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.global Just Dumped a Lot of Interesting Data
September 30, 2016 @ 7:15 AMRenewal rates, premium sales and more shed light on the .global top level domain name. The .Global top level domain name just turned 2, and the company has released some interesting data to mark the occasion. It can be difficult to get good data on new top level domains, especially from companies that are not…
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G Suite: Major Google Rebrand Without Domain Name
September 30, 2016 @ 6:56 AMYesterday afternoon, I received several emails from Google with an eye catching subject: [IMPORTANT] Introducing G Suite, formerly Google Apps. In the email Google said, “Today, we’re introducing a new name that better reflects this mission: G Suite.” The entire rebranding announcement can be found on a Google blog post. Despite the wide use of this product and the clear importance of announcing this rebrand, it does not appear that Google acquired the matching GSuite.com domain name. As of right now, Google is using gsuite.google.com as the home page for its G Suite product. In my opinion, it would be…
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UDRP Filed Against Hottie.com
September 29, 2016 @ 1:08 PMA UDRP has been filed against the descriptive Hottie.com domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization. the UDRP is WIPO case #D2016-1975. According to Urban Dictionary, a hottie is “A very attractive person; can be either male or female.” For instance, I regularly call my wife a “hottie.” The Hottie.com domain name was created in September of 1997, making it 19 years old earlier this month…
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2016 Could Be a Record Year for Domain Disputes at The WIPO
September 29, 2016 @ 12:15 PMDoug Isenberg, Attorney & Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Doug noted,”WIPO statistics do not represent all of the complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) (since there are four other service providers), but WIPO traditionally has…=
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U.S. States Sue to Block IANA Transition
September 29, 2016 @ 7:50 AMFour conservative states take up Cruz’s failed crusade to block IANA contract expiration. Attorneys General of four conservative states have filed a lawsuit (pdf) in an effort to block the U.S. government’s contract with ICANN for IANA functions from expiring tomorrow night. The move comes after an effort led by some congressional representatives, including Ted…
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ICANN Handover in Jeopardy As Texas Leads Lawsuit Against US Government
September 29, 2016 @ 7:05 AMThe state attorneys general of Texas, Arizona, Nevada and Oklahoma have sued the US Federal government to stop tomorrow’s planned IANA transition. The 11th-hour suit seeks a court declaration that the transition would be unconstitutional and a temporary restraining order forcing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to continue its oversight role. It’s rooted in…
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Squabbling Drug Peddlers Drag .pharmacy Into Brand Bunfight
September 29, 2016 @ 12:18 AMThe .pharmacy new gTLD has been dragged into the ongoing trademark dispute between two pharmaceuticals giants called Merck. Germany-based Merck KGaA has accused the .pharmacy registry of operating an unfair and “secretive” process to resolve competing sunrise period applications. The domain merck.pharmacy was awarded to US rival Merck & Co, which was spun off from…
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Approve dot-gay, ICANN told
September 28, 2016 @ 1:21 PMA 62-page report [PDF] written by Professor William Eskridge – a world expert in sexuality, gender, and the law from Yale Law School – tears apart the organization’s “independent” report and highlights “fundamental errors in the EIU’s [Economist Intelligence Unit’s] reasons for denying dotgay’s community status.”
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Domain Name Drop Catching Service for Sale for $1,500,000 (Is It Pheenix?)
September 28, 2016 @ 9:08 AMA domain name drop catching service founded in 2014 is for sale and the asking price is $1,500,000. The service is described as “well-known and highly profitable business in the domain speculation and backordering niche.” with a “proprietary software which secures dropped domains with an impressive success rate.” The company claims a yearly revenue of…
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For $10,000, Donuts Will Block Hundreds of Typos and Premiums for Your Brand
September 28, 2016 @ 6:22 AMDonuts has announced an expansion of its domain-blocking service that will enable brand owners to cheaply (kinda) block misspellings of their trademarks. Brand owners whose trademarks match “premium” generic strings will also be able to take matching domains out of circulation using the registry’s new DPML Plus service. DPML, for Domain Protected Marks List, is…
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