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Objection Against Google’s .music Bid Rejected
July 31, 2013 @ 10:28 AMFirst of seven objections filed by DotMusic Limited fails. DotMusic Limited’s legal rights objection to Google’s application for the .music top level domain name has been rejected. Officially, panelist David J.A. Cairns ruled that DotMusic Limited didn’t have standing to bring the case because it was unclear if it (or other entities) owned the marks […]
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Dotmusic Loses LRO, and Four Other Cases Rejected
July 31, 2013 @ 10:08 AMConstantine Roussos has lost his first Legal Rights Objection over the flagship .music gTLD. The case, DotMusic v Charleston Road Registry (pdf) was actually thrown out on a technicality — DotMusic didn’t present any evidence to show that it was the owner of the trademarks in question. But the WIPO panelist handling the case made […]
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Where Will Registrants for New gTLDs Come From? Mike Berkens Answers
July 31, 2013 @ 7:49 AMLast week Andrew from DomainNameWire asked in a blog post “Whats The Market Size For A Top Level Domain”. The post basically asked where are the new gTLD’s going to get their registrants from, so I thought I would join the conversation.
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Whistles.co.uk Owner Files UDRP On Whistles.com
July 31, 2013 @ 5:43 AMParked page’s contents probably upset clothing company. Whistles Limited, a UK womens’ clothing brand, has filed a UDRP against Whistles.com. The company’s website is Whistles.co.uk. A B.S. filing against a generic domain name? Maybe. But this is one of those cases in which the domain’s owner should have been more careful with domain name parking. […]
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Two Banks Go Down After Forgetting to Renew Domains
July 30, 2013 @ 11:56 PMTwo UK banks suffered downtime over the weekend after apparently failing to renew their domain name registrations. Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, which offer online banking services at cbonline.co.uk and ybonline.co.uk respectively, both blamed a “systems update” for the downtime. But some customers reported seeing a registrar’s renewal page when they attempted to access the […]
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Donuts Willing to Sent 68 Strings to Auction in August
July 30, 2013 @ 1:38 PMNew top level domain applicant commits more strings to private auction model. Donuts, the largest applicant for new top level domains, has committed up to 68 strings to the next new TLD “private” auction held by Applicant Auction next month. In the first auction held in May, Donuts committed 63 domains. In order to go […]
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Donuts Commits 68 New gTLDs to Private Auction
July 30, 2013 @ 12:38 PMAccording to a press release we just received Donuts, has committed 68 of its applied for new gTLD’s to a private auction that will be held on August 13th…
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 7% Net Income Up 12% and Has $381 Million in The Bank
July 30, 2013 @ 12:15 PMNeustar, Inc. (NSR), the backend provider for the ccTLD’s .US, .CO, the TLD of .biz and hundreds of new gTLD’s today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 and updated its guidance for 2013…
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DomainTools.com Wins Its 1st UDRP Gaining Control of 10 Typo Domains
July 30, 2013 @ 12:08 PMDomainTools, LLC just won its 1st UDRP gaining control of 10 typo’s of its URL.
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Domain Name Association Creates New TLD Primer at WhatDomain.org
July 30, 2013 @ 11:30 AMDomain Name Association publishes educational site to promote new TLDs. Domain Name Association (DNA), a non-profit advocacy group representing domain name registries, registrars, resellers, and registry service providers, has launched an updated site at WhatDomain.org. WhatDomain.org explains what a domain name is, the current state of top level domain names, and the new types of […]
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