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Trademarks and Copyrights with Daliah Saper – DNW Podcast #83
A crash course in trademarks and copyright for domain name investors. What do domain name investors and domain developers need to know about trademarks and copyrights? Daliah Saper of Saper Law gives a quick crash course on today’s podcast, inc...
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Trademarks and Copyrights with Daliah Saper – DNW Podcast #83
A crash course in trademarks and copyright for domain name investors. What do domain name investors and domain developers need to know about trademarks and copyrights? Daliah Saper of Saper Law gives a quick crash course on today’s podcast, inc...
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May 9, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
LA.com domain name sold for $1.2 million
Publisher of the L.A. Times paid a lot of cash for LA.com. In March, I wrote about how Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, acquired the valuable domain name LA.com. At the time, I wrote “I imagine this was a sol...
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LA.com domain name sold for $1.2 million
Publisher of the L.A. Times paid a lot of cash for LA.com. In March, I wrote about how Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, acquired the valuable domain name LA.com. At the time, I wrote “I imagine this was a sol...
Discussion
May 9, 2016, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends termination notices to 10 new TLD owners
ICANN plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. ICANN has sent termination notices to ten contracted new top level domain name applicants, informing them that it plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. The ten applicants applied f...
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ICANN sends termination notices to 10 new TLD owners
ICANN plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. ICANN has sent termination notices to ten contracted new top level domain name applicants, informing them that it plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. The ten applicants applied f...
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May 8, 2016, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
How serious domain investors can help new TLDs succeed (and make money in the process)
[Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Francesco Cetraro, Head of Registry Operations for .Cloud.] Last week I had the honour of being invited to speak at the first edition of DomainersMeet in Dubai. The main focus of the event was to drive aw...
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How serious domain investors can help new TLDs succeed (and make money in the process)
[Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Francesco Cetraro, Head of Registry Operations for .Cloud.] Last week I had the honour of being invited to speak at the first edition of DomainersMeet in Dubai. The main focus of the event was to drive aw...
Discussion
May 6, 2016, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
John Berryhill gets another RDNH win
Company that owns TRTL.co.uk tried to get TRTL.com through UDRP. Coolside Limited, a company that sells a travel pillow, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDRP with World Intellectual Property Organi...
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John Berryhill gets another RDNH win
Company that owns TRTL.co.uk tried to get TRTL.com through UDRP. Coolside Limited, a company that sells a travel pillow, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDRP with World Intellectual Property Organi...
Discussion
May 6, 2016, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
WordPress gets more aggressive with cybersquatting complaints
WordPress Foundation files cybersquatting complaints…and wins. WordPress Foundation appears to be more aggressively going after people that use WordPress in their domain names. The group has won six cybersquatting complaints in the past month....
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WordPress gets more aggressive with cybersquatting complaints
WordPress Foundation files cybersquatting complaints…and wins. WordPress Foundation appears to be more aggressively going after people that use WordPress in their domain names. The group has won six cybersquatting complaints in the past month....
Discussion
May 5, 2016, 3:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 Notable NameJet sales in April
A great deal on a three letter domain name and more notable sales. It’s time for my monthly look at notable sales over at NameJet. NameJet recorded 187 sales over $2,000 last month. Here are some that are worth discussion. Rod.com $45,600 &ndas...
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10 Notable NameJet sales in April
A great deal on a three letter domain name and more notable sales. It’s time for my monthly look at notable sales over at NameJet. NameJet recorded 187 sales over $2,000 last month. Here are some that are worth discussion. Rod.com $45,600 &ndas...
Discussion
May 5, 2016, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Next round of new TLDs might be in 2020
It’s going to be a while. Want to apply for your own top level domain name in the next round? You might be able to…in 2020. But no one ever lost money betting on delays at ICANN. Speaking at World Summit on the Information Society, Akram...
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Next round of new TLDs might be in 2020
It’s going to be a while. Want to apply for your own top level domain name in the next round? You might be able to…in 2020. But no one ever lost money betting on delays at ICANN. Speaking at World Summit on the Information Society, Akram...
Discussion
May 4, 2016, 9:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name revenue barely budges at GoDaddy
Domain names represent slow growth at GoDaddy. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported its first quarter results today, and it’s no wonder the company has diversified out of the core domain name market. The company had first quarter revenue of $433.7 mill...
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Domain name revenue barely budges at GoDaddy
Domain names represent slow growth at GoDaddy. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported its first quarter results today, and it’s no wonder the company has diversified out of the core domain name market. The company had first quarter revenue of $433.7 mill...
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May 4, 2016, 8:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names the National Rifle Association and others bought last week
The NRA picks up a .tv domain name. Sedo’s sales came back down to earth over the past week, with 554 transactions totaling $1.2 million. The National Rifle Association (NRA) was among the groups buying domain names. It picked up NRA.tv. In ano...
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What domain names the National Rifle Association and others bought last week
The NRA picks up a .tv domain name. Sedo’s sales came back down to earth over the past week, with 554 transactions totaling $1.2 million. The National Rifle Association (NRA) was among the groups buying domain names. It picked up NRA.tv. In ano...
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May 4, 2016, 7:05 pm
