FairWinds Partners — March 11, 2012 We were not expecting very much new gTLD news to come out of ICANN’s public meeting in Costa Rica, which opened this weekend. But it appears that ICANN has settled on a solution – or maybe it’s better just to say “process” – for dealing with new gTLD application […]
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FairWinds Partners — March 5, 2012 In the fall, we wrote a “State of Play” blog post to give readers an idea of what the field of new gTLD applicants would look like once the application period opened. Well, now that we are about halfway through the application period, which will remain open for just
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Josh Bourne ⬥ 2 March In the latest on the march to rebrand Overstock.com as O.co, the company this week launchedO.info, which it is billing as a portal for customer reviews of Overstock.com’s—excuse me—O.co’s products and services, as well as information about company policies. As I wrote last November, following consumer confusion over whether to
.COM, .CO, .INFO, O.My! Read More »
FairWinds Partners — February 29, 2012 The new gTLD application deadline is approaching fast, with just about six weeks left to submit. From our work at FairWinds, we know that many companies are working to finalize their applications, and some are even just getting started now. But everyone, regardless of when they got started, is
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Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 27 February Just as I was getting over the New England Patriots’ losing the Super Bowl. To the New York Giants. Again. This happened. Jet Blue Park, the brand spanking new spring training home of my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox (like my colleague Posie Wilkinson, I too am a
Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 27 February Just as I was getting over the New England Patriots’ losing the Super Bowl. To the New York Giants. Again. This happened. Jet Blue Park, the brand spanking new spring training home of my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox (like my colleague Posie Wilkinson, I too am a
Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 20 February Mwahahahaha. That’s my best attempt at transcribing a token diabolical laugh. You know the one: the slow, deep chortle that super villains emit just after they’ve unveiled their evil master plans in the movies. It’s what popped into my head immediately upon reading Andy Greenberg’s recent Forbes post about hacker
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Samantha Demetriou ⬥ 20 February Mwahahahaha. That’s my best attempt at transcribing a token diabolical laugh. You know the one: the slow, deep chortle that super villains emit just after they’ve unveiled their evil master plans in the movies. It’s what popped into my head immediately upon reading Andy Greenberg’s recent Forbes post about hacker
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FairWinds Partners ⬥ 17 February Until I heard about Jeremy Lin, I really couldn’t have cared less about the NBA and especially, as a Boston girl, the New York Knicks. For the most part, my disinterest continues. Still, it’s difficult to not to be inspired by Lin’s unlikely and meteoric rise from a third-string point
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FairWinds Partners ⬥ 17 February Until I heard about Jeremy Lin, I really couldn’t have cared less about the NBA and especially, as a Boston girl, the New York Knicks. For the most part, my disinterest continues. Still, it’s difficult to not to be inspired by Lin’s unlikely and meteoric rise from a third-string point
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FairWinds Partners — February 17, 2012 As a gTLD Strategy reader, you know what’s up when it comes to “defensive” new gTLD applications. You know they have nothing to do with protecting your trademarks or brands against cybersquatters – there are plenty of trademark protections and objection procedures laid out in the New gTLD Applicant
Steve Levy ⬥ 10 February The first UDRP decision involving a .XXX domain name was handed down by a National Arbitration Forum (NAF) Panelist on Tuesday. HEB Grocery Company, L.P. prevailed in its Complaint against Eric Gonzales over the domain name HEB.xxx. The decision itself was unremarkable as Mr. Gonzales clearly lacked rights or interests
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