EURid the registry for the .Eu TLD released a study today ahead of its 7th Birthday. To date there are over 3.74 Million .Eu registrations. Over 1.84 million EU residents have registered at least one .eu domain name, with 25% of those having registered more than one. "The research also shows that the majority of .eu users are in business, ambitious, tech-savvy and aiming for expansion, … [Read more...]
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department's Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .Mail Last week we told you that the USPS filed a Legal Rights Objection with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against all seven … [Read more...]
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representing “Bridgestone”, meant to be read roughly similar to the pronunciation of “Bridgestone” in English. "The string doesnʹt hold any particular meaning in … [Read more...]
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections on new gTLD applications filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution, based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. The objection process is part of the ICANN new gTLD program. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gTLD applications including: … [Read more...]
Marchex May Hit The Domain Lottery As Apple Considers The iRing
(iRing concept from 2007 by Yanko Design.) According to Appleinsider.com, Apply is considering a product called the iRing. "The iRing will act as a "navigation pointer" for the television, and will allow the TV set to enhance motion detection and replace some of the functionality found in a remote." According to the report "Apple's rumored smart watch … [Read more...]
VentureBurn Covers Successful Domain Investors Story & Its About Co.za Space, The ccTLD For South Africa
VentureBurn.com just highlighted a domain name investor success story and this time it wasn't about a .com but about a ccTLD, Co.Za the country code for South Africa. The investor is Stephen Gorman, Founder of digital marketing agency, Push Digital. "As Africa continues to come online, it is likely to follow the trends seen in the early 90s in the developed world. " "A quick look at Sedo … [Read more...]
Marchex Gets Hit With UDRP on WebAnywhere.com
A UDRP has just been filed against Marchex Sales, LLC on the domain name WebAnywhere.com The domain name has been owned by Marchex since at least 2008. There is a trademark filed with the USPTO in February 2010 for the term Webanywhere by a Delaware company by the name of WebAnywhere, Inc. which was granted in Feburary 2011 for "website design for others, namely, educational institutions … [Read more...]