A couple of more objection have hit the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) site today as part of ICANN new gTLD program The International Rugby Board filed a Community Objection to .Rugby, and the American Insurance Association filed yet another objection to .Insurance. The two are in addition to the 66 objections we noted that were posted on the ICC site 5 days ago. Including this … [Read more...]
Purva.com Bought In May 2012 Saved in UDRP: Godaddy Placeholder May Have Saved It
The Complainant is Puravankara Projects Limited of Bangalore, Karnataka, India, just lost a UDRP on the domain name purva.com which turns out to be a pretty interesting case with a long fact pattern. The domain was orinally owned by the Complaintant who lost it many years ago do to non-renew it appears. The domain was acquired by the domain holder in May 2012 Namejet.com auction and wound … [Read more...]
ICANN Starts “Public Conversation” On ICANN’s Future & Wants Your Input
As Fadi Chehadé, ICANN’s President & CEO, announced this week, that ICANN has launched a public conversation about ICANN’s future. ICANN has posted on its blog all the information around this Public Conversation. "We are seeking ideas from the global community to help create a new, overarching vision and five-year strategy for ICANN. " An animated video and slides have been posted in … [Read more...]
.XXX Paid Search Engine Is Now Live
We just got an email from the ICM Registry that the .XXX paid Search Engine is now Live. Search.XXX is a search engine for just sites using a .XXX domains and launched in September of 2012. We told you back in February that .XXX had given each registrant of a .XXX domain name a credit which they could use to buy ads on the .XXX Search Engine when it went live. Here is the email we … [Read more...]
NiceCar.com Owned For 13 Years Lost in Horrible UDRP Decision
In another horribly lazy opinion, the domain name NiceCar.com was just awarded to NICE CAR, INC. by a one member UDRP panelist Sandra J. Franklin to a trademark holder. Although the complainant had a federal trademark it was only registered in 2007 while the domain holder owned the domain for 13 years. The panelist which never said one word about the generic nature of the term, Nice Car, … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sales Total $975K: Led By TribalWars.com For $34,910
Afternic’s just posted its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 4/1/13 – 4/7/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 973,532. .com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.47 Million For The Week Led by ConnectNow $120K
738 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.47m. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .com: connectnow.com at 120,000 USD · Top ccTLD: build.de at 33,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: fussball.info at 4,800 EUR Here are the reportable sales: … [Read more...]