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Donuts Signs 12 More New gTLD Registry Contracts
August 30, 2013 @ 8:12 AMDonuts today announced that it has signed 12 more new gTLD Registry Agreements with ICANN. The contracts, which have not yet been published, cover .bike, .camera, .clothing, .equipment, .estate, .guru, .holdings, .lighting, .singles, .ventures, .voyage and .企业, which is “.enterprise” in Chinese. As of a week ago, the firm has also passed all of its […]
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15 Year Old RadioAmerica.com Lost in UDRP to RadioAmerica.org
August 30, 2013 @ 6:18 AMAmerican Studies Center d/b/a Radio America just won a UDRP on the domain name RadioAmerica.com which was owned by Jet Stream Enterprises Limited. The panel found the complainant had a common law a trademark on the term going back to 1985 when Radio America started broadcasting…
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Lawsuit Against New TLD Applicant Famous Four is Dismissed
August 30, 2013 @ 6:06 AMLawsuit was filed over plans for .bim top level domain, which never got off the ground. A group of investors in a failed top level domain bid have dropped their lawsuit against Famous Four Media, Domain Venture Partners, and some of the company’s principals. David Ways and a handful of his friends and family said […]
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ICANN Finally Signs More New TLD Contracts; Donuts Signs a Dozen
August 30, 2013 @ 5:57 AMA dozen Donuts as ICANN finally starts inking more registry agreements. Since ICANN signed four new top level domain registry contracts at its meeting in Durban in mid-July, no more have been signed. Until now. Donuts is reporting that it has signed a dozen (hopefully glazed) more registry contracts with ICANN. It signed one for […]
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Google Hiring for New Top Level Domain Name Initiative
August 30, 2013 @ 5:22 AMGoogle is looking for a couple people to work on its top level domain name program. Google has posted two job openings related to its new top level domain name plans. The company is seeking both a Product Marketing Manager, Domains and a Strategic Partner Manager, gTLD program. Here’s the description for the Strategic Partner […]
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Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On Generic Parajumpers.com By Owner of Parajumpers.it
August 29, 2013 @ 11:23 AMPJS International SA of Luxembourg just lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Parajumpers.com which is owned by Vertical Axis who was represented by Esquire.com
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Chanel & Adidas/Reebok File More Federal Cybersquatting Lawsuits
August 29, 2013 @ 10:27 AMBoth Chanel and Adidas/Rebook filed federal lawsuits today over domain names.
These are separate suits to the suits Chanel and Adidas filed last week. Both suits as the one’s filed last week, were filed in the Florida Southern District Court… -
The NewYorker Mag Covers New gTLDs: “The Great Internet Land Grab” & Calls Mr. Schilling a Squatter
August 29, 2013 @ 8:52 AMThe New Yorker Magazine just did a cover story on the new gTLD program entitled “The Great Internet Land Grab”. “Suddenly reorganizing the way we navigate the web with new strings like .guru, .club, or .google might seem frivolous or strange, but entities like ICANN and its stakeholders insist that they will make the Web more intuitive and user-friendly; an address like AdoptA.dog is slightly more logical than PetAdoptions.com, which is currently occupied by a squatter”…
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Analyzing New TLD String Objection Panelists
August 29, 2013 @ 7:12 AMA breakdown of panelists’ decisions and what went wrong. I’ve called String Confusion Objections a clusterf@ck based on seemingly conflicting opinions by different panelists. It’s clear that which panelist is assigned to a case has a lot to do with the outcome, which is a sign of a poorly designed system. Whether it’s ICANN’s fault […]
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How to Crowdsource Choosing a Brandable Domain Name
August 29, 2013 @ 7:01 AMHow will your website stand out among the 145 million + domain names crowding the Internet? The first step is to start with an easily brandable domain name.
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