So you're saying there's a chance... There's another ray of light for those hoping that ICANN will eventually delegate the .Amazon top level domain name to Amazon.com. Earlier today, ICANN's Board of Directors instructed the non-profit domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Will .Amazon ever see the light of day? There’s some movement.
· Policy & LawAmazon region countries reject $5 million gift card but ICANN pushes forward to help Amazon.com get .Amazon top level domain name. Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) long battle to get rights to run the .Amazon top level domain name might still pay off, but ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Do these Jack Ryan domain name registrations make sense?
· UncategorizedAmazon Prime just released a new Prime Original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Amazon has been promoting this on Prime Video for months. Yesterday, the company registered these domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
#8 of 2017: Brands lukewarm to dot-brand domain names
· UncategorizedThis is the third in a series covering the top stories on DNW in 2017, as ranked by pageviews. The seventh most-viewed story on DNW in 2017 was about McDonald's bailing on the new top level domain name program. The company had applied to operate .mcd ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon registered these 28 domains for Multi-room Echo audio launch
· UncategorizedAmazon goes on defensive binge in conjunction with highly anticipated feature launch. Amazon announced this morning that it is now supporting multi-room audio on Amazon Echo devices. Companies that make speakers (or devices with speakers) that use ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Amazon.com gets big win in domain battle, may yet get .Amazon domain
· Policy & LawIndependent review process recommends ICANN reconsider .amazon top level domain name application. One of the biggest controversies in ICANN's new top level domain name program has been the denial of Amazon.com's applications for the .Amazon top level ... Continue Reading5 Comments
DNSeattle announces May event at Amazon
· Services2017 event will take place at Amazon.com's headquarters. DNSeattle has announced the date and venue for its 2017 event. It will take place Thursday, May 25 at Amazon's headquarters in South Lake Union. Seattle has more domain name companies than any ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Amazon.com foreshadows AWS re:Invent news with domain name registrations
· UncategorizedWhat will Amazon reveal at AWS re:Invent this week? Here are some clues. Amazon.com registered 21 domain names yesterday that likely foreshadow product announcements at this week's AWS re:Invent conference. The company registered 5 internet of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon wins: .Shop and .通販 not confusingly similar after all
· Policy & LawDuh. Are the top level domain names .shop and .通販 likely to confuse a reasonable internet user? Certainly not visually. Nor aurally. They also don't mean the same thing. According to fluent Japanese speakers, 通販 used to be the term for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Do-Over: 2 TLD apps that lost in objections get another chance
· Policy & Law.Cam and Amazon IDN domain name decisions will be reviewed. ICANN is giving two new top level domain name applications another look after embarrassing inconsistencies in string confusion objections. The board's new TLD committee determined that ... Continue Reading3 Comments