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Domain Name Wire
Fractionalized domain name ownership comes to Rally
Shares in Directions.com will be offered on Friday. Investing in a fraction of a domain name is about to become closer to reality. Tomorrow, fractional ownership platform Rally will sell shares in the domain name Directions.com. Investors can chip in...
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Fractionalized domain name ownership comes to Rally
Shares in Directions.com will be offered on Friday. Investing in a fraction of a domain name is about to become closer to reality. Tomorrow, fractional ownership platform Rally will sell shares in the domain name Directions.com. Investors can chip in...
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January 13, 2022, 10:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Blockchain domains and the big challenges they face
It will take a lot to overcome the challenges of previous alt-root naming attempts. Right now, there’s a lot of talk about blockchain-based, decentralized naming systems. The pitch for blockchain-based domains usually covers two things. First, ...
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Blockchain domains and the big challenges they face
It will take a lot to overcome the challenges of previous alt-root naming attempts. Right now, there’s a lot of talk about blockchain-based, decentralized naming systems. The pitch for blockchain-based domains usually covers two things. First, ...
Discussion
January 13, 2022, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dental brand Byte acquired Byte.com
The company forwards Byte.com it to its website at ByteMe.com. A Californian dental brand made the monumental decision to acquire one of the most desirable domain names on the Internet, Byte.com. Founded in 2017, Byte is one of many providers of invi...
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Dental brand Byte acquired Byte.com
The company forwards Byte.com it to its website at ByteMe.com. A Californian dental brand made the monumental decision to acquire one of the most desirable domain names on the Internet, Byte.com. Founded in 2017, Byte is one of many providers of invi...
Discussion
January 13, 2022, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN explains its side of UNR registry transfer holdup
New “contractual-right-counter-parties” still waiting for transfers. ICANN published an explanation last week for why it still hasn’t approved any UNR registry transfer requests from last year. Frank Schilling auctioned off his 23 t...
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ICANN explains its side of UNR registry transfer holdup
New “contractual-right-counter-parties” still waiting for transfers. ICANN published an explanation last week for why it still hasn’t approved any UNR registry transfer requests from last year. Frank Schilling auctioned off his 23 t...
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January 13, 2022, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit alleges 699.com is a stolen domain
A lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia yesterday alleges that 699.com is a stolen domain name. Plaintiffs Xinming Zeng and Zaiyan Wang say they are the rightful owners of the domain name and that it was stolen from their GoDaddy acc...
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Lawsuit alleges 699.com is a stolen domain
A lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia yesterday alleges that 699.com is a stolen domain name. Plaintiffs Xinming Zeng and Zaiyan Wang say they are the rightful owners of the domain name and that it was stolen from their GoDaddy acc...
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January 12, 2022, 9:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bybit.com tries to reverse domain name hijack bybt.com
Cryptocurrency exchange filed cybersquatting case in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found that Bybit Fintech Limited tried to reverse domain name hijack bybt.com. Bybit uses Bybit.com for its cryptocurrency exchang...
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Bybit.com tries to reverse domain name hijack bybt.com
Cryptocurrency exchange filed cybersquatting case in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found that Bybit Fintech Limited tried to reverse domain name hijack bybt.com. Bybit uses Bybit.com for its cryptocurrency exchang...
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January 12, 2022, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets customer support patent
Patent describes and easier way of authenticating and helping customers. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,223,617 (pdf) to GoDaddy for a customer support system. The patent is titled Domain name registrar database ass...
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GoDaddy gets customer support patent
Patent describes and easier way of authenticating and helping customers. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,223,617 (pdf) to GoDaddy for a customer support system. The patent is titled Domain name registrar database ass...
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January 11, 2022, 6:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales up to €37,500
A vacation rentals site, a game developer and an IP law firm bought domain names. Creating these end user lists is going to continue to get more challenging. First, there was GDPR, which eliminated public info in most Whois records. Now, GoDaddy is s...
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14 end user domain name sales up to €37,500
A vacation rentals site, a game developer and an IP law firm bought domain names. Creating these end user lists is going to continue to get more challenging. First, there was GDPR, which eliminated public info in most Whois records. Now, GoDaddy is s...
Discussion
January 11, 2022, 5:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Film financier Ryan Kavanaugh files cyberquatting case against YouTuber
Kavanaugh wants to take down Klein’s derogatory website. Film financier Ryan Kavanaugh has filed a cybersquatting challenge under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) to try to get the site doesryankavanaughlooklikeharveywei...
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Film financier Ryan Kavanaugh files cyberquatting case against YouTuber
Kavanaugh wants to take down Klein’s derogatory website. Film financier Ryan Kavanaugh has filed a cybersquatting challenge under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) to try to get the site doesryankavanaughlooklikeharveywei...
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January 11, 2022, 5:12 pm
The Domains
LMX.com Q4 2021 Liquid Domains Report – Escrow.com sales strong
Giuseppe Graziano released his Q4 2021 liquid domain report. – Q3 2021 was an all time record quarter, with $20M in Escrow.com sales. Q4 broke again the new all time high with a 67% higher Escrow.com sales volume, an astonishing $34M....
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LMX.com Q4 2021 Liquid Domains Report – Escrow.com sales strong
Giuseppe Graziano released his Q4 2021 liquid domain report. – Q3 2021 was an all time record quarter, with $20M in Escrow.com sales. Q4 broke again the new all time high with a 67% higher Escrow.com sales volume, an astonishing $34M....
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January 11, 2022, 4:32 pm
