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Domain.com Sponsors University of Portland's $100k Business Plan Challenge for ... - Virtual
April 30, 2012 @ 8:24 PM
Top domain registrar and web hosting company supports young entrepreneurs. | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies.
Which Domains The Top 10 Domain Registrars Promote
April 30, 2012 @ 2:46 AM
.co is a favorite among non-VeriSign domains. Registrars have many options when it comes to which top level domains to promote to customers. Sometimes this is based purely on demand calculations. In other instances domain registries strike deals with domain registrars to give them premium shelf space or promotion on their home pages. I just […]
ICANN to Notify Domain Applicants of Data Breaches
April 29, 2012 @ 10:12 PM
Organizations taking part in the most ambitious expansion of the Internet so far will find out next week whether their applications for new domain names could have been viewed by competitors as a result of a software bug.
Mastercard’s 'Priceless' Mark Isn’t Priceless, Panel Rules
April 26, 2012 @ 11:14 PM
WIPO arbitration panel finds against Mastercard on “Priceless” claims. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled against Mastercard in a dispute over domain names related to its “Priceless” trademark. The credit card company filed complaints against pricelessistanbul.com and pricelessamsterdam.com, saying they violated their trademark rights. In both cases the owner of the domains didn’t […]
FIBA to Apply for The .basketball Top Level Domain
April 26, 2012 @ 10:38 PM
Organization taps Minds + Machines to assist with registry services. FIBA, is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations, has applied for the .basketball top level domain, the organization announced this wee. FIBA partnered with ROAR Domains, LLC and Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) for the application. TLDH subsidiary Minds + Machines will […]
3 Top Domain Registrars Offering .com Domains for Under $3
April 26, 2012 @ 7:20 AM
Major registrars offering special discounts right now. I’ve written before about how Go Daddy, Network Solutions, and Register.com offer discounted registrations in Google ads for the term “domain name”. Both are pushing out special deals via other channels, too. Go Daddy just posted this link to its Twitter account. It’s good for a one domain […]
Verisign is Backend for 220 New TLD Applicants and Applies for 14 Itself
April 26, 2012 @ 6:00 AM
VeriSign releases numbers related to its new TLD plans. VeriSign released earnings today along with numbers related to its new top level domain aspirations. The company said it applied for 14 new top level domain names including 12 transliterations of .com and .net. Although not mentioned in the release, you can expect some of those […]
Aremi Group Applies for .art (And Claims Trademarks)
April 26, 2012 @ 5:32 AM
Company announces plans for .art and says it has trademarks for it as well. Aremi Group is the latest to announce a formal application for a top level domain, announcing (pdf) that it has applied for .art. The Luxembourg company says the mission of .art is to “provide a unique online space in which creatively-inclined […]
WIPO Panel Steals Four Letter Domain From BuyDomains
April 26, 2012 @ 12:54 AM
Panel hands down the wrong decision in FACI.com case. A three member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that BuyDomains (NameMedia) registered FACI.com in bad faith. The case makes no sense. It seems that the panel’s judgement hinges on the fact that BuyDomains knew about the complainant’s trademark for FACI upon acquisition of the […]
Nuts! Company That Bought Nuts.com Takes a Big Google Hit
April 25, 2012 @ 11:09 AM
Company buys a great domain, but changing domains is hard. The New York Times has an interesting “case study” today about Newark Nut Company. The company recently bought Nuts.com to replace its existing NutsOnline.com domain name. You’ll like the reasons the company decided to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for Nuts.com: people couldn’t remember […]