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Hiro Tsukahara – DNW Podcast #102
How GMO plans to make its big investment in .shop pay off. GMO Registry paid $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. How will it make its money back? CEO Hiro Tsukahara discusses why he believes the price was justified and reveals some maj...
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Hiro Tsukahara – DNW Podcast #102
How GMO plans to make its big investment in .shop pay off. GMO Registry paid $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. How will it make its money back? CEO Hiro Tsukahara discusses why he believes the price was justified and reveals some maj...
Discussion
September 19, 2016, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reality star Heidi Powell wants to drop cybersquatting case, but lawyer says ‘not so fast’
Weight loss reality star Heidi Powell filed hopeless lawsuit to get domain name from grandma that has the same name. Weight loss reality star Heidi Powell filed a cybersquatting lawsuit in July to get the domain name HeidiPowell.com from a grandma wi...
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Reality star Heidi Powell wants to drop cybersquatting case, but lawyer says ‘not so fast’
Weight loss reality star Heidi Powell filed hopeless lawsuit to get domain name from grandma that has the same name. Weight loss reality star Heidi Powell filed a cybersquatting lawsuit in July to get the domain name HeidiPowell.com from a grandma wi...
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September 19, 2016, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fund.com, which allegedly sold for $10 million in 2008, is back on the market
Company with questionable background said it bought domain name for $10 million in 2008. I’ve never believed that the $10 million transaction in 2008 for Fund.com was really a $10 million sale. There were too many things that didn’t add u...
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Fund.com, which allegedly sold for $10 million in 2008, is back on the market
Company with questionable background said it bought domain name for $10 million in 2008. I’ve never believed that the $10 million transaction in 2008 for Fund.com was really a $10 million sale. There were too many things that didn’t add u...
Discussion
September 19, 2016, 12:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lots of companies are shopping for .Shop
Registry already has some notable premium domain name sales. GMO Registry paid a whopping $41.5 million to acquire rights to the .shop top level domain name. Hiro Tsukahara, CEO of GMO Registry, told Domain Name Wire in a podcast that will be release...
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Lots of companies are shopping for .Shop
Registry already has some notable premium domain name sales. GMO Registry paid a whopping $41.5 million to acquire rights to the .shop top level domain name. Hiro Tsukahara, CEO of GMO Registry, told Domain Name Wire in a podcast that will be release...
Discussion
September 16, 2016, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gleisnner’s latest TM applications: Fashion.com, Splash.com, Yeah.com and more
Companies continue to file trademark applications, including on domain names they don’t own. Companies that list Michael Gleisnner as their officer continue to file trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The latest ba...
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Gleisnner’s latest TM applications: Fashion.com, Splash.com, Yeah.com and more
Companies continue to file trademark applications, including on domain names they don’t own. Companies that list Michael Gleisnner as their officer continue to file trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The latest ba...
Discussion
September 16, 2016, 11:55 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panelist: Whois privacy is “intent to deceive” and evidence of bad faith
A shocking interpretation of whois privacy and domain name investing. The majority of a UDRP panel deciding a case over the domain name montezuma.com got it right, determining that the complainant didn’t prove a lack of rights or legitimate int...
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UDRP panelist: Whois privacy is “intent to deceive” and evidence of bad faith
A shocking interpretation of whois privacy and domain name investing. The majority of a UDRP panel deciding a case over the domain name montezuma.com got it right, determining that the complainant didn’t prove a lack of rights or legitimate int...
Discussion
September 15, 2016, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
RDNH in Circus.com case
Panel finds that Belgian gambling company filed case in abuse of policy. Gambling company Circus Belgium has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Circus.com. This case certainly caught me by surprise when i...
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RDNH in Circus.com case
Panel finds that Belgian gambling company filed case in abuse of policy. Gambling company Circus Belgium has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Circus.com. This case certainly caught me by surprise when i...
Discussion
September 15, 2016, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what happened to ICANN on Capitol Hill yesterday
Hearing gets feisty: threats of jail time, questions about China and more. Ted Cruz is on a mission to halt the U.S. government from relinquishing contracts with ICANN related to IANA functions. That transition is due to take place at the end of this...
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Here’s what happened to ICANN on Capitol Hill yesterday
Hearing gets feisty: threats of jail time, questions about China and more. Ted Cruz is on a mission to halt the U.S. government from relinquishing contracts with ICANN related to IANA functions. That transition is due to take place at the end of this...
Discussion
September 15, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
With one day to go, there are some good deals in this .Club auction
Some of the best two-letter domain names currently have very reasonable prices. Smart bidders usually wait until the last minute to place bids in domain name auctions, so it’s probably not fair to say the .Club auction on Sedo right now has bar...
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With one day to go, there are some good deals in this .Club auction
Some of the best two-letter domain names currently have very reasonable prices. Smart bidders usually wait until the last minute to place bids in domain name auctions, so it’s probably not fair to say the .Club auction on Sedo right now has bar...
Discussion
September 15, 2016, 12:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
ONU.com bought for $30k on NameJet, reportedly stolen & then sold on Sedo
Be careful when buying domain names that have been around the block. A German company that bought ONU.com for $30,100 on NameJet in 2013 has filed a lawsuit (pdf) after it says the domain name was stolen. SMP GmbH & Co KG is planning to build an ...
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ONU.com bought for $30k on NameJet, reportedly stolen & then sold on Sedo
Be careful when buying domain names that have been around the block. A German company that bought ONU.com for $30,100 on NameJet in 2013 has filed a lawsuit (pdf) after it says the domain name was stolen. SMP GmbH & Co KG is planning to build an ...
Discussion
September 14, 2016, 3:12 pm
