain Tools shows that Specialized […]
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Ten-year .co.uk Domain Names Now Available
April 30, 2012 @ 10:29 PMFrom today it is possible to register or renew .co.uk domain names in annual blocks of up to 10 years at a time, following policy changes at .uk registry manager Nominet.
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.biz Celebrates First Quarter 'Best of .biz' Winner
April 30, 2012 @ 9:10 PMNeustar, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing industries, announced today that Austin SEO company, ArteWorks SEO, is the winner of the first quarter “Best of .Biz” award.
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