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What It Means When U.S. Law Enforcement Seizes a Domain Name
April 24, 2011 @ 12:12 AMOver the past few months, various instances of “domain name seizures” have been making news. But what exactly does it mean when the U.S. government or a federal agency “seizes” a domain name? FairWinds did some digging online and made some interesting findings to elucidate this question.
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Righthaven Defies Court, Ignores Domain Name Ruling
April 22, 2011 @ 3:58 AMLast Friday, the Chief Judge of the federal court in Nevada, which is overseeing more than 200 Righthaven copyright cases, dismissed Righthaven’s meritless claim to seize its victim’s domain names. In each case so far, Righthaven contended that the mere hosting of any infringing material means that the entire domain name was forfeit to the copyright troll. Chief Judge Hunt rejected that claim, explaining that the “Court finds that Righthaven’s request for such relief fails as a matter of law and is dismissed.”
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.jobs Foes Question ICANN Commitment to Contract Compliance
April 21, 2011 @ 6:01 AMGroup questions if ICANN’s compliance operations are up to the task with new TLDs on the horizon. JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition, made up mostly of job board operators, is calling into question ICANN’s commitment to contract compliance after ICANN gave a short reprieve to .jobs operator Employ Media. ICANN sent a breach notice to Employ …
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ICANN's Commitment to Contract Compliance Questioned in gTLD Run-Up
April 21, 2011 @ 4:44 AMThe .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition (the “Coalition”) strongly disapproves of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (“ICANN”) decision to further delay enforcement of its strongly worded breach notice to Employ Media regarding its improper expansion of the .JOBS Top-Level Domain (“TLD”). Citing this as a test of ICANN’s credibility in the run-up to the launch of the new generic top-level domain (“gTLD”) initiative, the Coalition calls upon ICANN to compel Employ Media and its collaborators to cease their non-compliant conduct that breaches the .JOBS Charter.
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Porsche Wins Rights to Cyrillic Script Internationalized Domain Name
April 21, 2011 @ 1:21 AMPorsche wins dispute over IDN. Porsche has won a UDRP for the domain name порше.com, which is xn--e1arcf4b.com in punycode. The company claims that the internationalized domain name translates as "Porsche". This case created some challenges for the panel.
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Streambank to Auction Ultimate Electronics Intangible Assets
April 20, 2011 @ 10:46 PMStreambank, LLC, the leader in providing intangible asset disposition services, will be conducting an auction of the Ultimate Electronics trademarks, domains, and related intellectual property on May 25th 2011 in New York. Ultimate Electronics Inc. has filed a motion with the Delaware Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of the sale of its intellectual property. The assets include the Ultimate Electronics trademarks, 11 related trademarks, 16 related domain names, and the company’s social media sites and databases. The hearing to approve the sale is scheduled for May 26th, 2011.
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Power.com Shuts Down, Domain Name Up For Sale
April 20, 2011 @ 9:38 PMA tipster informs us that Power.com is no more and that the domain name will be sold through an auction that ends on August 17, 2011. Interested parties can pre-register on the hideous, superlative-laden website in order to receive detailed instructions for the auction in May 2011.
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Poker Domains to Be Reactivated So Players Can Get Their Money Back
April 20, 2011 @ 1:39 AMThe Justice Department says it has reached an agreement that will allow Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker to reactivate their seized websites, so that U.S. poker players with cash on account can get their money back.
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Need Help Finding The Perfect Domain Name? Try Panabee
April 19, 2011 @ 2:26 PMPanabee will show you variations around your preferred URL or keyword if you can’t register your initial domain name of choice.
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How to Host GoDaddy Domain Names On Mobileme
April 19, 2011 @ 5:20 AMBesides being just a catchy name that people can easily remember, what makes a domain name valuable is the content behind it, and MobileMe is a good repository for that content. Here’s how to connect your GoDaddy-registered name to your MobileMe site.
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