Domain Name News

ICANN sent three notices of termination of registrar accreditation agreement today 11th of February 2013. The three registrars are: Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com’s (“Domainmonger.com”) (accredited since 4 October 2010) R. Lee Chambers Company LLC …

Go Daddy acquired M.dot Inc. M.dot is a web platform for small businesses. It is the leading mobile app for small business website creation and management. The addition of M.dot to Go Daddy’s product offerings gives Go …

Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services released a report on domain name disputes this Thusday February 7, 2013. The report shows that .com is likely to continue to dominate domain disputes as new gTLDS loom. Melbourne …

Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” is filling a UDRP complaint at the National Arbitration Forum against the domain name OrganizingForAction.net that is owned by Derek Bovard and currently redirects to the National Rifle Association (NRA). …

The domain name apuestas.com (it means bet in Spanish) sold for 165,000 Euro at Sedo. The domain that was parked at Sedo was sold by Apuestas Limited from Malta. The domain was registered in 1996. …

Ron Paul filed a cybersquatting UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The complaint was filed for two domain names: RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org. RonPaul.com was set up by Ron Paul’s grassroots supporters during Ron …

ICANN’s Latin American and Caribbean Working Group met at the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean in Montevideo, Uruguay, 6-7 February 2013. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the …

ICANN will participate with the regional IG community in two upcoming multi-stakeholder internet governance events in the Middle East and Africa in March 2013. These events will be attended by regional leaders from government, the …

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. This week 25 more domains have been sold (whois has not been updated). The total sales value of the …

Demand Media announced that is getting a new look and a new logo. Changes will appear on their corporate website first and then at the consumer sites. Demand Media said: “Our new logo is all …

ICANN’s President and CEO Fadi Chehadé tried to reassure everyone at the CEO Roundtable series that the new gTLD program will continue on the planned timeline. While the topic of the roundtable was not the …

The domain name Helios.net was sold at Sedo for $5,000. Whois has not been updated so the owner is not yet known. Helios is Greek for sun. The interesting part is that the domain dropped on the …

Neustar set up website monitors on over 25 of the top Super Bowl advertisers’ websites, gauging website performance every 10 minutes from Washington, DC and San Francisco. Those sites were: Anheuser Busch Audi Best Buy …

Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” filed a cybersquatting complaint at the National Arbitration Forum. The complaint was filed for two domain names: OrganizingForAction.com OrganizingForAction.org The UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) complaint with case …