Afternic Reports $1,8 Million in Domain Name Sales,Led by Outbreak.com for $73,000

Afternic/GoDaddy just sent in their weekly sales list .Total domain name sales for the week,summed to  $1,821,172.The reported sales were led by Outbreak.com ,sold for $73,000 .

 

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

quickmove.com $20,000

sgcp.com $20,000

truckbuyers.com $12,000

potspace.com $10,003

cloudcommerce.com $10,000

prorecruiter.com $9,500

ramrods.com $9,000

patientsos.com $8,500

commercen.com $8,300

videobaccarat.com $8,300

pizzapress.com $6,977

countr.com $6,891

trannysex.com $6,600

windowarmor.com $6,000

pecg.com $6,000

sieht.com $5,800

fortheride.com $5,600

7am.com $5,046

yogamedicine.com $5,000

oil-service.com $5,000

accelmed.com $5,000

footballpurse.com $5,000

Non .COM Sales

shiver.net $10,000

newassignment.net $5,100

acheter.net $4,034

playonline.net $4,000

keeplearning.net $3,788

pubs.net $3,700

futuretech.org $3,088

describe.net $2,900

ilab.net $2,805

freeserver.net $2,625

showme.tv $2,499

thehatchery.org $2,459

cppc.net $2,077

asili.net $1,682

citizendia.org $1,536

cure.co $1,500

bostonwellness.org $1,499

fucktube.org $1,495

askmeanything.net $1,488

etc.info $1,457

dandy.co $1,400

dx1.net $1,388

keeplearning.org $1,288

medicalstudent.org $1,250

sustainabletourismcriteria.org $1,225

warriorgames.org $1,200

gii.org $1,100

mail.pw $1,000

ipanels.net $1,000

ICANN: Implementing the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process

On 27 June 2013, the ICANN Board approved the proposed amendments to implement a two-panel process for string similarity review in the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) country code Top-Level Domain ( ccTLD ) Fast Track Process.

 

Johnson & Johnson Loses Again Case Against 17 Year Old Domain Johnsons.com

A World Intellectual Property Organization panel rejected Johnson & Johnson UDRP claim on the 17 year old domain name Johnsons.com .

 

This is the second time in ten years the company lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com .

According to whois records,the registrant,who was represented by Karen J. Bernstein,owns the domain name since November 12,2006.

Here are some relevant facts and findings bu the three member panel :

“The Panel finds that the Complainant has established rights in the JOHNSON’S mark for purposes of the Policy through its trademark registrations with the USPTO; see Janus Interantional Holding Co. v. Scott Rademacher, WIPO Case No. D2002-0201 (finding that panel decisions have held that registration of a mark is prima facie evidence of validity, which creates a rebuttal presumption that the mark is inherently distinctive. The respondent has the burden of refuting this assumption.) 

 The relevant part of the Domain Name is “johnsons”. The addition of the generic top-level “.com” is insufficient to distinguish the Domain Name from the Complainant’s mark. “

“The owner of the current named registrant– the Respondent – of the Domain Name, was closely related to the previous holder. The majority of the Panel therefore agrees that the corporate entity which holds the current registration is in fact owned by the same personnel who made the original purchase in 1997. While a transfer of ownership in most cases would warrant a new review, the fact that the owners remain the same simply does not support an inference in this case that the absence of bad faith at the time of the original registration, which the Panel accepts on the basis of the evidence has changed. 

 However, in order to fulfill this third requirement, the Panel finds that the Domain Name must both be considered as registered and used in bad faith. The Panel however sees no substantial bad faith in this case. 

 Even if the Panel finds that there was some bad faith use between 2004 and 2006 this would be not enough for a transfer of the Domain Name <johnsons.com> to the Complainant, because the majority also finds that the registration was not in bad faith and all Panel members agree that there is no present bad faith use. 

 It is proved by the Complainant, and undisputed by the Respondent, that <johnsons.com> has been linked to a pay-per-click and pop-up advertising site with links to the Respondent’s goods by at least May 2011.”

“Paragraph 15(e) of the UDRP Rules provides that, if “after considering the submissions the Panel finds that the complaint was brought in bad faith, for example in an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking or was brought primarily to harass the domain-name holder, the Panel shall declare in its decision that the complaint was brought in bad faith and constitutes an abuse of the administrative proceeding”. Reverse Domain Name Hijacking is defined under the UDRP Rules as “using the UDRP in bad faith to attempt to deprive a registered domain-name holder of a domain name”. 

 There is no evidence of harassment from the Complainant, and the accusations and presumptions filed against the Respondent are well within the scope of what the Panel finds acceptable from a trademark owner who discovers a domain name that may infringe its trademark rights. 

 The Panel therefore states that this is not a case of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. “

 

.TO Relaunched As Option For Toronto

A canny marketing idea for the .to ccTLDs sees it being pushed as an alternative for residents and businesses in Toronto in the same way that .la has been geared towards Los Angeles.

The .to ccTLD is for the Kingdom of Tonga located deep in the Pacific with a population of 106,000 meaning that Tongans are unlikely to make a high demand on its domains.

And while registrations of .to domains have been available to registrants worldwide since 1995, it is only now that Tonic, the registry operator, has pushed .to as an alternative for Toronto.

The ccTLD is also getting in early ahead of the release of new gTLDs, although there was no application for .toronto.

“Comparatively  speaking, .TO is wide open”, observed Eric Lyons, of Tonic – the .TO registry operator in a news release. “There are thousands of generic keywords and highly brandable names available for registration that are already taken under .COM or .CA”

“It’s basically a one-stop shop for getting a business, a portal or a call-to-action page online”, added easyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic. “We’ll do all the heavy lifting for you technically and all you have to do is say the word ‘go'”.

Upcoming ICANN Webinar: Rights Protection Mechanisms Webinar

A discussion about Rights Protection Mechanisms, including the Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements [PDF, 168 KB] published on 30 September 2013.

 

• Date: 6 November 2013
• Time: 17:00 – 18:30 UTC (9:00am – 10:30am PDT)

• Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/newgtldwebinar/
• Dial-in Information:
  • US Toll-free: 1-877-941-2059, US Toll: 1-480-629-9654
  • International Numbers [PDF, 23 KB]
  • Conference ID: Rights Protection Mechanisms (4648206)
• Questions in Advance: send to
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  by 4 November 2013

New gTLD Auctions Webinar
Date: 7 November 2013
Time: 22:00 – 23:00 UTC (2:00pm – 3:00pm PDT)
An in-depth discussion on the Auctions process and what to expect.

• Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/newgtldwebinar/
• Dial-in Information:
  • US Toll-free: 1-877-941-8268, US Toll: 1-480-629-9655
  • International Numbers [PDF, 23 KB]
  • Conference ID: New gTLD Auctions (4648210)
• Questions in Advance: send to
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  by 5 November 2013

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