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Where can i get the .es domain name?]]> I got the .com domain name from http://www.tucktail.com/ .
Where can i get the .es domain name?]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-The-Chinese-Domain-Name-Bubble-Bursts Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:03:57 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-The-Chinese-Domain-Name-Bubble-Bursts
And perhaps I was right in more ways than one.

Because now it appears that .CN is experiencing its very own .COM bust.

Just a year ago Chinese domain registrations were booming, so quickly in fact that .CN had surpassed .DE to become the most-registered ccTLD.

Of course, registrations were cheap, really cheap.

A year later, those domains have come up for renewal. And, according to Domain Pulse, more than a million Chinese have decided against renewing:

Registrations for .CN have declined from an end-of-month peak of 14,082,553 in February 2009 to 12,545,589, a decline of approximately 1.5 million

Which means Germany (.DE), as just under 13 million registrations, has regained the top spot as the number one ccTLD.

Even with ccTLDs, there are peaks and troughs, as illustrated here:



I'm still confident that .CN will reign supreme (perhaps until .IN gives it some competition).]]>
And perhaps I was right in more ways than one.

Because now it appears that .CN is experiencing its very own .COM bust.

Just a year ago Chinese domain registrations were booming, so quickly in fact that .CN had surpassed .DE to become the most-registered ccTLD.

Of course, registrations were cheap, really cheap.

A year later, those domains have come up for renewal. And, according to Domain Pulse, more than a million Chinese have decided against renewing:

Registrations for .CN have declined from an end-of-month peak of 14,082,553 in February 2009 to 12,545,589, a decline of approximately 1.5 million

Which means Germany (.DE), as just under 13 million registrations, has regained the top spot as the number one ccTLD.

Even with ccTLDs, there are peaks and troughs, as illustrated here:



I'm still confident that .CN will reign supreme (perhaps until .IN gives it some competition).]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Disabled-American-Veterans-Wins-DAV-com-Domain-Name-Case Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:07:30 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Disabled-American-Veterans-Wins-DAV-com-Domain-Name-Case
The non-profit Disabled American Veterans has won the domain name DAV.com through arbitration at National Arbitration Forum. The organization’s main web site is DAV.org.

This case gives me great consternation.

The truth is, the owner of the web site appeared to use all sorts of whois identities. And, a couple years ago, the domain name did show ads for veterans benefits. But none of these details are put forth by the complainant in its arguments, or at least it isn’t conveyed in arbitrator Bruce E. Meyerson’s decision. To hand over a three letter domain name, a panelist should require a strong burden of proof from the complainant. That doesn’t appear to have happened.

What is most concerning is how the arbitrator came to the conclusion that the domain name was registered and used in bad faith:

Complainant alleges that Respondent registered the dav.com domain name with the primary intent of reselling it for a substantial profit. Although the Respondent denies this allegation, the Panel concludes that Complainant’s assertion is reasonably supported by the record. Respondent has made no use of the domain name other than as described herein. The record indicates that Respondent owns 800 additional domain names, and previously has been found to be in the business of selling domain names for a profit. Grow.net, Inc. v. Walter Long d/b/a Domains.com, WIPO D2001-0902 (Oct. 22, 2001). Thus, the Panel concludes that a reasonable inference from the record is that Respondent registered and continues to use the domain name with the intent to sell it and accordingly has done so in bad faith under Policy

The case referred to by the panelist was for Grow.com. Grow.net, Inc. filed for arbitration to get the domain name from the respondent and lost. But naturally, the respondent offered to sell the generic domain name to Grow.net. As far as Meyerson is concerned, if you try to sell a generic domain name, then it can be inferred that all of your domain names were purchased with the intent to sell them. Further, simply offering to sell a domain is enough proof that you registered and used the domain name in bad faith, even if the domain name didn’t target the complainant, by Meyerson’s logic.

Proving that this domain was registered specifically to target Disabled American Veterans rather than simply because it was a three letter domain would be very difficult. Indeed, I doubt the domain was registered with the Veterans in mind.

You have to wonder if this case has to do more with the panelist being concerned about the explicit content hosted at DAV.com than the facts of the case. It also shows continued inconsistency amongst panels when it comes to three character domain names.

http://domainnamewire.com/2009/08/06/dis...name-case/]]>
The non-profit Disabled American Veterans has won the domain name DAV.com through arbitration at National Arbitration Forum. The organization’s main web site is DAV.org.

This case gives me great consternation.

The truth is, the owner of the web site appeared to use all sorts of whois identities. And, a couple years ago, the domain name did show ads for veterans benefits. But none of these details are put forth by the complainant in its arguments, or at least it isn’t conveyed in arbitrator Bruce E. Meyerson’s decision. To hand over a three letter domain name, a panelist should require a strong burden of proof from the complainant. That doesn’t appear to have happened.

What is most concerning is how the arbitrator came to the conclusion that the domain name was registered and used in bad faith:

Complainant alleges that Respondent registered the dav.com domain name with the primary intent of reselling it for a substantial profit. Although the Respondent denies this allegation, the Panel concludes that Complainant’s assertion is reasonably supported by the record. Respondent has made no use of the domain name other than as described herein. The record indicates that Respondent owns 800 additional domain names, and previously has been found to be in the business of selling domain names for a profit. Grow.net, Inc. v. Walter Long d/b/a Domains.com, WIPO D2001-0902 (Oct. 22, 2001). Thus, the Panel concludes that a reasonable inference from the record is that Respondent registered and continues to use the domain name with the intent to sell it and accordingly has done so in bad faith under Policy

The case referred to by the panelist was for Grow.com. Grow.net, Inc. filed for arbitration to get the domain name from the respondent and lost. But naturally, the respondent offered to sell the generic domain name to Grow.net. As far as Meyerson is concerned, if you try to sell a generic domain name, then it can be inferred that all of your domain names were purchased with the intent to sell them. Further, simply offering to sell a domain is enough proof that you registered and used the domain name in bad faith, even if the domain name didn’t target the complainant, by Meyerson’s logic.

