Domain Sales

EuroDNS, the domain registrar specializing in .eu, .de, and many other Top-Level Domains has announced the “Sunrise” phase of .cm registration. The company hopes that this limited registration phase will give trademark holders a chance to register and protect their brands before the names are released to the public. The …

Kris Peeters, Prime Minister of Flanders, stated last fall that he wanted to create a gTLD for the Flemish-speaking region. The domain extension for Belgium is .be, but Peeters wants Flems to have either vla, .vln, .vlaanderen or .fla for their websites. Last week, it was announced that a consulting …

ICANN has announced that it will start hosting gatherings at various high-profile locations to encourage more discussion and education about their plants to introduce a new gTLD (generic Top-Level Domain) program. The events will include on-site consultation to answer many of the concerns people have about regulations, trademark policies and …

It’s only been three days since Facebook launched its new vanity URL system, an event that many intellectual property experts claimed would result in a flurry of cybersquatting. Well, they were right. Since the service’s launch three days ago, hundreds of celebrities, companies, and even royalty have had vanity URLs …

Numerous New Yorkers have gotten behind the idea of a .nyc TLD, but multiple companies and organizations are fighting for the right to manage the domain. Yesterday, Former New York City Mayor Koch made news when he announced his support for dotNYC LLC, whose plan calls for selling the names …

The 2,600 real estate domain auction that was supposed to happen today didn’t happen. A few buyers did show up to the San Francisco event, but none of them felt comfortable buying the domain portfolio. Instead, they wished to negotiate a sale behind closed doors. “Had we had premium names, …

The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names (RNIDS) announced today that registration fees for .rs domain names have been cut by 10% with the hope that registrars will pass the savings on to customers. The goal of the price cut is to promote use of the domain as well …

Sonic Corporation, the American fast-bard restaurant chain, famous for its drive-in-diner style of service, is suing a company over its use of the domain mysonic.com. According to the lawsuit, Bright Orange Software Inc, registered the domain, a “well known trademark” of Sonic, and used it to redirect visitors to Burger …

For years, ICANN has operating under what’s known as the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with the United States Department of Commerce. The agreement is for “the purpose of the joint development of the mechanisms, methods, and procedures necessary to effect the transition of Internet domain name and addressing system (DNS) …

In recent years, it has been the trend for companies to register generic domains rather than product-specific names. Bank of America, for example, owns Loans.com. CNN has Money.com, while Monster.com bought Jobs.com some time ago. Generic domains are worth so much because they are easy to remember and easily marketed. …