Sedo To Hold DotAsia Premium Auction in May

Sedo will be hosting next month a DotAsia premium domain name auction. The auction starts May 13,2014 and will end one week later, on May 20,2014.

 

The highest bidder will be given first priority to acquire the domain name.

You can still submit your .CO.UK domain names if the domains you have fulfill the following criteria :

    The domain must be a .co.uk
    The domain is short, a real word and is easy to remember
    It is a generic domain, e.g. like car.co.uk, creditcard.co.uk or books.co.uk
    The domain is easy to spell and not prone to typographical errors
    The domain is product-related and therefore has a high commercial value
    The domain doesn’t violate any third party rights (e.g. trademark rights)
    The domain name is in English
    The reserve price for the domain is reasonable

Check out Sedo.com for more information

ICANN: GAC Advice on New gTLDs Issued During ICANN 49 Singapore

The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has issued further advice to the ICANN Board in the GAC Singapore Communiqué regarding New gTLD applications. The New gTLD advice in the Singapore Communiqué related to Section 3.1 of the Applicant Guidebook is further to the contents of the Beijing, Durban, and Buenos Aires Communiqués.

 

Review the GAC Singapore Communiqué [PDF, 449 KB]

Per Section 3.1 of the Applicant Guidebook, relevant applicants have 21 calendar days from this publication date to submit a response to the ICANN Board. Applicants will be notified directly by the New gTLD Customer Service Center and will receive instructions for submitting a response. To be considered by the ICANN Board, applicant responses should be submitted to the Customer Service Center no later than 23:59:59 UTC on 02 May 2014. ICANN will publish applicant responses and provide them to the Board.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-11apr14-en

ICANN Releases New gTLD Contracting Statistics To 11 April

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 11 April 2014:

 

  • 1103 applicants have been invited to Contracting
  • 525 applicants have responded to their Contracting Information Request invitation
  • 445 contracts have been sent out for signature
  • 382 Registry Agreements have been signed

View Contracting Statistics From Previous Weeks »

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-11apr14-en

Three Other New gTLDs Delegated : .Feedback, .College and .网址

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that three other new TLDs were delegated, bringing the total number to 206.

 

The three new gTLDs are : .Feedback, .College and .网址 .

Here are the other 203 new gTLDs delegated so far:

