Dot London Domains Ltd (“Dot London”), has today announced that .LONDON will begin taking registrations on 29 April 2014, marking the formal launch of the .LONDON domain. More than 200,000 small businesses in London say they are likely to register a new .london internet address when the domain names go on sale at the end of April. A YouGov survey of small businesses in London found that more … [Read more...]
.CEO Starts Sunrise Today & Releases Another Video To Celebrate
Registry operatory dotCEO TLD announced today it has entered its 30-day Sunrise period and issued another video to celebrate the occasion (which appears below) .CEO, is being marketed to brand leaders, in a partnership with dotCEO parent company PeopleBrowsr Inc. Jodee Rich, CEO of dotCEO TLD said: "The Internet is evolving from the days of dotCom to the many colors and flavors of new Top … [Read more...]
IBM Wins Its URS On IBM.ventures & IBM.Guru 6 Days After Filling
IBM has won the first Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) filed on new gTLD domain names. On February 6th IBM filed the first URS on the new gTLD domains IBM.ventures and IBM.Guru Yesterday the Nation Arbitration Forum is showing as the domain names being in SUSPENDED FINAL status. Unlike the UDRP dispute resolution system, the winner of a URS does not get ownership of the domain name but only … [Read more...]
The .Com Firewall: Is A .Com Registration Better Protection From New gTLD’s Than Trademarks?
An interesting point of view on new gTLD's, trademarks and .com registrants was published today by Cybrands.com Basically the author of the post is claiming that owning a .com can be better protection against potentially infringing new gTLD domain names than a trademark. He calls it the .com firewall: "In computing terms, firewall has many definitions." In domaining terms, what I'm … [Read more...]
Mike Daniels Former NSI Chairman: Dot com Became the Brand of Choice & I Believe it Will Be in the Future
Mike Daniels who served as Network Solutions (NSI) chairman from 1995 - 2000 and orchestrated the sale of Network Solutions to VeriSign for $19.3 billion in 2000 shared his thoughts on the new gTLD's with BroadwayWorld.com Will the new crop of domain registration companies be as successful as Network Solutions? Probably not. Dot com remains the most important domain because that was what … [Read more...]
.Toyko & .Nagoya Selects Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Auctions
.Tokyo and .Nagoya, announce their partnership with Pool.com and its auction services platform to help accelerate their introduction to global markets. “Auctions are the best way to resolve contending applications during the introduction of new top-level domains,” says Pool.com CEO Richard Schreier. “They offer open access, quickly set true market value for web addresses, ensure the name space … [Read more...]
.Vegas To Launch Summer of 2014 & Registrar Expects Registrations To Easily Exceed 900,000
According to a press release out this morning the .Vegas Registry is expecting to launch in the Summer of 2014 and expects 900,000 registrations. According to the PR .Vegas will have a 60 day Sunrise period then right to Go Live with no Landrush or other priority period in between. Jim Trevino, CEO, of Dot Vegas, Inc is quoted as saying: "We are doing everything we can to ensure that … [Read more...]