Between 1999 and 2007 a total of 12334 UDRP domain dispute cases were brought in front on the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). 85% of the complaints were granted and only 15% of them denied in favor of the original owner.
The most recently notified WIPO Domain Name Decisions between March 31st and April 2nd, 2008 are:
Interesting developments in the .be zone these days. After a relatively quiet period following price promotions of the Belgium registry in 2006, the registrations of three letter .be domains are in a steep rising again. In fact, as we speak only 313 names seem to be left once you excluded the lower quality letters Q,X,Z,Y,V & W.
According to the Belgium registry DNS.be, they experienced the first 3 months of this year a net. growth of about 1500 three letter registrations. Would that have anything to do with the recent price decreases of the registry? (5 to 3 euro per Jan 1st, 08) or would recent sales of lll.be’s at Sedo have inspired domainers?
That's the question this article in Domain Informer asks, and they give some answers.
The article says this is probably the most common question that new domainers have. They want to know if they have struck gold with their latest brainwave or at least a little more than it cost to register that domain.
Today, the French .FR registry, AFNIC, launched a humoristic ad campaign consisting of four French short films. This new ad campaign is in line with the style of ad campaign the French Registry has been running for the past several years and is designed to present the unlimited possibilities available to the end user who wants to personalize a .fr web address.
The complete French announcmeent follow below...
According to Ron Jackson's latest The Lowdown post, Sedo's live online auction has many great three-letter and one-word .com domains available. The GreatDomains auction will end Thursday, April 3 at 2 PM US Eastern Time. Other available names include Bobblehead.com and Exhibitors.com.
To read more, click here .
Source : DNJournal – With Ron Jackson’s Permission – April 1, 2008
The wave of consolidation that has swept through the domain industry over the past couple of years has left a handful of giants at the head of the pack. Oversee.net and its creator, 29-year-old Lawrence Ng is undeniably one of those.
Oversee also owns approximately 600,000 domains of their own and through DomainSponsor they monetize over 2 million more for other domain owners. The company’s annual revenues topped $200 million in 2007 (up from $125 million the year before).
To read more, click here.
Source : DNJournal – With Ron Jackson’s Permission – April 1, 2008
ICANN is actively soliciting expressions of interest from organisations seeking to host the first ICANN International Public Meeting in 2009. ICANN has previously agreed upon the following location and date:
* 1-6 March 2009 | Latin America
The specifications outlined in the Request for Proposals detail the estimated required elements of an ICANN meeting and the responsibilities of the hosting organisation.
Via email newsletter from Rick Latona :
Being local and knowing the area well, this is a great domain for a great price, well worth the money for the one who is willing to put the time and energy to build it out.
Related links:
Bal Harbour Shops
Bal Harbour, Florida
Bal Harbour (Wikipedia)
Source: Posted on TheConceptualist by Sahar Sahid – Reprinted with permission – April 1, 2008