Another day another bunch of UDRP filings including on the domain name, OneLove.com the famous Bob Marley song which has been used by the Jamaican Tourist Bureau for a number of years in its television commercials Onelove.net was hit with a UDRP a few days ago so although the complainant is unknown at this time, it appears they are going after both domains. OneLove.com is parked and has a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Cnet Asks Will Google Change The Domain Industry By Giving Away Domains Like .Web & .Shop For Free
In yet another story from Paul Sloan on the new gTLD space, writing for Cnet.com, Mr. Sloan looked at the 101 new gTLD applications that Google filed for under the registry it set up, Charleston Road Registry and asks will Google change the domain name industry by giving domains ending in .Home or .Web or .Shop for free. "The question is how Google would sell domain names to the … [Read more...]
Dotzup.com Sells ArtDeco.com On Sedo For $75,000 To ArtDeco.de
The domain name ArtDeco.com just sold on Sedo for $75,000 The seller was Dotzup.com Inc. The buyer of the domain appears to be the owner of the domain name artdeco.de as the domain ArtDeco.com is now forwarding to the ArtDeco.de site. IMHO the domain sold on the cheap, unless there were TM issues on the table. The art deco district otherwise known as south beach, is a vibrant high … [Read more...]
ICANN Suspends Digital Archery Part of New gTLD Program Throwing Batching Process Into Limbo
Just one day after Kurt Pritz took over direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program, ICANN announced that it suspended the Digital Archery portion of the New Generic Top-level Domain Program "pending further analysis of the process", thereby throwing the whole batching process of new gTLD applications into limbo. "The primary reason is that applicants have reported that the timestamp … [Read more...]
WSJ.com: “Domain Wheeling and Dealing Applicants for New Web Extensions Head to ICANN Meeting
The Wall Street Journal just covered a story about the anticipated wheeling and dealing expecting to occur at the ICANN meeting this week. The story is entitled "Domain Wheeling and Dealing, Applicants for New Web Extensions Head to ICANN Meeting" WSJ.com "Entrepreneurs and big companies are battling one another for the rights to manage hot new Web address endings, including .app, .home and … [Read more...]
Marchex Gets Sued By The Stratosphere Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Over the Domain AcePlay.com
According to the LasvVegasSun.com, the owner of the Stratosphere hotel-casino in Las Vegas has filed suit against Marchex (MCHX) for alleged trademark infringement over the domain name AcePlay.com The suit says Marchex has been using a domain name called Aceplay.com, purporting to offer information about the Stratosphere and three other American Casino properties; the two Arizona Charlie’s in … [Read more...]
ICANN Names Fadi Chehade As CEO
On Friday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is announcing Fadi Chehade as its CEO effective this fall. According to ABC News here is some background on Mr. Chehade: AGE: 50 EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, computer science, Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1985; master's degree, engineering management, Stanford University, 1986 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Systems … [Read more...]