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Half of Small Business Owners Not Satisfied With Their Domain Name
May 21, 2013 @ 10:35 PM…and half believe they’ve lost business as a result. .Co released some new research this morning regarding small businesses and domain names. The research was carried out by Wakefield Research and asked questions about domain names to companies with 100 or fewer employees. Here are some of the interesting take-aways: – 45% of small business […]
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Google Loses UDRP On Play
May 21, 2013 @ 10:28 PMIn a case that is sure to drive the trademark holders crazy, Google Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name play-gogles.com which was registered in February 2013. Google claimed it had rights to the domain name play-gogles.com based off its trademarks for Google and Google Play. However the one member panel denied Google’s claim even though the domain holder didn’t even bother responding the the UDRP, finding
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Porn.com Owner Buys Porn.xxx
May 21, 2013 @ 9:36 PMPimpRoll, a pornography publisher and owner of porn.com, has bought the domain name porn.xxx from registry manager ICM Registry, it has just been announced. The domain is already live. The site appears to be distinct from porn.com, but PimpRoll said it plans to build another “tube” site there. The price of the domain was not […]
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Is The .home New gTLD Doomed? ICANN Poses Study of Security Risks
May 21, 2013 @ 6:05 PMICANN has set up a study into whether certain applied-for new gTLD strings pose a security risk to the internet, admitting that some gTLDs may be rejected as a result. Its board of directors on Saturday approved new research into the risk of new gTLD clashes with “internal name certificates”, saying that the results could […]
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Blow to Domainers As Arab Center Approved to Settle Cybersquatting Disputes
May 21, 2013 @ 5:58 PMICANN has approved a new UDRP resolution provider, the first to be based in the Arab region, despite the objections of domainers. The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution will now be able to service UDRP complaints. But it won’t be bound to an ICANN contract, as had been demanded by the Internet Commerce Association and […]
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No Las Vegas, Alas. ICANN Picks LA for 2014 Meeting
May 21, 2013 @ 5:18 PMICANN has picked Los Angeles for the third of its three 2014 public meetings. The decision was approved by its board of directors at its retreat in Amsterdam last week. As you may know, ICANN’s meeting schedule cycles through its five geographic regions, and North America’s next turn comes next year, picking up hopes that […]
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The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (Acdr) Approved By ICANN to Become The 5th UDRP Provider
May 21, 2013 @ 11:53 AMThe Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) was approved by ICANN on the 18th of May to become the 5th UDRP provider. ICANN just published the agenda of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board that was held last Saturday. …
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UDRP Roundup: DomainTools; Bed Bath & Beyond; Home Depot
May 21, 2013 @ 6:44 AMA few cases either filed or decided today in UDRP world, DomainTools.com filed a UDRP on 10 typo domain names. The UDRP from Domaintools.com is on the following domain names: doaintools.com, doimaintools.com…
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GoDaddy Gets Two Patents for Domain Appraisal
May 21, 2013 @ 1:28 AMPaul Nicks’ inventions related to name spinning and appraisals get patent protection. The United States Patent and Trademark Office today issued two patents to GoDaddy related to name spinning and appraisal. U.S. Patent number 8,447,701 is titled “Appraising domain names using comparative data” and 8,447,702 (pdf) is “Domain appraisal algorithm”. The patents have lots of […]
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Directi Gets Into The Subdomain Game
May 20, 2013 @ 11:36 PMDirecti, fresh from relaunching .pw, will shortly start selling third-level domain names under .in.net, mimicking the pseudo-TLD business model most often associated with CentralNic. The sub-domains will be targeted at the Indian market, with prices expected to be in the sub-$10 range. Directi is set to launch June 17 with a 42 day “landrush & […]
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