Eurid,the company behind .EU extension,released its Q2 2013 progress report tonight.(pdf) The report shows that .EU registrations increased in 13 of the 28 EU Member States to reach 3.70 million domain names Bulgaria,Slovenia and Austria saw a growth of more than 5%, however total number of .Eu registrations actually declined in the 2nd quarter despite a renewal rate of 85% . During Q2 … [Read more...]
Is ICANN Looking To Move From US Jurisdiction to Switzerland?
According to a taped interview with the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade at the Asia-Pacific Regional IGF in Seoul, ICANN is looking to "Become an International Organization and indicted that ICANN would consider setting up a legal structure in Switzerland which to some means that ICANN maybe looking to move jurisdictions from the United States to Switzerland. ICANN currently is based on California … [Read more...]
American Airlines Files UDRP Over F Bomb Domain Name
American Airlines filed a UDRP on the domain name f*ckamericanairlines.com today with the National Arbitration Forum While we are use to seeing companies going after "sucks" domains its pretty rare to see a company going after a domain containing the F bomb. This appears to be only the 8th UDRP ever filed over a domain containing the F Bomb and only the 2nd since 2007. By contrast there … [Read more...]
Islamic Republic of Iran Wants .Islam and .Halal Managed and Operated by the Muslim Community
The Islamic Republic of Iran in a letter to ICANN said that the new gTLD applications of .ISLAM and .HALAL "should be managed and operated by the Muslim community through a neutral body that represents the different sections and segments of the Muslim community including Governments, NGOs and IGOs, Private Sector, Academia, as different stakeholders of internet in the this community." The … [Read more...]
Medium.com: “Trading Domain Names Should Be Banned”
In a blog post that appeared in Medium.com entitled "Trading domain names should be banned ; Why? Because it hurts businesses and does not generate any value for anybody" The post was written by Zsombor Lacza who describes himself as a "scientist, orthopedic, skier, sailor, biker, inventor, and photographer" Apparently the author who started his own company had to do without the .com … [Read more...]
Share.TV and KeepSmart.com Hit With UDRP’s
Two generic domain names got hit with UDRP's today Share.tv which has a creation date of 2010 was hit with a UDRP. While the complainant is not yet listed I'm going to guess its the owner of ShareTv.Org which says they have over 200,000 registered users. According to Screenshots.com there hasn't been much of the domain since 2010 when it was parked. Another domain hit with a UDRP today … [Read more...]
Killer Domain Tv.Org Dropping Tomorrow; BSF.com In Auction Already
A couple of Dropping domains worth noting. A truly great domain name is on the drop list for tomorrow, Tv.Org The domain was owned by TSL of Panama which seemed to have acquired the domain in 2009. The original registrant of the domain seems to be the late Igal Lichtman who owned the domain back in 2004 then it went under privacy until 2007 where is showed NetrinoUK Limited of London as … [Read more...]