Nick CaristinosIn the world of domainers, people are constantly looking for new ways to monetize their domains, make better domain selections and get higher up on the search engines to generate both pay per click income and to increase the potential resale value of their domains. A recent example of this new trend of purchasing domains…
John DemcoThe comment period has closed for ICANN’s draft gTLD Applicant Guidebook. The comments have been posted, and ICANN has indicated that its staff will “review all comments and provide a summary/analysis of comments to help production of the final Applicant Guidebook, to be released early 2009.” Many organizations sent in thoughtful and comprehensive responses. Here…
Webnames.ca StaffTelnic recently deployed updates to the demo VIP program to include privacy settings and friending requests. While still technically a demo, the new features give a better indication of the power and potential of the technology. The new functionality is intuitive and easy to use, with the exception of the initial friending request. To initiate…
JuliannaBuild out your portfolio or snag a great domain for your business, blog or website! Here are Heidi and Julianna’s top picks from the CIRA’s To-Be-Released .CA Domains list. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, December 24th. augite.cabestbusiness.cablipmedia.cabookaliclious.cabookeeping.cabouncers.cabrightmark.cabuyerreports.cacafemocha.cacampusclick.cacandycane.ca – just in time for Christmas careerbuild.cacellarwines.cacelticroots.cachasity.caclassicooks.cadurant.cadynamicit.caecofix.caestatemanagement.caezcart.caezliving.caezp.cafitnessgoal.cahardwear.cainnerforce.caintricate.caislandnews.caiwebstudio.cajunkdrawer.cakidzstuff.cakitshomes.cam19.camoviemania.camusiclovers.capawnit.carentpro.carepairpc.carepairpro.careturnpolicy.cariskfactors.casafechild.caseaward.caseniorjobs.cashuffle.casitedoctor.casugarfest.catechonsite.catechtimes.cateenbuy.cathingy.catidyup.catotalsource.cawester.cawildcoyote.cayacc.cayll.cayourdestiny.ca…
John DemcoThe Scottish Government has set up a working group with the aim of creating a top-level domain .scot or .sco for the worldwide family of Scots. ICANN is holding two open meetings to explore the recent report on gTLD registries and registrars, which discusses the possibility of relaxing the requirement for the separation of gTLD…
It’s an all European match and it’s still up in the air as to who will come out the victor. There are two contenders from the UK, two from the Netherlands and one from Germany. If it wasn’t for the “first come first served” policy that is in place, I think the book makers would…
Nick CaristinosIt can be very difficult to know at times if the domain notices you receive are legitimate or aggressive marketing. While many legitimate registrars do contact their clients about renewals or other services, many trademark holders and domain name registrants have been receiving confusing and sometimes fraudulent emails and letters from companies in Asia, Europe and/or…
JuliannaBuild out your portfolio or snag a great domain for your business, blog or website! Here are Heidi and Julianna’s top picks from the CIRA’s To-Be-Released .CA Domains list. These domains are available for pre-booking now, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, December 17th. allus.cabouncy.cacampusvinyl.cacents.cachildrenstoystore.cacitymoms.cacometoplay.cacondogallery.cacr8tive.caduped.caecostrategies.caenvirosource.caeverydetail.caeveryhour.cafindprice.cahotelsguide.calookinggood.camarket411.canewtrends.capaylink.capaymentcenter.ca & paymentcentre.capennysmart.capizzaplace.capopularlyrics.capplgroup.caprimesolutions.caratefinder.caresortcondos.caseaviews.casextapes.caskinsense.castylequeen.casums.catime4fun.catimelessjewels.caurbanfarm.cavetclinic.caweddingdesigner.cawestcoastliving.caziva.ca Instructions To pre-book an expiring .CA…
John DemcoVeriSign has released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief. There were 174 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2008, a 19% annual increase. Last quarter the annual increase was 22%, and the quarter before that it was 26%. Registrations from the ccTLDs totaled almost 69 million, a 26% annual…
Webnames.ca StaffEvery week CIRA releases their list of .ca domain names that will be expiring a week later. At Webnames.ca we encourage the prebooking of expiring domain names. Snatch them up before someone else does! Or should you? You see captainkirk.ca is coming available next week. You rub your hands with glee. “Hazzah” you think, “that…
Webnames.ca Staff.TEL Sunrise is set to launch tomorrow morning at 7:00am PST. The Sunrise period provides trademark holders an opportunity to protect their trademarks. A few notes about Sunrise: Trademark application date must be prior to May 30, 2008. Trademark registration date must be prior to December 3, 2008. Applications are considered on a world-wide basis, independently…
Amy ElderkinMore .TEL Related Articles from Law Firms and Intellectual Property AgentsRead Part 1 of this article. Ashurst The .TEL domain name: sunrise period starts 3 December for trade mark owners (Communications newsletter, October 2008)http://www.ashurst.com/publication-item.aspx?id_Content=3988 ShoosmithsEasy access to contact details via .tel domainshttp://www.shoosmiths.co.uk/news/1723.asp Charles Russell From 3 December 2008, applications are open for the new .tel…
Garrett Saundry.TEL domain names won’t be going live until February 3, 2009, but anyone that wants to get a better idea of how .TEL works can get a free trial name through Telnic’s VIP program. Through the program, people can create a name in the format [yourName].vip.tel and manage contact information using a beta release of…
Amy ElderkinThere has been a proliferation of dot TEL articles and client alerts appearing on blogs, web sites and newsletters of law firms and intellectual property firms over the past weeks. With Sunrise Registration for trademark holders beginning December 3, trademark holders have just one week remaining to pre-book their trademark names. “One of the reasons…
John DemcoBowring & Co. has won a dispute over bowring.ca. The decision is interesting because it is the second complaint concerning the same Complainant, Registrant, and domain name. The Panel decided that it was entitled to rule on the complaint in spite of the first CIRA proceeding because there is nothing under the dispute policy or…
