The domain name NHL.net was lost in a UDRP today. The domain which was registered in 1999 was awarded to the National Hockey League. The one member panel noted the domain name did not resolve, but the domain owner did not respond to the C & D letter sent by the Language and did not respond to the UDRP. The panel also found the domain holder " has had a number of UDRP decisions against … [Read more...]
TechRepublic.com Publishes Scathing Article on New gTLD’s
TechRepublic.com published a scathing article on the new gTLD program. The story is entitled "ICANN's generic top-level domain rules cause major headaches for online businesses and confusion for consumers." Here are some highlights: " In August 2011, ICANN founding chairman Esther Dyson wrote an argument against the proliferation of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), .....like .cloud, … [Read more...]
Checking Out Some Available “Los Angeles” New gTLD; Priced From $14.88-$55K A Year
I was checking out a new gTLD domain yesterday with the keyword Los Angeles at Uniregistry and I got a bunch of available domain names back with some pretty interesting pricing. I think it's an interesting look at the pricing of some new gTLD's by various new gTLD registries: losangeles.pizza $220.00 Renewal $220.00 / year losangeles.cars $2,888.88 Renewal $2,888.88 / … [Read more...]
Former Founder of InfoSpace Raises $6.7 Million For Blue.Tech
According to the seattletimes.com, entrepreneur Naveen Jain who founded Intelius and InfoSpace, has raised $6.7 million from investors for his newest venture, BlueDot, "which aims to form health-care and energy businesses from federal research". The company uses the new gTLD Blue.Tech for its website. The domain name Blue.Tech was acquired in a private transaction from the .Tech registry … [Read more...]
PlayBuzz.com Raises $15 Million; Domain Bought For $2,900 in 2013
Playbuzz.com is in the news today after raising $15 million dollars. According to VentureBeat.com, the company said it "raised $15 million in funding from Saban Ventures and Disney for its business of providing sponsored content. Playbuzz helps publishers and content creators distribute their content in ways that boost engagement and social distribution." The domain name PlayBuzz.com … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Domainking.ng Moved To A New Registrar After Rick Schwartz Announced UDRP
The domain name domainking.ng changed registrars yesterday, apparently as a result of our post announcing that Rick Schwartz filed an administrative proceeding similar to a UDRP with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) which manages the Top Level Domain (.ng ccTLD) based on his "domain King" trademark. The domain name domainking.ng is being used as a domain name registrar and … [Read more...]
Over 53% Of New gTLD Are Registered In China: Just Over 10% By Those In US
Over 53% of all new gTLD's are registered to domain holders in China. Only 10.8% of all new gTLD's are registered to Domain holders in the United States. According to stats newly complied by ntldstats.com, who has now broken down new gTLD registrants by the country where the domain name is registered, China accounts for 53.6% of all new gTLD registrations or 8,784,383 of the 16,396,564 new … [Read more...]