French registry and registrar not liable for infringing domain names

French registry and registrar not liable for infringing domain names
World Trademark Review (subscription)
The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that AFNIC, the registry for the '.fr' country-code top-level domain, was not liable for failing to freeze or block an infringing domain name upon notice by an interested party without a court order. The court also ...

The 2016 presidential domain-name race heats up
The Daily Dot
The 2016 presidential race is heating up online, but no one is looking for delegates. It's domain names people are after. With the next presidential election still four years away (although, let's be honest, some people started thinking about it as ...

.eu domain name registrations rise 7% in Q3
Telecompaper (subscription)
Third-quarter .eu domain name registrations grew by over 7 percent year-on-year for the second consecutive quarter, according to a report from the .eu registry, EURid. The third quarter's net growth rate of 7.4 percent was consistent with the second ...

One Way I Evaluate a Domain Name to Buy
Elliot's Blog (blog)
One of the things I look at when evaluating domain names to acquire is how many other TLDs are registered for that keyword. Obviously, the more domain names that are registered, the better. In addition, I also look at very similar keyword domain names, ...

Not a win-win: FranklinCovey sued for bidding on Franklin.com on Google ...
Domain Name Wire
I can certainly see where the plaintiff is coming from with the bidding on Franklin.com, since FranklinCovey is bidding on a domain name it doesn't own. Franklin might be more of a stretch. It reminds me a little bit of when a company wins a UDRP for a ...

Citigroup sues to get CityCard.com, a domain it won in UDRP
Domain Name Wire
When Citigroup filed its UDRP against the owner of CityCard.com, it most likely agreed to jurisdiction in South Korea should the respondent in the case file a lawsuit over the domain name. Now the company is upset over what that court ruled because it ...

Domain upgraders: 2 types of ridiculously qualified buyers for your domain names
Domain Name Wire
Since I create a list of end user domain names sales each week, I notice some pretty strong patterns amongst end user buyers. One of the biggest categories of buyers are the “upgrade” buyers. The domain name they buy is almost exactly like the one they ...

A Rare Opportunity to Lock in a Secure Investment on the Edge of the Fiscal ...
Equities.com
The enduring question very well may have an answer- because there's a “For Sale” sign hanging on the ultimate website for online security, along with its existing SSL business and moniker domain name, SSL.com. SSL's across the industry are sold with ...

Should dotPH keep control of the PH domain registry?
e27
Critics, notably PHNet (which handles the .edu.ph namespace and previously .gov.ph) and the proponents of the Philippine Domain Name Authority Convenors (PhilDAC) among others, say dotPH engages in monopolistic practices, which has contributed to a ...

Some Companies Must Do More To Protect Brand Identity
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
It is also a misconception that domain names are protected intellectual property assets. They are not. Domain names do not grant trademark or similar proprietary rights. The owner of a domain name registration is simply the owner of that registration ...

Highest reported .COM domain name sales in November,2012 ...
By editor@domainnews.com (Domain News)
FreeWebsite.com was the highest selling .COM domain name in November,2012.The domain namewas sold for $500,000 through a Private sale . Here are the top 15 .COM domain sales in November,2012 : 1. FreeWebsite.com $500,000. 2.
Domain Name News, Domain Industry...

Fifth Circuit Says First Amendment May Protect Domain Names ...
By MHoven
Gibson, a plaintiff's attorney specializing in workers' compensation law, ran a website with thedomain name “texasworkerscomplaw.com.” In February 2011, he received a cease-and-desist letter informing him that his domain name violated a ...
JOLT Digest

SSL.com Hits The Market Including Operating Business, Trademarks ...
By Michael Berkens
The category killer domain name SSL.com has just hit the market. But the SSL.com is not just a domain sale. It includes a profitable business, federal trademarks and patents pending”. The domain name is being brokered by MediaOptions.
TheDomains.com - Domain Blog

[Rails] How to allow the user to use their own domain name | Ruby ...
By Ruby on Rails
I am currently having feature where my users to have a subdomain for their account likexxx.myaddress.com,yyy.myaddress.com these will point to the corresponding users . How can I implement the feature where user can enter their own ...
Ruby on Rails

Why Buy Multiple Versions of Your Domain Name? | EarthLink Blog
Losing web traffic is a big issue for business websites if they don't prevent confusion by registering multiple versions of their domain name or URL.

Internet domain name - Yahoo! Finance
From Yahoo! Finance: Full content sent to and hosted by Yahoo!General NewsHealth & MedicineIndustry SnapshotNew Issue AmericaReal EstateTop ...

Domain Name Issues- Google
Domain Name Issues, jay-you-ess, 12/5/12 1:18 PM, Hi. About two or three days ago, I stopped receiving all messages at just...@itlshippingusa.com. All senders ...

Custom domain name - Google Product Forums
Custom domain name. Next post. I am trying to buy a customer domain name and it says "We have found an existing order for this domain name" which I believe ...

Trademark Clearinghouse "Strawman Solution" | ICANN
The Trademark Clearinghouse facilitates the protection of trademark rights during the initial allocation and registration periods for domain names in new generic ...

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