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BidPal cybersquatting lawsuit is either misleading or poorly researched. You decide.
Lawsuit falsely presumes domain owner is offering to sell the domains. And that’s just part of the problem. In December I wrote about a UDRP for BidPal.com filed by BidPal, Inc. I noted that the UDRP decision against the complainant was probabl...
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BidPal cybersquatting lawsuit is either misleading or poorly researched. You decide.
Lawsuit falsely presumes domain owner is offering to sell the domains. And that’s just part of the problem. In December I wrote about a UDRP for BidPal.com filed by BidPal, Inc. I noted that the UDRP decision against the complainant was probabl...
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February 7, 2014, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: we’re not afraid of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed
A defense of .com’s staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn’t afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com i...
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Verisign: we’re not afraid of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed
A defense of .com’s staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn’t afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com i...
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February 7, 2014, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports revenue growth and 8.2 million new domain registrations in Q4
Verisign continues to grow and take in fat margins. .Com and .net domain name registry Verisign reported earnings after the bell today. Revenue for Q4 2013 was up 7% compared to the same quarter a year before, and overall 2013 revenue was up 10% comp...
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Verisign reports revenue growth and 8.2 million new domain registrations in Q4
Verisign continues to grow and take in fat margins. .Com and .net domain name registry Verisign reported earnings after the bell today. Revenue for Q4 2013 was up 7% compared to the same quarter a year before, and overall 2013 revenue was up 10% comp...
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February 6, 2014, 9:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy starts using GoDaddy.uno domain name
Domain name forward to .uno registration page. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has started using GoDaddy.uno, although perhaps not in the way the .uno registry intends for it to be used: The domain name merely forwards to GoDaddy’s .uno registrat...
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GoDaddy starts using GoDaddy.uno domain name
Domain name forward to .uno registration page. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has started using GoDaddy.uno, although perhaps not in the way the .uno registry intends for it to be used: The domain name merely forwards to GoDaddy’s .uno registrat...
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February 6, 2014, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBM files first Uniform Rapid Suspension case for new TLDs
Company wants IBM.guru and IBM.ventures domain names suspended. IBM has filed what I believe is the first dispute under Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for new top level domain names. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum for t...
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IBM files first Uniform Rapid Suspension case for new TLDs
Company wants IBM.guru and IBM.ventures domain names suspended. IBM has filed what I believe is the first dispute under Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for new top level domain names. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum for t...
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February 6, 2014, 6:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google’s .search top level domain name application survives objections
Two objections against .search domain name fail. Google’s bid to run the .search top level domain name has survived community objections brought by competition groups. The objections were brought by FairSearch and Initiative for a Competitive O...
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Google’s .search top level domain name application survives objections
Two objections against .search domain name fail. Google’s bid to run the .search top level domain name has survived community objections brought by competition groups. The objections were brought by FairSearch and Initiative for a Competitive O...
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February 6, 2014, 4:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
U.S. Government weighs in on .wine debate
U.S. government advises against giving additional protections to second level .wine and .vin domain names. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), has sent a letter to ICANN re...
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U.S. Government weighs in on .wine debate
U.S. government advises against giving additional protections to second level .wine and .vin domain names. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), has sent a letter to ICANN re...
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February 6, 2014, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
MarkMonitor allegedly hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Group claims to hack leading brand management registrar and change Facebook’s whois, but Registry Lock thwarts its attempt to hijack Facebook.com nameservers. The Syrian Electronic Army claims it has hacked into the systems of MarkMonitor, the ...
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MarkMonitor allegedly hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Group claims to hack leading brand management registrar and change Facebook’s whois, but Registry Lock thwarts its attempt to hijack Facebook.com nameservers. The Syrian Electronic Army claims it has hacked into the systems of MarkMonitor, the ...
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February 6, 2014, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Guru rockets to over 10,000 domain names
.Guru tops 10,000 domain name registrations and Donuts now has around 25,000 registered second level domain names. People placed a lot of pre-orders for new top level domain names… On the first day of general availability, the .guru namespace ...
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.Guru rockets to over 10,000 domain names
.Guru tops 10,000 domain name registrations and Donuts now has around 25,000 registered second level domain names. People placed a lot of pre-orders for new top level domain names… On the first day of general availability, the .guru namespace ...
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February 6, 2014, 2:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Watch Kevin Newman interview Bill Sweetman about new TLDs on CTV
Bill Sweetman discussed new top level domain names on CTV. I don’t know much about Canada, other than it’s a cold place where everyone plays hockey. Even though I don’t know much about it, I know CTV is a pretty big channel. That&rs...
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Watch Kevin Newman interview Bill Sweetman about new TLDs on CTV
Bill Sweetman discussed new top level domain names on CTV. I don’t know much about Canada, other than it’s a cold place where everyone plays hockey. Even though I don’t know much about it, I know CTV is a pretty big channel. That&rs...
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February 5, 2014, 10:21 pm
