DomainSponsor has just updated the Domainfest site and the on Tuesday night party will be held in a top secret location but will feature a private concert with legendary, Grammy award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington! "It wouldn’t be Hollywood without a VIP event." "That’s why we’re treating DomainFest full conference attendees to a … [Read more...]
Deals.XYZ Sells For $8,100 On NameJet.com
In a Namejet.com auction which just closed today the domain name Deals.xyz just sold for $8,100. The price marks the highest amount paid for a .xyz domain name, a new gTLD extension which hasn't even been delegated yet. If should be noted that the application fee for .XYZ was $185,000 so this one domain name repays the registry 4% of the application fee. We have already heard of … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Comment Period To Allow New gTLD Registries To Register Domains To Non-Trademark Holders In Sunrise
ICANN opened up a comment period yesterday to allow new gTLD registries to allocate the 100 domain names it is allowed to allocate to itself to other than trademark holders during sunrise under certain conditions. The comment period closed on February 28th ""Section 4.5.1 of the Trademark Clearinghouse Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements (the "TMCH Requirements") contemplated the … [Read more...]
.London Launches April 29, Predicts Over 218K Registrations Just From Small Business
Dot London Domains Ltd (“Dot London”), has today announced that .LONDON will begin taking registrations on 29 April 2014, marking the formal launch of the .LONDON domain. More than 200,000 small businesses in London say they are likely to register a new .london internet address when the domain names go on sale at the end of April. A YouGov survey of small businesses in London found that more … [Read more...]
Lush Cosmetics Wins Trademark Battle With Amazon
Lush Cosmetics has won its high-profile trademark battle with Amazon, with the High Court ruling against the retail giant's use of the word 'lush' in its search marketing. Insider Media covered the story, The cosmetics business, which is headquartered in Poole, took legal action against Amazon.co.uk and Amazon EU after complaining that the retailer was infringing its trademark. Lush does … [Read more...]
Domains Gone Wild
Girls Gone Wild is liquidating their domain names reports TMZ The company which filed for bankruptcy last year is liquidating their portfolio of 69 names. BestBreastsEver.com ... MardiGrasInvasion.net ... SpringBreakExplosion.com ... WeddingSubmissionVideo.com Some more names include: -- BannedFromTV.com -- HottestMomentsEver.com -- MyExGFClub.com -- SexStarvedCollegeGirls.net -- … [Read more...]
.Club Is The Platinum Sponsor For Domainfest & Will Launch its Landrush at The Conference
DomainSponsor®, the organizer of DOMAINFest® announced that .CLUB will be the Platinum Sponsor for DOMAINFest Hollywood, which will be held from March 31 to April 2, 2014 at the luxurious Loews Hotel in Hollywood, California. The .CLUB gTLD will sponsor the welcome party and reception at DOMAINFest. During the conference .CLUB will launch its Land Rush period with thousands of premium … [Read more...]