Domain Name News

Surf Wear Brand Hot Tuna to Sell Domain Names, Trade Marks

Hot Tuna (International) PLC, a leading surf wear and fashion brand, has agreed, conditionally upon the approval of shareholders in a general meeting to be held on 6 February 2012 (“General Meeting”), to dispose of the domain names, trade marks (“Intellectual Property Rights”) and certain of the Group’s stock (collectively “the Assets”) to Project J Newco No.10 Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brands Holdings Limited, (“the Purchaser”) for a consideration of £950,000 to be satisfied in cash (“the Disposal”).

Opinion: Should Your Brand Own Its Own Domain Name?

The biggest change to the domain name system in over ten years is now underway, writes John Swinson, partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques.

Tiny Start-up Secures .bank gTLD Trademark

Asif LLC, a Wisconsin start-up with an undisclosed number of employees, won approval for the trademark 4,085,335 on Tuesday, for use in “domain name registration services”. UPDATE: Asif actually does business now as Domain Security Company LLC, but the trademark application was filed under its former name.

Leahy Drops Domain Name Terms of Internet Piracy Bill

Senator Patrick Leahy is the sponsor of a controversial bill that aims to prevent Internet piracy – the problem of rogue websites distributing copyrighted data that they don’t own.

Feds Offer Warnings On The Dark Side of Domain Name Expansion - Law.com

Protests about the pending worldwide expansion of top-level domain names have picked up as the Jan. 12 rollout date approaches.

Parents Plan for Future With Domain Names for Kids

Parents are investing in their children’s future in creative ways, including the purchase of Internet domains in their kids’ names.

The Domain Name Universe is About to Expand - Crains Cleaveland

The domain name universe is about to expand – Cleveland Business News – Northeast Ohio and Cleveland – Crain’s Cleveland Business

6 Things That Could Go Horribly Wrong With New TLDs - DNW

If any of these things happen the new TLD program will have some serious headaches. ICANN officially opens its application window for top level domain names Thursday.

Domain Names Flood The Market - PC Mag

As ICANN readies a roll out of new generic top-level domains, prepare to see some amusing names.

ICANN Begins New Domain Name Application Process - ITProPortal

ICANN, the international organisation in charge of domain names has begun selling new domain suffixes, potentially allowing for a wide variety of URL end tags like .web, .porn, .coke etc.

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