Donuts has won the rights to the new domain extension .GMBH beating Google, Straat (.Co) as well as InterNetWire Web-Development GmbH, and TLDDOT GmbH which had applied and lost its bid to win the extension on a community basis. GMBH is a a type of legal entity very common in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other German-speaking Central European countries and would be equivalent to .INC and … [Read more...]
Scripps Networks Wins .DIY Beating Google: Now Owns 11 gTLD’s
Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. part of the Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., and Scripps Networks, LLC (“Scripps”) won the rights to operate the new domain extension .DIY beating Google who withdrew its application. The company operates the The DIY Network.com, as well as many other Television networks including the Food Network, and the Cooking Channel, HGTV and the Travel Channel. Of … [Read more...]
Donuts Beats Google To .MBA; Google Wins .PHD
Two more new gTLD strings that were scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resort Auction next week, have been settled privately. Donuts won rights to operate the .MBA new domain extension, beating out Google and a company known as Your Dot Phd, Inc. Yourdotphd.com Google won the rights to operate the new gTLD, .PHD beating out Your Dot Phd, Inc. There are plenty of new gTLD's in the education … [Read more...]
Military Intelligence Officer Turned Domainer Launches Domain.Buzz
An interesting story was published in the form a press release today about the Domain.Buzz which was recently launched by acquired by Tim Culpepper, a Military Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, turned domainer. Domain.Buzz seems to be an aggregator of mostly domain blogs and publications along the lines of Domaining.com and NameBee.com but had sections for domain Sales Reports and … [Read more...]
Shocker? Latin American Telecom LLC Beats Google To The .Tube New gTLD
Here is a shocker for you, Latin American Telecom LLC (LTC) has beaten Google to the new gTLD .Tube Donuts was the other applicant for the new domain extension .Tube, has now also withdrawn its application. LTC is represented by Esqwire.com and is run by Rami Schwartz which also owns and operates Mexico.com. It's pretty shocking (at least to me) that Google would have let .Tube go to … [Read more...]
Telegraph.co.uk – “Cyber-squatting disputes up 313% Amid Web Address Explosion”
Telegraph.co.uk is out with an article that there has been an over 300% increase in the number of TM disputes. The article equates the increase in disputes with the introduction of the new gtlds. From the article: The release of hundreds of new web address endings over the last eight months has contributed to a 313pc increase in the number of "cyber-squatting" disputes, it has … [Read more...]
.Fyi Donuts Beats Google To The New gTLD .Fyi
Donuts has won the rights to the new gTLD .fyi beating Google Fyi for those who don't know is short for "For Your Information" There is also a television network owned by A & E, called fyi.tv There is of course already a .info extension which has around 5.5 million registrations. .Fyi was scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. … [Read more...]