The domain industry got another black eye when Toyota.me became the highest priced .me domain sale, at over 90K. In the next few years there may be hundreds of new extensions (gTLD's) and each one will increase the trademark problem, unless some policy is adopted to head it off. Trademark holders can apply for their domain during the sunrise period of a domain extension launch. Sunrise … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
ICANN on .INFO Reserved Domains
Yes boys and girls, there are still domains reserved by Affilias the .info registry, some 6 years after the initial release. An astounding 40% (20,000 out of 50,000) domain names reserved by Affilias for the .info sunrise period were invalidated after WIPO review for non-compliance. While "the vast majority" were reallocated in the spring of 2002, some substantial number remains … [Read more...]
Moniker Releases Possible Live TRAFFIC Auction Domains
Moniker released domains that are under consideration for their auction at the TRAFFIC show in New York. This is an early release and not all domains are guaranteed to be in the live auction as the final list is not yet prepared. As expected some of the registry reserved .ME domains are in this batch. 666.mobi Ad.com Adware.com & … [Read more...]
SES Silent Moniker Auction Closes Today
The silent auction from the SES show held last week closes today at 3:15pm EST, 12:15PST. Bidding is on Snapnames.com and subject to the normal Snapnames.com rules for bidding and extended bidding. According to Moniker there are around 6,000 domains in auction. You can download the entire list here These are some of the top domains according to … [Read more...]
Y3.COM in Auction at Snap: How Much Will it Go For?
The domain name Y3.com is currently in a closed auction at snapnames. The domain is currently at $7,450 and closes tomorrow. There appears to be around 100 bidders Anyone want to guess the final price. My pick is around $15K. … [Read more...]
Whitehouse Orders Increased DNS Security for .Gov Sites
The Bush administration has ordered all federal agencies to adopt new measures to shore up the security of government Web sites, setting a January 2009 deadline for implementing the changes across all dot-gov domains. Agencies will be required to roll out domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC), a set of security add-ons for the domain name system. DNSSEC seeks to protect Internet … [Read more...]
SnapNames Get Patent for “Domain Acquistion and Management”
A Patent was granted for Domain name acquisition and management system and method, patent No. 7,418,471, invented by Raymond King, of Portland, Ore.; Ron Wiener, of Portland, Ore.; and Len Albert Bayles, of Salt Lake City; assigned to SnapNames.com Inc., of Portland, Ore. The actual abstract of the patent is quoted to say """"A preferred embodiment of the present invention can accept an … [Read more...]