Proving that this domain was registered specifically to target Disabled American Veterans rather than simply because it was a three letter domain would be very difficult. Indeed, I doubt the domain was registered with the Veterans in mind.

You have to wonder if this case has to do more with the panelist being concerned about the explicit content hosted at DAV.com than the facts of the case. It also shows continued inconsistency amongst panels when it comes to three character domain names.

http://domainnamewire.com/2009/08/06/dis...name-case/]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Why-dot-eco-domain-names-may-be-hard-for-businesses-to-claim Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:05:18 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Why-dot-eco-domain-names-may-be-hard-for-businesses-to-claim
First, let me say that I am putting the cart way before the horse in writing this blog right now since the organization that will manage the names, called Dot Eco LLC, doesn’t plan to apply for the .eco top level domain through ICANN until early 2010. But you can’t deny the eco-chic. Hmmm. How about heatherclancy.eco for all of my writings about green technology and the environment?

I would imagine that there are plenty of corporate marketing types watching the process with interest. Think about it: How cool would it be if your company’s environmental programs or foundations were flagged with the dot-eco extension?

Before you get too excited, you might want to read this branding “Green Paper” from Dot Eco LLC that outlines who will and who won’t be granted the right to use a .eco. You’ll actually have to prove your commitment to the environment and agree to certain founding principles set forth by the .eco. I have a hunch that the greenwashing filter will be run at forth strength against applications.

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog...laim/1428/]]>
First, let me say that I am putting the cart way before the horse in writing this blog right now since the organization that will manage the names, called Dot Eco LLC, doesn’t plan to apply for the .eco top level domain through ICANN until early 2010. But you can’t deny the eco-chic. Hmmm. How about heatherclancy.eco for all of my writings about green technology and the environment?

I would imagine that there are plenty of corporate marketing types watching the process with interest. Think about it: How cool would it be if your company’s environmental programs or foundations were flagged with the dot-eco extension?

Before you get too excited, you might want to read this branding “Green Paper” from Dot Eco LLC that outlines who will and who won’t be granted the right to use a .eco. You’ll actually have to prove your commitment to the environment and agree to certain founding principles set forth by the .eco. I have a hunch that the greenwashing filter will be run at forth strength against applications.

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog...laim/1428/]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Do-Sports-Teams-Get-Domain-Names Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:56:21 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Do-Sports-Teams-Get-Domain-Names
Since most sports team names are very generic, they are expensive to acquire. However, losing ticket sales and team memorabilia/collectibles revenue (or having to pay a commission for them) should be incentive enough to spend the money to buy these domain names, as evidenced by the purchase of Bobcats.com by the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats last year.

By nature, American Internet users seem to default to the .com domain name when looking for a specific brand, and that holds true for sports teams. This can be witnessed by examining the public stats of generic sports domain names during the season. For example, Dolphins.com seems to spike at the beginning of the football season and then in the middle, even though the Miami Dolphins didn’t own the domain name until a recent UDRP filing that was Suspended.

It’s interesting to note that it doesn’t appear that the league or team values have anything to do with the acquisition of generic .com domain names. The Dallas Cowboys are one of the three most valuable American professional sports franchises. Yet they weren’t willing to pay $275,000 for their generic .com domain name when it was up for auction (which is a story in and of itself).

Full Article at http://www.elliotsblog.com/do-pro-sports...ames-38215]]>
Since most sports team names are very generic, they are expensive to acquire. However, losing ticket sales and team memorabilia/collectibles revenue (or having to pay a commission for them) should be incentive enough to spend the money to buy these domain names, as evidenced by the purchase of Bobcats.com by the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats last year.

By nature, American Internet users seem to default to the .com domain name when looking for a specific brand, and that holds true for sports teams. This can be witnessed by examining the public stats of generic sports domain names during the season. For example, Dolphins.com seems to spike at the beginning of the football season and then in the middle, even though the Miami Dolphins didn’t own the domain name until a recent UDRP filing that was Suspended.

It’s interesting to note that it doesn’t appear that the league or team values have anything to do with the acquisition of generic .com domain names. The Dallas Cowboys are one of the three most valuable American professional sports franchises. Yet they weren’t willing to pay $275,000 for their generic .com domain name when it was up for auction (which is a story in and of itself).

Full Article at http://www.elliotsblog.com/do-pro-sports...ames-38215]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-RevenueDriver-is-the-newest-domain-parking-company-on-the-block Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:01:18 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-RevenueDriver-is-the-newest-domain-parking-company-on-the-block
Based in Italy, RevenueDriver brings multi-lingual support and a European perspective to the parking business. Currently, Sedo and NameDrive are generally considered the strongest European parking companies, but RevenueDriver uses a different ad feed provider. It’s worth testing RevenueDriver to see if its ad feed works better on your domains.

The company has about 40 graphical templates. Examples include these for boats, movies, and celebrities.

Like many parking companies, RevenueDriver lets you choose keywords for your domains or let the system automatically choose them. The system learns what people are looking for over time and changes keywords accordingly.

