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The Domains
Mayor Bloomberg To Create Digital City Around .NYC Extension
According to Dnainfo.com, the Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg announced today’s his administration’s plans to register the .nyc web domain name and overhaul the nyc.gov website as part of a new push to create what he called a &l...
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Mayor Bloomberg To Create Digital City Around .NYC Extension
According to Dnainfo.com, the Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg announced today’s his administration’s plans to register the .nyc web domain name and overhaul the nyc.gov website as part of a new push to create what he called a &l...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 2:42 pm
Domain Shane
And You Thought It Couldn’t Fall Any Further: .CM auctioning off single letter/numbers on Sedo
I have to admit. I hated the .cm tld from day one so I am a bit biased. From the mismanaged early and sunrise registration, to the basic fact it is nothing but a typo tld, I hoped it would fail. My wish has come true and there is no bigger conf...
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And You Thought It Couldn’t Fall Any Further: .CM auctioning off single letter/numbers on Sedo
I have to admit. I hated the .cm tld from day one so I am a bit biased. From the mismanaged early and sunrise registration, to the basic fact it is nothing but a typo tld, I hoped it would fail. My wish has come true and there is no bigger conf...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:48 pm
The Domains
How About Trademark Sqautting: DIsney Files Trademark on Seal Team 6
According to a story in mediabistro.com, two days after Seal Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden, Disney applied for a trademark on the term “Seal Team 6″in several classes to cover clothing, toys, games, video games, entertainment ...
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How About Trademark Sqautting: DIsney Files Trademark on Seal Team 6
According to a story in mediabistro.com, two days after Seal Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden, Disney applied for a trademark on the term “Seal Team 6″in several classes to cover clothing, toys, games, video games, entertainment ...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:43 pm
Domain Name News
Google Experiments with highlighting the Advertisers Domain Name
After years of efforts by Google to de-emphasize the importance of domain names (i.e. by combining the search and URL bar in Google Chrome), the company is apparently now experimenting with highlighting the domain name for paid search results, as rep...
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Google Experiments with highlighting the Advertisers Domain Name
After years of efforts by Google to de-emphasize the importance of domain names (i.e. by combining the search and URL bar in Google Chrome), the company is apparently now experimenting with highlighting the domain name for paid search results, as rep...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:37 pm
Domain Name News
ccTLDs.com Forum Purchased by EuroDNS
As reported earlier by DomainGang, Rich Latoan’s ccTLDs.com Forum has found a new owner and has relaunched after billions of spam messages have been removed. DNN spoke to Xavier Buck Executive Director and CEO of the new owner – domain re...
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ccTLDs.com Forum Purchased by EuroDNS
As reported earlier by DomainGang, Rich Latoan’s ccTLDs.com Forum has found a new owner and has relaunched after billions of spam messages have been removed. DNN spoke to Xavier Buck Executive Director and CEO of the new owner – domain re...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
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Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
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May 16, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
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.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 10:24 am
The Domains
Senator Wyden Come’s Out Against New PROTECT IP Bill
U.S Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement against the new PROTECT IP 2011 bill we spoke about last week: You may remember that Senator Wyden led the opposition against the predecessor bill of Leahy, the COICA last year. He...
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Senator Wyden Come’s Out Against New PROTECT IP Bill
U.S Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement against the new PROTECT IP 2011 bill we spoke about last week: You may remember that Senator Wyden led the opposition against the predecessor bill of Leahy, the COICA last year. He...
Discussion
May 16, 2011, 9:17 am
