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Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel gets AustinPain.com decision wrong
Panel awards generic domain name to company with questionable trademark rights. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the transfer of the domain name AustinPain.com, and I believe it got the decision wrong. The case was filed by Austin Pain ...
Discussion
UDRP panel gets AustinPain.com decision wrong
Panel awards generic domain name to company with questionable trademark rights. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the transfer of the domain name AustinPain.com, and I believe it got the decision wrong. The case was filed by Austin Pain ...
Discussion
March 20, 2014, 2:02 pm
The Domains
Another Banner Day For Domains As Total Adds is Almost 65,000; 35K From .Com
Domain name registrations continue to grow with a bunch of new gTLD going live and as people continue to register more of the orginal TLD’s .com, .net and .org Yesterday new domain registrations over all TLD’s (not counting ccTLD’s)...
Discussion
Another Banner Day For Domains As Total Adds is Almost 65,000; 35K From .Com
Domain name registrations continue to grow with a bunch of new gTLD going live and as people continue to register more of the orginal TLD’s .com, .net and .org Yesterday new domain registrations over all TLD’s (not counting ccTLD’s)...
Discussion
March 20, 2014, 1:59 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: U.S. Relinquishing ICANN Control; Verisign Stock; Go Daddy IPO…
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* U.S. Department of Commerce relinquishing control over ICANN in September 2015, Good for investors and the Inte...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion: U.S. Relinquishing ICANN Control; Verisign Stock; Go Daddy IPO…
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* U.S. Department of Commerce relinquishing control over ICANN in September 2015, Good for investors and the Inte...
Discussion
March 20, 2014, 8:00 am
The Domains
Be Careful of Phishing Attack to Gain Google Credentials
Be careful using Google Docs and Google Drive as Symantec discovered a new phishing attack that is looking to get your Google log in credientials. Afterdawn.com covered the recent finding: Researchers over at security firm Symantec have come across ...
Discussion
Be Careful of Phishing Attack to Gain Google Credentials
Be careful using Google Docs and Google Drive as Symantec discovered a new phishing attack that is looking to get your Google log in credientials. Afterdawn.com covered the recent finding: Researchers over at security firm Symantec have come across ...
Discussion
March 20, 2014, 7:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts adds another 15,000 registrations with next 5 domains
Donuts next five domains launch and 1&1 is picking up steam thanks to cut rate pricing. Another five of Donuts domain names reverted to “regular” pricing today and they picked up about 15,000 registrations in the first hours, accordin...
Discussion
Donuts adds another 15,000 registrations with next 5 domains
Donuts next five domains launch and 1&1 is picking up steam thanks to cut rate pricing. Another five of Donuts domain names reverted to “regular” pricing today and they picked up about 15,000 registrations in the first hours, accordin...
Discussion
March 20, 2014, 2:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Quebec’s government loses domain dispute over Quebec.com
UDRP must have been lost in translation. The Government of Quebec has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Quebec.com. This was a no brainer case. The three person panel found that domain owner Anything.com has rights or legitimate interests ...
Discussion
Quebec’s government loses domain dispute over Quebec.com
UDRP must have been lost in translation. The Government of Quebec has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Quebec.com. This was a no brainer case. The three person panel found that domain owner Anything.com has rights or legitimate interests ...
Discussion
March 20, 2014, 1:52 am
The Domains
Frank Schilling’s Reigstrar Is Live; The Good & The Bad
Frank Schilling just rolled out Version 1 of his long anticipated registrar under Uniregistry as it went live today. Uniregistrar.com was going to be the name of the registrar but its now or shortly will be forwarded to Uniregisty.com The registrar w...
Discussion
Frank Schilling’s Reigstrar Is Live; The Good & The Bad
Frank Schilling just rolled out Version 1 of his long anticipated registrar under Uniregistry as it went live today. Uniregistrar.com was going to be the name of the registrar but its now or shortly will be forwarded to Uniregisty.com The registrar w...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 11:31 pm
The Domains
15 Year Old Quebec.com Owned By Anything.com Saved In UDRP
The government of Quebec just lost its bid to grab the domain name Quebec.com, but the domain owner failed to get a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling. If you’re in to extremely long proper names, the complainant in the UDRP is “M...
Discussion
15 Year Old Quebec.com Owned By Anything.com Saved In UDRP
The government of Quebec just lost its bid to grab the domain name Quebec.com, but the domain owner failed to get a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling. If you’re in to extremely long proper names, the complainant in the UDRP is “M...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 11:17 pm
The Domains
ICANN Last Resort Contention Auctions Look Like a Go With 1st Planned For June 4th
ICANN just published a schedule of contention resolution Last Resort Auction and they start on June 4th with a goal of having 20 a month and resolving all of them in 1o months. This should push many applicants to go into a private auction where the f...
Discussion
ICANN Last Resort Contention Auctions Look Like a Go With 1st Planned For June 4th
ICANN just published a schedule of contention resolution Last Resort Auction and they start on June 4th with a goal of having 20 a month and resolving all of them in 1o months. This should push many applicants to go into a private auction where the f...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 10:31 pm
The Domains
One of The Worlds Best Domain; Chat.com Is Sold By CBS Interactive
One of the great domain names in the world, Chat.com was just sold. The domain name was owned by CBS Interactive, Inc. which acquired the domain it when it purchased Cnet in June 2008. We reported last year that the company sold another killer ...
Discussion
One of The Worlds Best Domain; Chat.com Is Sold By CBS Interactive
One of the great domain names in the world, Chat.com was just sold. The domain name was owned by CBS Interactive, Inc. which acquired the domain it when it purchased Cnet in June 2008. We reported last year that the company sold another killer ...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 6:50 pm
