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• Richard Lau Becomes Director of the Water School

  Uber Domainer Richard Lau has just announced he has taken on the position of the Executive Director at Water School. In his year end newsletter he wrote, “2012... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• We Think .TK Domains Are Screwing With Verisign’s Quarterly Domain Report?

  

  Last week when Verisign released its 3rd Quarter  Domain Name Industry Brief  everyone focused in on the raw numbers 246 million domain names. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Vietnamese Man Registers TM Domain, Points It To Porn; Company Agrees To Pay $50...

  Well not your typical domain story. A Vietnamese man Nguyen Trong Khoahas was summoned by police after a company, Eurowindow Holding accused him of buying four... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Alert!! Some Of The Domains You Got At SnapNames.com May Not Be Owned By You

  If you use SnapNames.com you need to check the domain names you acquired since October, especially November and December. You may not be the owner of the domain... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP On Eurobaby.com

  Liam Sutcliffe, Eurocycles & Eurobaby and Eurotrek Group Limited of Dublin, Ireland (LIAM) brought a UDRP against Marchex (MCRX) who as always was... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Our List Of The First 80 Non-IDN/Brand New gTLD’s That Will Come To Market

  This a list of the first 80 Non-IDN , Non-.Brand new gTLDs that should come to market first. Why? Because all of these are new gTLD’s are non contested,... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Appeals Court Overturns Bankruptcy Sale Of Baron/Ondova Domains & Axes The...

  The Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned the bankruptcy auction (pdf) of the 150,000+ domain name owned by Jeff Baron and Ondova and found... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN Decides Where To Invest Its $355 Cash Haul From New gTLD Program

  The ICANN  Board adopted a New gTLD Funds Investment Policy selecting Bridgebay Investment Consultant Services to assist in the design of a specific investment... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN 2014 Meeting Locations Announced: Singapore, London & North America

  

  ICANN has announced that their 2014 meetings will be held in Singapore, London and somewhere in North America. The 2013 meetings will be held in Beijing China,... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN 48 To Be Held In November 2013 in Buenos Aires

  ICANN has selected Buenos Aires, Argentina as for their Latin America fall 2013 meeting. The Meeting will be held from 17-21 November 2013 The budget shall not... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD Applicant Group Blasts ICANN On “Slippage Of Timelines” In Program

  New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) blasted ICANN on meeting its deadlines and time frames on various on the new gTLD program. The letter cites 6 major issues... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Holder Beats Back UDRP On ManhattanCenter.com, Without An Attorney

  A one member UDRP panel rejected the claim of Manhattan Center Studios, Inc. on the domain manhattancenter.com The domain name is owned by James Lawson who won... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Pool Shutting Down Registrar Threads: Switching From Drop Catching To New gTLD’s

  We just got this email from Pool.com this morning: “The impending launch of new gTLDs has led Pool.com to refocus its business away from an emphasis on the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Co Domains Under Management Grows 24% In 2012

  According to blog post on the .Co blog this morning the registrar is reporting that domains under management grew 24% from 2011-2012 “The .Co blended renewal... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 TECH

• Casino War 3X As SHFL Files 3 Separate UDRP’s Against Holder of the .com, .net...

  Here something you don’t see everyday a company filing three separate UDRP’s against the same domain name in the .com, .net and .org versions. Today SHFL... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Increase .Net Prices 10%, Adding $7.5 Million To Verisign’s Revenue

  After the market closed today, VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), announced, effective July 1, 2013, an increase in the registry domain name fee for . Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Lands DomainInvest’s 70,000 Domain Names For Monetization & Sales

  Sedo, announced today that DomainInvest  which was co-founded by industry veterans Frederick Schiwek and Markus Schnermann, who are both managing directors of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Top Level Domain Holdings: Pleased With ICANN Drawning & Announces Results

  In a press release today, The Directors Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) the holding company of  Minds + Machines “are delighted to announce the results of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Co Registry Announces It’s 3rd Super Bowl With Godaddy.com

  For the third year in a row, Go Daddy is teaming up with the .CO domain to create a 2013 Super Bowl commercial. The 30-second ad is set to feature Go Daddy... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains

  Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 12/10/12 – 12/16/12. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 BUSINESS, TECH