VeriSign plans to apply for about 12 new top level domain names

Company will apply for about a dozen TLDs, mostly transliterations of .com. VeriSign plans to apply for “about 12″ top level domain names this year, Pat Kane, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VeriSign Naming Services, said on VeriSign’s investor conference call this evening. Most of these will be transliterations of .com.

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2011 Domain Dunce: Vatican’s domain name misunderstanding

The Vatican says someone else bought Vatican.xxx when it was actually reserved by the registry. Catholics + Porn = headlines

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Top Domain Name Wire stories of December

From .xxx to Google to expired domains.

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Better Business Bureau thinks it should have first dibs on BBB.xxx

Group’s IP attorney miffed that it couldn’t get bbb.xxx under ICM Registry sunrise process. In planned testimony for today’s hearing about new TLDs in the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on new TLDs, Council of Better Business Bureaus IP attorney Anjali Hansen said her group should have had first dibs on the domain name BBB: Even more astounding was the fact that ICM Registry refused to accept CBBB’s registration of its most famous trademark “BBB” because ICM was allowed to reserve bbb.xxx as a premium name that it can later auction off to the highest bidder. We could not even defensively purchase our own trademark. Hmm. I’m sure the American Automobile Association would love first dibs on aaa.xxx as well.

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.XXX Domains: Colleges Snatch up Porn Site URLs

One unlikely group has joined the scramble to buy up porn site URLs not that “.xxx” domains are up for sale by the ICM Registry: U.S. colleges and universities. Why did schools like Indiana University, Chicago State and Northwestern spend thousands on “Porn Tuesday”?

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It’s go-time for .xxx as www.Buy.xxx commercials make a buzz

.XXX opens for registration today. At the time of writing the .xxx domain name launch is just two hours away and the internet is buzzing thanks to an aggressive TV ad campaign. The ads tell visitors to visit www.Buy.xxx, where you’ll find a list of accredited registrars who will sell you a .xxx domain name. But many of those registrars have already closed their queues for the first few hours of today’s launch. Some of them had a deadline of yesterday to pre-order domains

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Paul Raymond to Rebrand Internet Properties on .XXX Domains

LONDON and PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL– – ICM Registry, the registry of the new .XXX top-level domain , today announced global adult entertainment brand, Paul Raymond, will rebrand its core brand Websites …

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Top 5 domain name wire news stories of November 2011

Four porn posts and a saviour. 4 posts about porn and one about religion grabbed the most attention at Domain Name Wire this month

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.XXX launches national TV campaign and www.Buy.xxx

Ads promote new .xxx domain name option. .XXX registry ICM Registry has launched a five week national TV ad campaign to promote the new domain name option.

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ICANN Faces Lawsuit Over .xxx Domain

Many companies, brands, famous people, and groups are securing their .xxx domain from the ICM Registry either to assure that they got premium or targeted .xxx domains or to make sure that porn sites or people with malicious intent can’t … Continue reading → ICANN Faces Lawsuit Over .xxx Domain is a post from: SiliconANGLE We’re now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today .

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.XXX Domains Selling Like Hotcakes to Companies That Don’t Even Want to Use Them

In case you haven’t been keeping up with it, the “.XXX” domain is getting closer and closer.

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Registry Behind .Pro Says It Used .Law, .Med Back in 2004

RegistryPro wants to trademark .med and .law domain names. There’s something sneaky going on with RegistryPro, the registry for the .pro top level domain name. First, the company filed trademark applications for the second level domains .med.pro and .law.pro.

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ICM Registry Opens Landrush Period for .XXX Domains

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL– – ICM Registry , the registry of the new .XXX top-level domain , today announced the opening of Landrush , an exclusive 17-day period for the adult entertainment community that …

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.XXX Sunrise Ends – ICM Registry Pleased With Results and Looking Forward to Land Rush 

The ICM Registry announced today that more than 80,000 applications for new .xxx domain names were received in the Sunrise period that ended Monday. Next up will the a 17-day Land Rush starting Tuesday (Nov. 8), with General Availability opening December 6.

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Some Groups Simply Shouldn’t Apply for New TLDs

New TLDs aren’t for everyone. Get over it. I hear a lot of gripes about new top level domain names and the cost of applying for and running them. Frankly, $185,000 in application fees may seem ridiculous.

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What New Top-Level Web Domains Will Succeeed?

Written by Brian Cute Brian Cute is CEO of Public Interest Registry, which administers the .org top level domain. In about three months, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open up the application process for new top-level domains (TLDs), allowing companies and other organizations alike to apply to obtain their own …

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Coming Soon: The .XXX Speedboat

ICM Registry to sponsor world champion powerboat racer Mike Seebold.

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Registered brands will have their .xxx domains

Stuart Lawley, the CEO of ICM Registry, says it should cost around $200 for brands to get their .xxx domains.

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