Posts Tagged ‘domain name’

A recent amendment has been approved by the Russian Cabinet and stipulates that “registration of trademarks cannot be refused on the grounds that an identical domain name already exists”.

However, it does not avoid cybersquatting, the widespread practice of registering domains around well-known brands in order to sell or exploit them at profit. At this day, the common way to solve .ru domain disputes is to file a case at arbitration courts. According to Baker & McKenzie, dispute resolution costs can fluctuate between $5000 to $50,000 (source: Moscow Times). (more…)

The registry recently announced the different phases of .me registrations (read our previous article “.me and you? be ready for Montenegro domain names!“). The schedule appears to be similar to .asia launch. However, a Montegrin Sunrise will be first set up and restricted to Montegrin entities. Thus Trademark holders may be preceded by local companies and residents. (more…)

Last registration phase for .asia domains is going alive within the next hours. Registrations will be based on a first-come-first-served system. During the ealier stages,

- 30,000 .asia applications during Sunrise period and Pioneers
- 300,000 domain applications submitted during Landrush
- 45,000 domains will go to auction

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The US airline company chooses .com instead .mobi to enhance its mobile web services. With 1.6 million visits on www.aa.com each day, the company opted to exploit the popularity of its website and the easiness of typing and memorizing its domain name. Indeed, aa.com is much more customer-friendly than the registered domain americanairlines.mobi! Moreover, .mobi does not allow registration of one and two letter domains. Dot-mobi domains must be at least three characters in length. (more…)

Have you ever tried to read a reversed text? In fact, this skill would be useful to feel friendly with reversed domain names! Backwording describes backward domain names (e.g : example.com -> elpmaxe.com). This term has been used by Logistik Labs within the framework of the upcoming launch of their reversed domain platform.

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Launching TLDs is very trendy… and costly! NIC-Costa Rica recently announced the opening of second-level domain names (example.cr). Until now, registration was opened for third-level domain names (example.co.cr, example.ac.cr, etc.).

A 90-day priority registration period will be set, and restricted to holders of third-level domain names. If several applications have been submitted for a same domain name, that domain name will be attributed on the first-come, first-served basis.

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St. Valentine’s day is approaching. Haven’t got any gift idea? Maybe you should declare your love or communicate your wishes by acquiring a .me domain name. Why not listento.me? read.me? creditcardfor.me? crazyof.me? kiss.me? (this is a suggestion from a colleague…)

However, the registry has not determined a date for registration launch yet. Regarding the NIC.ME rules, dot me will not be submitted to restrictions and domains will contain between 2 to 63 characters. According to the registry evaluation, Go Daddy will act as agent for domain exploitation. (more…)

Dot-fr domain names are on the rise. With currently more than 1 million .fr domain names, the French web market is being more and more sizable (see table 1). The rise of this extension is particulary due to the active internet policy of AFNIC (.fr registry) and corporate registrations. For example, in order to consolidate its assets, AFNIC has recently acquired the domain names nommage.fr and zonefile.fr, initially registered by a registrar since 2000. (more…)

If you are looking for a laptop on eBay, you can narrow your results by selecting Computers & Networking. Then appears a sub-category named Other Hardware & Services where you will find … domain names for sale! Some eBayers dare to specify domain shipping costs.

Domain auctions on eBay concern by far .com domain names (93%). Domains for sale are frequently related to porn industry (bestdamnpornstars.com) and often exploit events (US primaries and caucuses 2008, ClintonObamaIn2008.com).

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In order to encourage expansion of .asia website content, DotAsia launches today the Pioneer Domains program, a parallel opening phase to the official .asia start (read our article "Trademarks : .asia calendar"). The application deadline is fixed for 31st August 2007.

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