Consuela, LLC of Austin Texas, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in its attempted grab of the domain name Consuela.com Consuela, LLC site is: consuelastyle.com Consuela, LLC was represented by Erik Paul Belt of McCarter English, LLP, of Massachusetts The domain holder Alberta Hot Rods (“Respondent”), represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com As for … [Read more...]
Verisign’s New Letter To NTIA On New gTLD’s: Its Important to Differentiate Between “Ability” and “Advisability.”
In a letter send by Verisign today to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce; Verisign made it clear it is ready, willing and able to delegate up to 20 new gTLD's to the root upon request of the NTIA but it also made clear that it doesn't advise that the 1,000 new gTLD strings a year get delegated to the root saying: "The introduction … [Read more...]
3 More .Brand New gTLD’s are Withdrawn: Now 108 Pulled
Three more .Brand new gTLD application have been withdrawn on the ICANN site. Microsoft withdrew it applications for .Skydrive which had a prioritization number of 386. Microsoft described the application for .Skydrive as follows: "The SkyDrive® hosting service allows users, at no charge, to store files and to access their personal files from any computer with an internet connection. … [Read more...]
Tucows: Sold .Marketing & .Media New gTLD Applications For “A Substantial Sum”
In its earnings call today Tucows.com (TCX) said that they sold two of their new gTLD applications for a "Substantial Sum" that will be reflected in its YummyNames.com subsidiary revenue in the third quarter of 2013. Tucows.com which was one of the applicants for .Media and .Marketing but withdrew their application for both, and combined with Unregistry's withdrawn for the same two strings, … [Read more...]
Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 11%; Sells Over $1 Million In Domain Names
Tucows.com reported its financial results for the 2nd Quarter ending June 30, 2013. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2013 increased 11% to a record $31.2 million from $28.2 million for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with $0.7 million, or $0.02 per share, for the second quarter of 2012. Cash and cash … [Read more...]
Chicago Sun-Times Buys Chicago.com
It looks like Chicago.com may have be bought by the Chicago Sun-Times. The site was updated recently and now the Chicago Sun-Times is all over it, including on the front page where it says "brought to you by the Chicago Sun- Times.com" Chicago.com which has been an operating site for many years is now showing being in Beta as a newly re-launched site would be. The servers on the domain … [Read more...]
Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is Upheld
The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, but its main competitor Dish Network did and Directv filed this objection. The only other new gTLD application for .direct was filed by Half Trail, LLC a Donuts … [Read more...]