Yourhoustonnews.com is reporting that "The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 10 Internet domain names that were illegally selling trademarked cycling equipment and apparel globally." "The 10 seized domain names are a continuation of “Operation In Our Sites” (IOS), an HSI sustained law enforcement initiative that began in … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
VentureBeat Covers & Interviews Godaddy’s CEO Blake Irving
VentureBeat.com just published a story on the CEO of Godaddy.com Blake Irving. Here are some of the more interesting quotes: "I see a very clear path of how to make GoDaddy the most valued, largest platform for small businesses in the world. It is quite clear that no one is doing it right yet.” “What I like to do is make a significant change in the world for good,” “I want to take … [Read more...]
Study: Average Auction Price of .co.uk Declines For Third Year In A Row
A study conducted by Cyber Compare (www.cybercompare.net) found that the average auction price paid for a Premium .UK domain has been falling for the last three years in a row. "After looking at the data of 3698 domain name sales that completed between 2009 and 2012, we found that the average sale price for a domain has fallen by 23% from £316 down to £246 in 2012. " "The decline has been … [Read more...]
Marchex’s Archeo Sells $1.4M In Domains In 4th Q 2012
Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. ((NASDAQ: MCHX), announced today that it sold 50 domain names totaling $1.4 million dollars in first quarter of 2013. The average price of a domain in the first quarter of 2013 was $27,233 as compared to $27,823 in the fourth quarter of 2012. In November 2012, Marchex, Inc. announced its intention to spin off its domain assets into Archeo, a separate … [Read more...]
Uniregistry and TLDH Team Up on The New gTLD .Country
According to a press release just out Uniregistry which is headed by Frank Schilling and Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) which both applied for the new gTLD .Country have struck a deal As Uniregistry and TLDH are the only two applicants for the new gTLD .Country the two companies have decided to split the new gTLD to end contention and avoid an ICANN last resort auciton ""Under the … [Read more...]
Can Only UDRP Providers Become URS Dispute Resolution Providers?
According to Brad Bertoglio of Intersponsive Corporation, it looks like ICANN appears to be taking the position that it will not approve any application to provide URS services unless the actual applicant is directly a provider of other dispute resolution services, and potentially only UDRP providers. Intersponsive Corporation was the first company to apply to ICANN to become a URS resolution … [Read more...]
39 More New gTLD Pass IE: .AAA; .Chase; .NRA; .Live; .Swiss; .Vip; .Cpa
ICANN has passed another 39 new gTLD through Initial Evaluation today, including the National Rifle Association application for .NRA, The American Automobile Association application for .AAA, JPMorgan Chase application for .Chase, Microsoft's application for .Live. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants application for .CPA also passed IE. Google passed IE for its .Vip and … [Read more...]