Domain Pulse 2015: Brand Owners Happy With DENIC Procedures

The lawyers of brand ownersand other registrants expressed their satisfaction with DENIC’s rules and procedures in a panel discussion at the Domain Pulse conference in Berlin last Friday. But lawyers being lawyers, they’re never totally happy!

Disputes over .de domains run at about 4,500 per year, but this is relatively small given that there are 15.8 million domains registered in the ccTLD and 1.5 million new domains registered each year.

The lawyers quibbled about issues such as faster granting of so-called Dispute entries, DENIC’s surrogate for an ADR procedure or the introduction of a rapid suspension system when there was a manifest violation of the law. DENIC’s general counsel Stephan Welzel stated that DENIC is not going to offer anything which would involve DENIC in judging whether a domain name or the content of a website constitutes an infringement or breach of the law.

With respect to the Dispute entry, Welzel said that for no cost, complainants received good value and emphasised that the processing of an application for a Dispute entry usually takes no more than 24 hours.

Lawyers on the panel also expressed a desire for changes to the way in which DENIC deals with disputes over trademarks such as a domain that includes a trademark as part of the domain string to be deleted. However Welzel said that the German courts have ruled that DENIC is obliged to step in only if the domain is identical to a ‘famous’ trademark. In such cases DENIC cancels the contract first and then deletes the domain.

There was also discussion about a dispute over the domain aserbaidschan.de. In this case DENIC deleted the domain because it was believed this was a case where the registry had to step in following judgments of the German Supreme Court regarding DENIC’s liability.

The registrant involved went to court, and eventually lost in three different panels of two courts who dealt with the case. But each held three different views on whether DENIC really had to or even was allowed to step in here. This the panel agreed was good proof that it might not be the best idea to put the burden of deciding which domain names to delete on DENIC – and in any case it shows that the criteria have to be crystal clear so that there is no debate on whether DENIC acted correctly after the fact.

All presentations but not panel discussions are now available in German only at the Domain Pulse conference website – www.domainpulse.de/en/programme

Sedo Reports $1.4 Million in Domain Sales! EZPR.COM Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at $14,500

EZPR.com topped Sedo’s weekly sales list at $14,500. Highlights also include Moon.CO, leading the ccTLD category at 6,000 GBP and Legend.net, leading the “Other” categoy at $13,000.

Other notable domain name sales include :

ouvirmusica.com     10,000     USD
e-comm.com     10,000     EUR
musix.com     7,750     EUR
nvl.com     7,531     USD
erectiepillen.com     7,500     EUR
greathorse.com     7,500     USD
confie.com     6,900     USD
clinitech.com     5,499     USD
turbomarketing.com     5,000     EUR
air4.com     5,000     USD
kasiino.com     5,000     EUR
propertytour.com     4,999     USD
mybusinesscloud.com     4,995     USD
wonder-full.com     4,880     USD
wkzx.com     4,750     USD
kamagra1.com     4,000     EUR
missionagency.com     4,000     USD
firstrike.com     4,000     USD

ccTLD

goodgame.co.za     5,000     EUR
lace.eu     3,750     EUR
additive-manufacturing.de     3,610     EUR
freedomfinance.de     3,000     EUR
2radmarkt.de     3,000     EUR
mafia.it     2,900     EUR
retain.me     2,500     USD
managerhaftpflicht.de     2,400     EUR
vergleichswert.de     2,250     EUR
pz.ca     2,200     USD
verdwenen.nl     2,000     EUR
bbq.es     2,000     EUR
boxed.ca     1,999     USD
bespay.com.cn     1,999     USD
aimtec.de     1,900     EUR
knips.at     1,800     EUR
heimwerk.de     1,750     EUR
sums.de     1,500     EUR
sell.cz     1,500     EUR
maennlichenbahn.ch     1,500     EUR
ground.de     1,500     EUR

