Ministre des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur Files UDRP Complaint For Quebec.com Domain
The Ministre des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur has recently filed a complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization,asserting legal rights over Quebec.com domain name.
Quebec.com domain name is currently owned by Anything.com, the company that owns some of the best domain names on the planet,including YL.com, YE.com and 10.com.Anything.com Ltd owns the domain name for at least ten years,according to whois records.Most probably the company owns the domain name for much longer than that since the domain name has 1998 as the creation date.
The domain name is currently Parked.
This is a very interesting case and we will keep you up to date.
Jobs.ca Wins Weekly Sales List at $450,000
Jobs.ca,sold for $450,000,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the last week,ending December 15,2014.
There were six six figure domain name sales this week:
Jobs.ca $450,000
QR.com $230,000
XZ.com $138,000
Animation.com $112,125
Musique.com $103,500
Pizza.nl $103,500
Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 7 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,Heritage Auctions also took 7 of the top 20 positions .
.COM dominated once again the list,with 16 of the top 20 positions.
Here are the top 20 positions for the two weeks ending December 15,2014 :
1.Jobs.ca$450,000
2.QR.com$230,000
3.XZ.com$138,000
4.Animation.com$112,125
5.tieMusique.com$103,500
5.tiePizza.nl$103,500
7.Symbols.com$85,000
8.5.co.uk$67,611NameJet
9.tieHumble.com$50,000
9.tieLoanCenter.com$50,000
11.Hemisphere.com$34,500
12.NetHouse.com$30,000
13.ERS.com$28,700
14.tieEconomyRentalCars.com$25,000
14.tieSDA.com$25,000
16.Schedule.me$24,000
17.tieAIE.com$23,000
17.tieBusinessPhones.com$23,000
19.OrderMe.com$20,000
20.Numismatics.com$17,250
See here the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales .
ICANN Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013
The 2013 Annual Report for ICANN has been published online today (18 December).
The report highlights the organization’s achievements and progress from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013, including:
- Continued accountability and transparency efforts.
- Opened new offices to increase ICANN ‘s internationalization.
- Completed evaluation of more than a thousand new gTLDs and preparations to place them in the root.
- Finalized new Registrar Accreditation Agreement.
- Establishment of Trademark Clearinghouse.
Further content includes:
- Audited financial statements for fiscal year 2013.
- Biographical details on each of the Board of Directors.
- Messages from the CEO and Chairman.
The complete annual report is available online at: www.icann.org/en/about/annual-report/annual-report-2013-en.pdf [PDF, 6.69 MB]
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18dec13-en.htm
Pirate Bay ccTLD World Tour Moves On Again After .PE Option Canned
The Pirate Bay’s world tour has moved to another ccTLD after the Peruvian option was cut off after only a few days. This time TPB has moved to Guyana (.gy).
This week has been especially busy for TPB with the .sx (Sint Maarten) option cut off after pressure from the Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN. And this was only eight months after it was forced to change from .se (Sweden). From .sx, TPB had a brief stopover in .ac (Ascension Island) before moving for what it hoped was a more permanent stay in .pe.
However while it would obviously hope the stays would be more permanent, TPB says they have more than 70 domain names, by which one would assume they mean ccTLDs, in reserve.
The .pe option was suspended yesterday without prior warning reported TorrentFreak, which has been keeping tabs on TPB’s moves. And it means the site has had to switch to its fourth ccTLD in a week.
TorrentFreak reports it is unclear how long the Co-operative Republic of Guyana will allow the site to use its domain name, but they are ready to relocate again if needed.
“We have some 70 domain names left, so eventually we will find one that sticks,” a Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak. “A few domains have been prepared so we can switch over whenever’s needed.”
Pirate Bay ccTLD World Tour Moves On Again After .PE Option Canned
The Pirate Bay’s world tour has moved to another ccTLD after the Peruvian option was cut off after only a few days. This time TPB has moved to Guyana (.gy).
This week has been especially busy for TPB with the .sx (Sint Maarten) option cut off after pressure from the Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN. And this was only eight months after it was forced to change from .se (Sweden). From .sx, TPB had a brief stopover in .ac (Ascension Island) before moving for what it hoped was a more permanent stay in .pe.
However while it would obviously hope the stays would be more permanent, TPB says they have more than 70 domain names, by which one would assume they mean ccTLDs, in reserve.
The .pe option was suspended yesterday without prior warning reported TorrentFreak, which has been keeping tabs on TPB’s moves. And it means the site has had to switch to its fourth ccTLD in a week.
TorrentFreak reports it is unclear how long the Co-operative Republic of Guyana will allow the site to use its domain name, but they are ready to relocate again if needed.
“We have some 70 domain names left, so eventually we will find one that sticks,” a Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak. “A few domains have been prepared so we can switch over whenever’s needed.”
