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Avaya Inc. Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking and Harassing The Domain Name Owner
April 25, 2013 @ 12:15 AMAvaya Inc., a multinational company with over 17,500 employees worldwide, was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a 3-member Panel at the National Arbitration Forum. I represented the Respondent, Avayo Electronics, in these proceedings. Avaya Inc. tried to steal the …
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Network Solutions Files Domain Privacy Patent Application
April 24, 2013 @ 11:34 PMDomain name registrar Network Solutions wants to patent various aspects of a domain privacy service, and has filed a patent application for “Private Domain Name Registration” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The application is technically a continuation of an application the company filed in 2004 but later abandoned. The new application was filed […]
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GAC Claims Its First New gTLD Scalps
April 24, 2013 @ 10:59 PMTwo new gTLD portfolio applicants have withdrawn a total of nine applications following advice from ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee. Top Level Domain Holdings, owner of Minds + Machines, said it has binned its bids for .free, .sale, .spa and .zulu “as a consequence of these warnings, and after discussion with relevant governments”. .spa and .zulu […]
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Hilco to Auction Bargain.com, Etm.com, Other Domains
April 24, 2013 @ 11:50 AMBargain.com, ETM.com, and ServiceMerchandise.com headed to auction block. Hilco Streambank announced that it will auction off a number of domain names, including Bargain.com, next month through its online auction platform HilcoIPAuctions.com. Hilco is well known for auctioning of domain names related to defunct brands, but Bargain.com isn’t such a distressed asset. The domain is owned […]
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One “Corporate Identifier” TLD Applicant Bows Out
April 24, 2013 @ 4:09 AMApplicant for six new TLD strings pulls applications. An applicant for a number of corporate identifier top level domains (e.g. .llc, .inc) has withdrawn its applications. Each of the top level domains was applied for by a separate company, but the CEO of all of the companies was listed as Bekim Veseli. Veseli runs an […]
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New Domain Name Association Names Interim Board
April 24, 2013 @ 3:42 AMThe formative Domain Name Association has started calling itself the Domain Name Association and is moving closer to a proper launch under the guidance of an interim board of directors. This is the trade group that started getting together in January, kick-started by Google, and launched a one-page web site at WhatDomain.org in March. Right […]
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Will Thousands of New Top Level Domains Change The Internet?
April 24, 2013 @ 12:28 AMUncertainty is never attractive for businesses. And undoubtedly the new gTLD programme does create some uncertainty. Protecting trademarks in the new domain space will increase costs, costs which will presumably be passed on to consumers.
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GAC Advice Leads to TLDH Withdrawing Four New TLD Applications
April 23, 2013 @ 11:34 PMMajor new TLD applicant says it will withdraw four applications after discussions with governments. Top Level Domain Holdings, a publicly traded pure play applicant for new top level domains (London: TLDH), plans to withdraw four of its top level domain applications after receiving government advice. In a release issued today, the company writes: The GAC […]
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TLDH Withdrawing 4 New gTLD Applications: .free; .sale; .spa; .zulu
April 23, 2013 @ 11:17 PMAccording to a press release we received this morning, The Board of Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) issued an update to its new gTLD application with the biggest news out of the release is that it is withdrawing 4 of its new gTLD application
TLDH announced that is decided to withdraw its application for .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu.
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National Arbitration Forum Publishes URS Supplemental Rules: Complaints Start at $375, Appeals at $300
April 23, 2013 @ 11:14 PMThe National Arbitration Forum published its proposed URS Supplemental Rules that includes the URS fee structure: Fee Type Paid By Amount Refundable/to whom? Filing Fee Complainant # of DN Fee No 1-15 $375 16-50 $400 51-100 $450 101+ $500 Response …
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