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Part 2 of “Dot TEL Gathers Momentum with Law Firms and Intellectual Property Agents”

Posted on December 1, 2008July 5, 2019 by

More .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…

Webnames Favourite Things – Part 1

Posted on December 1, 2008August 25, 2014 by

Garrett Saundry

So watching an episode of Oprah’s Favourite Things this year, a brilliant idea hit me. We need a Webnames version of it. It’s not going to create the frenzy that a free Internet fridge or a HD camcorder will but I do want to see some screaming, some tears and even a fainting spell or two. I…

FREE Trial VIP.TEL Name and TelHosting Beta

Posted on November 28, 2008August 25, 2014 by

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…

Dot TEL Gathers Momentum with Law Firms and Intellectual Property Agents

Posted on November 27, 2008July 5, 2019 by

Amy Elderkin

There 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…

Top dot-CA TBR Picks for December 3, 2008

Posted on November 26, 2008August 25, 2014 by

Julianna

Build out your portfolio or snag a wicked 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 3rd: blogwriter.ca bonjob.ca canadianpr.ca canadianwebpages.ca connectivity.ca directdeposit.ca gadgetworld.ca greenmama.ca femininehygiene.ca…

Domain Name News – November 24, 2008

Posted on November 24, 2008May 12, 2016 by

John Demco

Bowring & 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…

When It Comes to Domains, Green is the New Gold!

Posted on November 19, 2008July 4, 2016 by

Webnames.ca Staff

For companies who are in the emerging “alternative energy” market or working in environmental sustainability, domain names with the word green in them are like gold. There are even websites devoted to reselling green-themed domain names. It would appear that all the good ones are gone, but are they really? Every week, expiring dot-CA domain…

Getting Started on Twitter – Find your Voice & Develop a Following

Posted on November 18, 2008July 5, 2019 by

Julianna

We’re in the early days of using Twitter, and while we’re struggling with it a little, it certainly has been interesting. Twitter was not designed with businesses in mind; however, corporate culture has embraced it in a big way over the past year. For the uninitiated, Twitter is a social messaging utility that is often…

Steve Jobs – Innovation Distinguishes Between a Leader And a Follower

Posted on November 18, 2008August 25, 2014 by

Garrett Saundry

Most of us have computers at home these days and we seem to take for granted the fact that we turn it on, click on the fancy little button for internet and find ourselves up to no good in less than 30 seconds. Computers are sort of like cars to most of us, we turn…

Domain Name News – November 17, 2008

Posted on November 17, 2008July 5, 2019 by

John Demco1 Comment

ICANN has reported on the significant effect of a short term measure to reduce domain tasting by charging a per-transaction fee on all names deleted during the five-day Add Grace Period (AGP) if they exceed a defined threshhold. Names added and then deleted during the AGP declined by 84% from 17.6M in June 2008 to…

Another Perspective: If dot TEL were a Software Utility

Posted on November 13, 2008October 9, 2015 by

Amy Elderkin1 Comment

Some people still have a tough time wrapping their minds around dot TEL and what all the fuss is about. I think this is partly because it’s a domain name but with different functionality and partly because some of the benefit comes from your friends having a dot TEL, rather than just you having one.…

.Mobi Declares No Overlap with .TEL

Posted on November 12, 2008October 9, 2015 by

Julianna

Vance P. Hedderel, dotMobi’s Director of PR and Communications responded to speculation about .mobi’s viability vis-à-vis .TEL on the dotMobi blog this past Monday, stating that the purpose of the two domains is very different. “Now, the .tel domain is launching … and people are asking, “Won’t .tel help me locate content that will work…

The Debate About Cybersquatting and dot-TEL

Posted on November 7, 2008October 9, 2015 by

Julianna

The Register.co.uk published an article last week about how dot-tel will be unattractive to cybersquatters because it does not host websites, only contact information that will be sent to Internet-enabled devices. Cyberquatters make money by placing pay-per-click advertisements on web pages that are set up on domain names which visitors assume belong to a legitimate organization.…

.TEL for Teenagers – Privacy and Spam Concerns

Posted on November 7, 2008July 4, 2016 by

Amy Elderkin

My teenage children both asked me to pre-book them a .TEL name last week. On the face of it, it’s just a question of submitting the domain request, but the process turned into something a lot more long winded and raised some serious concerns around privacy, identity theft and spam. The lighter side of the…

dot-TEL Takes Off in the News Media

Posted on November 5, 2008July 18, 2016 by

Cybele Negris

You say you haven’t heard about dot-TEL yet! I’m suprised. Webnames.ca has been inundated by media wanting to hear more about what dot-TEL is all about. John Demco, co-founder of Webnames.ca and founder of .CA for Canada has been across the country in recent weeks at the request of media to speak about dot-TEL. He’s…