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Verisign Reconfirms IDN Transliteration Plans, Provides More Details
July 14, 2013 @ 11:00 AMVerisign provides some details on how it will allocate top level domain transliterations. Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned. That’s why internationalized domain name (IDN) investors are feeling a better after […]
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Creating a Terms-of-Service policy: Expert advice for SMBs
July 12, 2013 @ 2:03 PMTerms of Service agreements for your website protect you and should help your users. Ryan Boudreaux asks an expert for some best practice advice and provides some other resources for help.
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95 New gTLD Pass Ie: .africa; .miami; .amsterdam; .bible; .adult; .landrover; .amazon; .dodge; .jaguar; .bestbuy
July 12, 2013 @ 11:43 AM95 new gTLD application passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and 2 applications are headed for the dreaded Extended Evaluation. Leading the way passing IE, today are the Geographical applications for .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam…
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86 Passes and Two Failures in This Week’s New gTLDs
July 12, 2013 @ 10:12 AMICANN has just published this week’s batch of new gTLD Initial Evaluation results, revealing 86 passing scores and two applications that must go to Extended Evaluation. The two failures are .ged and .bcg. The .ged bid, which is intended to represent General Educational Development, was filed by a joint venture of the American Council on […]
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First New gTLD Objection Scalps Claimed
July 12, 2013 @ 9:49 AMEmploy Media has killed off the Chinese-language gTLD .招聘 in the latest batch of new gTLD objection results. Amazon and DotKids Foundation’s respective applications for .kids also appear to be heading into a contention set with Google’s bid for .kid, following the first String Confusion Objections. All three objections were marked as “Closed, Default” by […]
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Amazon Picked Up Domain Names for New Jet City Comics Imprint in March
July 12, 2013 @ 9:49 AMCompany hand registered one domain and acquired the other. Amazon.com announced its new Jet City Comics imprint today. The imprint features works by Hugh Howey, George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones), Neal Stephenson, and Christian Cameron. Amazon.com hand registered the JetCityComic.com domain name in March. At the same time it acquired the plural version JetCityComics.com […]
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Overus.com Case Provides Rare Glimpse Into UDRP Complaint
July 12, 2013 @ 7:52 AMLosing complainant posts all documents online, including price negotiations. When Domain Name Wire reports on UDRP decisions, usually all we have is the panelist’s write-up of the decision. This typically includes the panelist’s summary of each party’s case, but not the entire written complaint and response. In the case of Overus.com, which the respondent just […]
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Express. Llc Really Screwed Up By Not Spending $185k to File for .express; Instead Loses Objection to Donuts
July 12, 2013 @ 6:53 AMDonuts defeated an objection by Express, LLC brought under WIPO to the new gTLD string .Express in a case published yesterday. I started to write about the decision and it occurred to me that the real story is why didn’t this company just apply for the new gTLD .Express…
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Afilias Opens Pre-regs of 30 New TLDs
July 12, 2013 @ 6:25 AMAfilias has started accepting expressions of interest on the 30 new gTLDs it has applied for. A basic site launched today invites potential registrants to indicate which names they’d like to register in future and submit their email address for updates. As usual, it’s free, no obligation, and provides more value to the registry than […]
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Verisign Lays Out ‘Buy Once’ IDN gTLD Plans
July 12, 2013 @ 6:15 AMVerisign has finally clarified how it proposes to let existing registrants of internationalized domain names grab the matching domains in its 12 forthcoming IDN gTLDs. The company has applied for transliterations of .com in nine non-Latin scripts and .net in three, but its applications were light on details about existing registrants’ rights. But today Verisign […]
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