Two UDRP decided days apart by the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) on two very similar domains got completely results. Both UDRP's were brought by the same Complainant BGL Group Limited which has a trademark on the term "COMPARETHEMARKET" In on case the panel held for the trademark holder in the other case the panel held for the domain holder. The domains … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
Sen. Rockefeller To ICANN: Follow GAC Advice & Allow “Limited 1st Round” Of New gTLD’s
In a bombshell letter to the CEO of ICANN sent today by Senator Jay Rockefeller, head of the Senate Commerce Committee he told telling ICANN to "tread carefully" in opening up new gTLD's follow GAC advice and consider a limited roll out of first round gTLD's: "ICANN should fully consider and act upon the GAC safeguard advice. "ICANN should consider a limited first round of new gTLD's to … [Read more...]
Site Goes From Longer .Com To Shorter. Net: ShareMyPlaylists.com Goes To Playlists.net
According to TechCrunch, ShareMyPlaylists.com which allows Spotify users to upload and share their Spotify playlists with other users has changed their domain name to Playlists.net. ShareMyPlaylists.com was launched in March 2009. While many believe its a .com world, others see that its all about branding and truncation which Mr. Frager chats about daily on his blog. "The main … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Dan Warner: New gTLD Registries Cannot Own Their Domains!
This is a Guest Post by Dan Warner. Dan in a domain industry veteran who has presented and spoken at many industry conferences. Dan is was part of the Exclusive team at Dark Blue Sea Ltd (Fabulous.com) for 8 years, which became the 14th largest in the world, had a domain sales platform (DDN) with penetration into 80% of the worlds registrars by volume; an affiliate marketing network ranked as 5th … [Read more...]
Brit.Co Bought For $4,750, Gets $6.3 Million In Funding Including Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer
Another .Co domain name is in the news today as Brit + Co., a San Francisco-based media company focused on DIY ideas for “creative living in the digital age,” has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding according to The Term Sheet. Oak Investment Partners led the round, and was joined by Index Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Cowboy Ventures and returning angel investors like Marissa Mayer who is the … [Read more...]
Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping Domains
SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an exclusive basis. GMO Internet has over 90% share of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in the Japanese domain name market. "We are pleased to announce … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Goes With Afternic/NameJet
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, announced today have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), which has just passed ICANN Initial Evaluation Afternic has been tapped to define and value the .BUZZ reserve auction list, and to provide marketing and sales support for premium domain … [Read more...]