The domain namess ibm.ventures and ibm.guru were suspended yesterday after the URS complaint by IBM. That is just 6 days after the URS complaint by IBM at the National Arbitration Forum on the 6th of …
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10 more New gTLDs were delegated: .PRODUCTIONS, .VISION, .FOUNDATION, etc.
ICANN announced that on February 11th, 10 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 144 new gTLD strings. The 10 new gTLDs are: .CARDS, .FOUNDATION, .REVIEWS, .FUTBOL, .VISION, .CONDOS, .VILLAS, .PARTS, .PRODUCTIONS, .MAISON. …
Read More »‘Dot Dubai & Expo 2020’ seminar to be held at Dubai on March 12 (featuring .dubai and .abudhabi)
Experts will throw light on generic top level domains (GTLDs) – which represent the biggest revolution since the inception of the Internet – at a one-day seminar titled ‘Dot Dubai & Expo 2020’ (www.azna.com) to …
Read More »General Availability Starting Today: .construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology, .today
Donuts entered general availability for the following 7 New gTLDs today: .construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today. You can register a (.construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today) domain name using the …
Read More »IBM activates the Donut’s DPML block after filling a URS complaint for ibm.ventures and ibm.guru
IBM filed a URS complaint at the National Arbitration Forum on the 6th of February for 2 domain names: ibm.ventures ibm.guru This was the first URS complaint filled for any New gTLD domain name. Through …
Read More »And the big winner of the first New gTLDs is: ‘Guru.com’
Guru.com, a freelance marketplace, is the big winner from the first New gTLDs roll out in the past couple of weeks that included the .guru New gTLD. Up until now .guru is by far the …
Read More »Sedo and .CLUB Winter Sports Auction on February 19: Skate.club, Skiing.club, IceHockey.club
Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, and .CLUB Domains have partnered to offer a Winter Sports Auction of never before released .CLUB domain names. Taking place February 19-26, this auction will include …
Read More »First Ever UDRP Complaint Filed For a New gTLD Domain Name: Canyon.Bike
The first ever UDRP complaint for a New gTLD domain name was filed today, February 11th, at WIPO. The UDRP complaint with WIPO Case Number D2014-0206 was filed by Canyon Bicycles GmbH, a German bicycle …
Read More »ICANN opens comment period on review mechanism for String Confusion objections for .CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM
ICANN opened a comment period today, 11 February 2014, and until 11 March 2014 to solicit community input regarding a proposed review mechanism to address perceived inconsistent Expert Determinations in the String Confusion Objection process …
Read More »New gTLD domain sold for $12,500 – 12 domains sold for $3,000 each (+ 32 domains sold for $1,000+)
Last week 7 new gTLD domain names sold for $12,539,99 a piece in the first few hours and then something remarkable happened. The domain name cree.lighting was registered for $12,500 at Name.com. What was remarkable …
Read More »Bicycle Company Upgrades From AspireVeloTech.com To AVT.bike
AspireVeloTech, known as the world’s largest dealer of Chris King bicycle components, bought one of the very first top level domains (TLD’s) that became available on February 5th. The company bought AVT.bike when general availability …
Read More »Donuts 14 New gTLDs surpass 50000 domain name registrations – .GURU has more than 50%
The number of domain name registrations from the 14 first Donuts New gTLDs surpassed 50000 yesterday. The zone file domain name total is actually 49980 but zone files don’t include domain names without nameservers so …
Read More »Apple buys 3 “Steve Jobs” .estate New gTLD domain names
Apple Inc. bought 3 New gTLD domain names with different variations of the name of late Apple founder Steve Jobs. The domain names were registered this Friday February 7th 2014 at Apple’s brand protection registrar: Corporation …
Read More »Irish Registrar Blacknight Is Furious At ICANN Because Of RAA 2013
Blacknight, an Irish based ICANN accredited domain registrar and hosting company, is furious at ICANN about the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) 2013. A blog post called “ICANT Cope With ICANN!” (with a URL that ends …
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