From the Fairwinds blog today: ""CADNA has refocused its efforts on working with members of Congress on these issues and working more diligently toward developing legislation to help resolve the problems. Long term solutions to the Internet’s systemic problems that are within ICANN’s control are unlikely to emerge from within the ICANN community, but rather from the governments and its … [Read more...]
No Sex.com Sale: I Hate To Tell You I Told You So, But I Did
As DomainNameWire.com reported tonight the auction of Sex.com has been postponed due to the filing of bankruptcy by the debtor Escom, LLC. At the root of the issue is going to be the amount owned by the debtor vs. the current value of the asset. It's already public knowledge that payments to Domain Capital are at least a year behind, which at their standard 15% interest rate can really add … [Read more...]
Is Verification Of Identity Going To Become A Requirement To Own A Domain?
A couple of interesting developments on the issue of whether registrars should be required to verify the identity of the registrant of every domain name. First today the authority charged with running the .Ru ccTLD, the Coordination Center for TLD RU, announced that effective April 1, 2010 all registrants of .RU domain names, must file proof of their identities with their registrars in order … [Read more...]
PlayFree.com Sells For $26K On SnapNames ShowCase Auction
The SnapNames.com showcase auction for March ended yesterday with a total of 30 domains selling for a total of $41,895 The highest sale was on the domain PlayFree.com which sold for a whopping $26,300. I sure didn't see that one coming, the domain does have an Alexa ranking of $15M and gets between 100 and 1,000 visitors a month. There were 5 bidders battling it out in that … [Read more...]
Google Denied Trademark On “Nexus One”
The United States Trademark office denied Google’s application to trademark the name of their new phone ‘Nexus One". Integra, a provider of voice and data services was granted a trademark on the term Nexus in 2008. The Trademark Office said that if it issued a trademark to Google it would confusion as because both companies exist in a similar business channel. """Here, the applicant … [Read more...]
Huffington Post Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Domains With A Look At The “Most Inappropirate URL’s”
The Huffington Post marked the silver anniversary of the first domain name registration, by publishing what it calls, "The Most Inappropirate URL's On The Web" including pictures. Ok so take a deep breath and either hope one of your domains is, or is not included, and check it out, its pretty funny. … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Is Canon Going For Its Own gTLD Going To Be The Exception or The Rule?
Now that Canon announced it will seek its own extension, the question becomes is Canon just the first of many Fortune 500 companies that will apply for its own gTLD or just one of the few that will apply? You can vote on the poll on the right and of course leave any comments below. … [Read more...]