EURid, the European Registry of Internet Domain Names, manages the .eu top-level Internet domain under contract to the European Commission. EURid publishes the .eu identity magazine twice a year. The magazine contains articles on general …
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Search.xxx – A review of the new .xxx search engine
ICM Registry, the registry operator of .xxx, launched today, September the 27th, a new search engine at Search.xxx dedicated to developed .XXX websites and .XXX content only. ICM Registry claims to have 21 million pages …
Read More »NameMedia introduces NameFind.com in association with Afternic
NameMedia, that owns Afternic, launched NameFind.com today, a new website that is a collaborative, one-stop, name generation tool. NameFind is a discovery and acquisition tool that gives entrepreneurs the information they need when they are making …
Read More »ngf.com successfully defended at NAF – PPC is a bona fide offering of goods or services
A three-member Panel denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name ngf.com. Complainant was the National Golf Foundation, Inc. and Respondent was Mediablue, represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com Law Firm. The Complaint was submitted …
Read More »Sedo made a mistake: Oops! Correction for Sedo’s Select 50 – It’s Whiskey.com!
A few hours ago I posted the top 50 domains for September from Sedo. It appears Sedo made a mistake on the top domain name! Apparently someone at Sedo made a typo and instead of …
Read More »Sedo selects the top 50 domain names for September
A few days ago Sedo announced that its brokerage team is going to select the top 50 domains every month, and deliver this list to Sedo’s newsletter subscribers. Sedo said that this email would also include the …
Read More »High school lets domain expire and then goes after volunteer coach with a UDRP complaint that fails
Complainant Grandville Academic Team Boosters, from the Grandville High School, submitted a Complaint to the National Arbitration Forum for the domain name robodawgs.com. Respondent was a former volunteer coach with at the Grandville High School …
Read More »Snapnames got me 3 domains I backordered 5 years ago in an account I thought was closed!
A few days back I got an email with subject: “Notification of domain transfer-out” from Moniker. The email message was: Congratulations! The following domain has been automatically transferred out of your Moniker registrar account xxxxxx …
Read More »Ebay gets a new logo after 17 years
In September 1995, Ebay was created as a marketplace for people to buy and sell practically anything. Last week Ebay introduced a new look for the eBay brand by revealing their new logo, it’s first …
Read More »en.org gets renewed! It was sold for $21,586 at GoDaddy but auction has been cancelled
Last week I wrote about the domain name en.org being sold at GoDaddy Auctions for $21,586. Auction ended on the 14th but the domain was renewed on the 16th by it’s original owner. So the …
Read More »What is the point of a UDRP complaint if Complainant asks for a cancellation?
When a Complainant files a UDRP complaint, it has to choose between transferring the disputed domain name and canceling the domain name. The concerned registrar will implement the Panel’s decision 10 business days after it receives …
Read More »UDRP complaint for advocracy.com denied at WIPO – Complainant had no TM
The Complainant was Advocracy, SL based in Madrid, Spain and the Respondent was Gustavo Federico Block also based in Madrid, Spain so Spanish was the language of these proceedings. The Respondent registered the disputed domain name …
Read More »Registries/ICANN agreements – .info and .biz are soon set for renewals
This is a list of current registry operators that ICANN has agreement with and since when they have been operating the respective gTLDs. .com is operated by VeriSign since 1993 (VeriSign acquired Network Solutions in …
Read More »Complaint for AngelCare.com denied at WIPO – Panel admits that content of parked websites is automatically generated
At WIPO the complaint for the domain name AngelCare.com was denied while the Panel admitted in the decision that content of parked websites is in general automatically generated. The Panel didn’t accept Complainant’s accusations of …
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