Just two month after announcing its merger with Kraft Foods (NASDAQ: KRFT) , H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) has filed a UDRP to gain control of the domain name KraftHeinz.com The domain name was registered on March 25, 2015 the same day the companies announced the merger, by someone in Korea. On the same day someone in Korea also registered the reverse domain of HeinzKraft.com with the same … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. Wins AppleId.com and AppleAccount.com In UDRP
Apple Inc. has secured two domain names recently with two different UDRP filings on the domain names AppleID.com and AppleAccount.com . AppleID.com The AppleID.com domain name was registered on May 26, 2004 and was secured by Apple Inc. in a UDRP case #D2015-0582 with a status of "Terminated". The terminated status often relates to the respondent not putting up a fight and transferring the … [Read more...]
New gTLD Utilization Report by CSC
CSC put out their most recent New gTLD utilization report, the report is published every two months. The report looks to find trends and make observations for corporate clients and digital marketers. Observations from the report include: there have been 1,300+ registrations to date which represents a more than 60% increase from the March report. When it was feasible, they analyzed .brand … [Read more...]
BigRock.com: India Accounts For 4% of All Domain Registrations; China 20-22%
According to firstpost.com, average monthly domain name registrations in India has more than doubled to 4% of all global registrations, citing figures from web-hosting company BigRock. China, accounts for 20-22%t of monthly new domain name registrations globally. BigRock hosts websites for Warner Brothers, Fiat India, Adidas, Yatra.com, HP Gas, Star Network, and Kotak Securities, among … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many Sunrise Domain Registrations Will .Sucks Get?
The new gTLD .Sucks has been in the news for a few months since announcing its pricing plan which place a suggested retail price of up to $2,499 for trademark holders. ICANN claimed .sucks domains were being sold to trademark owners in a "predatory" manner, and took the unprecedented step of asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it was legal. This week the FTC answered and told the … [Read more...]
A Second German Court Rules AdBlock Software is not illegal
In April we wrote about a German court upholding the rights to block ads, now a second German court has come out and ruled the same way. German publishers seem to be up in arms and have promised to appeal these rulings. Venture Beat wrote: One month after a German court ruled online ad-blocking technology is perfectly fine, a second legal challenge has now arrived at the exact same … [Read more...]
State of Washington Says Domain Registrations Are Subject To Sales Tax
According to a ruling from the State of Washington this week "Internet domain name registration services are generally subject to retail sales or use tax. This article only addresses the initial sale of a domain name by a registrar. The Domain Name System helps users find their way around the Internet. Every computer on the Internet has a unique address, called an Internet Protocol (IP) … [Read more...]