A UDRP has just been filed on a very rare two character domain name D1.com. The domain name is owned by Dimension One Spas of Vista, CA since 2003 and forward to the companies site at d1spas.com The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum however the name of the complainant is not listed. A quick check of the USPTO revealed 11 live trademarks for the term "D1" some filed … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
ICANN Appoints First Two New gTLD Data Escrow Agents
ICANN announced today that it has selected the first two new gTLD Data escrow agents. All new gTLD registry operators will be required to regularly deposit a backup copy of their TLD registration data through one of the approved data escrow service providers. The data held in escrow may be released to ICANN under certain circumstances in order to preserve the stability of the TLD in case of … [Read more...]
80 New gTLD Pass: .Amex; .Nike; .Goog; .Fox; .Arab; .Java; .Polo; .HomeDepot
80 more new gTLD applications have passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today. One application .Pay did not pass IE but was made eligible for Extended Evaluation, that applicant was made by DOTPAY SA, whose contact is listed as Ms. Liz Williams from Sedari.com. In all ICANN is has now completed Initial Evaluation on applications up to prioritization number 600 with 518 being passed or … [Read more...]
Verisign: ICANN Needs To Put Early Warning System In Place Not To Break Root
In the second part 2 of a 5 part series of articles released by Verisign on its blog was written by Danny McPherson on the possible dangers of the impending rollout of the new gTLD program. Basically this post chats about the DNS system, the root servers and the fact that the delegation of 1,000 new gTLD every year is a huge increase from what has been minimal growth over the years and urges … [Read more...]
NetNames.com Brokered The Sale Of IG.com for “50% off Asking Price”
According to a story in the retail-digital.com, it was the the online brand protection and domain name management company NetNames.com that brokered the deal for the purchase of the domain name IG.com on behalf of its client IG, the global leaders in financial spread betting and CFD trading. IG is currently merging the spread betting and CFD products of IG Index and IG Markets under a single IG … [Read more...]
68th New gTLD Application Is Withdrawn
The 68th new gTLD application has been withdrawn today. The new gTLD application was for an IDN: 广东 Which was applied for by the Xinhua News Agency and had a prioritization number of 1,772 The English equivalent for the IDN string is: Guangdong The applicant has one other new gTLD application submitted with ICANN which is the IDN of 新闻, which is the English equivalent of the word: … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On NJturnpike.com & GardenStateParkway.com, Registered in 1998
A UDRP has just been filed on the matching domain names of the two major highways in New Jersey. The UDRP was filed on the domain names NJturnpike.com & GardenStateParkway.com both which are registered by a David P Matteo who lives in New Jersey. The domain name were both registered on the same day back on July 31, 1998. Mr. Matteo according to DomainTools.com has owned the domain … [Read more...]