Sedo’s New Brokerage Application
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Have you ever wanted to buy or sell a domain or a portfolio of domains but just didn’t have the time to market it, manage and negotiate the best possible price?
The Famous PRADA Trademark
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has again ruled in favor of famous trademarks, holding that a domain name incorporating a famous trademark and a generic term separated by a hyphen constitutes trademark infringement because the domain name is confusingly similar to the famous trademark.
Jurisdiction Over Foreign Cyber Squatters
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
In AtlasCopco v. AtlasCopcoiran.com, et al. a Virginia District court held that under section 1125(d)(2)(A) of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), a court can exercise authority over an entity, rather an individual. They can assert this type of jurisdictional standard, known as rem jurisdiction, to cyber squatters located in foreign countries as long as the plaintiff can confirm the following:
A Place for African ccTLDs
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
With the .ASIA domain landrush in late February of this year and the 2006 launch of the .EU extension, there begs room for speculation if a .AFRICA extension will ever be created. The odds are not in favor of it based on the current economic and humanitarian crises troubling the African continent. Don’t be caught putting all your eggs in one basket any time soon.
Part 4 – Google, TV and Analytics
Posted by Michael Gilmour , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
DotAsia CEO Responds to Allegations of Foul Play
Posted by Chief Editor , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Last year, the excitement around the new .Asia TLD launch in June was followed by an announcement that Pool.com would act as the exclusive auction partner for the .Asia Registry during the sunrise (launch) period.
It is now being reported that "Lucky Rich" Richard Schreier, CEO of dotasia-auctioneer Pool.com seems to have won many top-domains for himself in those .asia auctions, by using bidding parties camouflaged as third party companies, but ultimately owned by Richard Schreier.
It is indeed odd that premium .asia domains, which can be worth millions, such as porn.asia, dating.asia, insurance.asia, lotto.asia, stocks.asia, auction.asia, beer.asia, fitness.asia, girls.asia, wine.asia ended up in the hands of the CEO of the "exclusive auction partner for the .Asia registry".
So far, complaints sent to Mr. Edmon Chung, CEO of dotasia indicate that he doesn’t seem to have any issues with this. His answer to these allegations can be read below…
Deadline: TradeMark Holders can Register their .ME Domain until May 20th
Posted by Chief Editor , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Don’t miss your chance to register your trademark with the new .me domain extension! Trademark-holders have until May 20 to register their company and product names under the new .me domain, the new generic top-level domain for the country of Montenegro.
According to the .ME registry, many trademark owners have already taken advantage of the opportunity to safeguard their intellectual property rights by registering their .me domains. Giants such as Microsoft, Skype, MTV and BMW are all aware of the new extension and have taken the appropriate steps to ensure that no-one misuses their trademarks under the new .me domain extension.Even Apple registered apple.me, ipod.me and itunes.me and that clearly confirms earlier reports by Afilias, which handles back-end registrations for .me, predicting that the domain will have widespread appeal…
Howzat! Premium "Cricket" Domain Names Up for Grabs
Posted by David Goldstein , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
A list of 50 domain names, descriTop scoring for a Bradmanesque $99,500 is CricketHeadquarters.com while EverythingAboutCricket.com, TheCricketDirectory.com, WorldCricketDirectory.com are all available for around $49,500. Or you can purchase the whole 50 domain names for $698,980. To see the complete list, go to all-about-cricket.com.
There is a news release below with the usual gobbledygook about why these domain names offer great opportunities if you’re really really interested.bed by the owners as having the ability to "control cricket in the future around the World" when developed into websites, are up for sale…
Algorithm Will Guide ICANN TLD Applicants
Posted by Chief Editor , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
At the request of ICANN, Paul E. Black, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new top-level domains. As new top-level domains are added to the familiar .com, .info, and .net, the algorithm will check whether the newly proposed name is confusingly similar to existing ones by looking for visual likenesses in its appearance…
ICANN Unanimously Approves RegistryPro Proposal to Expand .Pro
Posted by David Goldstein , Wednesday, 14 May 2008
RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .Pro TLD, has received approval from ICANN to greatly expand the scope and availability of the .Pro TLD. The newly ratified terms of service increases the number of professionals who are eligible for the TLD, extends the availability globally, and streamlines the registration process.
