According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD. .LA is the ccTLD for Laos. Godaddy and CentralNic are apparently taking the upcoming new gTLD launch as an opportunity to re-brand .LA in the same light as other … [Read more...]
Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names, all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven't see any official announcement of the seizures, nor the agency that sent the order out or the basis for the seizure However all 46 domain names are now on Shadowserver.org, a volunteer organization … [Read more...]
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they have a nightmare on their hands when it comes to domain names. Take Google. In June 2013 we found 977 .com/.net domain names were registered … [Read more...]
Facebook Files UDRP For Fäcebook.org & 19 More Domains
Facebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN, Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com FacebookVacation.com (a great name for the next Chevy Chase movie IMHO) next and the preverbal double dipper domain, one which infringes as two Trademarks by two different companies, myspace-facebook.com Here is the full … [Read more...]
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings With GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to "defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC's Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dialogue with the GAC". The dialogue with the GAC is according to the resolution to be held at the ICANN Meeting in Durban which is from July 14 - 18th, … [Read more...]
98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD's passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google's application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and .Bugatti. With today's action ICANN has now gone through applications with a prioritization number of 1,100. Out of 1,100 there are still 82 applications that have not passed, failed or … [Read more...]
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD's "opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its qualified subsidiaries, affiliates, business partners or others having the Required Agreement. The registry will be closed to registrants who do not have a … [Read more...]