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Tucows Rebrands Back to OpenSRS

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Tucows' domain reseller services will be rebranded as OpenSRS according to an email sent to their resellers yesterday.The announcement was made during HostingCon in Chicago where many of the companies involved in the domain and hosting industry were in attendance.The announcement is not complicated and the rationale behind it seems to be quite simple:Some of our long-time … [Read more...] about Tucows Rebrands Back to OpenSRS

Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket

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Image via WikipediaStephane mentioned the sales of auto.fr and voitures.fr, which are two premium names, being dictionary terms.What's interesting about these sales is that both names were supposedly bought by the same buyer and that they have set a new record for .fr sales.While porn.fr may have sold for €30k, auto.fr went for €100k via Sedo and voitures.fr fetched a very … [Read more...] about Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket

TaxAssist.ie UDRP WIPO Decisions

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The latest IE dispute decision has been published by WIPO and concerns the domain taxassist.ieThe complainant holds several trademarks and other prior rights in the name, but the panel did make it very clear that any of the pending trademark applications and other rights that were established by the complainant after the registration were not taken into account:Many of the … [Read more...] about TaxAssist.ie UDRP WIPO Decisions

Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains

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While everyone should accept that hosting and domain registration is a business I've always felt that some companies employ quite questionable tactics to retain customers.The charge that stands out is that some companies levy to "release" a domain name.While the entire debate about locks and restrictions for inter-registrar transfers has been discussed at some length at the … [Read more...] about Unreasonable Charges From Registrars? Releasing Domains

Narnia.mobi – WIPO Decision Doesn’t Hold Any Surprises

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Image via WikipediaIrish and international media's interest was sparked in recent months by the dispute over the domain narnia.mobiNow unless you've been living in a very dark cave far away from the rest of civilised society for the last fifty years, then you'd know that Narnia is the literary invention of CS Lewis. You might also know that Disney has made two films based on … [Read more...] about Narnia.mobi – WIPO Decision Doesn’t Hold Any Surprises

IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post

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David Curtin, IEDR CEO, was interviewed during the week by Sunday Business Post's technology editor Adrian WecklerThe full interview is available online.Some of the questions posed by Weckler revealed some of the more awkward and restrictive views of the registry, including its policy on censoring domain names. However it is interesting to note that Curtin not only made public … [Read more...] about IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post

IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading

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The IEDR's annual report for 2007 has been published ( IEDRAnnualReport2007.pdf )Of course they didn't bother telling any of their stakeholders that it had been released, but we're more or less used to their lack of communication at this stage, as they prefer to tell the media!In any case with the current Comreg public consultation ongoing the report was bound to make at least … [Read more...] about IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading