Moniker® and SnapNames®, both KeyDrive S. A. today announced their 2014 Kick-Off Premium Auction catalog and the auction is in fact live. One domain name, Nova.com, already has a $60,000 bid however the reserve range is $50k- $100K and the domain has not hit reserve. The auction ends on March 6th at 3:15pm EST in according with Snapnames.com closing rules. Some of the more interesting … [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...]
UDRP Filed Over ThamesRivers.com
F&C Management Limited has filed a UDRP on the domain name ThamesRivers.com The domain name ThamesRivers.com is the site of the Thames River Capital Group Limited which "is a privately owned investment company. The firm provides its services to institutional investors and entrepreneurs . It launches and manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds and hedge funds for its clients. … [Read more...]
Tucows Reports: Revenue Up 11% But Misses on Earnings & Revenue
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013. Although Tucows revenue increased 11% but missed by $0.98M. off of estimates Summary Financial Results All figures are in U.S. dollars. (In Thousands of US Dollars, Except Per Share Data) 3 Months 3 Months 12 Months 12 Months … [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...]
BrandShield Raises $1.4 Million & Launches Its Brand Protection Software System In US
BrandShield, announced today backed by $1.4 million in seed funding its rolling out of the Brand Protection Software System in North America. BrandShield helps companies combat online brand abuse from brand parasites that steal traffic, scam users, sell counterfeit goods, register domain names in violation of trademark or otherwise impersonate or infringe brands online. BrandShield provides … [Read more...]