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Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .bar
July 6, 2013 @ 5:43 AMDemand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar.
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Comcast / NBC Sports Sells Versus.com for Six Figures to Startup Versus.io
July 6, 2013 @ 4:53 AMThe domain name Versus.com the former name of the NBC Sports Network has been sold by Comcast/NBC Sports for a “six figure sum”. According to a story in VentureVillage.eu, The buyer is startup company that upgraded from the domain Versus.io…
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GoDaddy to Rebrand .LA Domain Names & Market Them in Los Angeles
July 6, 2013 @ 4:16 AMAccording to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD…
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Amazon’s Dot-brand likely doomed as US withdraws geo objection
July 5, 2013 @ 10:41 PMThe US government is set to allow the Governmental Advisory Committee to kill off Amazon’s application for .amazon, along with eight other new gTLDs with geographic flavors. In a position paper published last night, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration said: the United States is willing in Durban to abstain and remain neutral on .shenzen […]
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Verisign Files Patents for a Domain Manager and Preventing Malicious Domain Registrations
July 5, 2013 @ 7:42 AMCompany that is looking to assert its patents files two more applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published to patent applications yesterday that were filed by Verisign. Both applications were filed in 2011. Application 13/339466 (pdf) is titled “Methods and Systems for Creating New Domains”: Systems and methods for creating a new domain, such […]
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Verisign Files Patents for a Domain Manager and Preventing Malicious Domain Registrations
July 5, 2013 @ 7:42 AMCompany that is looking to assert its patents files two more applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published to patent applications yesterday that were filed by Verisign. Both applications were filed in 2011. Application 13/339466 (pdf) is titled “Methods and Systems for Creating New Domains”: Systems and methods for creating a new domain, such […]
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Feds Seize 46 Domain Names to Celebrate Independence Day
July 5, 2013 @ 5:29 AMIt appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names, all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures, nor the agency that sent the order out or the basis for the seizure…
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Trademark Nightmare: 977 .com/.net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
July 5, 2013 @ 4:34 AMOver the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they have a nightmare on their hands when it comes to domain names. Take Google…
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Facebook Files UDRP for Fäcebook.org & 19 More Domains
July 4, 2013 @ 5:01 AMFacebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN, Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com…
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Today’s New gTLD Updates: Two Withdrawals and Two “Not Approved”
July 4, 2013 @ 3:43 AMDotConnectAfrica and GCCIX WLL have become the first new gTLD applicants to have their applications — for .africa and .gcc respectively — officially flagged as “Not Approved” by ICANN. Both were killed by Governmental Advisory Committee advice. While GCC had passed its Initial Evaluation already, DCA’s IE results report (pdf), which were published last night, […]
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