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Brand Protection Fail: This Weeks TM Domains Brands Let Drop & Get Registered Boeing; NCAA; ESPN Google AP & More
We have written over the years about brands, brand protection companies and dropping domain names which both brands and brand protection companies continue to miss. Not only do they miss grabbing them but they don’t even seem to try. Its pretty...
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Brand Protection Fail: This Weeks TM Domains Brands Let Drop & Get Registered Boeing; NCAA; ESPN Google AP & More
We have written over the years about brands, brand protection companies and dropping domain names which both brands and brand protection companies continue to miss. Not only do they miss grabbing them but they don’t even seem to try. Its pretty...
Discussion
August 17, 2013, 8:38 am
The Domains
95 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE: .Visa; .College; .Casino; .Poker; .Hamburg; . Cologne; .Kia; .Playstation; .Sina
95 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. Two Geographic applications passed today both a large German cities; .Cologne and .Hamburg Some generic applications passing today include .College; .Earth; .World; .Golf; .Poker; .Casino; .T...
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95 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE: .Visa; .College; .Casino; .Poker; .Hamburg; . Cologne; .Kia; .Playstation; .Sina
95 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. Two Geographic applications passed today both a large German cities; .Cologne and .Hamburg Some generic applications passing today include .College; .Earth; .World; .Golf; .Poker; .Casino; .T...
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August 16, 2013, 1:56 pm
The Domains
ICANN New gTLD Committe Kills Dotless Domains
The new gTLD Committee of ICANN just killed off Dotless Domains according to a resolution published last night. Google notified ICANN that it modified its application to operate .Search new gTLD from a closed model to an open model operating it...
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ICANN New gTLD Committe Kills Dotless Domains
The new gTLD Committee of ICANN just killed off Dotless Domains according to a resolution published last night. Google notified ICANN that it modified its application to operate .Search new gTLD from a closed model to an open model operating it...
Discussion
August 16, 2013, 9:36 am
The Domains
8 New gTLD Private Auctions Produce $9.65 Million
Innovative Auctions today announced the successful completion of the second Applicant Auction. Winners in the auction will pay a total of $9,651,000 after resolving contention for eight new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The winners for the eight...
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8 New gTLD Private Auctions Produce $9.65 Million
Innovative Auctions today announced the successful completion of the second Applicant Auction. Winners in the auction will pay a total of $9,651,000 after resolving contention for eight new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The winners for the eight...
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August 15, 2013, 9:46 pm
The Domains
Looks Like 1st New gTLD Private Auction For This Week Is Over As Donuts Loses & TLDH Wins .Casa
It appears that the 1st of this weeks private auctions being held by Applicant Auction is completed as Donuts has withdrawn its application for .Casa on the ICANN website. Donuts application for .Casa has a prioritization number of 1,622 and has not ...
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Looks Like 1st New gTLD Private Auction For This Week Is Over As Donuts Loses & TLDH Wins .Casa
It appears that the 1st of this weeks private auctions being held by Applicant Auction is completed as Donuts has withdrawn its application for .Casa on the ICANN website. Donuts application for .Casa has a prioritization number of 1,622 and has not ...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 5:13 pm
The Domains
WIPO Denies Another Legal Rights Objection To .Music: Community Trademarks Of Objector “Not Bona Fide”
A WIPO panel has rejected another Legal Rights Objection to the new gTLD .Music . This objection was to Famous Fours application to operate the .Music registry and was filed by another applicant for .Music, DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos. The ...
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WIPO Denies Another Legal Rights Objection To .Music: Community Trademarks Of Objector “Not Bona Fide”
A WIPO panel has rejected another Legal Rights Objection to the new gTLD .Music . This objection was to Famous Fours application to operate the .Music registry and was filed by another applicant for .Music, DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos. The ...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 1:44 pm
The Domains
13 Year Old Domain Togu.com Saved IN UDRP Panel Cites Delay In Bringing Case
TOGU Gebruder Obermaier oHG of Prien-Bachham, Germany, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Togu.com. The domain owner Port Media Domains was represented by Esquire.com Its not clear to me why the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH...
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13 Year Old Domain Togu.com Saved IN UDRP Panel Cites Delay In Bringing Case
TOGU Gebruder Obermaier oHG of Prien-Bachham, Germany, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Togu.com. The domain owner Port Media Domains was represented by Esquire.com Its not clear to me why the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH...
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August 15, 2013, 1:12 pm
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Files UDRP’s Against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings On 4 Domains
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc makers of the widely popular Grand Theft Auto games, filed a UDRP’s today against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings, LLC on four domain names with WIPO. All four domain names are listed for sale at Mike...
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Files UDRP’s Against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings On 4 Domains
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc makers of the widely popular Grand Theft Auto games, filed a UDRP’s today against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings, LLC on four domain names with WIPO. All four domain names are listed for sale at Mike...
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August 15, 2013, 11:22 am
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NTAG Cites .XXX in Telling ICANN To Allow All New gTLD’s Labeled “Unknown Risk” In Collision Report To Move Forward
In a comment filed with ICANN on the Name Collision Report of Interisle, the New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) signed by Tim Switzer, laid out a pretty compelling argument for why ICANN should not delay the roll out 279 new gTLD’s that fell...
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NTAG Cites .XXX in Telling ICANN To Allow All New gTLD’s Labeled “Unknown Risk” In Collision Report To Move Forward
In a comment filed with ICANN on the Name Collision Report of Interisle, the New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) signed by Tim Switzer, laid out a pretty compelling argument for why ICANN should not delay the roll out 279 new gTLD’s that fell...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 10:46 am
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ICC Rejects Verisign’s String Confusion Objection To .Cam As Being Too Cofusing to .Com
One of the more interesting objections filed at the ICC based on String Confusion was Verisign’s objection to .Cam being confusing to .Com. Today a panel has ruled that .Cam is not confusing to .Com, finding “the visual similarity of the ...
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ICC Rejects Verisign’s String Confusion Objection To .Cam As Being Too Cofusing to .Com
One of the more interesting objections filed at the ICC based on String Confusion was Verisign’s objection to .Cam being confusing to .Com. Today a panel has ruled that .Cam is not confusing to .Com, finding “the visual similarity of the ...
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August 15, 2013, 9:55 am