.Desi
.Rocks
2 April 2014     REST     Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable
2 April 2014     SAARLAND     dotSaarland GmbH
31 March 2014     CONSULTING     Pixie Station, LLC
31 March 2014     VODKA     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     HAUS     Pixie Edge, LLC
31 March 2014     COOKING     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     MOE     Interlink Co., Ltd.
31 March 2014     RODEO     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     COUNTRY     Uniregistry, Corp.
31 March 2014     商城(xn--czru2d) – Chinese for “mall”     Zodiac Capricorn Limited
31 March 2014     HORSE     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     FISHING     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     VEGAS     Dot Vegas, Inc.
31 March 2014     MIAMI     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
31 March 2014     ARCHI     Starting Dot Limited
27 March 2014     BLACK     Afilias Limited
27 March 2014     REN     Beijing Qianxiang Wangjing Technology Development Co., Ltd.
27 March 2014     MEET     Afilias Limited
25 March 2014     SOHU     Sohu.com Limited
22 March 2014     LONDON     Dot London Domains Limited
20 March 2014     NYC     The City of New York by and through the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
19 March 2014     COLOGNE     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
19 March 2014     AXA     AXA SA
19 March 2014     WEBCAM     dot Webcam Limited
19 March 2014     TRADE     Elite Registry Limited
15 March 2014     JETZT     New TLD Company
12 March 2014     世界 (xn--rhqv96g) – Chinese for “world/shijie”     Stable Tone Limited
11 March 2014     DNP     Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
11 March 2014     INK     Top Level Design, LLC
9 March 2014     机构 (xn--nqv7f) – Chinese for “agencies/institutions”     Public Interest Registry
9 March 2014     संगठन (xn--i1b6b1a6a2e) – Hindi for “organization/sangathana”     Public Interest Registry
9 March 2014     组织机构 (xn--nqv7fs00ema) – Chinese for “organization”     Public Interest Registry
5 March 2014     орг (xn--c1avg) – Russian for “organization/org”     Public Interest Registry
5 March 2014     KOELN     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
2 March 2014     BID     dot Bid Limited
2 March 2014     OKINAWA     BusinessRalliart Inc.
2 March 2014     VOTE     Monolith Registry LLC
2 March 2014     VOTO     Monolith Registry LLC
27 February 2014     BAR     Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable
27 February 2014     KRED     KredTLD Pty Ltd
27 February 2014     BEST     BestTLD Pty Ltd
26 February 2014     CHRISTMAS     Uniregistry, Corp.
26 February 2014     PUB     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
26 February 2014     дети (xn--d1acj3b) – Russian for “kids/deti”     The Foundation for Network Initiatives “The Smart Internet”
26 February 2014     ACTOR     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
25 February 2014     SUPPLIES     Atomic Fields, LLC
21 February 2014     FISH     Fox Woods, LLC
21 February 2014     삼성 (xn―cg4bki) – Korean for “Samsung/Samseong”     Samsung SDS Co., LTD
21 February 2014     VACATIONS     Atomic Tigers, LLC
21 February 2014     INDUSTRIES     Outer House, LLC
21 February 2014     SUPPLY     Half Falls, LLC
19 February 2014     XYZ     XYZ.COM, LLC
19 February 2014     WIKI     Top Level Design, LLC
19 February 2014     NEUSTAR     NeuStar, Inc,
18 February 2014     بازار (xn--mgbab2bd) – Arabic for “bazaar/bazar”     CORE Association
16 February 2014     MANGO     Punto FA S.L.
12 February 2014     QPON     dotCOOL, Inc.
11 February 2014     CARDS     Foggy Hollow, LLC
11 February 2014     FOUNDATION     John Dale, LLC
11 February 2014     REVIEWS     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
11 February 2014     FUTBOL     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.
11 February 2014     VISION     Koko Station, LLC
11 February 2014     CONDOS     Pine House, LLC
11 February 2014     VILLAS     Koko Station, LLC
11 February 2014     PARTS     Sea Goodbye, LLC
11 February 2014     PRODUCTIONS     Magic Birch, LLC
11 February 2014     MAISON     Victor Frostbite, LLC
5 February 2014     移动 (xn--6frz82g) – Chinese for “mobile”     Afilias Limited
5 February 2014     BLUE     Afilias Limited
4 February 2014     FLIGHTS     Fox Station, LLC
4 February 2014     CLEANING     Fox Shadow, LLC
4 February 2014     REPORT     Binky Glen, LLC
4 February 2014     EVENTS     Pioneer Maple, LLC
4 February 2014     CRUISES     Spring Way, LLC
4 February 2014     RENTALS     Big Hollow, LLC
4 February 2014     PARTNERS     Magic Glen, LLC
4 February 2014     PROPERTIES     Big Pass, LLC
4 February 2014     CATERING     New Falls, LLC
4 February 2014     EXPOSED     Victor Beach, LLC
29 January 2014     VOTING     Valuetainment, Corp.
29 January 2014     TOKYO     GMO Registry, Inc.
29 January 2014     NAGOYA     GMO Registry, Inc.
27 January 2014     DATING     Pine Fest, LLC
27 January 2014     COMMUNITY     Fox Orchard, LLC
23 January 2014     BOUTIQUE     Over Galley, LLC
23 January 2014     BARGAINS     Half Hallow, LLC
23 January 2014     TIENDA     Victor Manor, LLC
23 January 2014     WORKS     Little Dynamite, LLC
23 January 2014     WED     Atgron, Inc.
23 January 2014     EXPERT     Magic Pass, LLC
23 January 2014     WATCH     Sand Shadow, LLC
23 January 2014     KIM     Afilias Limited
23 January 2014     COOL     Koko Lake, LLC
23 January 2014     TOOLS     Pioneer North, LLC
18 January 2014     CLUB     .Club Domains, LLC
18 January 2014     BUILD     Plan Bee, LLC
18 January 2014     PICS     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     PINK     Afilias Limited
18 January 2014     LUXURY     Luxury Partners, LLC
18 January 2014     PHOTO     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     GIFT     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     网络 (xn--io0a7i) – Chinese for “network”     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Information Center)
18 January 2014     公司 (xn--55qx5d) – Chinese for “company”     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Information Center)
18 January 2014     MONASH     Monash University
18 January 2014     RICH     I-REGISTRY Ltd. Niederlassung Deutschland
