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Palace.com 20 Year Old Domain, Saved in UDRP, But Why No RDNH?
Palace Sports & Entertainment LLC of Auburn Hills, Michigan, lost its bid to grab the domain name Palace.com away from the domain holders Palace Enterprises, NV of New York, which was represented by David Lin of Lewis & Lin, LLC. However the ...
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Palace.com 20 Year Old Domain, Saved in UDRP, But Why No RDNH?
Palace Sports & Entertainment LLC of Auburn Hills, Michigan, lost its bid to grab the domain name Palace.com away from the domain holders Palace Enterprises, NV of New York, which was represented by David Lin of Lewis & Lin, LLC. However the ...
Discussion
June 29, 2013, 9:10 am
The Domains
90 New gTLD Pass IE: .Tokyo; .Apple; .Baidu; .AOL; .CBS; .Republican; .Navy
90 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today with 2 applications heading for the dreaded extended evaluation. The 2 applications heading for extended evaluation was the application by Commercial Connect LLC for .Shop and SuperS...
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90 New gTLD Pass IE: .Tokyo; .Apple; .Baidu; .AOL; .CBS; .Republican; .Navy
90 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today with 2 applications heading for the dreaded extended evaluation. The 2 applications heading for extended evaluation was the application by Commercial Connect LLC for .Shop and SuperS...
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June 28, 2013, 2:01 pm
The Domains
Catching Up With NameJet.com: FountainPens.com A Dropped Domain Sells For $10K
The domain name fountainpens.com sold on NameJet.com yesterday highlighting our catching up with NameJet.com sales. Fountainpens.com was a dropped domain that wound up at Namejet.com since it was registered with NetworkSolutions.com The second highes...
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Catching Up With NameJet.com: FountainPens.com A Dropped Domain Sells For $10K
The domain name fountainpens.com sold on NameJet.com yesterday highlighting our catching up with NameJet.com sales. Fountainpens.com was a dropped domain that wound up at Namejet.com since it was registered with NetworkSolutions.com The second highes...
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June 28, 2013, 11:54 am
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Two More gTLD Applications Are Withdrawn; .Movie By Straat & .BWAY
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn and reflected on the ICANN site tonight. Straat which applied for 13 new gTLD’s withdrew their second application tonight this time for the new gTLD .Movie. There were originally 8 applications filed...
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Two More gTLD Applications Are Withdrawn; .Movie By Straat & .BWAY
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn and reflected on the ICANN site tonight. Straat which applied for 13 new gTLD’s withdrew their second application tonight this time for the new gTLD .Movie. There were originally 8 applications filed...
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June 28, 2013, 2:07 am
The Domains
Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Votes Not To Change Policy on Singulars/Plurals
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) voted tonight to not change the policy on new gTLD applications concerning singular and plural terms. The GAC advised ICANN that it should place singular and plural new gTLD strings into the sam...
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Breaking: New gTLD Program Committee Votes Not To Change Policy on Singulars/Plurals
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) voted tonight to not change the policy on new gTLD applications concerning singular and plural terms. The GAC advised ICANN that it should place singular and plural new gTLD strings into the sam...
Discussion
June 28, 2013, 12:31 am
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Breaking New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Indefinite Hold by passing a resolution tonight. “With respect to comments specifically regarding exclusive registry acc...
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Breaking New gTLD Program Committee Puts Closed Generics On Hold
The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has put “Closed Generic” new gTLD applications on Indefinite Hold by passing a resolution tonight. “With respect to comments specifically regarding exclusive registry acc...
Discussion
June 28, 2013, 12:07 am
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Two Almost Identical Domains, Two UDRP’s, Two Opposite Decisions
Two UDRP decided days apart by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) on two very similar domains got completely results. Both UDRP’s were brought by the same Complainant BGL Group Limited which has a trademark on the term “COMPARETHEMARKET&rd...
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Two Almost Identical Domains, Two UDRP’s, Two Opposite Decisions
Two UDRP decided days apart by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) on two very similar domains got completely results. Both UDRP’s were brought by the same Complainant BGL Group Limited which has a trademark on the term “COMPARETHEMARKET&rd...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 5:29 pm
The Domains
Sen. Rockefeller To ICANN: Follow GAC Advice & Allow “Limited 1st Round” Of New gTLD’s
Senator Jay Rockefeller, head of the Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter to the CEO of ICANN today, telling ICANN to “tread carefully” in opening up new gTLD’s. “ICANN should fully consider and act upon the GAC...
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Sen. Rockefeller To ICANN: Follow GAC Advice & Allow “Limited 1st Round” Of New gTLD’s
Senator Jay Rockefeller, head of the Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter to the CEO of ICANN today, telling ICANN to “tread carefully” in opening up new gTLD’s. “ICANN should fully consider and act upon the GAC...
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June 27, 2013, 12:26 pm
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Site Goes From Longer .Com To Shorter. Net: ShareMyPlaylists.com Goes To Playlists.net
According to TechCrunch, ShareMyPlaylists.com which allows Spotify users to upload and share their Spotify playlists with other users has changed their domain name to Playlists.net. ShareMyPlaylists.com was launched in March 2009. While many b...
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Site Goes From Longer .Com To Shorter. Net: ShareMyPlaylists.com Goes To Playlists.net
According to TechCrunch, ShareMyPlaylists.com which allows Spotify users to upload and share their Spotify playlists with other users has changed their domain name to Playlists.net. ShareMyPlaylists.com was launched in March 2009. While many b...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 9:43 am
The Domains
Guest Post By Dan Warner: New gTLD Registries Cannot Own Their Domains!
This is a Guest Post by Dan Warner. Dan in a domain industry veteran who has presented and spoken at many industry conferences. Dan is was part of the Exclusive team at Dark Blue Sea Ltd (Fabulous.com) for 8 years, which became the 14th larges...
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Guest Post By Dan Warner: New gTLD Registries Cannot Own Their Domains!
This is a Guest Post by Dan Warner. Dan in a domain industry veteran who has presented and spoken at many industry conferences. Dan is was part of the Exclusive team at Dark Blue Sea Ltd (Fabulous.com) for 8 years, which became the 14th larges...
Discussion
June 27, 2013, 9:21 am
