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• Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day

  It appears some agency of the Federal Government  seized 46 domain names, all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google

  Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings Wit...

  In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott;...

  98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar;... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications

  Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and . Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours

  Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 123-Reg UK Largest Registrar Becomes Premier SME Partner of Google AdWords In UK

  According to a press release we received this morning,  123-reg, the UK’s largest accredited domain registrar, has today announced that it has entered into a... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Trademark Holder Since 1997 Loses UDRP To Domain “Registered on August 23, 2013″

  In a decision sure to drive the trademark groups crazy, a one member UDRP panel reject the trademark holders claim to the domain name Segis. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• LaunchRock Switches From .Com to .Co

  

  LauchRock.co which bills itself as “A Platform For New Startups” has switched its main URL from LaunchRock.com to LaunchRock.co effective July 1, 2013. In a... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 4 More New gTLD Apps Withdrawn Including Dish Networks Application For .Movie

  Four more New gTLD applications have  been withdrawn today on ICANN website. All four were either brand or closed generic applications. Dish Network dropped... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Decision Is Published: Nintendo Loses UDRP on 10 Year Old Wiiu.com

  The UDRP decision on the domain name Wiiu.com has been published by WIPO. It appears the three member panel was very close to  find Reverse Domain Name Hijackin... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 1 & 1 Jumps Into The New gTLD “Pre-Order” Game

  1&1 Internet Ltd, become the latest registrar to start accepting “pre-orders” or expressions of interest in new gTLDs. In a press release 1 & 1 says:... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• After Filing UDRP, Microsoft Gets Control of XboxUno.com

  Microsoft gained control of the domain name XboxUno.com the Spanish version of its new Xbox One gaming system. The UDRP was withdrawn over the weekend and... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Godaddy Sells 38,155 Domains In June Led By Fortnite.com For $71,500 & Two .Org’s

  Godaddy just released its June auction report selling 38,155 domain in June All sales were led by Fortnite.com which sold for a whopping $71,500 and CashForCars. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Another Day, Another Branding Fail, This Time On Sex Toy Site

  I just saw a press release announcing a new web site for the sale of sex toys and its another example of a failed branding attempt. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• DomainsBot Announces Release of TLD Relevancy Suggestion Engine

  DomainsBot, announced today that has launched the  TLD Recommendation Engine, which bills itself as the” first Top Level Domain recommendation service”. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• DONUTS EXPANDS SALES AND MARKETING TEAM, OPENS NEW OFFICE AHEAD OF NEW gTLD...

  Donuts Inc., a registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), has completed a round of hiring that further strengthens its sector-leading team of domain an... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• After 9 NameJet Auctions We Know The Value Of A Prime Generic .PW Is About $200

  This week namejet.com auctioned off several prime generic .PW domain names thereby setting the value of these types of .PW domains. Some of the domains that sol... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Palace.com 20 Year Old Domain, Saved in UDRP, But Why No RDNH?

  Palace Sports & Entertainment LLC of Auburn Hills, Michigan, lost its bid to grab the domain name Palace.com away from the domain holders Palace Enterprises... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 90 New gTLD Pass IE: .Apple; .Baidu; .AOL; .CBS; .Republican; .Navy; .CPA

  90 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today with 2 applications heading for the dreaded extended evaluation. The 2 applications heading for extende... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 BUSINESS, TECH