Two More New gTLD Applications Pass Extended Evaluation

Two more new gTLD applications passed Extended Evaluation this week.The two new gTLDs failed Initial Evaluation last year.

Locus Analytics passed EE on .Locus, while DotPlace passed EE on .Place .Both failed Initial Evaluation last year, after it had failed to provide financial statements.

While no other company applied for .Locus, .Place has been applied for by Donuts also.

ICANN Releases New gTLD Contracting Statistics

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 09 January 2014:

984 applicants have been invited to Contracting
373 applicants have responded to their Contracting Information Request invitation
286 contracts have been sent out for signature
240 Registry Agreements have been signed
- All signed Registry Agreements can be viewed here: www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries

View Contracting Statistics From Previous Weeks »

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-10jan14-en

Hewlett-Packard Wins HP.nu in a UDRP decision at WIPO

Hewlett-Packard has recently won the transfer of the two letter ccTLD in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Even though the respondent tried to say that he registered many other short .NU domains and he was not targeting HP , the Penl ruled in favor of Hewlett-Packard.Moreover, the respondent said that Nunames announced a promotion to former clients to register up to 30 optional .NU domain names free of charge.On that occasion ,the respondent registered fifteen two-character domain names,including ae.nu, .ag.nu, by.nu and pg.nu .He also argued that HP was short for “högskoleprovet”, a Swedish university entrance exam.

Even though the domain name redirects to a website full of information about the exam, this isn’t what the domain was used for when HP filed the complaint. Back then, the domain name was full of ads for HP technology products.

You can read the decision here.

December 2013 Biggest ccTLD Sales

Jobs.ca was the highest selling ccTLD in December ,2013. The domain name changed hands for $450,000 through Sedo

Here are the highest reported ccTLD sales for December,2013:

1.Jobs.ca     $450,000
2. Pizza.nl     $103,500
3. 5.co.uk     $67,611
4. Pizza.es     $48,300
5. Nu.com.br     $45,000
6. Schedule.me     $24,000
7. Laptops.de     $21,760
8. Burton.cn     $17,500
9. Sold.com.au     $15,600
10. LivingRoom.de     $12,420
11. Cube.co.uk     $11,500
12. KEA.me     $11,040
13. Cupon.co $11,039
14.tie     Bludot.ca     $10,000
14.tie     Bitcoin.me     $10,000
14.tie    Ad.cc     $10,000
17. Boing.com.ar     $8,840
18. SexyDating.co.uk     $8,200
19. Car2Go.se     $7,704
20. ExactSoftware.nl     $7,245

ICANN: Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) Final Report & Recommendations

As prescribed by the Affirmation of Commitments, the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team submitted its Final Report and Recommendations to the ICANN Board of Directors and this document is now posted for public comment.