According to a story in the retail-digital.com, it was the the online brand protection and domain name management company NetNames.com that brokered the deal for the purchase of the domain name IG.com on behalf of its client IG, the global leaders in financial spread betting and CFD trading. IG is currently merging the spread betting and CFD products of IG Index and IG Markets under a single IG … [Read more...]
68th New gTLD Application Is Withdrawn
The 68th new gTLD application has been withdrawn today. The new gTLD application was for an IDN: 广东 Which was applied for by the Xinhua News Agency and had a prioritization number of 1,772 The English equivalent for the IDN string is: Guangdong The applicant has one other new gTLD application submitted with ICANN which is the IDN of 新闻, which is the English equivalent of the word: … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On NJturnpike.com & GardenStateParkway.com, Registered in 1998
A UDRP has just been filed on the matching domain names of the two major highways in New Jersey. The UDRP was filed on the domain names NJturnpike.com & GardenStateParkway.com both which are registered by a David P Matteo who lives in New Jersey. The domain name were both registered on the same day back on July 31, 1998. Mr. Matteo according to DomainTools.com has owned the domain … [Read more...]
IP Pro Chats UDRP’s With Attorney’s Muscovitch, Lewis, Neu, and Pearlman
ipprotheinternet.com, in its latest issue chats about UDRP shopping, inconsistent decisions which are bound to occur since none of the providers require uniformity and the coming URS. The article quotes a lot of familiar UDRP attorney's including Zak Muscovitch, Brett Lewis, Howard Neu, and Eli Pearlman, The article also quotes Kristine Dorrain, director of internet and IP services at NAF a … [Read more...]
Above.com Becomes 1st Registrar To Share Profits Of Sold Expired Domains
Above.com just announced this morning a new program where it will become the first domain name registrar to share the revenue generated from the sales of expired domain names. The Expiring Domain Sales Program is an opt-in program offered to clients with more than ten domain names registered at Above.com. Participants of the program would retain 60% of the profit from the sale of any domains … [Read more...]
Co-founder of PayPal Names His New Company Glow But Buys Glowing.com From Scott Day
Branding decisions are one of the most important a company can make so I was pretty surprised to read on Cnet.com, that one of the founders of PayPal.com Max Levchin, who also "sold a slide-sharing service to Google, helped start Yelp, and sits on Yahoo's board", has named his newest company, Glow, but the company doesn't own Glow.com or even Glow.co but the domain name Glowing.com. Sounds like … [Read more...]
.XXX Sells Over 12,000 Domain Names During May Promotion
xBiz.com is reporting the ICM registry the company that operates the .XXX extension has sold over 12,000 domain names during its May promotion where domain registrations went for a low as $8.99. The promotion will end Friday at 4 p.m. PDT (midnight UTC time) at which time the price of a .XXX registration goes back to $62 wholesale. ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley told XBIZ that most of those … [Read more...]