Yesterday, Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by more than six million domain names in the fourth quarter of 2012. The total number of …
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DONUTS gets $100 million of funding for new gTLD “contention sets” auctions
Donuts Inc., a registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) said today it has secured additional funding as new gTLDs approach. The financing includes a Series B equity investment led by existing investor Generation …
Read More »India Joins the International Trademark System at WIPO
India’s Minster for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma today deposited his country’s instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks at WIPO, bringing the total number of members of the …
Read More »6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .HEART, .STROKE, .BUY, .GUARDIAN, etc.
This past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 39. The …
Read More ».JOBS will have a Sunrise period using the Trademark Clearinghouse and ICANN approves
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) welcomes the decision by. JOBS to use the Trademark Clearinghouse database to support a sunrise registration period ahead of its planned open registration period to begin …
Read More »Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” fails to win complaint for OrganizingForAction.net at NAF
Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” failed to win a UDRP complaint for the domain name OrganizingForAction.net at the National Arbitration Forum. Panelist Hon. Karl V. Fink (Ret.) denied the complaint because the Complainant didn’t have …
Read More »ICANN Engagement Center to Open In Beijing
ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé announced today that the organization will open its first new global engagement office in Beijing. “Engagement with China is not merely an option, we simply must engage …
Read More »New gTLD program posts 46 new Initial Evaluation results and completes all 108 IDN applications
Building upon last week’s release of results for the second 30 applications, ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers 61-108. There are 39 applications in this second set …
Read More »RRPproxy Offers Resellers Access to the Afternic Marketplace
The MetaregistryTM RRPproxy, a division of the German based domain registrar Key-Systems GmbH, has joined the Afternic marketplace as a Premium Partner. Afternic, a NameMedia company, currently offers one of the largest portfolios of “Fast …
Read More »Sedo latest sales: ConnectNow.com 120,000 USD, r-c.com 15k USD, FirstDibs.co.uk 10k EUR, fussball.info, etc.
Here are some of the most notable sales at Sedo during the past week. These are sales that were published after the latest Sedo report was released last Tuesday. Please find below the list of …
Read More ».org Go Daddy Project 94 Results: 27 of 42 domains sold for a total of $88,642 (fs.org $9,250, ts.org $9,065)
From March 18 to April 4, 2013, Go Daddy Auctions offered on an extended 17 day auction 42 rare, valuable one and two character .org domain names. 27 of the total 42 domains were sold …
Read More »ICANN making changes to the Public Forum on 11 April in Beijing
ICANN’s 46th Public Meeting in Beijing is just a couple days away starting on the 7th of April. The Public Forum session at ICANN meetings affords an opportunity for Board members to listen and engage …
Read More ».eu 7th anniversary report: 3.74 million registrations from over 1.84 million EU residents
Celebrating the .eu 7th anniversary a study reveals how EU residents perceive Europe’s internet extension. With registrations topping 3.74 million just ahead of its seventh birthday, .eu has established its place as a respected domain …
Read More »The GSM Association sends letter to ICANN regarding applications for closed gTLDs .MOBILE and .PHONE
The GSM Association, that is located in the United Kingdom, sent a letter to ICANN regarding applications for closed gTLDs .MOBILE and .PHONE. The letter from GSMA actually supports the Donuts applications for .phone and …
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