Fidal, the largest lawfirm in France, put out the results of a very detailed survey on new gtlds and how brands are using them. They conducted a survey that delved into a lot of topics that brands face when dealing with the new namespace. I read the whole report and I think it is well worth your time to take a look at and bookmark to refer back to. From the report: A large majority of … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia
Matt Southern wrote a piece on Search Engine Journal that Google will be expanding its local search to the UK,Canada and Australia. Back in August Search Engine Land called the local search update the Pigeon, Understanding the Pigeon Update At this time, Pigeon seems to only impact local search queries made in English within the United States. At first sight, Pigeon seems to give preference to … [Read more...]
Donuts Beats Google to The New gTLD .Tours As Google Withdraws .Tour
Another indirect new gTLD contention set was resolved as Donuts won the new gTLD .Tours against Google's application for .Tour. Google has withdrawn its application for .Tour which is applied for Donuts which applied for .Tours was put into a indirect contention set with Google's application for .Tour At the end of the day Google withdrew its application for .Tour, leaving Donuts the only … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas Trademark Holders: 15 Year Old DirectorsChoice.com Lost In UDRP
Director's Choice, LLP just won is a UDRP for the domain name directorschoice.com We read through the complaint the other day thought is was a no-brainier win for the domain holder, but as the opinion lays out it seems the three member panel thought it was a no-brainier win for the Trademark Holder. It seems the domain holder acted as his own attorney to respond to the complaint. Not a … [Read more...]
Md.Org Lawsuit Withdrawn: Domain Is Transferred
Last year we wrote about a lawsuit over the domain name MD.org which sold for a NameJet.com record selling price of $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” In April of 2013 Namejet.comm along with the Seller of the domain Privacy LLC, (Privacy), filed a lawsuit against several parties for non-payment of the winning bid. Ownership of the domain name MD.org transferred yesterday … [Read more...]
Tech.Co Covers .XYZ: “.Xyz is Staring Down .Com; This is How you Slay the Giant”
Tech.co just posted a article about .XYZ and its founder Daniel Negari in a story entitled; .Xyz is Staring Down .Com: This is How you Slay the Giant. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the story by Daniel that I'm sure this story will get many in the domainer community going especially the headline. “I set out to really disrupt the name space and bring competition and choice … [Read more...]
15 Year Old Geo Domain ParrotCay.com Saved In UDRP Registered 7 Years Before TM: No RDNH
A three panel UDRP decision rejected the complaint of Como Holdings USA, Inc. on the 15 year old domain name ParrotCay.com as well as ParrotCay.co which was registered on the first day of general availability by the owner of the .com, Sybaris LLC The decision was handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (Kuala Lumpur Office) (the "Centre"). Its another case where in my … [Read more...]