No cheat codes available for community objection. The Entertainment Software Association, a U.S. industry group for the video game industry, has failed to quash Amazon.com's application to run the .game top level domain name. ESA filed a community ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon gets a win in .Amazon fight & IO found to have conflict of interest in case
· Policy & LawPanelist finds Independent Objector Alain Pellet has a conflict of interest and sides with Amazon.com in domain name dispute. Amazon.com has successfully defended community objections brought against its applications for .amazon and the Chinese and ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Hardheaded governments vs. Amazon.com
· Policy & LawAmazon details some of the concessions it was willing to make to governments in the Amazon region. One of the more peculiar new top level domain name battles is the one between Amazon.com and and governments of the Amazon area, including Brazil and ... Continue Reading18 Comments
.Music, .Song, and .Tunes new top level domain name objections against Amazon.com dismissed
· Policy & LawAmazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music's (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com's bids to run the ... Continue Reading4 Comments
“Cloud” is not a community, new TLD panelist rules
· Policy & LawGroup's definition of "cloud community" is too broad. Cloud Industry Forum Limited has lost its community objections against three applications for the .cloud top level domain name. The objections were filed against the three applicants who planned ... Continue Reading3 Comments
After acquiring TenMarks, Amazon.com’s domain name team went to work
· Domain SalesCompany registers over 75 domain names after making acquisition. Whenever Amazon.com announces a new product or acquires a company, it goes a bit nuts defensively registering related domain names. Last week Amazon acquired online match education ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Amazon.com appeals silly IDN string confusion objection
· Policy & LawAmazon asks ICANN to ignore bad string confusion objection decision. Amazon.com has appealed to ICANN's board to overrule a decision in a string confusion objection that placed its new TLD application for .通販 in a contention set with .shop. Panelist ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
String Confusions Gone Wild: Amazon IDN is found similar to different word in English
· Policy & Law"Online Shopping" in Japanese is too similar to .shop in English, panelist rules. Some new top level domain name string confusions objection decisions have been baffling. A difference in opinion on .cam vs. .com. Plurals vs. Singulars. But now ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.Secure applicant files trademark application for SAFETLD
· Policy & LawArtemis files application for SAFETLD mark for its .secure top level domain. Artemis Internet, part of NCC Group plc, has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "SAFETLD", most likely tied to its .secure TLD bid. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
If .amazon is killed, will Amazon bail on the new TLD program?
· Policy & LawAmazon may be questioning its role in the first round of new top level domain applications. With the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) recommending that ICANN block Amazon.com's application for the .amazon top level domain, it poses an interesting ... Continue Reading6 Comments