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DDOS attacks

Kyle — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:00 +0000

Distributed Denial of Service attacks are becoming a commonality in Asia and many warn that these attacks toward each other might lead to a cyber war. Expert Martin McKeay states that Asians are reliant on connectivity and they are far more effected by particular services being down than we are. This method of internet hacking DDOS has become the most popular method in Asia for hackers to enact their political views and no longer just focus on pranks but focus themselves against governments and countries. To read further click here.

Full Refunds for gTLD program

Kyle — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:30:04 +0000

ICANN is offering full refunds to any applicant that asks for the new gTLD program , after having a system glitch in the application process. The board of the program resolved this last week after having a two day retreat to Amsterdam, “to offer to applicants a full refund of the New gTLD Application fee actually paid to ICANN if the applicant wishes to withdraw its application prior to the date that ICANN publicly posts the identification of all TLD applications.” To read further on this topic click here.

IANA Contract

Kyle — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:23:58 +0000

On Monday the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration requested for proposals to manage the IANA contract. The management of the IANA contract includes managing the allocation of the internet protocol addresses to the Internet Registries. The reissuing of the contract happened after it failed to be successful for the original call for proposals last March. ICANN has done the job since 1998 and now unluckily has had many problems with their TLD application that failed. The new ICANN CEO will have his hands full in the future. To read further on this topic click here.

Versign Signs Up

Kyle — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:05:44 +0000

Verisign has applied for over 230 new gTLD’s consisting of 14 new generic Top Level Domains, 12 transliterations of .com and .net and 220 new gTLDS. The information was released that the company made that large purchase during their quarter financial results were released. This year Verisign added over 2.86 million new domain names to its already 116.7 million active domain names.To read further on this topic click here.

gTLD’s behind schedule

Kyle — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:38:35 +0000

ICANN’s new program has experienced yet another delay and now the new generic top-level domains program is almost a month behind schedule. The company says that they will notify applicants of the progress of the glitch happening in their application system. The earliest people are predicting for the system to reopen applications is going to be May 15th. The big reveal day of applicants will come about two weeks after the system reopens. To read further on this topic click here.

Failed to Comply

Kyle — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:18:11 +0000

ICANN has sent out notification about breach notices to five domain name registrars. Including registrars like Epik and DomainTools for failing to cooperate with Whois in an accuracy audit. The annual long standing policy from ICANN ask registrars to update whois records once a year and it requires to have registrars send out notices to customers, however many registrars ignored this completely. The registers have been asked to fix the problem within 15 days and they would not loose their accreditation in return. To read further click here.

Hermes Wins !

Kyle — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:40:58 +0000

Ever wonder if those websites you see being advertised to sell inexpensive designer bags are real. Well they are not real and they are finally getting the legal action they deserve. Hermes won a 100 million dollar judgement involving a counterfeit case and forced over 34 knock off sites to be taken down from the internet. The judge claimed this was trademark infringement and counterfeiting case. The New York Post reported that the website was getting over 100 million dollars being sent to their Paypal accounts. The settlement of the case also established that it stipulates that Google, Bing, and Yahoo to stop providing links to counterfeit stores on line. To read further on this topic click here.

New gTLDs and What They Mean To Brand Holders!

Kyle — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:07:27 +0000

Fueling the Internet’s next big boom.

As most everyone involved in the Intellectual Property and Domain Name Industry already know, in June 2011, ICANN approved the long awaited new gTLD fast-track program, officially launching a global program designed to allow anyone to create a new top level domain name extension. The policy was widely supported by the domain name community but harshly criticized by the trademark and IP community.

According to ICANN, “the program’s goals include enhancing competition and consumer choice, and enabling the benefits of innovation via the introduction of new gTLDs, including both ASCII and internationalized domain name (IDN) top-level domains.”

What does this all mean to you?

The new gTLD program creates many opportunities for brand holders to utilize the Internet and domain name system in a very unique and positive way. New .BRAND extensions can be created and used in numerous ways by companies to create new marketing channels and ways to connect and identify with consumers. The program allows these companies to carve out a new space representing their mark online.

The new gTLD program is not only for brand holders however. The community has seen an influx of many special interest groups as well as savvy entrepreneurs looking to cash in on this historical chapter of the Internet. Just as new TLDs .NET, .INFO, .BIZ, .PRO, .TRAVEL, and .XXX were introduced in the past by for-profit groups looking to develop the next .COM success, we will certainly see a new wave of top level domains aimed at scoring big with the general internet global audience.

The application window has recently been closed by ICANN on April 20^thand the list of applicants and newly applied for extensions has not been released to the general public yet, however, industry estimates put the list of new extensions near 1,500 with about 2/3 of those being private .BRAND applications which most likely will not be available to the general public.

