The domain name Palace.com has just been hit with a UDRP The case was filed by at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Palace Sports & Entertainment LLC whose site it at palacenet.com The Palace Operates three venues in the around the Detroit area including the home of the Detroit Pistons The Palace of Auburn Hills. Palace Sports & Entertainment also operate the … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Demand Media Paid $18 Million For Name.com Registrar
According to a 10-K report filed with the SEC by Demand Media (DMD) (page F-31) the company paid $18 Million dollars for the domain name registrar Name.com ""On December 31, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of the net assets of Name.com, a retail registrar company based in Denver, Colorado. "The purchase consideration of $18,000,000 comprised an initial cash payment … [Read more...]
New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App. .App you my recall had the most applications submitted to ICANN during the new gTLD program with 13 applications, including one's submitted by Google, Amazon, Donuts, Top Level Domain Holdings and Famous Four and Afilias to name a few. The … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Tom Barrett: ICANN Expands Trademark Claims Do the Ends Justify the Means?
This is a guest post by Tom Barrett who is the founder of EnCirca, an ICANN Registrar, and TM.Biz, a brand protection platform and TM.Biz provided trademark validation services for the .XXX and .PW TLD’s and will be offering pre-validation services for users of the Trademark Clearinghouse. We do have comments at the end of the piece but Tom's post is unedited: "Under the guise of … [Read more...]
Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN's site, this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn The application for 盛貿飯店 (“tradershotels” in traditional Chinese) filed by Shangri‐La International Hotel Management Limited has been withdrawn just as the first initial evaluations for the new gTLD's were issued by ICANN today, starting with IDN's. This … [Read more...]
Breaking: Donuts Passes ICANN Initial Evaluation For New gTLD’s
Donuts the largest applicant for new gTLD program has passed the Initial Evaluation of ICANN new gTLD program. Donuts applied for 307 new gTLD domain names including the IDN for the string: 商店 This is the first new gTLD application filed by Donuts to be evaluated by ICANN. As part of the initial evaluation, ICANN had to determine if each applicant has meet all the requirements to operate … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Typo’s Of TireChian.com and TireChians.com
South Fork Hardware, Inc., DBA TireChain.com Lost a UDRP decision today on the typo's on tirechian.com and tirechians.com Complainant has used TIRECHAIN.COM and TIRECHAINS.COM (“the asserted Marks”) since 1998. It uses the TIRECHAIN.COM Mark in connection with anti-skid chains for vehicle tires; anti-skid chains for vehicles; chains for motor cars; land vehicle parts, namely, tire chains; and … [Read more...]