As most domainers watch their pay-per-click revenue fall, it’s nice to see new option on the table.]]>
Based in Italy, RevenueDriver brings multi-lingual support and a European perspective to the parking business. Currently, Sedo and NameDrive are generally considered the strongest European parking companies, but RevenueDriver uses a different ad feed provider. It’s worth testing RevenueDriver to see if its ad feed works better on your domains.

The company has about 40 graphical templates. Examples include these for boats, movies, and celebrities.

Like many parking companies, RevenueDriver lets you choose keywords for your domains or let the system automatically choose them. The system learns what people are looking for over time and changes keywords accordingly.

As most domainers watch their pay-per-click revenue fall, it’s nice to see new option on the table.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Man-sues-eNom-after-domain-not-in-his-name-is-transferred-to-someone-else Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:59:19 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Man-sues-eNom-after-domain-not-in-his-name-is-transferred-to-someone-else
Plaintiff William Georgevich claims he bought the domain name Detox.org from Janet Bridgers. After acquiring the domain, a person identified only as “Godfrey” in the lawsuit contacted the whois contacts for Detox.org and offered to buy it for $1,500. (As it turns out, Godfrey is Justin Godfrey, who owns EscrowDNS). One of those solicitation emails was sent to the whois technical contact, who forwarded the request to Bridgers, thinking she still owned the domain. Bridgers agreed to sell the domain to Godfrey for $1,500 and transferred the domain name.

Clearly, Bridgers still had access to the account in order to transfer the domain name. And, if the description in Georgevich’s lawsuit is valid, Bridgers agreed to sell the domain name to Godfrey that she already sold to Georgevich. But Georgevich isn’t suing Bridgers. Instead, he’s suing eNom claiming that Bulk Register, which it owns, failed to take adequate safe guards to prevent this sort of transfer.

(He also filed a separate suit against Godfrey, which was voluntarily dismissed on July 10. In a statement to Domain Name Wire, Godfrey wrote “Our company does not comment on frivolous lawsuits. Our justice system allows for anyone to file a lawsuit against anyone without justification. If the Plaintiff thought the suit was worth pursuing we would’ve file a response.”)

Here are some of Georgevich’s allegations in his case against eNom, and my take:

CLAIM: Bulk register did not send an email to either Bridgers or Georgevich confirming the transfer, “as is the industry standard”.

ANALYSIS: It is industry standard to send an alert to the domain owner informing them of a transfer. However, historical whois records indicate the domain was never put in Georgevich’s name, so there’s no way Bulk Register could have contacted him. The only e-mail addresses in the whois were Bridgers’ and the technical contact’s.

CLAIM: Godfrey (the buyer) used a weakness in Bulk Register’s account interface to bypass the formal process of transferring domain names from one account to another, which typically take 24-48 hours and require email confirmations from the owner prior to occurring.

ANALYSIS: I’ve never heard of a registrar taking 24-48 hours for a transfer between accounts. It’s usually instantaneous. As far as requiring email confirmation, that depends on the registrar. Presumably the person who accesses the account has authority to transfer the domain. If not, then the domain owner shouldn’t have provided access to them.

CLAIM: Because Bulk Register hadn’t implemented safeguards, the domain was instantly transferred without Georgevich being able to approve/decline the transfer.

ANALYSIS: I’m not convinced the domain was ever in Georgevich’s account to begin with. His name never shows up in whois, and Bridgers had access to the account.

CLAIM: An administrative freeze to block the domain from transfer to another registrar failed to prevent Godfrey from moving the domain to another registrar, change whois, and change nameservers.

ANALYSIS: I don’t quite get this. It appears to be at eNom right now, which owns Bulk Register. But the whois and nameservers could be changed.

CLAIM: Georgevich secured a valuation of the domain name at $250,000.

ANALYSIS: Cough. Cough.

Georgevich is suing to get the name back and damages of over $75,000.

Lawsuit file (pdf)]]>
Plaintiff William Georgevich claims he bought the domain name Detox.org from Janet Bridgers. After acquiring the domain, a person identified only as “Godfrey” in the lawsuit contacted the whois contacts for Detox.org and offered to buy it for $1,500. (As it turns out, Godfrey is Justin Godfrey, who owns EscrowDNS). One of those solicitation emails was sent to the whois technical contact, who forwarded the request to Bridgers, thinking she still owned the domain. Bridgers agreed to sell the domain to Godfrey for $1,500 and transferred the domain name.

Clearly, Bridgers still had access to the account in order to transfer the domain name. And, if the description in Georgevich’s lawsuit is valid, Bridgers agreed to sell the domain name to Godfrey that she already sold to Georgevich. But Georgevich isn’t suing Bridgers. Instead, he’s suing eNom claiming that Bulk Register, which it owns, failed to take adequate safe guards to prevent this sort of transfer.

(He also filed a separate suit against Godfrey, which was voluntarily dismissed on July 10. In a statement to Domain Name Wire, Godfrey wrote “Our company does not comment on frivolous lawsuits. Our justice system allows for anyone to file a lawsuit against anyone without justification. If the Plaintiff thought the suit was worth pursuing we would’ve file a response.”)

Here are some of Georgevich’s allegations in his case against eNom, and my take:

CLAIM: Bulk register did not send an email to either Bridgers or Georgevich confirming the transfer, “as is the industry standard”.

ANALYSIS: It is industry standard to send an alert to the domain owner informing them of a transfer. However, historical whois records indicate the domain was never put in Georgevich’s name, so there’s no way Bulk Register could have contacted him. The only e-mail addresses in the whois were Bridgers’ and the technical contact’s.

CLAIM: Godfrey (the buyer) used a weakness in Bulk Register’s account interface to bypass the formal process of transferring domain names from one account to another, which typically take 24-48 hours and require email confirmations from the owner prior to occurring.

ANALYSIS: I’ve never heard of a registrar taking 24-48 hours for a transfer between accounts. It’s usually instantaneous. As far as requiring email confirmation, that depends on the registrar. Presumably the person who accesses the account has authority to transfer the domain. If not, then the domain owner shouldn’t have provided access to them.

CLAIM: Because Bulk Register hadn’t implemented safeguards, the domain was instantly transferred without Georgevich being able to approve/decline the transfer.

ANALYSIS: I’m not convinced the domain was ever in Georgevich’s account to begin with. His name never shows up in whois, and Bridgers had access to the account.

CLAIM: An administrative freeze to block the domain from transfer to another registrar failed to prevent Godfrey from moving the domain to another registrar, change whois, and change nameservers.

ANALYSIS: I don’t quite get this. It appears to be at eNom right now, which owns Bulk Register. But the whois and nameservers could be changed.

CLAIM: Georgevich secured a valuation of the domain name at $250,000.

ANALYSIS: Cough. Cough.

Georgevich is suing to get the name back and damages of over $75,000.

Lawsuit file (pdf)]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Cm-Domain-Name-Delayed-by-Official-Cameroon-Government-Registry Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:57:45 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Cm-Domain-Name-Delayed-by-Official-Cameroon-Government-Registry The .cm domain name registry have today announced their postponement of the public first come first served launch for the .cm domain name, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow.Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name servers. The .cm registry have currently postponed the launch until further notice, although it's anticipated to be re-scheduled to 00:00 UTC on Tuesday 4th August 2009.

The .cm domain name (http://www.domainmonster.com/domain-name/cm/ ) registry have today announced their postponement of the public first come first served launch for the .cm domain name, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow.Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name servers. The .cm registry have currently postponed the launch until further notice, although it's anticipated to be re-scheduled to 00:00 UTC on Tuesday 4th August 2009.



"We are extremely pleased that the registry are dealing with the matter so thoroughly and have taken the sensible decision to postpone", said Matt Mansell, CEO, Domainmonster.com. "The Landrush period is now closed and this is the final public open registration stage where domain buyers can secure their .cm domains (http://www.domainmonster.com/domains/cm/ ) on a first come first served basis. We've seen unusually high pre-order levels for Open Registration, so the postponement will give purchasers a little extra time", continued Mansell.



Popular due to the Direct Navigation(1) said to account for 1 in 6 visitors to a web site, .cm is an incredibly close spelling to .com, the world's largest top level domain. Brand owners and consumers alike are keen to protect traffic that directly navigates to their site; traffic reputed to convert at twice that delivered via a search engine



Pre-orders placed with Domainmonster.com will be held over to the revised launch date and users do not need to contact Domainmonster.com to ensure their submission is safe.

About Domainmonster.com

Domainmonster.com has rapidly grown to become a Top 50 fastest growing ICANN accredited registrar. With sales in Dollars, Sterling & Euros, Domainmonster.com is a round the clock operation, serving customers across the globe. A Top 3 performer in the recent .asia, .me & .tel launches, Domainmonster.com is well known for its success securing the best virtual real estate.



Coupled with knowledgeable customer service and a consistently low, "no catches", bulk pricing model, it's no wonder more than 25% of the domains Domainmonster.com manages are inbound transfers! Domainmonster.com brings a fresh outlook to domain registration and counts itself lucky to serve endless domain portfolio holders and worldwide brands amongst its many customers.]]> The .cm domain name registry have today announced their postponement of the public first come first served launch for the .cm domain name, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow.Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name servers. The .cm registry have currently postponed the launch until further notice, although it's anticipated to be re-scheduled to 00:00 UTC on Tuesday 4th August 2009.

The .cm domain name (http://www.domainmonster.com/domain-name/cm/ ) registry have today announced their postponement of the public first come first served launch for the .cm domain name, originally due at 00:00 UTC tomorrow.Unrelated to the widely reported cable fault affecting Internet access in West Africa at present, the .cm registry have cited technical difficulties with their root name servers. The .cm registry have currently postponed the launch until further notice, although it's anticipated to be re-scheduled to 00:00 UTC on Tuesday 4th August 2009.



"We are extremely pleased that the registry are dealing with the matter so thoroughly and have taken the sensible decision to postpone", said Matt Mansell, CEO, Domainmonster.com. "The Landrush period is now closed and this is the final public open registration stage where domain buyers can secure their .cm domains (http://www.domainmonster.com/domains/cm/ ) on a first come first served basis. We've seen unusually high pre-order levels for Open Registration, so the postponement will give purchasers a little extra time", continued Mansell.



Popular due to the Direct Navigation(1) said to account for 1 in 6 visitors to a web site, .cm is an incredibly close spelling to .com, the world's largest top level domain. Brand owners and consumers alike are keen to protect traffic that directly navigates to their site; traffic reputed to convert at twice that delivered via a search engine



Pre-orders placed with Domainmonster.com will be held over to the revised launch date and users do not need to contact Domainmonster.com to ensure their submission is safe.

About Domainmonster.com

Domainmonster.com has rapidly grown to become a Top 50 fastest growing ICANN accredited registrar. With sales in Dollars, Sterling & Euros, Domainmonster.com is a round the clock operation, serving customers across the globe. A Top 3 performer in the recent .asia, .me & .tel launches, Domainmonster.com is well known for its success securing the best virtual real estate.



