WIPO says Unprecedented Number of Cybersquatting Cases in 2007
Written by David Goldstein
Friday, 28 March 2008
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced there were an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007. WIPO also said the evolving nature of the domain name registration system is causing growing concern for trademark owners around the world.
In 2007 there were a record 2,156 complaints alleging cybersquatting filed with the WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (Center). This was an 18% increase over 2006 and a 48% increase over 2005 in the number of generic and country code Top Level Domain (gTLDs and ccTLDs) disputes.
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Fusu sells first Domain on The Domain Stock Exchange
Written by Chief Editor
Friday, 28 March 2008
First sale of a Fusu-listed domain brings returns of 55-80% to its investors.
Today marks another milestone for Fusu, the Domain Stock Exchange: A domain listed on the Exchange was sold, bringing its shareholders a significant return for their investment.
KPY.com was listed on the Exchange during the public Beta cycle with a value of $5,000 and found 14 investors buying 45% of the domain. In the trading, the market value of the domain rose to $5,800.
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WIPO Domain Dispute Decisions – March 25th – March 28th ’08
Written by Chief Editor
Friday, 28 March 2008
Most recently notified WIPO Domain Name Decision(s) between March 25th and March 28th:
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Habitual Cybersquatters Understand the UDRP, So Should You
Written by Brian Hall
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Habitual cybersquatters, or those who are repeatedly named as respondents and ruled against for registering domain names that incorporate the trademarks of others, are becoming more and more familiar with the UDRP. In fact, these habitual cybersquatters are learning what it takes to win a UDRP arbitration, trying to use the available defenses (whether flawed or not) in the UDRP Rules to their advantage, responding to Complaints they receive instead of simply letting the domain name transfer, and becoming more sophisticated. Shouldn’t you as a trademark owner or a domainer understand as much, if not more, than they do?
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.Asia Registry Goes Live!
Written by Melanie Delannoy
Thursday, 27 March 2008
The .Asia Registry “Go Live” process has just started and domain names are now available on the traditional First-Come-First-Served basis!
You can register your .Asia domains for only 10 Euros at EuroDNS/AsiaDNS with the Promo code 7Asia10, until 04/30/08.
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Skenzo Announces Private Equity Investment from Ashmore Group
Written by Domain Pope
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Skenzo, a leading provider of technology, in the traffic monetization business, today announced the completion of a significant minority investment from the Ashmore Group. The Ashmore Group is one of the world’s leading Investment Firms managing funds over US$36.5 billion.
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Domainer Meeting Auction Submissions must be in by April 17th
Written by Chief Editor
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Moniker is reminding everyone who want to submit their domain names for auction for the upcoming Domainer Meeting Conference Auction in Paris, France to be aware of the submission deadline! A Live and Online Auction will be conducted by Moniker during this event where you can sell your Premium Domain Names.
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Demand Media Plucks Pluck!
Written by David Goldstein
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Demand Media has bought Pluck, a provider of social networking software for between US$50 million and $75 million reports Law.com.
Richard Rosenblatt, co-founder, chairman and CEO of social networking firm and domain name registrar Demand Media, said Pluck “is the next step” for both his company and social networking in general continues Law.com. The site, whose customers include traditional media companies such as the Washington Post and News Corp. along with consumer-branded Web sites, allows users to comment on articles and products.
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Yellow Pages introduces Answers.travel Site
Written by Chief Editor
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
From time to time we come accross a web site that we feel we should mention here on DomainNews.com. Well, today we came accross a new site for all of you who travel. This is also a good example of a dot travel domain extension being put to good use!For over 100 years businesses and consumers alike have known and trusted YellowPages for providing quality business directories. Now, they offer comparison travel services backed by a name you can trust.
Their new site Answers.travel enables you to search the top travel sites at the same time in order for you to save time. Their philosophy is that there are so many travel sites on the web, who really has the lowest price? On top of that, who has the time to go through each site one by one? They offer a tool that enables you to enter your travel information once and search each major travel site with one click.
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ICANN removes Restrictions for Dot Pro
Written by Chief Editor
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
BOSTON, March 26, 2008 — EnCirca announces it is accepting advance orders from all businesses slated to become eligible for the dot-pro domain. After months of negotiation, the dot-pro registry and ICANN have agreed on the elimination of many of the restrictions for dot-pro domain names. These changes enable all professionals from anywhere in the world to register dot-pro domain names that work just like dot-com domain names.
Qualified businesses and professionals can reserve their business names, trademarks, and personal names on a first-come, first-served basis prior to the rule changes using EnCirca’s ProForwarding service.
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Wal-Mart Parody OK says US Court
Written by David Goldstein
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
A US Court has said it is OK for a man to parody the retail giant using domain names, t-shirts, novelty items and satirical merchandise that criticises the company.
The court rejected Wal-Mart’s claim of trademark infringement and said Charles Smith can continue to operate his websites using the domain names walocaust.com and walqaeda.com.
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