Other

sportwetten.biz     5,000     EUR
chiangmai.org     4,980     USD
gjr.org     4,140     USD
hhz.net     4,140     USD
sociallife.net     2,999     USD
issn.net     2,999     USD
gallery.furniture     2,600     USD
bytex.net     2,500     USD
onlinekredite.org     2,200     EUR
bonpoint.asia     2,000     EUR
daws.net     1,500     USD
virtualserver.org     1,088     USD
60seconds.net     1,000     USD
goalfish.net     1,000     USD
pointofsale.org     995     USD
sanliurfa.org     900     USD
slowmedicine.org     900     USD
reliefsociety.org     899     USD
onlinecasinoschweiz.net     800     EUR
antiguaandbarbuda.net     800     USD
swisslegend.watch     800     GBP
after.work     790     EUR
telepocalypse.net     790     USD
cnaclasses.net     750     USD

Check out Sedo.com for more information .

NameJet Reports Monthly Sales List, Led By Buying.com at $69,200

NameJet has just sent in their monthly sales list. Buying.com was the highest selling domain name at $69,200 .

Here are the sales for February 2015 (sales over $2,000 ) :

buying.com     $69,200.00
yry.com     $25,022.00
xixia.com     $19,488.00
quk.com     $14,301.00
newlogic.com     $12,600.00
yuchu.com     $11,904.00
gqt.com     $11,800.00
ndq.com     $11,209.00
foj.com     $11,200.00
iuz.com     $11,001.00
turkcell.net     $10,100.00
fjo.com     $9,820.00
nameplates.com     $9,669.00
xuc.com     $9,311.00
qel.com     $9,288.00
efq.com     $8,988.00
ehj.com     $8,900.00
xuh.com     $8,801.00
umq.com     $8,102.00
lvj.com     $7,267.00
dajinrong.com     $6,800.00
4958.com     $6,700.00
15u.com     $6,189.00
hedai.com     $6,100.00
carads.com     $5,400.00
bistros.com     $5,200.00
removing.com     $5,100.00
iiiii.com     $5,000.00
20.tv     $5,000.00
30.tv     $5,000.00
signprinting.com     $4,900.00
performancemonitoring.com     $4,875.00
businessauctions.com     $4,736.00
dailymarket.com     $4,700.00
silvester.com     $4,621.00
practiceroom.com     $4,601.00
accommodating.com     $4,601.00
stolenidentity.com     $4,533.00
bread.net     $4,200.00
piercer.com     $4,164.00
ehug.com     $4,110.00
unforeseen.com     $4,101.00
unsustainable.com     $4,101.00
retros.com     $4,100.00
mandarinchinese.com     $4,005.00
faru.com     $3,900.00
schoolofbeauty.com     $3,900.00
commercialplumbing.com     $3,800.00
evils.com     $3,767.00
highefficiency.com     $3,600.00
voipnetwork.com     $3,600.00
remoteservice.com     $3,600.00
blowdryer.com     $3,500.00
walmary.com     $3,455.00
alain.com     $3,400.00
parkingservices.com     $3,400.00
economyair.com     $3,400.00
delrayrealestate.com     $3,300.00
floridafishing.com     $3,281.00
paperlanterns.com     $3,200.00
videomax.com     $3,200.00
carpetsale.com     $3,100.00
budde.com     $3,100.00
exchangestudent.com     $3,100.00
videomonitor.com     $3,100.00
methuselah.com     $3,005.00
schoolnews.com     $3,000.00
heliflight.com     $2,947.00
neverfail.com     $2,900.00
buyammo.com     $2,800.00
brynmawr.com     $2,785.00
mydealer.com     $2,777.00
postbail.com     $2,700.00
huli.net     $2,700.00
suc.net     $2,700.00
tourismcenter.com     $2,650.00
golfwholesale.com     $2,621.00
d8d.com     $2,610.00
regularly.com     $2,601.00
575757.com     $2,600.00
noah-health.org     $2,600.00
lumbersupply.com     $2,600.00
jibber.com     $2,600.00
ganzhu.com     $2,532.00
phonecomparison.com     $2,530.00
kirklandhomes.com     $2,524.00
gongre.com     $2,514.00
yeny.com     $2,510.00
tradecurrency.com     $2,500.00
mobiletopup.com     $2,500.00
dancegear.com     $2,401.00
vvtt.com     $2,400.00
gaysexvideos.com     $2,400.00
respectful.com     $2,322.00
studentchat.com     $2,322.00
howtodostuff.com     $2,312.00
bargroup.com     $2,311.00
zendesign.com     $2,310.00
investmentportfolio.com     $2,301.00
lweb.com     $2,300.00
aviationsupply.com     $2,300.00
suiqu.com     $2,300.00
referees.com     $2,300.00
ranchhomes.com     $2,209.00
golfingtips.com     $2,200.00
ense.com     $2,200.00
understatement.com     $2,200.00
eassist.com     $2,199.00
ortopedico.com     $2,170.00
yousao.com     $2,120.00
campoaventura.com     $2,100.00
obstetric.com     $2,100.00
jcap.com     $2,100.00
vinylsign.com     $2,099.00
onlineassistant.com     $2,082.00
hairsprays.com     $2,075.00
dda.org     $2,001.00
bankoffshore.com     $2,000.00
joggerstroller.com     $2,000.00
beverlyhillsspa.com     $2,000.00
innovape.com     $2,000.00

