Philip Morris Wins Marlboro83.com Domain Name in Arbitration

Philip Morris USA Inc. filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum on January 31,2014,asserting legal rights over the domain name Marlboro83.com.

 

According to whois records, the domain name was first registere in 2013.

Philip Morris owns many trademark registrations for the “Marlboro” mark all over the world.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar with its trademark .Moreover,the company contended in the complaint that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith .

One of the key points of this complaint was when Philip Morris managed to demonstrate that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith,by attracting Internet Internet users to Respondent’s website.

Philip Morris managed to establish all three elements required under the ICANN Policy and the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here .

ICANN: RDS Risk Survey and Webinar: How will a Proposed Next Generation Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace Whois Impact You? (Available Until 15 May 2014)

The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) invites you to participate in its recently launched Registration Directory Service (RDS) Risk Survey. 

 

If you provide or use gTLD domain name registration data (today known as Whois), please consider responding to this survey to share your unique perspective on potential risks and benefits associated with the EWG’s proposed RDS, should ICANN choose to implement such as system to replace Whois.

Today, anyone can query Whois to identify the organization or individual responsible for an Internet domain name, known as a Registrant, along with their postal address, email address, and telephone number. The EWG was asked to re-examine the purpose and provision of this information, envisioning a clean-slate approach to meet global Internet community needs with greater privacy, accuracy, and accountability. The EWG’s proposed next generation RDS would collect, validate and disclose registration information for permissible purposes only, with some values remaining public and others being gated – that is, returned only to authorized users with legitimate purposes.

At this point, the RDS is simply a proposal being refined by the EWG for ICANN Board and community consideration. If you are one of the many different individuals, businesses, and other organizations that consume Whois data today, or a domain name Registrant, Registrar, or Registry that provides Whois data today, please participate in this survey. This survey is a chance to tell the EWG about the risks and benefits that the recommended RDS might have for YOU.

All risks and benefits identified through this survey will be published in aggregated, anonymized form and used by the EWG to refine its recommendations and as input to a full risk assessment.

RDS Risk Survey attributes:

• RDS Risk Survey Availability Date: 15 March 2014
• RDS Risk Survey address: http://tiny.cc/risk-ewg-survey
• RDS Risk Survey Close Date: 15 May 2014, 23:59 UTC

To read more, you may download a printable PDF [PDF, 1.93 MB] before returning to http://tiny.cc/risk-ewg-survey to take the on-line survey. Translated versions of this survey will also be available shortly.

To learn more about this survey, please join the EWG for this interactive online workshop: How will Next Generation Registration Directory Services impact you?

Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Time: 19:00-20:30 UTC (time converter: http://tinyurl.com/n9rsmfx)

Date: Thursday, 17 April 2014

Time: 12:00-13:30 UTC (time converter: http://tinyurl.com/ouzekzx)

Additional details on the interactive online workshop are available here.

You may also learn more about the proposed next generation RDS at any time by:

• WATCHING this short introductory video
• LISTENING to this longer presentation
• EXPLORING these FAQs, or
• READING the EWG’s Initial Report [PDF, 1.70 MB] and Status Update Report [PDF, 2.26 MB]

Background

In December 2012, ICANN announced the creation of an Expert Working Group (EWG) on next generation gTLD Registration Directory Services, as a first step in fulfilling the ICANN Board’s directive to help redefine the purpose and provision of gTLD registration data. The EWG’s findings are expected to serve as a foundation to help the GNSO create a new global policy for the provision of gTLD registration data.

A significant milestone was reached on 24 June 2013 with the publication of the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG)’s Initial Report and FAQs, opening a consultation period with the ICANN community. The Initial Report [PDF, 1.70 MB] enumerated the users, purposes, data elements, recommended principles and features, and proposed model to guide the development of a next generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace Whois.

Prior to the ICANN Meeting in Buenos Aires, the EWG published its Status Update Report [PDF, 2.26 MB] to highlight the EWG’s thinking on these and many other key issues. It also provides a great deal more detail on the analysis that lay behind the Initial Report [PDF, 1.70 MB].

What’s Next?

The EWG is now completing its research and information gathering phase before delivering its final recommendations to the ICANN Board. The RDS Risk Survey is one of several research efforts undertaken being the EWG to ensure that its final recommendations are supported by facts and informed by current practices and input from all those potentially impacted by any next generation system to replace Whois.

The EWG expects to complete its recommendations in 2014, informed by Community feedback and in-depth analysis of selected areas, including the responses to this RDS Risk Survey. The EWG plans to deliver its final report to the ICANN Board in June 2014.

Questions

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This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04apr14-en.htm

ICANN Releases New Contracting Statistics To 4 April

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 04 April 2014:

 

March 2014 Highest Reported .COM Domain Name Sales

37.com was March 2014 highest selling .COM domain name. The domain name changed hands for $1,960,800.

 

Here are the biggest .COM domain name sales of March 2014:

1. 37.com      $1,960,800   
2. Accommodation.com     $286,000   
3. QY.com     $100,000
3. DDOS.com     $100,000
5. Blacklist.com     $85,000  
6. Jamrock.com     $68,750
7. Arwin.com     $60,000    
8. 1905.com     $57,000
9. iAcademy.com     $55,000    
10. Trace.com     $50,000
10. CancerDiet.com     $50,000
12. iMeeting.com     $47,750
13. Juwan.com     $32,500
14. KonutKredisi.com     $27,900  
15. Catterton.com     $25,000   
15. Ntent.com     $25,000   
15. AmericanGreen.com     $25,000
18. HomeLane.com     $24,000
19. SPTV.com     $22,000
20. CarParts24.com     $20,850

Afilias Chairman , Philipp Grabensee, Appointed to Domain Name Association Board

Afilias announced recently that Philipp Grabensee, chairman of the Afilias board of Directors ,has been appointed to Domain Name Association Baaord.

 

You can read the announcement after the jump:

“Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the appointment of the Chairman of the Afilias Board of Directors, Philipp Grabensee, to the board of the Domain Name Association (DNA).

The Domain Name Association, established in 2013, is a non-profit global business association that represents the interests of the domain name industry. The DNA’s mission is to promote the industry by advocating the use, adoption and expansion of domain names as the primary tool for users to navigate the Internet.

Grabensee brings a wealth of experience to the DNA Board. As the Chairman of Afilias’ Board since 2003, Grabensee has first-hand knowledge of both the strategic and operational aspects of a wide range of industry topics, including the many new TLD launches implemented by Afilias.

“I am honored to be named to the DNA’s Board of Directors,” said Grabensee. “Afilias has long been committed to the secure and stable expansion of domain name usage, and we believe the DNA is uniquely positioned to support this goal. We are pleased to join other industry leaders in this important mission.”

Grabensee’s background also includes expertise in Internet governance.An active participant and presenter in the Internet Governance Forum and the ICANN Studienkreis, Grabensee is a faculty member of the European Summer School on Internet Governance and serves on the advisory board of the .HIV top-level domain registry.

He has authored contributions to several publications, including a chapter in the United Nation’s book, World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future, and co-authored a chapter on “Deploying Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)” in the Internet Governance Forum’s The Power of Ideas: Internet Governance in a Global Multistakeholder Environment.

A native of Düsseldorf, Grabensee studied law and philosophy at the Freie University of Berlin and the Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn. Admitted to the bar in 1998, Grabensee is a partner in Düsseldorf-based law firm SHSG.

For more information about the Domain Name Association, please see thedna.org.”