PetVilla.com & PetVillas.com: Kiwi Complainant lost UDRP-Here’s why

The domains PetVilla.com and PetVillas.com were acquired by their current owner in 2016; a New Zealand company, protectKiwi Ltd, changed its name from CatVilla to PetVilla in 2017. In 2021 they filed for the registration of the PETVILLA mark in Kiwi-land and they filed a UDRP to get these two domains from their registrant. Frank […]

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Dot .Kiwi Registry upset with ICANN over exorbitant annual gTLD fees

As if it shelling out $185,000 in application fees isn’t enough, ICANN commands an annual retainer of $25,000 dollars to maintain a gTLD active. Finally someone had to speak out about the exorbitant fees paid by the gTLD registries to ICANN, to maintain a gTLD every year. Tim Johnson, founder of Dot Kiwi Ltd., could […]

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EscrowHill announces ‘Protect Kiwi Nation’ conservation project

EscrowHill, the domain name escrow service founded by Andee Hill, has strong ties with New Zealand, where it’s formed as a Limited corporation. New Zealanders are fond of their national bird, the kiwi, which is currently undergoing a vicious attack by Australian poachers. “Some Aussies think it’s cool to come to New Zealand and attempt […]

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ICANN: New Zealanders want to get patriotic gTLD .kiwi

New Zealanders are known affectionately as “kiwis” – what with the kiwi bird being the endemic, protected species living on the remote cluster of islands that form New Zealand. A group of patriotic entrepreneurs from New Zealand have announced their intention to apply for the .kiwi gTLD, taking advantage of the ICANN opening of such […]

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