The reason such bias matters is that domain names have a high marketing value.
Yung also holds nearly 200 other domain names, including barclayscapitallehman.com, goldmansachsgroup.com, milanvogue.com and hulufriend.com.
VeriSign currently controls the rights to the exclusive registry of .com and .net internet domain names.
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Others are intrigued by the potential opportunity for corporate domain names to transform online branding.
Overall, about 24 million domain names have been registered in .com, .net and .org.
Also in Berlin, ICANN reviewed the World Intellectual Property Organization's recent report on domain names.
But as the Internet takes over the popular psyche, domain names are blossoming--and running out.
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We could start to see and hear these kinds of domain names advertised as soon as 2013.
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The launch of SnapNames is part of a trend toward a growing secondary market for domain names.
For example, VeriSign in October purchased GreatDomains.com, an auction site that helps owners resell their domain names.
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Plans to offer UK-based firms shorter internet domain names backed by added security features have been proposed.
At the meeting, ICANN created a group called the Domain Names Supporting Organization, according to an ICANN statement.
ICANN's approval of the seven new domain names could affect the Web security firm VeriSign (VRSN: Research, Estimates).
And now it intends to accept new top-level domain names at a clip of up to 1, 000 annually.
It has exercised singular control over the registry for .com and .net domain names for over a decade.
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Klein said he believes long domain names will be important when people use voice to communicate with PCs.
Root Orange has developed a particularly innovative method for exploiting valuable domain names.
The site provides a single order form for registering or backordering large volumes of domain names with partner registrars.
The company, which says it hosts 53 million domain names, has not commented on the cause of the problem.
Morton said federal officials have already seized domain names of 313 web sites, almost all of which originated overseas.
These are mostly e-commerce businesses, selling things like domain names and web hosting.
To find under-monetized domain names, think of characteristics that give domain names inherent value (usage, memorability, industry-relevance, brand-able etc.) .
As an entrepreneur, you can identify un-monetized or under-monetized domain names, and then approach the owner with your startup idea.
Yung maintained that he never contacted the Trump Organization about selling the domain names for profit, he wrote in the complaint.
The Bellevue, Washington company plans to sell domain names wholesale to registrars such as GoDaddy, Network Solutions and the like.
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SnapNames will use its database of information about prospective domain name owners to facilitate auctions of inactive and expired domain names.
The second dispute is about .net, which accounts for around 5.5m domain names (see chart) and around 30% of webpage views.
Companies concerned about the privacy and security of their domain names should consider becoming an accredited registrar, the IETF's Gerck recommends.
There will be several hundred new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), which could include such addresses as .google, .coke, or even .
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