Legal

ICANN’s new infographic provides a high-level explanation of the Rights Protection Mechanisms that Trademark holders and their representatives can use to combat infringement during the Domain Name System expansion. New gTLD Program Rights Protection Mechanisms …

A decision at the National Arbitration Forum found that the Registrar PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com withheld the transfer of the domain names <maxalbums.com>, <emp3world.com> and <full- albums.net> in violation of the Policy on Transfer of Registrations …

There are a lot of people that buy aged domain names. By aged I mean domains that have an old registration date. You can buy these domains either directly from the previous owner or in …

Loris Azzaro BV of Apeldoorn, Netherlands that produces the popular Azzaro perfumes just won a UDRP complaint (D2013-1780) for the 14 year old domain Azzaro.com. The interesting part is that this UDRP complaint was a …

The domain name JenniferAniston.com was returned toJennifer Aniston’s PR company PMK-HBH after being in a “Pending Renewal or Deletion” state for almost a year. The domain name, registered with Network Solutions, expired in July 2012 while owned by PMK-HBH Public Relations, a PRcompany based in Beverly Hills. The domain then entered …

The International Sugar Organization sent a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on the 29th of May saying that because if the International Organization for Standardization complaint to ICANN about the preventative protection for the acronyms of …

Microsoft sent a letter to ICANN about Google’s Proposed Dotless Domain to its .search gTLD.Microsoft expressed its continuing concern over Google’s proposed amendment  to run its gTLD application for .search as a “dotless” domain, as Microsoft strongly urges ICANN to follow the advice of the SSAC and ensure that dotless domains are only used in the private space. Microsoft said that “Google’s proposed amendment would interfere …

Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc. and NCC Group have been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow services to new gTLD registry operators. All new gTLD registry operators will be required to regularly deposit a backup copy of their TLD registrationdata through one of the approved data escrow service …

Both UDRP complaints for the domain names RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org were denied today at the WIPO. The full decisions have not been published yet. More details on a post when the decisions are available to the …

The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) was approved by ICANN on the 18th of May to become the 5th UDRP provider. ICANN just published the agenda of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board …

I checked the WIPO stats for the 1st quarter of 2013 and found that UDRP complaints have slowed down while the average number of domain names per case has increased. Usually the first 2 quartes …

ICANN is hosting a “Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement Overview” webinar in support of the ongoing public comment forum. Webinar Details Date: Monday, 6 May 2013 Time: 15:00-16:30 UTC Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/raa-dt This is …

ICANN is posting today for public comment the proposed final New gTLD Registry Agreement that will be entered into between ICANN and successful new gTLD applicants. The proposed final draft of the New gTLD Registry …

Archeo (Marchex) announced its Q1 domain sales today with $1.4 million from 50 domains sold for an average $27,233. Archeo published the top 20 sales of the quarter and the number 1 spot was taken …