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Charity Files UDRP Over Frank Schilling’s WalkTheWalk.com Domain
April 23, 2013 @ 11:08 PMGroup owns .org version of domain name. The charity that owns WalkTheWalk.org has filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. for the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. Walk the Walk Worldwide raises money to raise awareness about breast cancer. It certainly has an attention-grabbing approach: it gets women to walk marathons in bras to raise […]
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ICANN Will Now Be Able to Suspend Domain Name Registrars
April 23, 2013 @ 10:39 PM[Well, looks like ICANN actually had a similar provision in its 2009 RAA, just in a different section. Sorry about that.] One of the big improvements in the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) over the 2009 version is the ability for ICANN to suspend registrars. Previously, if a registrar was in breach of contract, […]
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Enom Collects More Than 2 Million Expressions of Interest On New gTLDs
April 23, 2013 @ 10:10 PMAccording to enom.com its “New TLD Watchlist module has collected more than two million expressions of interest for domains to be registered with the new TLDs, in just nine months. In the more than two million Watchlist submissions received over the course of nine months, the three new domain extensions of greatest interest are…
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Deadbeat Registrar is Also a Massive New gTLD Applicant
April 23, 2013 @ 9:13 PMOne of the latest three registrars to receive ICANN contract breach notices is also a new gTLD applicant involved in four applications, a helpful reader has pointed out. A. Telecom S.A., which owes ICANN $10,863.67 in unpaid accreditation fees and is facing a May 14 de-accreditation if it doesn’t pay up, doesn’t have any gTLD […]
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Could This Be ICANN’s Most Important Public Comment Period Ever?
April 23, 2013 @ 6:00 PMHow much power should governments have over the domain name industry? Should the industry be held responsible for the actions of its customers? Are domain names the way to stop crime? These are some of the questions likely to be addressed during ICANN’s latest public comment period, which could prove to be one of the […]
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Three Registrars Rapped for Not Paying ICANN Fees
April 23, 2013 @ 3:18 PMICANN has sent compliance notices to three registrars for allegedly not paying their dues. Dotted Ventures, Basic Fusion and A. Telecom S.A owe a total of roughly $25,000 in unpaid ICANN fees, according to the notices. Basic Fusion and A Telecom also didn’t notify ICANN about changes of address, according to the notices. All three […]
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Salesforce Launches Social.com
April 23, 2013 @ 3:58 AMAlmost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to advertise on Facebook and Twitter more effectively. It automates how companies find potential customers and market to them via social […]
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DomainSkate Offers Templated UDRP Complaints for $399
April 23, 2013 @ 1:04 AMLow cost service prepares UDRP filing to submit to National Arbitration Forum. The biggest cost of filing or responding to a UDRP isn’t paying fees to National Arbitration Forum or WIPO. It’s typically the lawyer’s fees that add up to the most. DomainSkate aims to change that by offering a low cost way to compile […]
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Internet Giant Tencent Bumbles Domain Dispute
April 23, 2013 @ 12:52 AMCompany drops ball in UDRP submission. It’s possible you’ve never heard of TenCent. I hadn’t heard of it until reading The Economist’s recent spread on the internet in China. But it’s big in China. Huge. With a market cap of $60 billion (U.S.), it’s right up there with Facebook in terms of valuation. Yet TenCent […]
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.pw Claims 50,000 Domains Registered in Three Weeks
April 23, 2013 @ 12:14 AMDirecti’s recently relaunched .pw top-level domain has racked up 50,000 domain name registrations after just three weeks of general availability, according to the company. The number, which will put a smile on the faces of many new gTLD applicants, relates to GA only and does not include defensive registrations made during the ccTLD’s sunrise period, […]
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