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Facebook.com.au WIPO Decision

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The decision regarding facebook.com.au has been publishedThe respondent tried to use the defence that no trademark existed in Australia at the time of registration, however that argument was rejected.The respondent also tried to argue that they were intending on using the domain name for a legitimate service.You can read over the decision, with arguments from both sides and … [Read more...] about Facebook.com.au WIPO Decision

McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD

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Anti-virus vendor McAfee have released their second report on Malware (pdf) which tracks incidences of malware on a TLD basis.The previous report, which received a lot of press coverage, was very favourable for several ccTLDs, including .ie (Ireland).This time round the Irish ccTLD may not be listed in the "dangerous" list, but the threat levels have practically doubled! This … [Read more...] about McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD

Mexico – Over 250 Thousand Domains Registered

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The Mexican NIC has announced that they've broken the 250 thousand mark.In their latest newsletter, which is sent registrants and stakeholders, the Mexican domain registry speaks of how it took 15 years to get the first 100 thousand domains registered, but only 2 and a half years to get the next 100 thousand names.More details on their site (in Spanish) … [Read more...] about Mexico – Over 250 Thousand Domains Registered

Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers

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Nominet has been working on developing and improving their "online services" over the past year.The "online services" are available to both registrants and registrars and allow both user types to manage various aspects of their interactions with the UK registry.Next month the registry plans to take the domain transfers / trades online.The announcement may be found on their site … [Read more...] about Nominet Expanding Online Services To Include Registrant Transfers

WIPO Orders Cancellation of Multiple Domain Registrations

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Image via WikipediaI keep a close eye on the WIPO UDRP decisions, as sometimes they can be very interesting.In most cases decisions are either upheld or denied and when they are upheld the normal followup would be for the domain in question to be transferred to the IP holder.However WIPO's latest set of UDRP decisions shows a different line of thought entirely.In several cases … [Read more...] about WIPO Orders Cancellation of Multiple Domain Registrations

Sedo Ups The Ante On Auction Bidders

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Image by vaXzine via FlickrSedo, which is one of the most popular domain markets, is running a number of "premium" domain auctions in the coming weeks.Some of the domains that are scheduled to come under the hammer include america.com, import.com and cognac.com. While cognac.com is unlikely to get the same level of interest or fetch as high a price as vodka.com, which sold for … [Read more...] about Sedo Ups The Ante On Auction Bidders

Using Maths To Sort Out TLD Confusion

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Stephane's latest post talks about an attempt to use a mathematical algorithm to help decide on which TLDs to allow in the future.The algorithm, which you can read more about here, works on the basis of comparing "strings" to see if they are confusing. It draws in part on the Levenshtein distanceIt will be interesting to see how ICANN make use of this tool in the months ahead, … [Read more...] about Using Maths To Sort Out TLD Confusion