Coupled with knowledgeable customer service and a consistently low, "no catches", bulk pricing model, it's no wonder more than 25% of the domains Domainmonster.com manages are inbound transfers! Domainmonster.com brings a fresh outlook to domain registration and counts itself lucky to serve endless domain portfolio holders and worldwide brands amongst its many customers.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-NJ-man-charged-with-Web-name-theft-sale-on-eBay Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:53:34 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-NJ-man-charged-with-Web-name-theft-sale-on-eBay
Authorities say Daniel Goncalves, 25, of Union, hacked into the online account belonging to one of the owners of the P2P.com domain name. He allegedly shifted ownership to himself and resold the Web site address on eBay to professional basketball player Mark Madsen of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Goncalves faces felony charges of theft by unlawful taking or deception, identity theft, and computer theft. State police say each of the three counts carried a maximum sentence of 10 years. They expect a formal announcement with additional information Monday afternoon.

Goncalves, who did not respond to a reporter's phone calls, is free on a $60,000 bond.]]>
Authorities say Daniel Goncalves, 25, of Union, hacked into the online account belonging to one of the owners of the P2P.com domain name. He allegedly shifted ownership to himself and resold the Web site address on eBay to professional basketball player Mark Madsen of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Goncalves faces felony charges of theft by unlawful taking or deception, identity theft, and computer theft. State police say each of the three counts carried a maximum sentence of 10 years. They expect a formal announcement with additional information Monday afternoon.

Goncalves, who did not respond to a reporter's phone calls, is free on a $60,000 bond.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Melbourne-IT-to-Manage-Twitter%E2%80%99s-Domain-Name-Portfolio Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:49:28 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Melbourne-IT-to-Manage-Twitter%E2%80%99s-Domain-Name-Portfolio
Twitter.com, the powerful communication platform that connects the world with information in real-time, continues to grow in popularity in both the consumer and corporate worlds, having evolved from a site where friends can stay connected and access information as it happens, to a key brand marketing tool.

"We are very pleased to be working with Twitter, as a rapidly growing company that has vastly extended the reach of social networking,” said Theo Hnarakis, CEO and Managing Director of Melbourne IT. "Companies with a significant Internet presence recognise the value Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services delivers, as a leading provider of digital brand management and protection services.”

According to a recent report from global information and media organisation The Nielson Company, unique visitors to twitter.com increased more than 10 fold year-on-year from 475,000 in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009, making it the fastest growing site in the Member Communities category for the month.

Melbourne IT’s Corporate Domain Management solution allows companies to optimise and effectively manage their domain portfolios, enabling complete control of every aspect of domain name management, including Domain Name System (DNS) Management, to protect against infringement and malicious web attacks.

About Melbourne IT

Melbourne IT Limited (ASX:MLB) is a world leader in the supply of innovative and scalable online solutions, including digital brand management, critical hosting, messaging and collaboration and domain name management services to organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to major international enterprises globally. Melbourne IT was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999 and has a network of 18 offices across 10 countries around the world.

http://www.melbourneitdbs.com]]>
Twitter.com, the powerful communication platform that connects the world with information in real-time, continues to grow in popularity in both the consumer and corporate worlds, having evolved from a site where friends can stay connected and access information as it happens, to a key brand marketing tool.

"We are very pleased to be working with Twitter, as a rapidly growing company that has vastly extended the reach of social networking,” said Theo Hnarakis, CEO and Managing Director of Melbourne IT. "Companies with a significant Internet presence recognise the value Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services delivers, as a leading provider of digital brand management and protection services.”

According to a recent report from global information and media organisation The Nielson Company, unique visitors to twitter.com increased more than 10 fold year-on-year from 475,000 in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009, making it the fastest growing site in the Member Communities category for the month.

Melbourne IT’s Corporate Domain Management solution allows companies to optimise and effectively manage their domain portfolios, enabling complete control of every aspect of domain name management, including Domain Name System (DNS) Management, to protect against infringement and malicious web attacks.

About Melbourne IT

Melbourne IT Limited (ASX:MLB) is a world leader in the supply of innovative and scalable online solutions, including digital brand management, critical hosting, messaging and collaboration and domain name management services to organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to major international enterprises globally. Melbourne IT was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999 and has a network of 18 offices across 10 countries around the world.

http://www.melbourneitdbs.com]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Trademarking-Generic-Domain-Names-Just-Got-Harder Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:47:44 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Trademarking-Generic-Domain-Names-Just-Got-Harder Court rules Hotels.com can’t be trademarked.

A federal appeals court has ruled against Hotels.com in its bid to trademark its name. The court ruled that “Hotels” is generic and descriptive of its business.

Here’s what it means for domain name owners:

1. Generic domain names are harder to trademark and thus harder to protect. For example, Candy.com would likely not be able to get a trademark. However, the use of a generic term not related to the principle product on the web site (e.g. Amazon.com) can still be trademarked.

2. It may be harder for Hotels.com and other generic domain owners to win under anti-cybersquatting and UDRP for typos, although UDRP panels are fairly liberal about assuming common law trademarks even when a federal government has rejected a trademark application.

3. Filing a trademark for one your domain names as a preemptive measure may become more difficult.

MediaPost points out that it would be easier for other companies to bid on Google Adwords for your domain name, too.

It’s important to stress that the problem here is that Hotels.com is all about hotels, meaning Hotels.com was merely descriptive. This doesn’t mean that other domain names can’t be trademarked.]]> Court rules Hotels.com can’t be trademarked.

A federal appeals court has ruled against Hotels.com in its bid to trademark its name. The court ruled that “Hotels” is generic and descriptive of its business.

Here’s what it means for domain name owners:

1. Generic domain names are harder to trademark and thus harder to protect. For example, Candy.com would likely not be able to get a trademark. However, the use of a generic term not related to the principle product on the web site (e.g. Amazon.com) can still be trademarked.

2. It may be harder for Hotels.com and other generic domain owners to win under anti-cybersquatting and UDRP for typos, although UDRP panels are fairly liberal about assuming common law trademarks even when a federal government has rejected a trademark application.

3. Filing a trademark for one your domain names as a preemptive measure may become more difficult.

MediaPost points out that it would be easier for other companies to bid on Google Adwords for your domain name, too.

It’s important to stress that the problem here is that Hotels.com is all about hotels, meaning Hotels.com was merely descriptive. This doesn’t mean that other domain names can’t be trademarked.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-FreeYourID-Gives-Up-On-Trying-To-Monetize-OpenID Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:40:22 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-FreeYourID-Gives-Up-On-Trying-To-Monetize-OpenID
When FreeYourID launched in February 2007, we dubbed it a personalized OpenID, because it allowed users to register a unique .name domain name (e.g. first.last.name) which in turn could be used as a custom, personal OpenID identifier, website URL and e-mail host. The service was the result of a partnership between OpenID company JanRain and Global Name Registry, the domain name registry for the .name extension. Alas for them, it never got any significant traction.

Until August 15, 2009, users will be able to access and use their FreeYourID accounts to make changes to their .name domain names, extend the registration period with a payment or retrieve the authorization code needed to be able to transfer the domain name to another provider. If the domain name isn’t transferred to another party, dotname will transfer all remaining .name domain names to Key-Systems automatically.

The latter will let users who are still interested in the service change the e-mail and URL forwarding settings for their domain names and continue using OpenID.

FreeYourID, however, hits the deadpool.

Read more here.]]>
When FreeYourID launched in February 2007, we dubbed it a personalized OpenID, because it allowed users to register a unique .name domain name (e.g. first.last.name) which in turn could be used as a custom, personal OpenID identifier, website URL and e-mail host. The service was the result of a partnership between OpenID company JanRain and Global Name Registry, the domain name registry for the .name extension. Alas for them, it never got any significant traction.

Until August 15, 2009, users will be able to access and use their FreeYourID accounts to make changes to their .name domain names, extend the registration period with a payment or retrieve the authorization code needed to be able to transfer the domain name to another provider. If the domain name isn’t transferred to another party, dotname will transfer all remaining .name domain names to Key-Systems automatically.

The latter will let users who are still interested in the service change the e-mail and URL forwarding settings for their domain names and continue using OpenID.

FreeYourID, however, hits the deadpool.

Read more here.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-150-Domain-tips--54 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:56:14 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-150-Domain-tips--54
Thought it would be interesting to create a thread where everyone contributes a few tips to make a Top 150 domain tips list. Just general snippets of advice/knowledge that might prove useful to other domainers/developers out there. If we get over 150 tips I'll update the thread title.
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Rules
- only 1 sentence per tip.
- must relate to domain names (buying/selling/development etc...)
- tips not facts, so can be opinions.
- no duplicates.

I'll start, with 5 from me.
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1) Create brandable domains by replacing the first letter(s) of a common word.

2) Don't start work developing an idea around a domain that you don't yet own thinking you can grab it when you're ready!

3) Don't use hyphens in the domain if you can help it.

4) Does the domain look good in upper and lower case?

5) Say the domain out loud before registering it, is it easily pronounceable over the phone?]]>
Thought it would be interesting to create a thread where everyone contributes a few tips to make a Top 150 domain tips list. Just general snippets of advice/knowledge that might prove useful to other domainers/developers out there. If we get over 150 tips I'll update the thread title.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rules
- only 1 sentence per tip.
- must relate to domain names (buying/selling/development etc...)
- tips not facts, so can be opinions.
- no duplicates.

I'll start, with 5 from me.
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1) Create brandable domains by replacing the first letter(s) of a common word.

2) Don't start work developing an idea around a domain that you don't yet own thinking you can grab it when you're ready!

3) Don't use hyphens in the domain if you can help it.

4) Does the domain look good in upper and lower case?

5) Say the domain out loud before registering it, is it easily pronounceable over the phone?]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-How-to-Find-Potential-End-Users Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:38:44 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-How-to-Find-Potential-End-Users
Do any of you has regularly sell your domain to end users? If so, do you mind share with me in this thread on how find potential end users for your domain?]]>
Do any of you has regularly sell your domain to end users? If so, do you mind share with me in this thread on how find potential end users for your domain?]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Argentine-Government-and-Banks-Create-banco-ar Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:20:41 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Argentine-Government-and-Banks-Create-banco-ar

The creation of the second level domain “will give even more strength to the idea of creating new secure spaces in the virtual world through restricted domains that will allow more security for users.”

The move to create banco.ar follows Brazil who has already adopted this idea by creating the second level domain “B.BR” “that can only be used by financial entities that accredit a high level of security against virtual fraud.”

This information was sourced from http://www.infobaeprofesional.com and comes courtesy of NameAction.]]>

The creation of the second level domain “will give even more strength to the idea of creating new secure spaces in the virtual world through restricted domains that will allow more security for users.”

The move to create banco.ar follows Brazil who has already adopted this idea by creating the second level domain “B.BR” “that can only be used by financial entities that accredit a high level of security against virtual fraud.”

