ICANN just released details on the Prioritization Draw ("Draw") that will be held on 17 December 2012 in Los Angeles to assign priority numbers to all new gTLD applications including the place that the draw will take place. Each application will be assigned a randomly-drawn priority number. These priority numbers … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Elizabeth Taylor’s Estate Wins Rights To LizTaylor.xxx
A one member UDRP panel just award the domain name LizTaylor.xxx to the The Elizabeth Taylor Trust, Interplanet Productions Limited and The Elizabeth Taylor Cosmetics Company who all brought the UDRP. The decision is more interesting that you think. Also I'm not sure how the domain holder got the domain registered in the first place as the panel found they were not a member of the adult … [Read more...]
Zak Muscovitch, Esq., Gets UDRP Panel Finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GTMS.com
Global Transmission Media Solutions of Utah was just found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name GTMS.com by a UDRP panel from the National Arbitration Forum The domain holder was represented by Zak Muscovitch. The one member panel found that the complainant, "who, on no evidence at all, accused the Respondent of acting in bad faith." "That, itself, is an act … [Read more...]
Biggest Winners & Losers From GAC Early Warnings: .Gay, .Sex, .DotGreen, Uniregistry, Generic & Professional TLD’s
Reviewing the GAC early warnings issued last night some winners really stick out. New gTLD applications that were generally thought would get a GAC early warning, but did not include .gay, .sex, .adult, and .porn. Another clear winner out of the GAC early warnings was Frank Schilling's Uniregistry that applied for 54 new gTLD's and did not receive even one early warning. The DotGreen came … [Read more...]
So What Does A GAC Early Warning Really Mean & Where Do Applicants Go From Here
Last night we published the list of the 242 new gTLD's applications that got hit with a GAC early warning. The GAC is the Governmental Advisory Group to ICANN. So what is the effect of receiving an GAC early warning and what happens from here, we look to the new gTLD Guidebook for answers: The GAC Early Warning is a notice only. It is not a formal objection, nor does it directly … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Launches .blackfriday Website
Frank Schillings new gTLD company, Uniregistry.com just launched a new site promoting its .blackfriday new gTLD application. Uniregistry is the only company that filed an application to operate the new gTLD of .blackfriday. .blackfriday did NOT receive a GAC early warning. According to the site here is the vision for .blackfriday: ""Our Vision for the .blackfriday Domain More … [Read more...]
GAC Issues 242 Early Warnings To New gTLD’s Applicants
The Government Advisory Council (GAC) to ICANN issued 242 early warnings to new gTLD applicants tonight involving 145 strings. After a quick review, The government of Australia seems to have issued the most early warnings with Germany and India following. The United States only issued a few early warnings, but they included Demand Media,Inc (DMD) applications for .Army, .Navy and … [Read more...]