Single.com Domain Name is Now Up For Sale at Igloo.com

The domain name Single.com is now up for sale at Igloo, one of the leading brokers of ultra premium domain names and websites.

You can read the press release after the jump :

” Igloo.com, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names and websites announced today that Single.com is now listed exclusively for sale with their firm. Highly desirable, marketable, and easy to remember, Single.com represents a unique opportunity for a new or established company to secure a rare asset and leverage it to launch their new business, product or campaign in the online dating industry.

According to StatisticBrain.com (2014), there are more than 54 million single people in the U.S. alone, and over 41 million of U.S. singles have tried online dating. The average online dating customer spends over $200 per year, making online dating a billion dollar industry. The Internet dating industry is prime for the right company to acquire Single.com and leverage it to launch a new leading online dating brand.

Several recent reports in DOW Jones VentureWire (2014-2015) show that investors and entrepreneurs have been actively and eagerly providing capital for new online dating ventures. In just the past six months the global Venture Capital community has been consistently investing in this space with nearly $8 Billion raised by Hinge, Happn, Momo Inc, The League, and Coffee Meets Bagel. These investments further solidify that investors worldwide understand this vertical is ripe with opportunity.

Branding agencies, bloggers, and tech companies alike agree that a strong brand can be your most powerful tool. Strong brand recognition can set you apart from the competition and can propel you forward as an industry leader. Short, memorable domains names like Single.com have already been utilized by some of the world’s most well recognized online dating companies including Match.com, Zoosk.com, Eharmony.com, JDate.com, and OkCupid.com. “Single.com has broad market appeal, category authority, and unrivaled SEO and paid search potential,” said Amanda Waltz, Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions for Igloo.com. “Igloo is very pleased to be chosen as the exclusive brokerage firm to represent the Single.com sale.”

To inquire about Single.com or other premium domain names, you can contact Amanda Waltz directly at +1 508-689-9569, ext. 201 or Amanda(at)igloo(dot)com. For complete access to our domain inventory please visit Igloo.com.

If a domain name you are interested in is not available to register, Igloo has the relationships, experience and understanding necessary to help you acquire domain names, and even websites, currently owned and operated by another individual or company.”

Nomination Period Extended For ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award

On 10 December 2015 ICANN announced the opening of the nomination period for ICANN ‘s 2015 Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. The nomination period has been extended and will close on 20 March 2015. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees.

The Multistakeholder Ethos Award recognizes ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, recognized the importance of ICANN ‘s multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN ‘s organization and its community.

A panel of community members has convened to help review all community nominations and determine the best candidate(s) for the award.

The decisions of the selection panel will be made based on the following criteria:

Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or committees.
Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other community members with the aim of consensus building.
Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, cordial and collegial manner.
Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN ‘s multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness.

Candidates for the award will demonstrate at least five years of participation in the ICANN Community.

The nomination period for community nominees will close on 20 March 2015.

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