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SAP Loses Domain Name in Bad UDRP Decision
August 2, 2017 @ 5:14 AMWIPO panelist says domain should be transferred to competitor in India. A single-member World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered a domain name owned by SAP Ariba (NYSE: SAP) be transferred to a procurement company in India. SAP Ariba did not respond to the dispute and likely isn’t aware of it. It has a…
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XYZ Files Opening Brief in Request for Verisign to Pay $1.6 Million
August 1, 2017 @ 6:44 AMDomain registry says lower court erred in three ways. XYZ.com LLC and Daniel Negari have filed their opening brief in an appeal against Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) over legal fees. If you haven’t been tracking this saga, here’s a quick overview: Verisign, the registry that operates the .com and .net top level domains, sued the .xyz…
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.storage to Have Pricey Second Sunrise
July 31, 2017 @ 4:33 AMThe .storage gTLD is to get a second sunrise period after being acquired and repurposed by XYZ.com. The registry will operate a “Trademark Landrush Period” for three weeks from November 7 as the first stage of .storage’s reboot as an open-to-all gTLD. It’s not technically a “sunrise” period under ICANN rules — that phase was…
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HTC Dumps Its Dot-brand
July 31, 2017 @ 3:56 AMMobile phone manufacturer HTC has become the latest dot-brand operator to get out of the new gTLD game. The $4.3 billion-a-year Taiwanese firm has told ICANN that it no longer wishes to run .htc as a dot-brand registry and ICANN has signaled its intent to terminate the contract. It becomes the 27th dot-brand, from the…
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Halloran Made ICANN's First Chief Data Protection Officer
July 31, 2017 @ 2:16 AMICANN lifer Dan Halloran has added the title of chief data protection officer to his business card. The long-serving deputy general counsel was named ICANN’s first CDPO on Friday, continuing to report to his current boss, general counsel John Jeffrey. Privacy is currently the hottest topic in the ICANN community, with considerable debate about how…
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Trademark Registrations on the 'Supplemental Register' Don't Count (in Domain Name Disputes)
July 28, 2017 @ 12:52 PMThe lesson is clear: Trademark owners in UDRP cases cannot rely solely on registrations on the USPTO’s Supplemental Register and must be prepared to establish common law trademark rights (or registration in another, appropriate jurisdiction) to avoid having their complaints denied.
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Verisign Confirms First Price Increase Under New .net Contract
July 28, 2017 @ 4:58 AMVerisign is to increase the wholesale price of an annual .net domain registration by 10%, the company confirmed yesterday. It’s the first in an expected series of six annual 10% price hikes permitted under its recently renewed registry agreement with ICANN. The annual price of a .net registration, renewal, or transfer will go up from…
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Verisign Announces 10% .net Price Hike, Could Hit $14.52 in 2023
July 28, 2017 @ 3:01 AMPrices keep going up. Verisign (VRSN) announced yesterday that it is increasing the price of .net domain names by 10% on February 1, 2018. The wholesale price of a one-year registration or renewal will jump from $8.20 to $9.02 on that day. The move doesn’t come as a surprise. Verisign increases the prices 10% every…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Recommends Against New gTLDs
July 28, 2017 @ 2:37 AMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has recommended that domain registrants concerned about intellectual property “bullies” steer clear of new gTLDs. The view is expressed in a new EFF report today that is particularly critical of policies in place at new gTLD portfolio registries Donuts and Radix. The report (pdf) also expresses strong support for .onion, the…
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Auda Chair Quits Days Before Vote to Fire Him
July 28, 2017 @ 2:03 AMThe chair of .au registry auDA has quit the job just three days before members were due to vote on a motion to fire him. Stuart Benjamin, who took on the role in late 2015, faced a special member meeting on Monday that had just one resolution on its agenda: That Stuart Benjamin be removed…
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