Hugo Boss has won a WIPO UDRP for the domain hugoboss.tv.The only "interesting" part of the decision is that the domain had been held by the registrant since 2005. So was Hugo Boss slow to act or have they only started worrying about their domain portfolio recently?The domain is currently showing eNom's default holding page and the whois output isn't giving away much:Domain … [Read more...] about Hugo Boss Wins UDRP
Nominet PAB Election Results Announced
Nominet's PAB election results have been announced and the following four people have been elected:Robert TaylorClive D.W. FeatherNora Nanayakkara Simon BezantFull details here … [Read more...] about Nominet PAB Election Results Announced
Dotasia Proves That Commerce Sells
The DotAsia launch is more or less over at this stage, so it's as good a time as any to examine which names people were most interested in acquiring.According to a recent post on Stephane Vangelder's blog over 500k applications were receivedIt's not big surprise that more than one entity was interested in acquiring sex.asia, but Stephane notes that buy.asia was in much higher … [Read more...] about Dotasia Proves That Commerce Sells
Nominet PAB Election
Nominet's election for its Policy Advisory Board has started.Further details on how to vote may be found on the Nominet siteThe candidates this year come from very diverse backgrounds and encompass a wide range of interests. … [Read more...] about Nominet PAB Election
ICANN Paris Meeting Registration Open
Registration for the next ICANN public meeting, which is to be held in Paris, France, is now open.I'm not sure how many rooms have been set aside for ICANN delegates, but as the meeting is being held in a central location in Paris it shouldn't be too hard to find alternatives. … [Read more...] about ICANN Paris Meeting Registration Open
IANA Cleans Up Registry
With all the talk about the depletion of IPv4 space and efforts to stretch the existing IP space out as much as possible it's nice to see that IANA have cleaned up their registry. Leo Vegoda explains in a recent post on the ICANN blog how they've made it all a lot more transparent and less confusing to see who is actually in charge of a /8 … [Read more...] about IANA Cleans Up Registry
Eurid Updates Backend – Tweaks Web Whois Interface
Eurid, the registry for .eu, has updated some of their backend systems while also tweaking some of their frontend interfaces.The web based WHOIS has been slightly changed to further protect privacy. … [Read more...] about Eurid Updates Backend – Tweaks Web Whois Interface
DotAsia LandRush Offers
As dotasia is currently in landrush you can expect to see plenty of special offers from the various registrars.Eurodns, for example, are running a special which is quite attractive for the first two years. The only downside is that it's not that clear how the local presence will be charged thereafter ... … [Read more...] about DotAsia LandRush Offers
TRAFFIC West Auction – Windows Users Only Again!
Adam has posted the results from the TRAFFIC West auctionThere were some really nice domains on offer including dvds.com which went for $300k and porn.mobi which went under the hammer at $110k.Some people weren't overly impressed by the results or how the auction was conducted.I couldn't participate for one very simple reason - the software was Windows only!Now I know I … [Read more...] about TRAFFIC West Auction – Windows Users Only Again!
Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
I've always had mixed feelings about registries contacting registrants directly.On one level it doesn't bother me in the least, but on another I can see how it causes confusionOver the past couple of years we've been dealing with an ever-growing number of registries and seen a wide variety of policies and implementations, but the contact policy is one that always causes some … [Read more...] about Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?