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.home Gets Half a Billion Hits a Day. Could This Put New gTLDs at Risk?
July 17, 2013 @ 2:12 AMNew gTLDs could be in jeopardy following the results of a study into the security risks they may pose. ICANN is likely to be told to put in place measures to mitigate the risk of new gTLDs causing problems, and chief security officer Jeff Moss said “deadlines will have to move” if global DNS resolution […]
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Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales.com Announces $5.5mm of Domain Sales for 1st Six Months of 2013
July 16, 2013 @ 1:33 PMAs reported by TNTnames.com, Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales.com, released its reportable sales for the first six months of 2013. Total combined sales were $5,502,211…
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Donuts Chalks Up Another LRO Win
July 16, 2013 @ 12:59 PMDonuts has successfully fought off another Legal Rights Objection against one of its new gTLD applications. This time the objector was The Limited, apparently the operator of a large chain of clothing stores in the US, and the applied-for gTLD was .limited, which is uncontested. Key to the World Intellectual Property Organization panelist’s decision appears […]
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Donuts Chalks Up Another LRO Win
July 16, 2013 @ 12:59 PMDonuts has successfully fought off another Legal Rights Objection against one of its new gTLD applications. This time the objector was The Limited, apparently the operator of a large chain of clothing stores in the US, and the applied-for gTLD was .limited, which is uncontested. Key to the World Intellectual Property Organization panelist’s decision appears […]
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Trademark Clearinghouse Cutting It Fine for New gTLD Launches
July 16, 2013 @ 12:14 PMThe Trademark+50 rights protection mechanism for new gTLDs is late, potentially complicating the lives of trademark professionals. During a session with registries and registrars at ICANN 47 in Durban today, executives from IBM and Deloitte, which are managing the Trademark Clearinghouse, laid out their go-live expectations. The TMCH is the central repository of trademark records […]
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Trademark Clearinghouse Cutting It Fine for New gTLD Launches
July 16, 2013 @ 12:14 PMThe Trademark+50 rights protection mechanism for new gTLDs is late, potentially complicating the lives of trademark professionals. During a session with registries and registrars at ICANN 47 in Durban today, executives from IBM and Deloitte, which are managing the Trademark Clearinghouse, laid out their go-live expectations. The TMCH is the central repository of trademark records […]
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Healthcare Company Spends $50,000 On .org Domain Name for Hospital Chain
July 16, 2013 @ 10:05 AMTucows sells AHN.org for $50,000 to hospital system. Healthcare provider and insurance company Highmark spent $50,000 for the AHN.org domain name, topping Afternic’s list of reportable sales for last week. The domain name is the acronym for Allegheny Health Network, which Highmark announced in April as the new name for a Pittsburgh hospital system anchored […]
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Just Like Express, The Limited Loses .limited New Top Level Domain Objection
July 16, 2013 @ 9:39 AMDonuts has scored its second victory against a large fashion brand. The company has successfully defended itself in a Legal Rights Objection brought by Limited Stores, LLC for the top level domain .Limited. It recently won a case brought by Express for .express as well. The .limited case was determined by Robert A. Badgley, who […]
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GoDaddy Triples Space in Sunnyvale, Now Over 80 Employees in Silicon Valley
July 16, 2013 @ 9:10 AMDomain name registrar leases 40,000 square feet in key Silicon Valley location. GoDaddy is opening a new office in Sunnyvale, California as it rapidly increases its headcount in the area. The new 40,000 square foot office more than triples the company’s current space in the city. 40 GoDaddy employees were in Silicon Valley as of […]
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Verisign Downgrades Sponsorship of ICANN Meetings
July 16, 2013 @ 7:48 AMAfter peaking in 2011 meeting, Verisign’s sponsorship of ICANN meetings has steadily dropped. Thinks there’s a lot of bad blood between Verisign and ICANN right now? That may be why Verisign isn’t sponsoring the Durban meeting at as high of a level as it has sponsored previous meetings. The Durban meeting offers six sponsorship levels, […]
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