Yahoo Files Complaint for SiftYahoo.com Domain Name
Yahoo has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of SiftYahoo.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 July,2012.
The National Arbitration Forum will examine if SiftYahoo.com domain is confusingly similar to Yahoo’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 Yahoo if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .
WEBINAR: ICANN Strategy Panel on Identifier Technology Innovation
ICANN invites everyone to an update on the activities of the Strategy Panel on Identifier Technology Innovation. ICANN Strategy Panels’ work will inform ICANN’s new, overarching vision and five-year strategic plan.
As it prepares to offer its advice to the ICANN President and CEO, the Strategy Panel wishes to walk you through the work it has undertaken and to seek your input on the preliminary set of conclusions it has reached. This webinar will also be the opportunity for you to ask questions. ICANN Strategy Panels serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue: your feedback and contributions are key to this project and will be carefully considered.
Webinar Details
Please join the webinar either on Wednesday, 22 January 2014 at 03:00-04:30 UTC (duration: 90 minutes) or on Thursday, 23 January 2014 at 19:00-20:30 UTC (duration: 90 minutes). The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. The meetings will be run in an Adobe Connect room with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. The sessions will be conducted in English.
Participants will be given the opportunity to offer comments and to ask questions during the Q&A section. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you cannot join the live session, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting.
Please register via email to
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by Tuesday, 21 January 2014 – 23:59 UTC to receive the dial-in details. Please indicate which call you wish to join. A reminder with log-in and dial-in details will be sent to you prior to the call.
Date: Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Time: 03:00-04:30 UTC (Time converter: http://tinyurl.com/q3rlt82)
Date: Thursday, 23 January 2014
Time: 19:00-20:30 UTC (Time converter: http://tinyurl.com/qcyk5mu)
This announcement was sourced from:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17jan14-en.htm
BTB.com Hits $15,000 in Sedo’s GreatDomains Auction
The auction for BTB.com domain name is now live on Sedo. So far, the highest bid is $15,001. At the time of writing this article, there are still six days left until the auction will close.
The auction features a wide selection of domain names at all price points.
PUC.com received the highest bid in the auction – 6,500 EUR.
Other interesting domain names included in the auction are:
Offertes.nl
SUK.com
0.asia
MVL.com
IT.co.uk
Cachaca.com
Helados.com
TXF.com
GameTraders.com
Publicistas.com
Galas.com
Check out Sedo.com for more information.
ElectricGuitars.com Domain Name is Up For Sale
ElectricGuitars.com domain name is now up for sale for the first timpe via BrokerageFirm.com. According to whois records, ElectricGuitars.com was first registered in 2000.
You can read the press release after the jump:
” Electricguitars.com is now available on the market with special pricing for the first time exclusively by Brokeragefirm.com. Descriptive, category owning domain names have historically been the most valuable properties on the Internet. With the supply for premium .com domains becoming so scarce, domains like ElectricGuitars.com will only appreciate in value over time, allowing built in asset protection on the buyer’s investment.
Category-defining domains are fantastic assets. They’re immediately recognizable, intuitive brands on the web. With 165,000 internet users searching the term “electric guitars,” has an unprecedented amount of potential when it comes reaching a targeted audience. From heavy metal rock to classical contemporary music, electric guitars are instruments that are used in almost every type of music genre which allows for a huge outreach opportunity. By developing ElectricGuitars.com, it will serve as a platform for a lead generator when it comes to all things guitars and allow communities to connect all over the world.
“There are so many advantages in owning a specific, category-defining domain. It is intuitive to capitalize on assets like these. The possibilities are truly endless, and it will be very interesting to see what direction ElectricGuitars.com will go in once acquired” says Senior Website Consultant Rigel Jimenez.
For more information , or offer guidelines contact Rigel Jimenez at 312-801-7132 or at rigel(at)brokeragefirm(dot)com.”
Afnic : .FR TLD Grew 8.2% in 2013
Afnic, the company behind .FR domain has recently provided a quantitative overview of the .FR TLD in 2013.The report showed 8,2% growth of the .FR TLD in 2013, against 7,1% for the world market average.
You can read the announcement after the jump:
“At 31 December 2013 the .fr TLD represented 2,716,027 domain names, an increase of 8.2% in 2013. Although this performance remains higher than the average for the world market (7.1 % according to our estimates), it was significantly lower than in 2012.
The .fr TLD is following the global trend towards a market downturn in domain names worldwide, of greater significant this year after several years of significant outperformance.
This outperformance can be seen on the French market where the .fr TLD continues to gain market share, with 36.5% against 36% at year-end 2012. This can be largely explained by the poor performance of the .com name space in France (+5.6 %) in 2013.
The major factors that help to explain these developments are:
The slowdown in the economy, in the past the correlation between companies founded and domain names filed under the .fr TLD being close to 90%; the slowdown also affects the renewal rate, since registrants are less likely to keep unused names
Developments in uses (tablets, social media, etc.) that potentially affect the browsing habits of Internet users and their modes of access to content; the impact of these changes could not be accurately determined until now and studies published by other registries even claim that it is marginal.
After high growth subsequent to opening .fr domain names to individual holders in June 2006, since 2011 the segment has grown in a way very similar to that of corporate holders. Numerous indicators also suggest that many of these names registered by individuals are for business purposes, particularly in the case of self-employed entrepreneurs.
Names registered by holders located in the French overseas departments and territories account for 0.3% of the total (9,221 names) while holders located abroad still represent 4.9 % of the total portfolio (132,196 names); the latter is a slightly higher percentage, proving that the .fr TLD tends to expand overseas at the same rate as on its domestic market. It is worth noting that the Paris department alone accounts for 412,145 names, or 15.2 % of the total number of domain names registered under the .fr TLD.
Finally, DNSSEC is continuing to gain ground with 3.79% of signed names (102,898) while there is a certain degree of stagnation in accented names of the “IDN” type, with 26,828 names (1%).”
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .FR domain name.
