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February 05, 2012
16:05
Sedo Study Shows $17m Drop In 2011 Sales
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Domain name sales totalled $84,431,965 through Sedo in 2011, the company's 2011 Annual Domain Market Study that includes a review of the fourth quarter. However this was a significant drop on the 2010 calendar year when there was $101,438,953 in sales, a drop of $17,006,988. However it should also be noted that the $13 million sale of sex.com was included in 2010 figures.
13:36
WIPO: Trademark Rights Protection Mechanisms for New gTLDs
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For ICANN’s New gTLD Program, a range of “Rights Protection Mechanisms” (RPMs) has been established. Prior to any new gTLDs being approved and becoming operational, these new gTLD RPMs include pre-delegation objection procedures described in more detail on the Center’s dedicated portal: Legal Rights Objections under ICANN’s New gTLD Program – Filing a Legal Rights Objection at WIPO: What You Need To Know.
10:11
50% of .ME Domains in Auction have bids
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Sedo and the .ME Registry partnered to hold an exclusive auction of premium .ME domains.The auction on Sedo.com doesn't end until Thursday,but already 50% of the domain names have bids .
February 04, 2012
15:50
ARI Webinar: Understanding .BRAND For Your Business
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Monday February 6th 2012 at 3pm PST / Monday February 6th 2012 at 6pm EST / Tuesday February 7th 2012 at 10am AEST
ARI Registry Services, a leading global provider of technical services for new Top-Level Domains, will host a special free webinar this Tuesday 7 February highlighting the implications of .brand for the corporate world.
10:56
ICANN Seeks Evaluators for the Support Applicant Review Panel - Request for EOIs
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ICANN is seeking individuals to serve on the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP), an important component of the New gTLD Applicant Support Program that seeks to serve the global public interest by ensuring worldwide accessibility to, and competition within, the New gTLD Program. Panelists will be responsible for evaluating and scoring applications for financial assistance.
10:52
Pre-Costa Rica ICANN Policy Update Webinar Invitation
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Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Costa Rica remotely or in person, ICANN invites you to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN.
10:46
Making IPv6 the New Normal - World IPv6 Launch on 6 June 2012
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A year ago today ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 address blocks to the five Regional Internet Registries in a ceremony with leaders from the Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Society. The use of the next generation of Internet addressing – IPv6 – has been steadily growing in that year and that's a good thing, because IPv6 is how the Internet will continue to serve as a platform for innovation and economic development.
10:03
Football Club A.S. Roma wins ASRoma.com domain in arbitration
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An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded to A.S. Roma the domain name ASRoma.com.A.S. Roma is a professional Italian football club based in Rome .
10:01
Geb.com domain name sells for 40,000 EUR
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Geb.com domain was sold through the Sedo domain name marketplace for 40,000 EUR.According to whois records the domain name was created in 1996 .
7:46
Verisign Clarifies Hacking Reports - DNS Not Compromised
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Verisign has sought to clarify recent reports that came to light following a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that they were hacked back in 2010, saying that the Domain Name System was not compromised.