a Total of 91 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) including 8 applications which were previously passed over. This is the most new gTLD applications to pass IE in a single week and ICANN is now processing 100 new gTLD applications up from 50 per week as they promised would happen in June. This weeks more interesting new gTLD applications passing IE include two killer … [Read more...]
Bloomberg Reports Google Facing New FCC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads
According to Bloomberg.com, Google is facing a new Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission According to the story the FCC is looking into "into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition" The story goes on to say that the investigation is in the preliminary stage and may not expand into a … [Read more...]
John Berryhill Says UDRP Panel Got It Right On Ron Paul’s Domains
John Berryhill, Esq, PHD says that the UDRP panel in the Ron Paul Domain name case got its right. The decision has garnered a lot of Strong opinions, but Mr. Berryhill who has won more reverse domain name hijacking cases representing domain holders says the panel got it right and says that the UDRP panel that awarded HillaryClinton.com to Hillary Clinton got it wrong: In a comment left on a … [Read more...]
.Co In The News Again As Fastcompany.com Covers Quarterly.Co
.Co domain names are in the news again today as FastCompany.com, has just covered Quarterly.Co which was founded by former GOOD editor Zach Frechette which already has over 8,000 Subscribers. "The startup is a way for admirably cool people like Pharrell or Joshua Foer to share the things they love." Says FastCompany. The company already raised $1.25 million in investment from True Ventures … [Read more...]
Actress and Author Joan Collins Loses UDRP Bid For JoanCollins.com
For a second day a UDRP panel has denied the claim of a famous person to their matching .com domain name Back in February we told you that Joan Collins had filed a UDRP to gain control over JoanCollins.com Although the ruling has not been published as of yet today, the decision is in and its a loss for Ms. Collins. As we noted back in February, Ms. Collins full name is Joan Henrietta … [Read more...]
Merlin Kauffman Sells TestTube.com To Discovery Communications For New Network
Merlin Kauffman recently sold the domain name TestTube.com for an undisclosed price to the Discovery Communications who is using the domain name to launching a new online science network targeting young men, called TestTube.com. The domain name is owned by "Revision3 - A Discovery Communications Company" and looks like it transferred in March of this year. Discovery Communications owns the … [Read more...]
PortMedia Domains Represented By Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP For Arrigo.com
Arrigo Enterprises, Inc. lost it bid to grab the domain name Arrigo.com away from PortMedia Domains who was represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The term Arrigo is a common Italian surname. The domain name was owned by the domain holder for 12 years and the Complainants trademark was first registered in 2012. The panel however declined to make a finding of Reverse Domain Name … [Read more...]