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Canadian Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
Ruling on appeal gives victory to Tucows, expands scope of domain names as property. The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled in favor of Tucows on its appeal over a domain name dispute, setting a precedent for domain name registrants that their domain names are property. In 2009, Brazilian company Lojas Renner S.A. (a [...]
Tucows Buys German Registrar EPAG
As announced in a press release published today, Tucows (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) has purchased all the shares of German registrar EPAG for approximately US$2.5 Million (€1.5 Million to purchase the shares and the settlement of a working capital adjustment of €0.25 Million) through an all-cash transaction. EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar [...]
Afilias Announces Winners of the 2010 .INFO Awards
Greentravelclub.info Takes Top Honor of Best .INFO Web site of 2010
The 2010 .INFO Awards Program highlighted some of the best .INFO sites of 2010 and awarded the top three .INFO sites with cash prizes totaling over US$15,000.Today, Afilias announced…
.CA Registry Goes EPP
While some of the .CA registrars are apparently still having problems with this morning’s switchover of the .CA registry to EPP, the registry appears to have successfully completed their migration. So what do the changes mean, aside from another backend protocol being used for registrars to connect to the registry? Registrants will now generally only [...]
Ontario.com Domain Name Sold for 6 Figures
Canadian province domain name sells. Justin Godfrey of DIS, Inc tells Domain Name Wire that he has sold the domain name Ontario.com for an undisclosed six figure amount. Ontario is the most populated province in Canada with over 13 million residents. Toronto is located in Ontario. Given the size of Ontario, I suspect the deal [...]
DomainConvergence Conference Postponed
As announced by the organizers today, next week’s DomainConvergence conference has been postponed until May 2011. All sponsors and registered attendees have been informed by the organizers. The new date for the event is most likely going to be May 12/13th, 2011, but details are still pending confirmation with the venue, the Hotel Place D’Armes [...]
