A one member UDRP panel rejected the claim of Manhattan Center Studios, Inc. on the domain manhattancenter.com The domain name is owned by James Lawson who won this UDRP without the representation of an attorney and almost got a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH), although we are not sure why the panel did not makes such a finding in this case The domain holder acquired the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2012
Pool Shutting Down Registrar Threads: Refocusing From Drop Catching To New gTLD’s
We just got this email from Pool.com this morning: "The impending launch of new gTLDs has led Pool.com to refocus its business away from an emphasis on the secondary market and to a broader range of on-going services. " "As a result, we will be shutting down a number of our registrar threads effective January 10, 2013. " "This will have an effect on some of your domains acquired through … [Read more...]
.Co Domains Under Management Grows 24% In 2012
According to blog post on the .Co blog this morning the registrar is reporting that domains under management grew 24% from 2011-2012 "The .Co blended renewal rate is 63% and growing". "First time renewal rates are in the mid 50% range, and second time renewal rates or older are in the low to mid 70% range." You can read a more in-depth look at the .Co 2012 results on registration and … [Read more...]
Casino War 3X As SHFL Files 3 Separate UDRP’s Against Holder of the .com, .net & .org
Here something you don't see everyday a company filing three separate UDRP's against the same domain name in the .com, .net and .org versions. Today SHFL entertainment, Inc did just that on the domain names casinowar.com, casinowar.net and casinowar.org. Although I have never heard of it, the term Casino War has its own Wikipedia entry and here is what it has to say about Casino … [Read more...]
Verisign Increase .Net Prices 10%, Adding $7.5 Million To Verisign’s Revenue
After the market closed today, VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), announced, effective July 1, 2013, an increase in the registry domain name fee for .net top-level domain names, per its agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As of July 1, 2013, the registry fee for .net will increase from $5.11 to $5.62. Share of Verisign where up $1.17 to $38.30 … [Read more...]
Sedo Lands DomainInvest’s 70,000 Domain Names For Monetization & Sales
Sedo, announced today that DomainInvest which was co-founded by industry veterans Frederick Schiwek and Markus Schnermann, who are both managing directors of DomainInvest Group. and its Subsidiary Keyword Domains GmbH has chosen to monetize its portfolio of close to 70,000 domains with Sedo’s end-to-end services. "As part of the partnership, DomainInvest will park its entire portfolio with … [Read more...]
Top Level Domain Holdings: Pleased With ICANN Drawning & Announces Results
In a press release today, The Directors Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) the holding company of Minds + Machines "are delighted to announce the results of ICANN’s Prioritization Draw that concluded Monday evening in Los Angeles." The directors are pleased that three of TLDH’s five geographic applications were in the top third of the Prioritization Draw. Antony Van Couvering, CEO of TLDH … [Read more...]