Uniregistry, Corp just beat back an objection from Google's Charleston Road Registry (CRR) Inc. on the new gTLD .cars in a decision handed down by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution ("ICDR") CRR objected to Unregistry application for .cars as on the basis of String Confusion to its own application for .car and wanted the two applications to be placed into the same contention set … [Read more...]
NationwideLifts.com Saved in UDRP Which Should Have Been A RDNH
S & H Enterprises, Inc. DBA Nationwide Lifts of New York, New York, just lost a UDRP on the very generic domain name nationwidelifts.com S & H's site is at elevette.com which they registered in 2003 and which I'm sure all domain investors would agree is a horrible domain. S & H has trademarks on the term NATIONWIDE LIFTS: registered on June 14, 2005, with a filing date of August … [Read more...]
.NYC Expects To Go Live in 1st Half of 2014
According to a mailing from the offical site of the .NYC new gTLD domain name extension, mydotnyc.com the city expects that the .NYC extension will go live in the 1st half of 2014. "The City of New York will be one of the first cities in the world to be granted its own domain extension … [Read more...]
.ORG Launches Website Makeover Contest
Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain, today announced the launch of its . as part of an ongoing effort to empower nonprofit organizations and groups to effectively advance their causes online. Today through November 8, Public Interest Registry is accepting nominations from leaders and representatives of organizations and nonprofits for a chance to win a newly … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Which of The 9 Donuts New gTLD Starting Sunrise In Oct Will Have The Most Registrations?
This week we wrote a post about Donuts starting to accept Sunrise Applications on its first 9 new gTLD's on October 29. Our poll question today is which of these new gTLD strings will have the most registrations by the end of March 2015? Why March 31st? Well since Sunrise (for trademark holders) last 60 days and landrush follows which will be in at the earliest in January, 2014, General … [Read more...]
ICANN Makes Domain Investor Daniel Negari The Poster Boy For The New gTLD Program In Video Released Tonight
ICANN has made Domain investor and new gTLD applicant Daniel Negari the poster boy for the new gTLD program in a video released by ICANN tonight on Twitter. Why Dan? Well at 27 years of age, he is the youngest applicant for a new gTLD with an uncontested application for XYZ.com and the winner of a private auction for .College. I have know Dan for a few years from the domain investor side … [Read more...]
1and1.com New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 3 Million Domain Names
It was back on September 22nd when we posted that 1and1.com, the domain name registration which has been running television commercials in heavy rotation in the United States t0 promote new gTLD domain names broke the 2 Million pre-registration mark. Tonight 1and1.com blew past the 3 … [Read more...]