General Motors LLC won the domain name MyChevrolet.com at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center after waiting 12 years to file a complaint. The disputed domain name MyChevrolet.com has resolved to an inactive website since it was …
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Google Reader shuts down on July 1, 2013
I logged in my favorite RSS reader today only to find a popup message saying: Google Reader will not be available after July 1, 2013 Google’s main reasons for closing down Google Reader is that …
Read More »UDRP coin flip: uhealth.org gets transferred while the complaint for uhealth.com was denied last week
Is this really what the UDRP was designed for? Is ICANN happy with this travesty? The domain uhealth.org was transferred to the complainant in a case that was decided by a 2-1 majority of the …
Read More »Contact.info dropped by FNAC, caught with a simple backorder in November and sold at Sedo
The domain name Contact.info was caught after a drop on the 22nd of November 2012. The seller paid a simple backorder and got the domain without an auction. The domain’s original registration date was 2001 …
Read More »Objection period for New gTLDs ends today and only 1 objection has been filed
Objection period for New gTLDs is closing in a few hours. Objections to new gTLD strings must be submitted by 13 March 2013 at 23:59:59 UTC (8:00 pm EDT) in order to be considered by …
Read More »Procter & Gamble guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking as Marchex’s Swash.com is saved in UDRP
A UDRP complaint for the domain name Swash.com, that belongs to Marchex was denied by a 3 member panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Panel also made a finding of reverse domain name …
Read More »Sedo sells 837 domains worth $1.7 million: GayForum.de 35,000 EUR, lovoo.com 19,000 EUR, aoe.de 12,000 EUR- Week 04/3-10/3 2013
This week, 837 transactions (842 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 million ($1.35 last week). Only 283 domains (278 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …
Read More »ICANN President Announces Expansion in Africa and Calls for an Increase in African Registrars
The President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said he is moving ahead immediately with plans to have six new ICANN representatives on the African continent. “ICANN used to say if …
Read More »Orbitz and it’s representative get ridiculed while UDRP complaint for orbbitz.com is denied at NAF
A UDRP complaint for the domain orbbitz.com was denied by a 1 member panel at the National Arbitration Forum. Complainant, Orbitz Worldwide, LLC represented by CitizenHawk, Inc., filed a complaint for the domain orbbitz.com owned by …
Read More ».mii determined to be similar to .mil (New gTLD String Similarity)
MiTek USA, Inc.’s application for the string .mii was deemed to be similar to .mil and can’t continue. The String Similarity Panel has determined that this string is visually similar to an existing TLD (.mil), …
Read More »Melbourne IT sells Digital Brand Services division for $157.2 million to Corporation Service Company (CSC)
Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) today announced it had entered into definitive agreements with respect to the sale of its Digital Brand Services (DBS) division to US-based Corporation Services Company (CSC) for a cash consideration of …
Read More »6 new gTLDs determined not to be geographic while 3 new gTLDs are determined as geographic
The Geographic Names Panel has determined that 6 new gTLD strings do not fall within the criteria for a geographic name contained in the Applicant Guidebook Section 2.2.1.4. The 6 strings with the applicant names …
Read More »NameJet sells 1038 domains for a total of 4.5 million USD in 2012
NameJet, the domain name auction house, sold 1038 domain names for $2,000 and over in 2012 for a total value of $4,569,141 USD. NYE.com was the top domain with a selling price of $175.500. This …
Read More »OpenSRS (Tucows) attending the WorldHostingDays.global 2013
WorldHostingDays.global 2013 happens next week at Europa-Park, in Germany. OpenSRS will be at WHD.global again this year and they are looking forward to meeting many of their resellers face-to-face. If you are attending the show …
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