TO: ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee
FROM: Steve Metalitz, IPC President
RE: “Digital Archery” batching method
DT: May 9, 2012
I write at the direction of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), to urge ICANN to reconsider use of the “digital archery” method for batching new gTLD applications for evaluations.
On May 4, ICANN announced that over 2000 new gTLD applications have been received. Since the evaluation system is only designed to handle about 500 applications at once, it is clear now that batching is not just a theoretical possibility, but a necessity, at least under the evaluation system ICANN has adopted.
The “digital archery” batching method announced by the ICANN Board
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Purchased For Less Than 4K Last Year, FreeBookings.com To Become The US Arm Of A Company That Raised $62M
14 May 2012, 03:10:33 PM
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TechCrunch.com just covered the site Live Bookings which TechCrunch referred to as the Opentable.com of Europe.
The company just picked up $24 Million more in funding bringing it total capital raised by the company to $62 Million dollars.
The London based company, in a press release in May clearly laid out its plans to use the domain name FreeBookings.com in the US for its online reservation system or the equivalent of its Live Bookings site in the Europe
Live Bookings bought the domain name FreeBookings.com for just $3,900 in November 2011.
The seller is a domainer.
The company started with the domain name LiveBookings.net and that is still the official site listed by CrunchBase.
However
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Purchased For Less Than 4K Last Year, LiveBookings.com, The Open Table Of Europe Is Covered By Techcrunch
14 May 2012, 02:34:33 PM
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TechCrunch.com just covered the site Live Bookings which TechCrunch referred to as the Opentable.com of Europe.
The company just picked up $24 Million more in funding bring total capital raised by the company to $62 Million dollars.
Here’s what TechCrunch didn’t tell you.
They bought the domain name LiveBookings.com for just $3,900 in November 2011.
The seller is a domainer.
The company started with the domain name LiveBookings.net and that is still the official site listed by CrunchBase.
We write these stories from time to time not to embarrass or to make the sellers of the domain feel badly for missing out on a big payday but to educate.
The bottom line is you don’t know who might be interested in buying your domain and any chance you have to figure it completely d
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SHA.com Becomes Lastest 3 Letter Domain To Have UDRP Filed Against It
13 May 2012, 08:43:04 PM
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A UDRP has been filed for another three letter .com domain name
The UDRP was filed by Albir Hills Resort, S.A. against the domain SHA.com
SHA.com is owned by Telepathy, Inc.
The complainant does own a federal US Trademark on the term SHA with a filing date of July 27, 2007 and a registration date of August 26, 2008
According to DomainTools.com, Telepathy has owned the domain name since October 22, 2001 which is the oldest record they have on file for the domain.
Although the domain name is parked there are no suggest terms on the page.
The Albir Hills Resort is located in Spain and seems to own and operate the SHA Wellness Spa which has its own site at shawellnessclinic.com
Here is some information from the site:
“”SHA is a wellness clinic dedicated to improving the health and welfare of people through th
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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Resigns
13 May 2012, 08:40:56 PM
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The CEO of Yahoo Scott Thompson resigned tonight after news came out that Mr. Thompson included on his resume a science degree which he did not have.
Ross Levinsohn was named as interim Chief Executive Officer.
Here is the press release:
“”Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ross Levinsohn as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. .
Mr. Amoroso replaces Roy Bostock, who has stepped down from his role as Non-Executive Chairman in order to accelerate the leadership transition for the new Board. Mr. Levinsohn replaces Scott Thompson, former Chief Executive Officer, who has left the Company.
Under the Board’s settlement agreement with Third Point, three Third Point nominees — Daniel S. Loeb, Harry J. Wilson, and Michael J. Wolf — will join the Yahoo! Board, effective May 16, 2012. Mr. Bostock, along with Patti Hart, VJ Joshi,
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