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Rightside (Unsurprisingly) Says No to Donuts
July 5, 2016 @ 8:44 AMCompany rebuffs offer for its new top level domain business. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) has turned down Donuts’ unsolicited offer to buy its top level domain name operations for $70 million. The offer was for all 40 of Rightside’s top level domains, such as .ninja and .rocks, and probably also included Rightside’s backend registry operations. Rightside CEO…
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Rightside Refuses Donuts' "Opportunistic" $70m gTLD Offer
July 5, 2016 @ 5:38 AMRightside has rebuffed Donuts’ semi-hostile takeover attempt for its portfolio of gTLD registry contracts. The question now is: will Donuts up the offer from the $70 million already on the table? In a pre-markets statement today, Rightside said the offer “undervalued” the assets. CEO Taryn Naidu is quoted as saying: After thoughtful evaluation, Rightside’s Board…
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UK Cybersquatting Cases Flat, Transfers Down
July 5, 2016 @ 1:15 AMThe number of cybersquatting cases involving .uk domains was basically flat in 2015, while the number of domains that were transferred was down. That’s according to Nominet’s wrap-up of last year’s complaints passing through its Dispute Resolution Service. There were 728 DRS complaints in 2015, the registry said, compared to 726 in the year before…
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Qualcomm Owned Domain Imod.com Hit With UDRP
July 1, 2016 @ 8:34 AMWell here is something you don’t see everyday. The domain name imod.com, which is owned by Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has been hit with a UDRP. The UDRP complaint was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The domain name imod.com is forwarding to Qualcomm.com/products/mirasol which is advertising another product of Qualcomm called Mirasol…
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.co Jumps On China Craze With Short Domain Auction
July 1, 2016 @ 6:39 AMTwo-character .co domains will be auctioned next month. Neustar (NYSE:NSR), the company behind the .co top level domain name, wants to cash in on the Chinese domain name investment craze. The company will hold a two-character domain name auction on the 22.cn platform July 5-13. The auctions start at 1 yaun, and it appears none…
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Dotgay Loses Third .gay Appeal
July 1, 2016 @ 1:52 AMDeath warrant or portent of impending legal action? dotgay LLC has lost its third attempt to get ICANN to reconsider tossing its application for community priority status in the fight for the .gay gTLD. According to ICANN, on Sunday its Board Governance Committee threw out dotgay’s third Request for Reconsideration, an attempt to give the…
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Verisign to Get .com for Six More Years, But Prices to Stay Frozen
July 1, 2016 @ 1:21 AMICANN and Verisign have agreed to extend their .com registry contract for another six years, but there are no big changes in store for .com owners. Verisign will now get to run the gTLD until November 30, 2024. The contract was not due to expire until 2018, but the two parties have agreed to renew…
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Fight As ICANN "Backtracks" On Piracy Policing
July 1, 2016 @ 12:49 AMICANN has clarified that it will not terminate new gTLD registries that have piracy web sites in their zones, potentially inflaming an ongoing fight between domain companies and intellectual property interests. This week’s ICANN 56 policy meeting in Helsinki saw registries and the Intellectual Property Constituency clash over whether an ICANN rule means that registries…
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IANA Transition Will Not Remove Government Relationship With .com Contract
June 30, 2016 @ 10:51 AMDepartment of Commerce will still have a say over .com prices. Today, ICANN posted proposed contracts with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for the Root Zone Management Agreement (RZMA) and an extension of the .com registry contract. The RZMA is a necessary step for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to step out of its role in the…
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Famous Four Media is Now The Second Largest NgTLD Operator in The World
June 30, 2016 @ 9:53 AMFamous Four Media team celebrates reaching an historic milestone Famous Four Media is delighted to announce that they have reached an extraordinary milestone. Since their launch in 2014, the Company has sold over 3,000,000 domain names, with unprecedented growth seen…
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