Most recently notified WIPO Domain Name Decisions between April 21st and April 23rd, 2008:
As part of their celebration to mark twenty years of .at and ten years of nic.at, nic.at has published A Journey Through Time. The publication takes you on a journey through the history of both nic.at and .at and is in both English and German.
23rd April 2008 – The largest annual domainer meeting will be held at the heart of Paris on the 19th and 20th June 2008, a first for the domain industry in Europe. The event will be held at the Hotel Meridien Montparnasse, only 2 days before ICANN and in the same venue.
EuroDNS, Domain Sponsor, EP Services, Fabulous, dotAsia, Renova, InterNetX, Namemedia, Namedrive, Fusu, dotMobi, Modern Domainer, Domain Invest, Realtime and Streamic will be sponsoring this high profile event.
On St George’s Day, England’s national day, a campaign has been launched to keep a part of the internet “forever English”. A sudden change in Google’s policy on brand-name advertising in its search results has angered British advertisers, even as it opens up competitive opportunities in search marketing. Millward Brown's Top 100 Most Powerful Brandz report is a major undertaking, congratulations to MB. However, you may call me a cynic, but I always question huge percentage changes in data over a one year period. For instance, are we to believe that during 2007 Apple's brand value increased by 123%? Blackberry's brand value increased by 390%? I don't think so...
I've made it to the Qantas club in LAX after flying down from San Francisco on my way home to Melbourne from Domain Round Table. It's been another one of those adventures of up and back across the Pacific pond but as normal it's been really worth while.
Domain Round Table had the usual round of sessions that helped educate both the new and the old time domainer. I had the privilege of moderating two of the sessions. The first had panelists from a number of the new monetization companies and we explored not only what the companies had to offer but also where they thought that the domain monetization industry was headed.
ICANN is seeking to appoint an independent evaluator to undertake a review of the ICANN Board. The request for proposal can be found here.
The review is designed to determine: (i) whether the Board is fulfilling its purpose in the ICANN structure; and (ii) if so, whether any change in structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness. The RFP should be read in conjunction with the Terms of Reference for Independent Review of the ICANN Board found at http://www.icann.org/reviews/icann-board-review-20sep07.pdf).
Microsoft certainly does know how to pick a fight and lose the PR battle. Microsoft has announced it is suing a company run by a Dutch mothers because it had begun using a Microsoft brand in its domain name. And what was this anti-Microsoft company doing? Well, developing computer programmes aimed at curbing children's use of the internet.
A man who owned the domain name redbullsucks.com has been ordered to hand it over to Red Bull, the energy drink company reports Out-Law.com.
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