In a press release this afternoon ICANN proudly announced that the "Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program is concluded." “This is an extraordinary landmark which demonstrates the progress in this program,” said Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Generic Domains Division. "We are looking forward to the innovations that these new introductions will … [Read more...]
101 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE; 8 Go To Extended Evaluation; Passing .Sex; .Islam; .Stockholm; .Ford; .Volvo
101 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. 8 applications are heading for extended evaluation. Like last week one of the applicants who filed Legal Rights Objections to all other applicants own application got flagged for extended evaluation this time Defender Security Company application for .home. Another application heading to extended evaluation is the Lance … [Read more...]
Sina Wins Legal Rights Objection on .Weibo & On .微博
Two separate WIPO panels upheld the objection of the Internet Giant Sina on two new gTLD applications both against the same applicant Tencent Holdings Limited of Shenzhen, China. The WIPO panels upheld Sina objection to the new gTLD applications .Weibo & On .微博 "The Panel notes that both Parties accept and claim that “weibo” is the pinyin equivalent (the phonetic transliteration of Chinese … [Read more...]
The Limited Loses UDRP On LimitedCoupon.com
Limited Stores, LLC which operate the Limited Stores, just lost a UDRP on the domain name limitedcoupon.com despite the fact that the domain holder did not file a response. Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The Complainant’s allegations of bad faith are all said to be on the basis of “upon information and belief”. What information and by whom was it … [Read more...]
15 Year Old RadioAmerica.com Lost In UDRP To RadioAmerica.org
American Studies Center d/b/a Radio America just won a UDRP on the domain name RadioAmerica.com which was owned by Jet Stream Enterprises Limited. The panel found the complainant had a common law a trademark on the term going back to 1985 when Radio America started broadcasting. In 1996 the Complainant registered RadioAmerica.org In 1998 the domain holder registered … [Read more...]
Donuts Signs Contracts With ICANN on 12 new gTLD’s
Donuts has signed 12 new gTLD registry contracts with ICANN. BIKE .CAMERA .CLOTHING .EQUIPMENT .ESTATE .GURU .HOLDINGS .LIGHTING .SINGLES .VENTURES .VOYAGE (.ENTERPRISE, in Simplified Chinese script) According to a press release; all of Donuts new gTLD applications have passed ICANN Initial Evolution. … [Read more...]
Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On Generic Parajumpers.com By Owner Of Parajumpers.it
PJS International SA of Luxembourg just lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Parajumpers.com which is owned by Vertical Axis who was represented by Esquire.com The three member panel failed to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking although the domain name Parajumpers.com was registered 4 years before the trademark was granted and 3 years before the complainant even registered its own … [Read more...]