If you are a brand-holder and applied for your .BRAND, that’s great, but that’s only half of the story. What about all of those new gTLDs that will be available to the public?

It’s been widely publicized and promoted within the domain industry that applications have been submitted for new extensions such as .WEB, .SHOP, .GREEN, .AFRICA, .HOTEL, .PORN, .ADULT and many more. While many of these new domain name offerings may have strict application policies limited to specific groups of users (for example, hotel operators for .HOTEL, the adult industry or prior .XXX registrants for .PORN), many of these new gTLDs will provide the opportunity for anyone to register – with no restrictions – just like a .COM.

This creates some obvious challenges for brand and trademark holders.

Ask yourself these questions:

Is my brand’s reputation online a top priority?
Does my company have a global business presence or are in the process of building one?
Has my company had issues with cyber-squatting or counterfeit goods sold online?
Is a major portion of my company’s brand awareness focused on the Internet or social media?
Do the majority of my sales or customers originate on the Internet?
Am I afraid of someone out there scooping up our brand names in these new domain spaces?

If you answered yes to most of these questions, then you probably have a very focused online brand protection strategy with your domain name portfolio.

It may be very proactive – registering everything you can get your hands on; or it may be conservative and reactive – only focusing on the countries and extensions you actually use in the places you do business and dealing with problems as they come up.

If you answered yes to the questions above, and you don’t have a strategy in place, you need one. Don’t wait until you have a problem to start working on your portfolio.

How can 101domain’s Brand Protection Services help you?

101domain has been helping major brand owners across the globe tackle these questions and the challenges that come with them for years. Our client strategies range from the aggressive – registering thousands of domain names in every TLD available worldwide – to conservative approaches – registering only domains that will be used and employing robust monitoring tools to keep an eye on the rest. We work with our clients to determine the best fit for their businesses.

This will be no different with the wave of new gTLDs about to hit us in 2013.

As an accredited registrar in nearly 120 countries worldwide, 101domain offers nearly every domain extension under the sun – gTLDs, ccTLDs, Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), and of course, all the new gTLDs that will soon be available to the public.

Unlike much of the competition, we don’t charge a premium for “premium account management”, dedicated account managers, or simple DNS updates to your domain names. We let you access as much or as little as you prefer with your domain portfolio and we’re always just a phone call away when you need us.

Our dedicated account managers are there to serve you and offer the widest access to domain names and monitoring solutions found anywhere at prices that businesses of all sized can afford.

Talk to us today and let us show you how we can help you. Don’t wait until it’s too late!

101domain, Inc. heads to INTA’s 134th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

Kyle — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:03:04 +0000

May 5^th marks the start of INTA’s 134^th Annual Meeting. This year, the Annual meeting will run for 5 days in Washington, DC. 101domain, Inc. is a proud advertising sponsor as well as an exhibitor again this year. INTA’s annual meeting is the trademark community’s premier event with more than 9,000 attendees from 140 countries present.

101domain, Inc. is not only a leader in international domain registration with offices in Russia, India and Europe, but has also built a very strong online brand management division representing some of the world’s best known brand and companies.

“We continue to take a more active role and approach within the trademark and legal communities worldwide as we understand the issues and challenges that the domain name industry and online space presents to brand owners and law enforcement. INTA is a great arena to develop relationships with companies, the legal community and policy-makers that affects all users of the internet.” says 101domain’s COO Anthony M. Beltran. “Our goal here is to gain a better understanding of the needs of our clients and other stakeholders to create better products and services for all of our customers.”

If you’re planning on attending the conference or live in the Washington, DC area and would like to meet with one of our staff, please send an email to sales@101domain.com. Check out INTA’s website at http://inta.org.

IDN domains for .FR, .RE, .TF, .WF and .YT

Kyle — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:51:33 +0000

Pre-register your IDN domains under .FR, .RE, .TF, .WF and .YT now.

http://101domain.com/fr.htm

http://101domain.com/re.htm

http://101domain.com/tf.htm

http://101domain.com/wf.htm

http://101domain.com/yt.htm

IDN Sunrise May 3-July 3

Pre-registrations for General Availability for IDN registrations starts May 7, 2012. Please contact sales@101domain.com for pre-registrations.

General Availability starts July 3, 2012.

Sunrise Information: Grandfathering process for current owners of same Latin name under this extension. Available IDN characters for composing a domain name are: ß, à, á, â, ã, ä, å, æ, ç, è, é, ê, ë, ì,í, î, ï, ñ, ò, ó, ô, õ, ö, ù, ú, û, ü, ý, ÿ, oe.

Sunrise example:

The holder of the domain name “muller-strasse.fr” may file “müller-straße.fr”

The holder can also register “muller-straße.fr” or even “müller-strasse.fr”

since these three IDNs share the same ASCII-equivalent form.