ICANN released today the list of compensation and travel expense paid to or on behalf of Directors of ICANN for the fiscal year ending June 2012. "This table represents reimbursements and compensation paid directly to Board Members, payments made to third party vendors such as hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies on behalf of Board Members as well as a total of the three … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
A Founders Program Buyer’s Thoughts On Why ICM Made A Huge Mistake In Putting Up Over 1K Premium Domains For Sale
On Wednesday ICM Registry the company that operates the .XXX registry put up for sale over 1,000 premium registry owned domains, with prices ranging from $330 to $220,000 and a total value of $7.7 Million. For those who don't know my company Worldwide Media, Inc, purchased a few .XXX domains in the Founders Program although with Frank Schilling's Name Administration. In addition to the … [Read more...]
Registrars Come Out Against Additional Rights Protections Policy Changes For New gTLD’s
In a letter sent by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to ICANN, today, the group has come out against making any additional changes to the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) for trademark holders in the new gTLD's. The letter was sent by the Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group Matt Serlin who wrote in part: ""We also understand various parties are advocating for the inclusion of … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports: 119.9 .Com/Net Registrations; .Com Contract Still Pending & Stock Is Down 10%
VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012 today after the market closed and the news disappointed the market as shares are down over 11% in after market trading, a huge move for a stock like Verisign. VeriSign, Inc. ("Verisign") reported revenue of $224 million for the third quarter of 2012, up 13% from the same quarter in … [Read more...]
Flippa Inforgraphic On What is Powering Web Site Sales
Flippa just released an infographic demonstrating what is powering the web based on website sales. ""We took over $26M in transactions from the last 18 months to work out what technologies are being used to power the internet and how this has changed in the last 12 month. " "Gone are the days of rampant Wordpress, Tumblr growth. Meanwhile Blogger seems to be in permanent decline." "CMS … [Read more...]
Buyer Beware: Company Starts Selling Subdomains To Create The “City Level Domain For Manhattan” NYC.MN
A company seemingly taking advantage of the new gTLD program has started selling subdomains off of the domain name nyc.mn calling itself the "City Level Domain For Manhattan". ""nyc.mn is a city-level domain for New York City's Manhattan - created to provide a gold-standard online identity for the heart of NYC." "Being based in the world's most iconic city means having access to an iconic … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Rejects Claim of TM Holder On The Generic Domain Name; Six.com Despite $2M Offer For Sale
In a UDRP panel decision that will be published tomorrow, the domain holder, beat back The Complaint of SIX Group AG of Zürich, Switzerland on the domain name Six.com. The domain holder, Xedoc Holding SA of Luxembourg, was represented by Paul Keating of Law.es, Spain. To summarize, the complainant held a trademark for the term Six in a number of countries; the domain was parked prior to … [Read more...]