Trademark Claims end, Claims Plus begins. One of the Rights Protections measures in place for new top level domain names is the Trademark Claims service. For 90 days after a new TLD enters general availability, registrars must show a notice if a second level domain name registration matches a mark in the Trademark Clearinghouse. [...] Continue reading →

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There are many blogs about new gTLDs. Some are interesting, others are not. Some are about domaining in which new gTLDs are included, some are from Law Firms and rather repetitive about the necessity to protect a brand in the Trademark Clearinghouse and how URS is the best (billable) mechanism to protect the brand; some [...] Continue reading →

A bug which gave elevated privileges to new gTLD registries has taken out ICANN’s Centralized Zone Data Service for the best part of a day. CZDS is the central clearinghouse for zone file data access requests. All new gTLD registries must participate. DI uses the data provided via the service to calculate registration numbers. The [...] Continue reading →

If you think that you paid to much for your house or condo, think again. San Francisco is seeing some of the highest rents in the world at the moment which means that $1,675 will get you, drumroll please – a 225 square foot one bedroom apartment. Yes, you did hear that correctly, the apartment is 225 square [...] Continue reading →

Available for general registration today: .agency .bargains .boutique .cheap .zone Find out more about our sunrise, landrush and general availability offerings on our new gTLD page. [...] Continue reading →

The domain name Autos.de just crossed the Sedo sales wiring selling for for 120,000 Euro’s or around $166,000 based on today’s exchange rates. The buyer of the domain appears to be DAY Investments GmbH out of Austria whose website is at Day.eu The previous owner of the domain was one4vision GmbH which acquired the domain [...] Continue reading →