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Frank Schilling to Launch Upgraded Domain Sales Platform Next Month
September 10, 2012 @ 8:57 AMFrank Schilling has already rocked the domain parking industry with his Internet Traffic service. Now he hopes to shake up how you sell your domain names.
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Judge Rejects Libyan Embassy’s Efforts to Evict Cyber Squatter
September 7, 2012 @ 1:02 PMIn a noteworthy cyber-squatting case, a federal judge in Washington has ruled that the Libyan government failed to prove that that “Embassy of Libya” or “Libyan Embassy” were trademarks worthy of protection under the law, reports the Blog of Legal Times.
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The Most Important .tv Domain Turns 10
September 6, 2012 @ 7:13 AMThe one .tv domain name that has done the most to build the .TV domain name brand turned ten last month. And it doesn’t even resolve to a web site.
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Pinterest Fights Chinese Cyber-Squatter
September 6, 2012 @ 7:12 AMChinese man has been snapping up dozens of domain names related to popular American start-ups and is seeking to trademark some of the names in the US and China. Qian Jin of Nanjing, China, has applied to register marks like Foursquare, Twitter, Quora and Instagram and has also bought dozens of websites like Pinterests.com and Pinterest.de
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Brands Anticipate Top-level Domain Shakeout
September 6, 2012 @ 4:47 AMLoreal and Scripps, along with big banks and auto brands are working out how to use their generic top-level domains.
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HowtoMarketHouses.com Provides Internet Marketing Ideas for Realtors
September 5, 2012 @ 7:50 AMInternet marketing ideas for realtors are now available at HowtoMarketHouses.com. Real estate professionals now have access to proven strategies to sell more properties online from this free real estate marketing information website.
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Viet Nam: Fledgling Trade in Domain Names Creates Profits
September 5, 2012 @ 7:48 AMThe business of obtaining and selling internet domain names is flourishing in Viet Nam, with some names fetching thousands of dollars.
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One Extra Letter Sends Minnesota Voters to Wrong Website
September 5, 2012 @ 7:46 AMOne extra character – the letter ‘r’ – in a website domain name included in the Minnesota Secretary of State’s official voter’s guide sent voters not to the intended state elections page but to a group suing Secretary of State Mark Ritchie in federal court and that is in favor of the Voter ID constitutional amendment that Richie adamantly opposes.
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Homeland Security's Domain Seizures Worries Congress
September 4, 2012 @ 9:35 AMIn a letter to the U.S. attorney general, Congress members cite concerns about “seizing the domain names of websites whose actions and content are presumed to be lawful, protected speech.” The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seizing domains and taking down URLs in the name of copyright infringement, but its tactics are worrying certain members of Congress.
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gTLD Preparations: ICANN 2012 Nominating Committee Announces Selections
August 31, 2012 @ 9:12 AMThe 2012 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for seven leadership positions within ICANN. Among them, Jennifer Wolfe, Managing Director of Wolfe Domain, was nominated to the GNSO Council. Her yet-to-be-released book, Domain Names Rewired, focuses on the dynamic environment of Brand Protection in the Next Generation of The Internet and how domain names, in particular, will be at the forefront of this sea change.
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