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Efibre.ie Transferred to Eircom in Domain Dispute

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Several months ago Eircom, one of Ireland's largest ISPs,  launched a fibre broadband product under the moniker of "eFibre". For some reason, however, they hadn't registered the corresponding domain name. One of their competitors Magnet had and setup a very simple site:   I'm not sure how many people noticed, though I did see a tweet about it at the … [Read more...] about Efibre.ie Transferred to Eircom in Domain Dispute

Nominet Delegates First Batch of Reserved .uk Domains

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While Nominet won't officially be launching "direct UK" until next year they've already started delegating some of the domains. Apparently 69 names were requested by the UK government and the first of these were delegated recently: Nominet has delegated the new second-level .uk domain names royal.uk, princeofwales.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk to the Royal Household, the … [Read more...] about Nominet Delegates First Batch of Reserved .uk Domains

Pool Wins شبكة. Contract

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Pool.com have won another contract to run the auctions for شبكة.(dot Shabaka). They made the official announcement earlier today. They've also been chosen by DNS Belgium as mentioned recently. Here's the full release:   NEWEST OF NEW gTLDs NAMES POOL.COM AS AUCTION SERVICES PARTNER ‘شبكة.’ Accelerates to Market on Strength of Proven, Leading Platform Ottawa, … [Read more...] about Pool Wins شبكة. Contract

DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com

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DNS Belgium, which is running both .brussels and .vlaanderen have announced their choice of auction provider. They've chosen Canadian company Pool.com to handle their  domain name auctions for situations where there are more than one applicants for the same domain: During the first phase (‘sunrise 1’) brand owners, authorities, companies and associations can register a … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com

Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1

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Telnic, the .tel registry, have informed registrars that the wholesale rate for .tel domain names will be increased by $1 per year from $8 / year to $9/year effective December 1 2013. How are they justifying such a hefty price increase? This increase takes into account inflation rates and the continuing maintenance, development and provision of the Community Telhosting … [Read more...] about Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1

New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

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The Domain Name Association, which we mentioned in the past, has announced its membership fees According to a slide deck published on the organisation's site the membership fees range from $1000 / year to $50 thousand / year. The membership tiers are: Executive Member - $50 thousand / year Strategic Member - $20 thousand / year Supporting Member - $5 thousand / … [Read more...] about New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees

Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped

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ICANN's Compliance team have sent a breach notice to registrar Dynamic Dolphin. Why? They've got three issues with them: Legal issues with company officers Failure to comply with the domain transfer policy (IRTP) Not providing registration agreements to registrants The first one, however, is probably the "meatiest" of the lot. Scott Richter has a rather … [Read more...] about Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped

Is Lady Gaga A Trademark Bully?

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In the last couple of days there's been some media coverage in Ireland of a case involving a small Irish business and Lady Gaga. Some people are crying foul and accusing Lady Gaga and her lawyers of being heavy-handed and that their actions were tantamount to bullying. While the Irish Independent's coverage of the story is comprehensive I wanted to dig a little deeper as … [Read more...] about Is Lady Gaga A Trademark Bully?