The Guardian a widely read publication out of the UK which broke the news about Edward Snowden has officially moved its site from the domain name Guardian.co.uk to TheGuardian.com as of today and published it first article under its new domain: "This article represents a little piece of Guardian history, because it is one of the first published pieces of content on our new global domain - … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
How To Blow $140,000 In Domain Registrations
Yesterday we pointed out the case of Virtual Planet of Mill Valley, CA which is dropping 103 domain names all registered at NetworkSolutions.com for 13 years. At $35 a year it came to almost $50,000 in registration/renewal fees. Today we seeing a huge drop of domain names at least 1,950 domain names all in the legal field by one company on August 1st. The domain names were registered to … [Read more...]
You Know About UDRP’s; Have You Ever Heard Of A TDRP?
Have you ever heard of a TDRP? Until yesterday I didn't when I ran into the NameCheap.com case which decision is still pending which apparently denied NameCheap.com's claim to 7 domain names that a US federal judge ordered transferred to them in January. So unlike a UDRP which involves an alleged rights holder as the Complainant and a domain holder as the respondent a TDRP is an dispute … [Read more...]
Sedo Launches In Portuguese For Brazilian Market: Sedo.com.br
Sedo, today launched a new website in Portuguese to introduce a site for the Brazilian market, with over 80 million internet users. The e-commerce market in Brazil has been growing steadily, especially in recent years, when the economic strength of the country has increased the purchasing power of the middle class, who increasingly uses the Internet to do business. I t is also worth to … [Read more...]
NameCheap Wins $1.3 Million CyberSquatting Judgement
A Federal District Court has awarded NameCheap.com $1.3 Million Dollars in a cybersquatting suit. The judgement (Judgment) was entered back in January 2013 but it does not appear to have been reported on before. The United States District Court for the Central District of California awarded NameCheap.com $50,000 for each of the 26 infringing domains for a total of $1.3 Million. The Court … [Read more...]
16 Year Old Model Esther Heesch Awarded EstherHeesch.com In A UDRP Based On Her Fame
A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a "a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies...an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Management." "Through years of continuous use in commerce in the United States and abroad, the name “Esther Heesch” has acquired the sufficient secondary meaning under … [Read more...]
L’Oréal Drops 8th New gTLD Application
L'Oréal has withdrawn its 8th new gTLD application for the closed brand application for .Matrix L'Oréal applied for 14 new gTLD's. one IDN 8 brand applications and five generic's to be operated on a closed basis .Hair; .Beauty; .Skin; Salon and .Makeup The only .Brand application not still not withdrawn with ICANN by L'Oréal is for .Lancome The application for .Matrix has a prioritization … [Read more...]