Actor John Stamos just won rights to his matching .com domain name JohnStamos.com in a UDRP. David E. Sorkin as the sole Panelist wasted little time awarding the domain name to the actor from Ryan Foo who has lost over 100 UDRP's and has been recoginzed by many UDRP panels as a serial cybersquatter However Mr. Sorkin went even farther finding that the "proxy service", "Whois Privacy Corp" … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) met in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the week of the 20th of June 2015. Sixty nine (69) GAC Members … [Read more...]
Dot XYZ Featured in BizJournals L.A.
Dot XYZ is getting a little love this morning from the Los Angeles BizJournals.com website. Annlee Ellingson got some quotes from Daniel Negari for the story and there were also some mentions of those who have switched to a .xyz like GroovyWebDesign.com. From the article: We’ve positioned ourselves as the next .com,” he told me. XYZ, he said, is generic. The domain endings that we’re used … [Read more...]
Sedo Responds To Fees Charged On Autism.Rocks
We wrote about the domain name Autism.Rocks selling for $100,000 the other day and our interview with the Seller of the domain how was unhappy to learn he was charged by Sedo 15% fee for acting as the escrow agent. The Seller and Buyer independently of Sedo on the domain, then went to Sedo to handle the escrow. Today Semra Koerner, the Manager Global PR & Communication for Sedo.com sent … [Read more...]
Two Founding Members of Minds + Machines Re-join the Board.
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), announced today that two founding members David Weill and Guy Elliott will re-join the Boardas non-exec directors. Antony Van Couvering, the chief executive, said: "We are delighted that both Guy and David have accepted the board's invitation to re-join the board. "They bring a close understanding of the investment community, both in London and internationally, … [Read more...]
Russian Govt Blocks The Way Back Machine: Still Sure The US Should Give Away ICANN?
According to GlobalVoicesOnline.org, the Russian government has blocked the Wayback Machine, which allows users to view archived webpages to see how domain sites looked like in the past. According to the website Rublacklist.net (a censorship-monitoring project operated by the Russian Pirate Party), the entire domain and IP address for the Internet Archive was added on June 23, 2015, to Russia's … [Read more...]
World Poker Tour Bought For $12.3M in 2009 Sold for $35 Million Cash
According to PokerNews.com, bwin.party sold the The World Poker Tour (WPT) to Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. for $35 million cash. Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. is a Hong Kong-listed corporation with over 500 million users and has a market cap on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of around $707 million. bwin.party acquired the WPT in 2009 for $12.3 million. "World Poker Tour is … [Read more...]