18 January 2014     RED     Afilias Limited
18 January 2014     SHIKSHA     Afilias Limited
18 January 2014     中信 (xn--fiq64b) – Chinese for “CITIC”     CITIC Group Corporation
18 January 2014     LINK     Uniregistry, Corp.
18 January 2014     GUITARS     Uniregistry, Corp.
14 January 2014     ZONE     Outer Falls, LLC
14 January 2014     CHEAP     Sand Cover, LLC
14 January 2014     MARKETING     Fern pass, LLC
14 January 2014     DEMOCRAT     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
14 January 2014     SOCIAL     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
14 January 2014     AGENCY     Steel Falls, LLC
14 January 2014     MODA     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
14 January 2014     DANCE     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
8 January 2014     BERLIN     dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG
3 January 2014     集团 (xn--3bst00m) – Chinese for “group”     Eagle Horizon Limited
3 January 2014     我爱你 (xn--6qq986b3xl) – Chinese for “I love you”     Tycoon Treasure Limited
3 January 2014     中文网 (xn--fiq228c5hs) – Chinese for “Chinese network”     TLD Registry Limited
3 January 2014     WANG     Zodiac Leo Limited
3 January 2014     KIWI     Dot Kiwi Limited
3 January 2014     WIEN     punkt.wien GmbH
2 January 2014     EMAIL     Spring Madison, LLC
2 January 2014     IMMOBILIEN     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
2 January 2014     在线 (xn--3ds443g) – Chinese for “online”     TLD Registry Limited
28 December 2013     INSTITUTE     Outer Maple, LLC
28 December 2013     CEO     CEOTLD Pty Ltd
28 December 2013     SOLAR     Ruby Town, LLC
28 December 2013     FARM     Just Maple, LLC
28 December 2013     EDUCATION     Brice Way, LLC
28 December 2013     GLASS     Black Cover, LLC
28 December 2013     ONL     I-REGISTRY Ltd. Niederlassung Deutschland
28 December 2013     INTERNATIONAL     Wild Way, LLC
28 December 2013     CODES     Puff Willow, LLC
28 December 2013     TRAINING     Wild Willow, LLC
28 December 2013     HOUSE     Sugar Park, LLC
28 December 2013     KAUFEN     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
28 December 2013     NINJA     United TLD Holdco Ltd.
28 December 2013     REPAIR     Lone Sunset, LLC
28 December 2013     BUILDERS     Atomic Madison, LLC
28 December 2013     COFFEE     Trixy Cover, LLC
28 December 2013     FLORIST     Half Cypress, LLC
28 December 2013     HOLIDAY     Goose Woods, LLC
28 December 2013     SOLUTIONS     Silver Cover, LLC
18 December 2013     BUZZ     dotStrategy Co.
18 December 2013     SUPPORT     Grand Orchard, LLC
17 December 2013     RECIPES     Grand Island, LLC
17 December 2013     COMPUTER     Pine Mill, LLC
17 December 2013     ACADEMY     Half Oaks, LLC
17 December 2013     CAREERS     Wild Corner, LLC
17 December 2013     CAB     Half Sunset, LLC
17 December 2013     公益 (xn--55qw42g) – Chinese for “charity”     China Organizational Name Administration Center
17 December 2013     政务 (xn--zfr164b) – Chinese for “government”     China Organizational Name Administration Center
17 December 2013     SYSTEMS     Dash Cypress, LLC
17 December 2013     DOMAINS     Sugar Cross, LLC
17 December 2013     VIAJES     Black Madison, LLC
17 December 2013     COMPANY     Silver Avenue, LLC
17 December 2013     CAMP     Delta Dynamite, LLC
17 December 2013     LIMO     Hidden Frostbite, LLC
17 December 2013     MANAGEMENT     John Goodbye, LLC
17 December 2013     PHOTOS     Sea Corner, LLC
17 December 2013     SHOES     Binky Galley, LLC
17 December 2013     CENTER     Tin Mill, LLC
10 December 2013     RUHR     Regiodot GmbH & Co. KG
30 November 2013     MENU     Wedding TLD2, LLC
30 November 2013     UNO     Dot Latin, LLC
23 November 2013     みんな (xn--q9jyb4c) – Japanese for “everyone”     Charleston Road Registry, Inc.
19 November 2013     diamonds     John Edge, LLC
19 November 2013     tips     Corn Willow, LLC
19 November 2013     photography     Sugar Glen, LLC
19 November 2013     directory     Extra Madison, LLC
19 November 2013     enterprises     Snow Oaks, LLC
19 November 2013     kitchen     Just Goodbye, LLC
19 November 2013     today     Pearl Woods, LLC
14 November 2013     plumbing     Spring Tigers, LLC
14 November 2013     graphics     Over Madison, LLC
14 November 2013     contractors     Magic Woods, LLC
14 November 2013     gallery     Sugar House, LLC
14 November 2013     sexy     Uniregistry, Corp.
14 November 2013     construction     Fox Dynamite, LLC
14 November 2013     tattoo     Uniregistry, Corp.
14 November 2013     technology     Auburn Falls
14 November 2013     estate     Trixy Park, LLC
14 November 2013     land     Pine Moon, LLC
14 November 2013     bike     Grand Hollow, LLC
06 November 2013     VENTURES     Binky Lake, LLC
06 November 2013     CAMERA     Atomic Maple, LLC.
06 November 2013     CLOTHING     Steel Lake, LLC
06 November 2013     LIGHTING     John McCook, LLC
06 November 2013     SINGLES     Fern Madison, LLC
06 November 2013     VOYAGE     Ruby House, LLC
06 November 2013     GURU     Pioneer Cypress, LLC
06 November 2013     HOLDINGS     John Madison, LLC
06 November 2013     EQUIPMENT     Corn Station, LLC
23 October 2013     شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – Arabic for “web/network”     International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.
23 October 2013     онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “online”     CORE Association
23 October 2013     сайт (xn--80aswg) – Russian for “site”     CORE Association
23 October 2013     游戏(xn--unup4y) – Chinese for “game(s)”     Spring Fields, LLC

Google Files UDRP Complaint for Google-Android-Security.com

Google has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of Google-Android-Security.com domain name.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.

 

According to whois records,the domain name was first registered in January,2014.

The National Arbitration Forum will examine if Google-Android-Security.com domain is confusingly similar to Google’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith .The disputed domain name will be passed over to Google if it falls under all three of these stipulations.

The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .