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  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to Icann: Blocking “ISO” is Unacceptable

    May 30, 2013 @ 6:54 PM

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) send a letter to ICANN on the 13th of May 2013 regarding the blocking of the term “ISO” within gTLDs for the International Sugar Organization. The International Organization for Standardization was established in 1947 and …

  • Financial Firm and New TLD Applicant Buys Ig.com Domain Name

    May 30, 2013 @ 1:12 PM

    Company that applied for seven new TLDs buys a coveted two letter domain name. UK Financial firm IG Group has acquired the domain name IG.com, which was previously used by a Brazilian search portal. According to IP Pro The Internet, the company announced the deal to the press, although I can’t locate the actual announcement […]

  • UCRP Filed On NJTurnpike.com & GardenStateParkway.com, Registered in 1998

    May 30, 2013 @ 6:33 AM

    A UDRP has just been filed on the matching domain names of the two major highways in New Jersey. The UDRP was filed on the domain names NJturnpike.com & GardenStateParkway.com both which are registered by a David P Matteo who lives in New Jersey…

  • ICANN Sends Notice of Breach to Hong Kong Registrar: Asiaregister, Inc.

    May 30, 2013 @ 4:29 AM

    As of 28 May 2013, 1 more ICANN accredited registrar is in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Registrar: AsiaRegister, Inc. (IANA ID#1084) Address: 11/F., AXA Centre, 151 Gloucester …

  • Fling.com Discovers The Challenges of Branding With a Generic Domain Name

    May 30, 2013 @ 12:57 AM

    Descriptive nature of domain means registrant not necessarily lacking rights or legitimate interests in domain. Fling.com, an adult social network that facilitates hookups, has lost a domain name dispute over best-fling-sites.com. According to Fling.com owner Global Personals, LLC, the registrant of the domain optimized it to show up high in search results when a user […]

  • Tiny Tokelau Now Has The Biggest ccTLD in The World

    May 30, 2013 @ 12:20 AM

    The .tk domain is now the biggest ccTLD in the world, according to the latest stats from Centr. In its just-published biannual Domainwire Stat Report, Centr says that .tk had 16.7 million registered domains in April, taking the #1 spot in the league table for the first time. It now out-ranks Germany’s .de (15.4 million), […]

  • Above.com Becomes 1st Registrar to Share Profits of Sold Expired Domains

    May 29, 2013 @ 11:26 PM

    Above.com just announced this morning a new program where it will become the first domain name registrar to share the revenue generated from the sales of expired domain names. The Expiring Domain Sales Program is an opt-in program offered to clients with more than ten domain names registered at Above.com…

  • ICANN Approves .kiwi Domain Name

    May 29, 2013 @ 10:06 PM

    Trade mark owners could begin applying for .kiwi domain names as early as mid-August this year, but only if they have recorded their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse.

  • Go Daddy IPO “Not Off The Table”

    May 29, 2013 @ 4:20 PM

    Go Daddy may be on the IPO track with its new investors and management. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal about the possibility of going public, CEO Blake Irving said: It’s not off the table. We’re growing at double digits [in terms of percentage] on the customer side, on revenue, on earnings, so the opportunity […]

  • .xxx Sells Over 12,000 Domain Names During May Promotion

    May 29, 2013 @ 6:16 AM

    xBiz.com is reporting the ICM registry the company that operates the .XXX extension has sold over 12,000 domain names during its May promotion where domain registrations went for a low as $8.99. The promotion will end Friday at 4 p.m. PDT (midnight UTC time) at which time the price of a .XXX registration goes back to $62 wholesale…

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