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Over 100 New gTLD Contracts Now Signed
November 12, 2013 @ 4:33 AMThe pace is stepping up as ICANN starts to lift its heels in moving more new gTLDs towards delegation. The organization signed contracts with registries covering 34 strings over the weekend, including popular favorites such as .wiki and .ninja. The full list of gTLDs with freshly signed Registry Agreements goes like this: .education, .institute, .training,…
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ICANN Rejects Third New gTLD Bid
November 12, 2013 @ 4:01 AMICANN has formally rejected .thai, only the third new gTLD application to suffer this fate. It’s been flagged as “Not Approved”, following an objection from a consensus of the Governmental Advisory Committee led by an outcry from Thailand and Thai nationals. Only DotConnectAfrica’s .africa and GCC’s .gcc have the same designation. Both also were killed…
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Donuts Wins Two More String Objections, Settles Another
November 11, 2013 @ 2:58 PMOnly four string confusion objections have not been decided. The contentious and highly unpredictable string confusion objection process for new top level domain names is coming to a close. International Centre for Dispute Resolution posted three more decisions today, leaving just four decisions outstanding. The three decisions all involved mega-applicant Donuts. Commercial Connect brought and…
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Academy Wins Domain Name Ruling in GoDaddy Lawsuit
November 11, 2013 @ 1:35 PMIn advance of a trial next year, the Academy wins summary judgment on 177 domain names including HollywoodOscar.com and OscarResults.net. GoDaddy appears to be on the verge of losing a big cybersquatting lawsuit over a program that allowed its customers to buy domain names like BetAcademyAwards.com and 2013Oscars.com.
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.club Signs Registry Agreement With ICANN
November 11, 2013 @ 11:46 AM.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), announced today it has signed its Registry Agreement with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international organization responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS)…
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1and1.com Starts Selling Preregistrations for .bike; .singles; .holdings; .clothing
November 11, 2013 @ 11:27 AMAccrding to a press release we received today 1and1.com has started selling pre-registrations on the new TLDs including: .BIKE, .SINGLES, .HOLDINGS, .CLOTHING…
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.buzz Registry Launches ICANNbuzz Ahead of Buenos Aires Conference
November 11, 2013 @ 10:36 AM.Buzz registry makes website for sharing during next week’s ICANN conference in Buenos Aires. The domain name industry pilgrimage to Buenos Aires for ICANN #48 begins later this week. There’s a lot more excitement buzz in the air this time around as new TLD applicants can finally see the endpoint (or is it the starting…
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National Association of Realtors: Do Not to Pay Preregister .realtor Domains They Will Be Free
November 11, 2013 @ 6:38 AMIn a blog post today on Realtor.org, the National Association of Realtors is warning its members and I guess anyone else who about thinking about preregistering a domain name in the new gTLD .Realtor not to bother doing it at Godaddy or anyone traditional domain name registrar…
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Fairwinds: Time for UDRP Reform to Change Bad Faith Requirement From Registration Date to Renewals
November 11, 2013 @ 6:19 AMFairwinds Partners, which also heads up the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has weighted in on the recent UDRP decision on Big5.com and whether the bad faith for a domain holder should be judged from only at the time the domain was first registered or acquired or each time the domain name was renewed on its blog today…
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GoDaddy Goes All in On The New gTLD's
November 10, 2013 @ 3:15 PMGodaddy.com appears to have gone all in on the new gTLD’s. Gone from the front page of Godaddy is the drop down menu listing the different domain extension that are available for registration, replaced by a huge ad for preregistrations of just 4 new gTLD’s, .Uno, .Luxury, .Build, and .Menu…
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