October Digest: The most important events on Infonic
We offer our readers the October edition of the digest of the most interesting events in the domain industry and IT in September, published on Info.NIC.
News
Samsung fails to defeat Apple in another patent dispute
An Italian court has rejected Samsung's request to ban sales of Apple devices in Italy.
Sales were scheduled to begin on October 28. Samsung stated that the new iPhone 4S smartphone infringes Samsung patents and therefore should be blocked.
The 11.com domain sold for half a million.
The domain 11.com sold for $525,000, a record price for a domain consisting solely of numbers.
ICANN 42nd Conference has begun.
The 42nd ICANN meeting opened in Dakar, Senegal. The main topic addressed at the meeting was the implementation of new gTLDs.
For a million you can get a personal domain
British company CentralNic has launched a domain name registration service.dotFamilyNameThis service allows you to register any personal domain name in your own domain – a name like paris.hilton or barak.obama.
RIM has taken over someone else's trademark.
RIM recently launched a new mobile operating system, BBX, but it later turned out that the BBX trademark belongs to another company.
New rules for registering .RU and .РФ domains will come into effect on November 11.
New rules for registering domain names will come into force on November 11, 2011.
The new rules contain a number of new provisions aimed at ensuring the security of domain names, as well as responding to threats such as phishing, botnets, and viruses.
Ukrainian MPs are again interfering with the work of Internet providers.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a bill requiring internet providers to restrict free access to websites or parts thereof that the National Morality Commission has determined to be erotic.
There are 3.5 million domain names registered in the .RU domain.
On October 18, 2011, the Russian national domain .RU surpassed the mark of 3.5 million registered domain names.
In August of this year, the Russian domain was in fourth place among national top-level domains (ccTLDs), ahead of the Chinese (.CN) and European Union (.EU) domains.
Facebook has decided to register its trademark.
The social network Facebook plans to register its trademark. The company has filed an application with the Patent and Trademark Office.
Top 35 domains in September 2011
Gay.xxx became the most expensive domain in September 2011. ICM Registry brokered the sale of Gay.xxx for a staggering $500,000.
Banks will receive their own domain zone
Financial Services Roundtable is preparing to submit an application to ICANN for the .BANK top-level domain. Websites under the domain are planned to be owned exclusively by banking and financial institutions.
More than three hundred domains bearing Steve Jobs' name have been registered since his death.
Steve Jobs died at the age of 56 from complications related to pancreatic cancer. Since then, more than 350 domains associated with his name have flooded the internet. Steve Jobs' death has become yet another pretext for speculators to make extra money.
Pavel Durov was given a domain on the fifth anniversary of VKontakte.
On the fifth anniversary of the social network VKontakte, its founder Pavel Durov was presented with a domain name.http://durov2024.ru/.
Top regional domains in September 2011
The most expensive regional domain in September 2011 was InvestmentProperty.com.au, which was sold for $127.5 thousand.
Top-selling .COM domains in September 2011
In September, the name Republic.com became the leader among .COM domains, selling for $200,000 on the Sedo online auction.
An auction of one- and two-letter domains was held in the UK.
The auction was organized by Nominet. Several domain names in the .CO.UK domain were sold during the auction. The total amount spent at the auction exceeded £3 million.
Articles
ICANN 42 was entirely dedicated to the New gTLD Program.
The 42nd ICANN meeting concluded in Dakar. Such meetings are held three times a year. The conference was entirely devoted to the introduction of new top-level domains (the New gTLD program).
Facebook plans to build a large data center in the far north.
The new data center will be located in Luleå, where the average temperature is approximately two degrees Celsius. In summer, temperatures rarely rise above 20 degrees Celsius. The city is located 100 km from the Arctic Circle.
VeriSign's Domain Blocking System: Some Details
A few days ago it became known that the companyVeriSign initiates new domain security systemThe company recently published a brief explanation of this initiative.
Ru-Center trial: auctions against the FAS
On November 1 of this year, a trial will be held in the case of Russia's largest domain registrar, Regional Network Information Center (Ru-Center).
The company filed a lawsuit to overturn the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation, which found Ru-Center guilty of violating the law when registering domains in the .РФ zone. According to the disputed decision, Ru-Center is also obligated to pay 239.36 million rubles in revenue to the budget.
Verisign initiates new domain security system
Verisign, the administrator of a number of domain zones, is initiating the adoption of a new domain security policy.
The proposed changes would allow registrars to delete, block, or revoke domain delegations upon receiving requests from law enforcement.
ICANN to Protect Trademark Owners Ahead of New gTLD Program Launch
ICANN is currently seeking an operator for the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), a trademark clearinghouse that will play a critical role in protecting brands following the launch of new gTLDs.
New rules for registering .RU and .РФ domains: a ban on auctions and problematic domains being released
A project published a few days agoRules for registering domain names in the .RU and .РФ domainssparked intense debate among domain market participants. These rules have led to serious debate regarding the future of the domain industry. Market participants have identified a number of problematic aspects in the new rules.
