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L’oreal Takes The Red Pill, Withdraws .matrix Bid
July 29, 2013 @ 12:39 PM
L’Oreal has withdrawn another of its dot-brand new gTLD applications. This time it’s .matrix, for one of its hair-care product brands. It’s the eighth of L’Oreal’s 14 original new gTLD applications to be withdrawn, after .欧莱雅, .kiehls, .loreal, .garnier, .maybelline, .kerastase, and .redken. Only .lancome remains of its dot-brand applications. It has already passed Initial […]
Oversee.net Launches TrafficMatch to Pitch Domain Traffic to Advertisers
July 29, 2013 @ 11:03 AM
TrafficMatch promotes domain name traffic to advertisers. Oversee.net, the parent company of DomainSponsor, somewhat quietly launched TrafficMatch last month. TrafficMatch pitches the company’s 300 million monthly visitors direct to advertisers – and a big part of that 300 million is domain name traffic. Here’s how the TrafficMatch website explains it: TrafficMatch is a leading provider […]
Matt Cutts Releases New Video About Using ccTLDs for Generic Purposes
July 29, 2013 @ 10:28 AM
Cutts explains when Google decides to make a ccTLD global. Google’s SEO/Webspam leader Matt Cutts has released a new video about using a country code top level domain name for a website not targeted to that country. His message is the same that Google has been giving for many years, but he added some more […]
Gmail Vs. Snail Mail: Google Wins Challenge By USPS
July 29, 2013 @ 10:06 AM
USPS’ challenge to Google over .mail top level domain is denied. Last week, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist delivered some bad news to the The United States Postal Service: its challenge to Amazon.com’s application to run the .mail top level domain was denied. Now the group’s challenge to Google’s bid to run .mail has […]
URS is Live Today As .pw Voluntarily Adopts It
July 29, 2013 @ 9:57 AM
Directi has become the first TLD registry to start complying with the Uniform Rapid Suspension process for cybersquatting complaints. From today, all .pw domain name registrations will be subject to the policy, which enables trademark owners to have domains suspended more quickly and cheaply than with UDRP. URS was designed, and is obligatory, for all […]
Buckingham Palace Doesn’t Want The Domain of The Royal Baby GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com
July 29, 2013 @ 9:43 AM
After taking a beating in the media for registering the matching .com domain name of the Royal Baby GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com it seems the Royal’s don’t want the domain even for free…
Justfab.com Sues Fab.com for Infringing Its Trademark
July 29, 2013 @ 7:34 AM
Two fashion startups argue over which one is the most fabulous. This legal battle is absolutely fabulous! Just Fabulous, the company behind online fashion site JustFab.com, has sued white-hot e-commerce site Fab.com. Just Fabulous claims that Fab.com is infringing its Just Fab marks. The two sites are heavyweights. JustFab.com has raised over $100 million. Fab.com […]
Law Firm Sues Justdropped.com and Its Owner, Claiming Cybersquatting
July 29, 2013 @ 5:30 AM
Law firm with the generic name “Outside Legal Counsel” sues Dan Rubin over OutsideLegalCounsel.com domain name. A law firm called Outside Legal Counsel Plc has sued JustDropped.com and its owner Dan Rubin, claiming he is cybersquatting on OutsideLegalCounsel.com. At first I thought the attorneys for the case made a mistake, as it appeared someone acting […]
Dotshabaka Wants to Be The First New gTLD to Launch, But Big Problems Remain
July 29, 2013 @ 2:14 AM
Having been the first to sign a contract with ICANN two weeks ago, new gTLD registry dotShabaka is also desperate to be the first to launch, but faces big obstacles. The company, International Domain Registry, is a spin-off of AusRegistry, with many of the same directors and staff, but executives insist it is an entirely […]
Six More LROs Kicked Out, Most for "Front Running"
July 28, 2013 @ 1:03 PM
Six more new gTLD Legal Rights Objections, six more rejected objections. The World Intellectual Property Organization is chewing through its caseload of LROs at a regular pace now, made all the more easier by the fact that a body of precedent is being accumulated. Objections rejected in decisions published last week cover the gTLDs .home, […]