105 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) on Friday. A few geographic area new gTLD's passed including .Brussels; .Osaka; .Yokohama; .Bayern Leading the way on the .Brand applications were the new gTLD applications of Google for .Google; The National Football League's application for .NFL; Major League Baseball's application for .MLB and .Baseball; The car makers … [Read more...]
xBiz: Morality in Media Asks The Feds To Probe ICM Registry Over .XXX .Porn
According to xBiz.com, Morality in Media has called on federal authorities to probe ICM Registry after the operator of the .XXX TLD received initial approval for the .porn gTLD. "The anti-porn group, led by Patrick Trueman, the former chief of the Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity unit, said that the establishment of a .porn domain will increase the spread of online … [Read more...]
Verisign’s New Letter To NTIA On New gTLD’s: Its Important to Differentiate Between “Ability” and “Advisability.”
In a letter send by Verisign today to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce; Verisign made it clear it is ready, willing and able to delegate up to 20 new gTLD's to the root upon request of the NTIA but it also made clear that it doesn't advise that the 1,000 new gTLD strings a year get delegated to the root saying: "The introduction … [Read more...]
3 More .Brand New gTLD’s are Withdrawn: Now 108 Pulled
Three more .Brand new gTLD application have been withdrawn on the ICANN site. Microsoft withdrew it applications for .Skydrive which had a prioritization number of 386. Microsoft described the application for .Skydrive as follows: "The SkyDrive® hosting service allows users, at no charge, to store files and to access their personal files from any computer with an internet connection. … [Read more...]
Tucows: Sold .Marketing & .Media New gTLD Applications For “A Substantial Sum”
In its earnings call today Tucows.com (TCX) said that they sold two of their new gTLD applications for a "Substantial Sum" that will be reflected in its YummyNames.com subsidiary revenue in the third quarter of 2013. Tucows.com which was one of the applicants for .Media and .Marketing but withdrew their application for both, and combined with Unregistry's withdrawn for the same two strings, … [Read more...]
Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is Upheld
The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, but its main competitor Dish Network did and Directv filed this objection. The only other new gTLD application for .direct was filed by Half Trail, LLC a Donuts … [Read more...]
Site Calls Large Applicants Of New gTLD’s “Domain Squatters”
In a blog post on casinoaffiliateprograms.com, taking about the new gTLD .Poker new gTLD applicants are being referred to as Domain Squatters and says that Donuts Binky Mill LLC has dropped its application for .Poker "The way new domains are handled is a bit complex. When new domains are announced, companies bid for the rights to “hold” the domains. This means that the company that purchases … [Read more...]