ICANN published the Agenda for the “ICANN Special Board Meeting” that is being held on the 28th of February. Included in the “consent agenda” is the topic “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve …
Read More ».info price increases by 10% to $8.16 on September 1st 2013
Yesterday, February 26 2013, Afilias Limited send a notice to ICANN that they will be increasing the annual wholesale .INFO domain registry fee to $8.16 (including the ICANN fee), effective September 1, 2013, following the required …
Read More »My 4-figure domain name purchases at auctions in 2012
Here is a list of my 4 figure domain name purchases at drop/expired auctions in 2012. I also buy domains from other venues like Sedo or Buy Domains and directly from the domain name owners …
Read More »Ron Paul splits original UDRP complaint for RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org into 2 separate complaints
Ron Paul split the original UDRP complaint for the domains RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org into 2 separate complaints, one for each domain name. Ron Paul originally filed a cybersquatting UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization …
Read More »ICANN Releases String Similarity Contention Sets for New gTLDs
ICANN released today the string similarity contention sets for New gTLD program. ICANN focused on the visually similar gTLD strings that resulted in only 2 “Non-Exact Match Contention Sets”: .hotels & .hoteis (small l is …
Read More »Sedo sells 844 domains worth $1.6 million: VagaDeEmprego.com sells for 60k EUR and ThrillOfTheGrill.com for 30k USD- Week 18/2-24/2 2013
One 3 word domain and one 4 word domain lead this week’s Sedo sales report: VagaDeEmprego.com sells for 60k EUR and ThrillOfTheGrill.com for 30k USD. This week, 844 transactions (763 last week) took place on …
Read More »Siesta.com sells for $50,500 at Namejet
Siesta.com sold for $50,500 at Namejet today. The auction had 294 bids from 275 bidders. There were 10 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. The domain name was sold by YummyNames.com that is a Tucows company. …
Read More »ICM Registry drives a hard bargain: company bought 25 .xxx domains and got no discount
ICM Registry announced on the 14th of February the sale of 25 Premium Domains in a deal worth $185,000 to IRIS SARL, based in Luxembourg. ICM didn’t reveal the complete list of the domain names and the …
Read More »Companies send letter to ICANN to avoid string contention set for .GED and .GEA
Two new gTLD applicants, GED Domains LLC and GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, have send a joint statement to ICANN explaining the reasons why the .GED and .GEA gTLD strings should not be placed in string contention …
Read More »Melbourne IT 2012 Report: 5% revenue decrease, Net profit after tax down 16%
MELBOURNE, Australia – 26 February 2013 – Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) today announced its full year results for the year ending 31 December 2012, reporting an 5% year-on-year decrease in revenue to $170.6 million and …
Read More »Wages.com sells for $41,000 – $40k+ seems to be a sweet spot at Namejet
Wages.com sold for $41,000 at Namejet today. The auction had 353 bids from 309 bidders. There were 7 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. The domain name was sold by Tucows.com. $40k+ seems to be a …
Read More »ICANN unveils Trademark Clearinghouse
On 26 March 2013, ICANN will unveil a global repository for trademark data, the first of its kind in the domain name space. The Trademark Clearinghouse will enable companies and individuals to protect their trademarks, …
Read More »FairWinds criticizing GM’s decision to withdraw new gTLDs while it’s client does the same
FairWinds Partners consulting firm has written a blog post criticizing General Motors’ decision to withdraw three of its five new gTLD applications. GM withdrew 2 new gTLD applications last week and another one the week …
Read More »StubHub Inc. files UDRP complaint for 123 domain names at WIPO
StubHub Inc., that is owned by Ebay, filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The complaint was filed for 123 domain names, all relating to StubHub. All are StubHub.com typos such …
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