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- “We’re Irish!” claim Brits as .eu shrinks yet again
- Mystery .vu registry revealed
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- Epik will sponsor 8chan’s domain, but will not host its site
- EFF becomes second to appeal new .org contract
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- Amazon and Google have been BEATEN by a non-profit in the fight for .kids
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- Now auDA loses its CEO too
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- Cryptocurrency firms to be banned from .bank
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- ZADNA boss canned for “misconduct”
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- CentralNic boosts reseller biz with $11.3 million Hexonet buy
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- Afilias buys the other half of .global
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- auDA reveals cut-off date for 2LD priority
- Nic.br wins dot-brand from Afilias
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- After $30 million deal, is a .voice gTLD now inevitable?
Google beaten in new gTLD contention set
When it comes to new gTLDs, Google is not invulnerable.
Japanese web portal NTT Resonant, a subsidiary of the country’s incumbent national telco, has drawn first blood against the search giant, apparently forcing Google to withdrawn its application for .goo.
NTT has also applied for .goo, the name of its primary portal site, which competes with Google for Japanese-language searchers.
The company had filed a formal legal rights objection with WIPO. The withdrawal demonstrates that the mechanism can protect trademark owners, at least insofar as it can scare off competing applicants.
Google’s bid was marked as withdrawn on ICANN’s web site overnight. It’s the fourth withdrawal from the company, following three misjudged geographic applications, leaving it with 97 active bids.
There are now 82 withdrawn and 1,848 live applications. The maximum number of delegated strings remains steady at 1,365. More program status stats can be found over on DI PRO.
Recent Comments
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I also agree with you. To be honest, I'm abandoning all my domains registered in new gTLDs. I am maintaining .com ... read more
We may still be able to keep our .eu names https://onlinedomain.com/2019/07/22/domain-name-news/owners-of-eu-domain-n... read more
So would the gays.lgbt domain, which belongs to me, be classified as a good match? The gay.lgbt domain is inactive by... read more
The .live is still worthless, the OP is right.... read more
We still have clients who come to the office to pay by cash - the handling fee the bank charge makes it similar cost to ... read more
That is entirely untrue. I have a very common surname, so .com and all the common TLD's are taken, so I purchased a surn... read more
I remember a customer visiting the office of the ISP where I worked in 1998, so that he could buy a domain name and asso... read more
I’d say the Geos and .brands have been the biggest disappointment for sure. The whole area is toxic though.... read more
.....2 more collapses... read more