Posted by Chief Editor , Monday, 03 March 2008
A workshop on “Combating Domain Name Infringement” was successfully concluded on 22nd February, 2008 here in New Delhi. The Workshop was organized by Cyberspace and Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO) in association with
iprfirm.com, Amarjit & Associates and cybersmart.in.
The workshop was one of the first of its kind, that focused on key issues involving Domain Names and was organized to make people aware of their legal rights and liabilities associated with the domain names. The four hour Techno Legal Interactive Workshop on Domain Names was successful in getting more than 80 attendees including lawyers, students & entrepreneurs. Pictures of the event can be seen here.
In the opening remarks given by Ms. Sheetal Dang, Associate Attorney, Amarjit & Associates, the role of Cyberspace and Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO) activities was presented to the wide audience enumerating the CIPFO’s formation and future activities of the organization. Search and John Battelle – Part 2 – The Book!
Posted by Michael Gilmour , Monday, 03 March 2008
This article continues immediately on from the first in the series titled, “Search and John Battelle – The Inspiration”.
The dilemma I faced was that John Battelle is a really smart guy. So rather than dismissing his views on domaining out of hand I found myself forking out my hard earned dollars and purchasing his audio book titled, “Search” for the long trip across the Pacific to the TRAFFIC conference. Snowe Bill threatens Domain Name Registrants
Posted by Chief Editor , Sunday, 02 March 2008
On February 25, 2008 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe introduced S. 2661, the “Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008” (APCPA). The bill was also cosponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ted Stevens (R-AK). It has been referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. No hearings have yet been scheduled on this proposal.
Initial ICA Position The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) strongly supports efforts to thwart trademark infringement, criminal phishing schemes, and the furnishing of inaccurate WHOIS database information. S. 2661, however, contains provisions that are largely unrelated to these objectives and that radically and unnecessarily expand the rights of trademark owners to essentially provide them with monopoly rights on registered trademarks to the detriment of millions of individuals and businesses engaged in lawful and legitimate Internet commerce. Search and John Battelle – Part 1 – The Inspiration
Posted by Michael Gilmour , Saturday, 01 March 2008
While attending DomainFest in January I scanned the list of speakers and was pleasantly surprised to see that Wired Magazine co-founder, John Battelle was one of the scheduled guest speakers.
Why Am I Missing Out On Great Deals?
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Saturday, 01 March 2008
This is happening too often lately. At the TRAFFIC LV show I missed out on Cotton.com, a great deal someone lucky picked up for $77K range. SIDN’s Dutch Numerical Domain Landrush succums to its Success
Posted by Chief Editor , Saturday, 01 March 2008
Dutch Registrar SIDN’s numerical .nl domain name landrush succumbed to its own success on Thursday when their mail server just couldn’t manage the sudden explosion of landrush applications. As reported earlier, at 12.00pm on Thursday, the numeric .nl domain landrush was given the green light by Dutch Domain Registry SIDN. Everyone who wanted a numerical domain was allowed, by means of a registrar, to request their domain via e-mail.
According to a recent communique, SIDN indicated that, ‘ In order to prevent our incoming e-mail system from overloading, we have taken a number of precautions’.
At 12.00pm sharp, 10,000 new e-mail requests started flooding SIDN’s mail server every second and it turned out to be too much of a good thing. SIDN was ill prepared and the anticipated mail server drama started unfolding regardless of their precautions. Interestingly enough, the server didn’t crash but the majority of the applications were refused since their mail server was nearly inaccessible. As a result, ”first come first serve” lottery rules will now determine who gets the desired numeric domain name. Phone.com – More than a pretty Domain Name!
Posted by Chief Editor , Saturday, 01 March 2008
Branding these days is everything, or just about everything. This is why the investors behind Phone.com LLC, a new provider of virtual PBX and voice over Internet services, were willing to pay big bucks for the coveted domain name. The firm is billing itself as The New Phone.Company. Cute.Luckily for small business owners, there’s more to Phone.com’s Virtual Office than a catchy slogan and easy-to-remember Web address. Built from the ground up and managed by a group of seasoned VoIP veterans, Virtual Office should give established players in this space ,such as RingCentral, Innoport from Intellicom Inc. and GotVMail, a run for their money.
Preliminary TRAFFIC West Silent Auction Results
Posted by Chief Editor , Saturday, 01 March 2008
This is an unofficial announcement we received from Moniker. We should have an official version for you next week. Sometime but wanted to share these silent auction results with you. Here are the final results for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C West 2008 Extended Online (silent) auction: Grand Total Sales Volume was $482,087.00 / Domains Sold: 268
Top 3 domains sold:
psychiatrists.com $88,240.00
MaidServices.com $25,000.00
StorageFacility.com $18,700.00
Other Domains Winning Bid: sierramadre.com $13,024.00
weekday.com $11,770.00
BookmarkThis.com $11,770.00 UPDATED: Judge says Wikileaks can have its Domain Name back
Posted by David Goldstein , Saturday, 01 March 2008
The withdrawal of an order by a federal judge that led to the shutting down of the wikileaks.org website is by far the biggest story of the last few days. Originally the judge signed an order requiring the registrar Dynadot to disable the wikileaks.org domain name.
In making his decision, “United States District Judge Jeffrey S. White appeared at times visibly frustrated that technology might have outrun the law and that, as a result, the court might not be able to rein in information disclosed online,” reported the New York Times.
“We live in an age when people can do some good things and people can do some terrible things without accountability necessarily in a court of law,” Judge White said.
