Marlboro has recently filed a UDRP complaint at the National Arbitration Forum,asserting legal rights over Marlboro-Online.biz domain name .

Marlboro 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 to its trademark.

The company filed the complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in February,2014.

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

The National Arbitration Forum will examine if the domain name is confusingly similar to the trademarked name.Moreover,it will examine if the owner of the disputed domain name has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith.The domain name will be passed over to Marlboro if it falls under all three of these stipulations.

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

Sedo’s February GreatDomains Auction is Underway

Sedo, the leading online domain name marketplace and monetization provider, is hosting these days its monthly GreatDomains auction. The auction ends on February 27,2014.

The auction features 200 domain names, out of which 50 already received bids.The highest bid so far is for Bubble.com at 21,000 EURO. Santa.com also managed to attract a lot of interest and received six bids, with the highest one of 10,100 .

Other interesting domain names included in the auction are :

Musical.com

Ski.fr

Donna.com

Bijoux.com

CentralPark.com

Casas.es

GetPrice.com

Festival.it

Carafe.com

Coins.com.br

Baies.com

Deco.net

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ICM Registry Adds 39 Reserved .XXX Domain Names to It’s Premium Domains For Sale

ICM Registry, the company behind .XXX extension, has been offering a lost of 1046 .xxx domains for sale since October 2012. Since then, the company added other premium .XXX domain names to this list.

Recently, ICM Registry added 29 previously reserved .XXX domain names into general availability :

100.xxx
163.xxx
666.xxx
john.xxx
lol.xxx
mp3.xxx
realestate.xxx
yyy.xxx
zzz.xxx
111.xxx
200.xxx
2012.xxx
2013.xxx
222.xxx
321.xxx
333.xxx
444.xxx
520.xxx
555.xxx
600.xxx
800.xxx
cao.xxx
eee.xxx
fff.xxx
hhh.xxx
iasi.xxx
jjj.xxx
kelly.xxx
maria.xxx
ons.xxx
ppp.xxx
qqq.xxx
rrr.xxx
sos.xxx
uuu.xxx
vvv.xxx
wines.xxx
xes.xxx
kut.xxx