31
Jul
Greetings!
Morning folks!!
I need 6 minutes of your time to bring you up to date with all the new things going on in the industry and the New York show. This note is more than a sales piece. There are some hard hitting comments in here that need to be addressed. I am probably the […]
31
Jul
ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Department publishes its second semi-annual Registrar and Registry Contractual Compliance Audit Report. This report summarizes ICANN’s audit activities from October 2007 through June 2008. During this period, ICANN conducted three registrar contractual compliance audits and one registry contractual compliance audit. ICANN conducted each audit by following consistent audit procedures established before each […]
31
Jul
Request For Information: ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest from Registrars to Receive Bulk Transfer of Names from De-Accredited Registrar #1 Domain Names International, Inc. dba 1dni.com
As the result of the de-accreditation of #1 Domain Names International, Inc. dba 1dni.com (IANA ID 101), ICANN is seeking Statements of Interest from ICANN-accredited registrars that are interested in […]
28
Jul
For many years, the Internet community has been developing and enhancing a Domain Name System (DNS) security technology called DNSSEC.ICANN’s strategic and operating [PDF, 480K] plans call for ICANN to be operationally ready to deploy DNSSEC at the root level and work with relevant stakeholders to determine how this should be implemented. With input from […]
28
Jul
Former Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) domain manager Carolyn Gudmundson pleaded guilty to submitting false expense claims for buying and registering domain names to the tune of $1 million, according to sentencing records from the U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Microsoft had no comment on the case.
Gudmundson was ordered to serve 22 months in prison and pay restitution of […]
28
Jul
Former welterweight champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr., a.k.a. “Money Mayweather”, has won a domain name dispute for MoneyMayweather.com. Mayweather was 39-0 in the ring during his career, and carried his winning ways to arbitration.
The panel found that Mayweather had common law rights to the “Money Mayweather” name, even though he doesn’t have a filed trademark. […]
28
Jul
The Sedo auction for Villas.com has just closed with the name selling for €305,000, making it the eighth biggest sale to date in 2008 according to Domain Name Journal’s Year to Date sales chart, assuming money changes hand. The auction was contested by two bidders once the bidding got past €155,000.
28
Jul
If domain name sales are anything to go by, the French are more interested in cars to sex. In recent days there are reports auto.fr and voitures.fr were sold for €150,000. This compares to the €30,000 for porn.fr in January 2008.
Of the domains, auto.fr was regarded as the most valuable, making up €100,000 of the […]
28
Jul
NIC Mexico, the registry for Mexico’s ccTLD, has announced changes to its programme for registrars and is releasing new tools to allow for a greater number of registrars worldwide. There are also changes that affect all .mx domain names, current and future.As part of the announcements, NIC Mexico is launching a new website at www.registry.mx […]
28
Jul
Contestants on TV’s Dragon’s Den may face a tough grilling from Duncan Bannatyne et al, but there’s one important question that has never been asked on the programme.
Domain name company Sedo has claimed that while the Dragons focus on issues such as financials and product patents, they don’t ever think about domain names.
“I have never […]