Written by Caycee Boyce , Saturday, 15 March 2008
ICANN has received a proposal from RegistryPro, operator for the .PRO top-level domain, requesting a set of changes to the .PRO registry agreement. These changes are being posted for public comment prior to consideration by the ICANN Board of Directors.
Written by Caycee Boyce , Saturday, 15 March 2008
Ron Jackson’s The Lowdown has some exciting news!
Show organizers for the TRAFFIC domain conference in Orlando, Florida on May 20-24, 2008 are giving away free hotel rooms for the first 25 newcomers. The offer expires at midnight tonight!
For more information, click here!
Source : DNJournal – With Ron Jackson’s Permission – March 14, 2008
Written by Caycee Boyce , Saturday, 15 March 2008
In Ron Jackson’s newest post on The Lowdown, Internet Commerce Association Executive Director Michael Collins comments on the Snowe Bill:
Written by Chief Editor , Friday, 14 March 2008
Far exceeding expectations, the DotAsia Organisation recently announced it received a whopping 473,633 .ASIA domain name applications by the last day of its Landrush Period on March 12, 2008.
An astounding 45,697 domains received more than one application during the Landrush Period, including BUY.asia with over 400 applicants clamoring for the clever name. Domains with multiple applications will go to auction so stay tuned to see how the action unfolds.
Written by David Goldstein , Friday, 14 March 2008
A German PhD student visiting Australia will recommend in his thesis that the German government and Denic to consider introducing the gov.de second level domain for domain names registered by government agencies to give consumers the security to know they are on a government website.
Written by Daniel Greenberg , Friday, 14 March 2008
The South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) has decided its first Appeal in the matter of Telkom SA Ltd & TDS Directory Operations (Pty) Ltd v The Internet Corporation (ZA2007-0005) involving the domain names phonebook.co.za and whitepages.co.za.
Telkom (Complainant) is the owner of “THE PHONE BOOK LOGOâ€Â, which is used, under licence, for various telephone directories throughout South Africa. Telkom also claims ownership of the common law trade mark “THE WHITE PAGESâ€Â. After an unsuccessful complaint Telkom filed an Appeal under the recently launched ADR Regulations.
The Appeal was dismissed, however the panel disagreed with the certain findings of the initial Adjudicator, the most notable being that of reverse domain name hijacking. The panel held that “Litigants and their legal advisers must be free to launch proceedings to protect rights – even if incorrectly perceived – without fear of castigation.†It is interesting to note that the trade mark relied upon contained the following disclaimer: "Registration of this trade mark shall give no right to the exclusive use of the word PHONE, or of the word FOONBOEK, or of the word BOOK, each separately and apart from the mark. The trade mark is shown in the English and Afrikaans versions, being two of the official languages, in which it is or will be used, the two versions represented having equivalent meanings. In practise, both versions of the trade mark will be used either separately or together, but when used together they will not necessarily be in close approximation one to the other." Telkom argued that the initial Adjudicator erred in interpreting the disclaimer in that it merely limited its rights in respect of the word Phone on its own and the word Book on its own but not the combination of the two words. This absurd claim led to the panel citing numerous cases dealing with generic / descriptive marks, the most concise being Dunlop Rubber Co. Application (1942) 59 RPC 134 at 157: “Some words are so apt for normal description that no trade mark use and momentary distinctiveness can justify a permanent monopoly.†Read the full decision at http://www.domaindisputes.co.za/downloads/decisions/APZA2007-0005.pdf. Source: Daniel Greenberg writing for DomainNews.com – March 14th, 2008
Written by David Goldstein , Friday, 14 March 2008
auDA conducted a five year review of the .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP) in 2007. Submissions to the review suggested that a reasonable fee increase was warranted to take into account increases in costs and to more accurately reflect the amount of work involved for both auDRP providers and panelists. From March 1, 2008, the new auDRP fee schedule will be:
Single Panel – A$2,000
Three Member Panel – A$4,500.
This increase brings the .au ccTLD in line with the UDRP fees charged gTLD disputes. auDA notes auDRP fees are paid to auDRP providers by the parties to a proceeding. auDA does not collect any part of the auDRP fee. More information about the auDRP is available here.
Written by David Goldstein , Friday, 14 March 2008
"Google Adwords has added a new feature that allows advertisers to exclude ads from showing up on domain parking sites," reports Domain Name Wire. The story continues "this will affect parked domains on any of Google’s ad feeds, regardless of whether it is the ‘search’ feed or ‘content’ feed. Examples of domain parking companies using Google include DomainSponsor and Sedo." The continue reading the rest of the Domain Name Wire article, click here.
Written by Caycee Boyce , Thursday, 13 March 2008
TThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has extended the public comment period on the development of Travel Support policies for volunteers who make ICANN’s community-based work possible.
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Written by Caycee Boyce , Thursday, 13 March 2008
People often ask my advice on how to improve website conversion rates. Unfortunately, there is no short answer to this question. If I try to sum it all up, I would say, that measuring, testing and experimenting are the primary keys to improving online conversion rates. Then I would, probably, have to re-think this answer and add to this list website prominence, its relevance to the potential customers, target marketing and trust.
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Written by David Goldstein , Thursday, 13 March 2008
There are a couple of extensions those searching for domain names can add to their Firefox browsers to help find domain names when browsing online. For example, you’re reading about the Elliot Spitzer use of prostitutes, and you think of a great domain name to register.
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