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ICANN Still Considering IGO Protections, But Adds Deadline to Discussions
July 19, 2013 @ 6:45 AMNo acronym protections if IGO protections not resolved by Buenos Aires. One of the Governmental Advisory Committee’s (GAC) requests for new top level domain names is that both the names and acronyms of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) be protected from second level registrations. This is, I imagine, because of the grave damage that would be inflicted […]
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Marchex Sells TheRack.com, Probably to Nordstrom
July 19, 2013 @ 6:08 AMMark Monitor group acquires retail domain name. Based on whois records, it appears that Marchex has sold the domain name TheRack.com. My money is on Nordstrom buying it for its Nordstrom Rack outlet stores, sometimes called “The Rack”. Although the whois information for the domain shows Name Advisers Inc. as the owner, Name Advisers is […]
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In The Wake of .amazon, IP Interests Turn On The GAC
July 19, 2013 @ 6:03 AMIntellectual property interests got a wake-up call at ICANN 47 in Durban this week, when it became clear that they can no longer rely upon the Governmental Advisory Committee as a natural ally. The GAC’s decision to file a formal consensus objection against Amazon’s application for the .amazon gTLD prompted a line of IP lawyers […]
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Huntingmoon Updates Its Site to Allows Domains to Be Listed for Sale for Free & Opens Marketplace for Apps
July 19, 2013 @ 5:14 AMWith over ten million dollars of domains and developed sites sales since 2006, HuntingMoon.com has made a dramatic update to its selling policies, enabling domain owners to list their domain names for sale and auction for free…
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Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Withdraws Two More New gTLD Applications: .media & .country
July 18, 2013 @ 7:18 PMFrank Schilling’s Uniregistry withdrew applications for two new gTLD’s today reflected on ICANN’s site. The application were for .Media and .Country…
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Google Reports Miss On Revenue & Earnings: Paid Clicks Up 23%; Cost Per Click Down 6% Stock Sinks Over 5%
July 18, 2013 @ 12:13 PMGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 after the market closed but missed expectations for both revenue and earnings per share, sending shares down more than 5% or $50 a share in after hours trading. Google reported consolidated revenues of $14.11 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, an increase of 19% compared to the second quarter of 2012…
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Over €1m Deposit Required to File a New gTLD Objection With The ICC, Partridge IP Law Tells ICANN
July 18, 2013 @ 11:28 AMAt the ICANN Open Forum today at Durban An attorney Mark Partridge took the floor to tell ICANN how much money an objector has to tie up to get their objection heard by the ICC.
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Pinterest Loses Fight With Amazon.com Over .pin Domain Name
July 18, 2013 @ 8:30 AMSocial site loses objection for .pin top level domain name. Social networking site Pinterest has lost an objection it filed with World Intellectual Property Organization over Amazon.com’s bid to get the .pin top level domain name. One of Pinterest’s challenges was showing some sort of rights and secondary meaning in the term “pin”. Amazon.com pointed […]
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Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses UDRP On Tracyanderson.com
July 18, 2013 @ 6:45 AMTracy Anderson Mind and Body LLC of Studio City, California, just won a UDRP against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings on the domain name tracyanderson.com
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.amazon May Not Be Dead Yet As Trademark Groups Urge ICANN to Follow International Law Not Gac Advice
July 18, 2013 @ 6:20 AMTrademark Groups urged ICANN to follow International Law not GAC advice and to approves the new gTLD application for .Amazon…
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