This information was sourced from http://www.infobaeprofesional.com and comes courtesy of NameAction.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Domain-Registrations-in-Latin-America-Continue-to-Boom Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:17:03 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Domain-Registrations-in-Latin-America-Continue-to-Boom
The ccTLDs with the greatest growth are .BR, .AR, .VE and .MX.

While in June, the ccTLDs showing the greatest percentage growth were .EC (7.50%), .MX (4.11%) and .PY (2.69%).

The reason for the growth amongst .EC and .MX were a price promotion and the opening of the second level respectively.

In total registrations, the greatest growth in June occurred .BR (30,263), .AR (21,892), .MX (12,663) and .CL (3,159).

The statistics for the above is courtesy of Latino Americann at latinoamericann.org/?q=node/1995. Thanks to NameAction for alerting us to the information.]]>
The ccTLDs with the greatest growth are .BR, .AR, .VE and .MX.

While in June, the ccTLDs showing the greatest percentage growth were .EC (7.50%), .MX (4.11%) and .PY (2.69%).

The reason for the growth amongst .EC and .MX were a price promotion and the opening of the second level respectively.

In total registrations, the greatest growth in June occurred .BR (30,263), .AR (21,892), .MX (12,663) and .CL (3,159).

The statistics for the above is courtesy of Latino Americann at latinoamericann.org/?q=node/1995. Thanks to NameAction for alerting us to the information.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Amazon-com-reached-an-agreement-to-buy-Zappo-com-for-847-Million Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:12:12 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Amazon-com-reached-an-agreement-to-buy-Zappo-com-for-847-Million It seems that Amazon bought Zappos.com for the amount of $847 Million, in a stock and cash transaction.
eff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com seems to be very proud of this transaction,saying “Zappos is a customer focused company.We see great opportunities for both companies to learn from each other and create even better experiences for our customers.”
CEO of Zappos mentioned also that Amazon is the best choice for this partnership : “We are joining forces with Amazon because there is a huge opportunity to utilize each other’s strengths and move even faster towards our vision of delivering happiness to customers, employees and vendors. We will continue to build the Zappos brand and culture in our own unique way, and we believe Amazon is the best partner to help us do this over the long term.”

Source : http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtm...highlight=]]> It seems that Amazon bought Zappos.com for the amount of $847 Million, in a stock and cash transaction.
eff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com seems to be very proud of this transaction,saying “Zappos is a customer focused company.We see great opportunities for both companies to learn from each other and create even better experiences for our customers.”
CEO of Zappos mentioned also that Amazon is the best choice for this partnership : “We are joining forces with Amazon because there is a huge opportunity to utilize each other’s strengths and move even faster towards our vision of delivering happiness to customers, employees and vendors. We will continue to build the Zappos brand and culture in our own unique way, and we believe Amazon is the best partner to help us do this over the long term.”

Source : http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtm...highlight=]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Domain-names-versus-trademarks Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:01:51 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Domain-names-versus-trademarks

Domain name owners frequently open their mail to find a letter from a law firm representing a trademark owner. These letters - called “cease and desist letters” by lawyers - demand that the domain name owner stop using the domain name, transfer the domain name to the trademark owner, and provide information about the dates of use and money made from the use of the domain name.

How should the domain name owner respond?

Should he tell the trademark owner to take a long walk on a short bridge? Should she try to “land the first punch” by suing the trademark owner? Or is there a better approach?

What Rights Do Domain Names Provide?

The first step in deciding how to respond is understanding what rights domain name owners and trademark owners possess.

The courts and the agency which registers trademarks - the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) - decided long ago that domain names confer no intellectual property rights at all. They consider domain names to simply be “virtual addresses”. They might be valuable, and they do provide some ownership rights, but they do not provide any intellectual property rights to the owner. For example, see this guide by the PTO.

If you are a domain name owner, you might disagree with this rule, and believe that domain names should receive as much legal protection as trademarks. But that is not the rule.

What if the Domain Name Is Being Used as a Trademark?

On the other hand, if the domain name owner has used the domain name to sell products or services on the Web, such use might result in trademark rights. But this is only true if the domain name is also the “brand” name on your website.

For example, if your domain name is “FastCars.com”, but your business name - as actually used on your website, on credit card charges to your customers, and on stationary is “Hewett Motors” - then you might not obtain any trademark rights in the domain name FastCars.com.

Many domain names are only used to drive traffic to your site, or to forward traffic to other sites. This kind of use alone does not create trademark rights.

What If the Trademark Owner Hasn’t Registered His Trademark Yet?

In most countries, the first to register a trademark with that country’s trademark agency owns the trademark. But that’s not true in the U.S. Here, trademark rights are created by use of the name while selling your products or services. In other words, trademark rights are not created by applying for or even obtaining a trademark registration; in the U.S., trademark rights are created by using the brand name in commerce. The first person to use that name in commerce owns the rights to the trademark.

This rule also explains why - as discussed above- domain names only create trademark rights if the domain name is actually used as the brand name.

But What If the Domain Name Is Different from the Trademark?

A lot of people ask whether they have to give up their domain name when a trademark owner demands it even though their domain name is different from the trademark.

It depends.

If the domain name is “confusingly similar” to the trademark, then the trademark owner might win. “Confusingly similar” is a legal term which basically means that consumers are likely to be confused as to the source of the product or service.

The courts use the “sight, sound and meaning test”. Specifically, if the domain name and the trademark look similar when read on the web or written page, sound similar when read out loud, and mean more or less the same thing, then they are probably confusingly similar.

For example, the domain name “OutboardMotors.com” is probably not confusingly similar to the trademark “Slow Boat to Paradise”. The domain name looks shorter than the trademark and contains different words.

They sound different - there are no overlapping syllables.

And the meaning is fairly different: OutboardMotors sounds like a company which sells power boats or motors for boats, while Slow Boat to Paradise sounds more like a leisurely cruise-like vacation on the water.

Indeed, a trademark owner who sues a domain name owner without a reasonable basis for doing so may be guilty for “malicious prosecution”, and could end up having to pay damages to the domain owner. In some cases, the person who thinks he owns a trademark might find out that he owns no trademark rights at all, because the name is “generic” or “merely descriptive”, and thus not entitled to trademark protection.

So trademark owners need to make sure they have grounds for demanding that the domain name owner stop using his url.

The above is an oversimplification and only discusses some of the many issues involved in disputes between domain name and trademark owners. You should contact an attorney with expertise in these types of disputes for advise and in-depth analysis.]]>

Domain name owners frequently open their mail to find a letter from a law firm representing a trademark owner. These letters - called “cease and desist letters” by lawyers - demand that the domain name owner stop using the domain name, transfer the domain name to the trademark owner, and provide information about the dates of use and money made from the use of the domain name.

How should the domain name owner respond?

Should he tell the trademark owner to take a long walk on a short bridge? Should she try to “land the first punch” by suing the trademark owner? Or is there a better approach?

What Rights Do Domain Names Provide?

The first step in deciding how to respond is understanding what rights domain name owners and trademark owners possess.

The courts and the agency which registers trademarks - the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) - decided long ago that domain names confer no intellectual property rights at all. They consider domain names to simply be “virtual addresses”. They might be valuable, and they do provide some ownership rights, but they do not provide any intellectual property rights to the owner. For example, see this guide by the PTO.

If you are a domain name owner, you might disagree with this rule, and believe that domain names should receive as much legal protection as trademarks. But that is not the rule.

What if the Domain Name Is Being Used as a Trademark?

On the other hand, if the domain name owner has used the domain name to sell products or services on the Web, such use might result in trademark rights. But this is only true if the domain name is also the “brand” name on your website.

For example, if your domain name is “FastCars.com”, but your business name - as actually used on your website, on credit card charges to your customers, and on stationary is “Hewett Motors” - then you might not obtain any trademark rights in the domain name FastCars.com.

Many domain names are only used to drive traffic to your site, or to forward traffic to other sites. This kind of use alone does not create trademark rights.

What If the Trademark Owner Hasn’t Registered His Trademark Yet?

In most countries, the first to register a trademark with that country’s trademark agency owns the trademark. But that’s not true in the U.S. Here, trademark rights are created by use of the name while selling your products or services. In other words, trademark rights are not created by applying for or even obtaining a trademark registration; in the U.S., trademark rights are created by using the brand name in commerce. The first person to use that name in commerce owns the rights to the trademark.

This rule also explains why - as discussed above- domain names only create trademark rights if the domain name is actually used as the brand name.

But What If the Domain Name Is Different from the Trademark?

A lot of people ask whether they have to give up their domain name when a trademark owner demands it even though their domain name is different from the trademark.

It depends.

If the domain name is “confusingly similar” to the trademark, then the trademark owner might win. “Confusingly similar” is a legal term which basically means that consumers are likely to be confused as to the source of the product or service.

The courts use the “sight, sound and meaning test”. Specifically, if the domain name and the trademark look similar when read on the web or written page, sound similar when read out loud, and mean more or less the same thing, then they are probably confusingly similar.

For example, the domain name “OutboardMotors.com” is probably not confusingly similar to the trademark “Slow Boat to Paradise”. The domain name looks shorter than the trademark and contains different words.

They sound different - there are no overlapping syllables.

And the meaning is fairly different: OutboardMotors sounds like a company which sells power boats or motors for boats, while Slow Boat to Paradise sounds more like a leisurely cruise-like vacation on the water.

Indeed, a trademark owner who sues a domain name owner without a reasonable basis for doing so may be guilty for “malicious prosecution”, and could end up having to pay damages to the domain owner. In some cases, the person who thinks he owns a trademark might find out that he owns no trademark rights at all, because the name is “generic” or “merely descriptive”, and thus not entitled to trademark protection.

So trademark owners need to make sure they have grounds for demanding that the domain name owner stop using his url.

The above is an oversimplification and only discusses some of the many issues involved in disputes between domain name and trademark owners. You should contact an attorney with expertise in these types of disputes for advise and in-depth analysis.]]> http://namecyber.com/Thread-Malware-calls-looky-likey-domain-names Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:58:49 -0500 http://namecyber.com/Thread-Malware-calls-looky-likey-domain-names
F-Secure say they have noticed, when examining targeted attacks on companies or organisations, that there has been a shift to a strategy to co-opt vendors brand names, or miss-spellings of them, in an attempt to camouflage the requests. Host names like "ip2.kabersky.com", "tethys1.symantecs.com.tw" and "www.adobeupdating.com" have been noted. The looky-likey domain names appear to be an attempt to fool busy system administrators when they are examining the firewall logs into thinking they are legitimate connections from auto-update mechanisms in applications.]]>
F-Secure say they have noticed, when examining targeted attacks on companies or organisations, that there has been a shift to a strategy to co-opt vendors brand names, or miss-spellings of them, in an attempt to camouflage the requests. Host names like "ip2.kabersky.com", "tethys1.symantecs.com.tw" and "www.adobeupdating.com" have been noted. The looky-likey domain names appear to be an attempt to fool busy system administrators when they are examining the firewall logs into thinking they are legitimate connections from auto-update mechanisms in applications.]]>