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ICA issues statement on horrible Camilla.com UDRP decision
Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtm...
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ICA issues statement on horrible Camilla.com UDRP decision
Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtm...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google files complaint to take down Adsense click fraud site
Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. Until recently, the website at ...
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Google files complaint to take down Adsense click fraud site
Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. Until recently, the website at ...
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December 11, 2015, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
It was just a bug: .Com shortcut is back in iOS 9.2
Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, ...
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It was just a bug: .Com shortcut is back in iOS 9.2
Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, ...
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December 11, 2015, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Domains pitches new TLDs with Q&A post
See a new TLD in action by searching for “coffee club”, company suggests. It’s not from Google’s search team, but a new blog post today from Google Domains seeks to clear up any misunderstanding about new domain names and sear...
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Google Domains pitches new TLDs with Q&A post
See a new TLD in action by searching for “coffee club”, company suggests. It’s not from Google’s search team, but a new blog post today from Google Domains seeks to clear up any misunderstanding about new domain names and sear...
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December 10, 2015, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain name sales that happened last week
A bus service, real estate firm and other companies that bought domain names last week. The end of 2015 is helping Sedo finish the year in style. Last week it handled 654 domain name transactions for a total of $1.4 million. Among the end users that ...
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15 end user domain name sales that happened last week
A bus service, real estate firm and other companies that bought domain names last week. The end of 2015 is helping Sedo finish the year in style. Last week it handled 654 domain name transactions for a total of $1.4 million. Among the end users that ...
Discussion
December 10, 2015, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Next Smurfs movie is likely “The Lost Village”, domain names suggest
Domain names are likely for third film due out in 2017. Papa Smurf is ready to make his return… Sony has registered a number of domain names suggesting its third film in the series will be called Smurfs The Lost Village. The company is plannin...
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Next Smurfs movie is likely “The Lost Village”, domain names suggest
Domain names are likely for third film due out in 2017. Papa Smurf is ready to make his return… Sony has registered a number of domain names suggesting its third film in the series will be called Smurfs The Lost Village. The company is plannin...
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December 10, 2015, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Marchex and WWM domain name acquisitions make sense for GoDaddy
Unique characteristics make these portfolios valuable to GoDaddy. GoDaddy made the surprising announcement on Monday that it had purchased Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. It was surprising because I had no idea Michael Berkens’ Wo...
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Why Marchex and WWM domain name acquisitions make sense for GoDaddy
Unique characteristics make these portfolios valuable to GoDaddy. GoDaddy made the surprising announcement on Monday that it had purchased Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. It was surprising because I had no idea Michael Berkens’ Wo...
Discussion
December 9, 2015, 5:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign appeals XYZ court loss
Case will continue in Court of Appeals. Just days after .XYZ asked a court to force Verisign to pay its legal bills in a lawsuit; Verisign upped the ante by appealing the case. In late October, judge Claude M. Hilton granted XYZ’s motion for su...
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Verisign appeals XYZ court loss
Case will continue in Court of Appeals. Just days after .XYZ asked a court to force Verisign to pay its legal bills in a lawsuit; Verisign upped the ante by appealing the case. In late October, judge Claude M. Hilton granted XYZ’s motion for su...
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December 9, 2015, 2:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Remember Congo? It rebranded as LawBooth.com
Company finds a good .com for under $3,000. Remember Congo? The company that started its lawyer-match service at Congo.io, and then balked at the “egregiously overinflated” asking price of $750,000 for Congo.com? Although I disagree about...
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Remember Congo? It rebranded as LawBooth.com
Company finds a good .com for under $3,000. Remember Congo? The company that started its lawyer-match service at Congo.io, and then balked at the “egregiously overinflated” asking price of $750,000 for Congo.com? Although I disagree about...
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December 9, 2015, 1:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
The late Igal Lichtman, aka Mrs Jello, loses a horrible UDRP decision
Panel re-writes UDRP and “registered in bad faith” requirement. The heirs of the late Igal Lichtman, commonly known in domain name circles as Mrs Jello, have lost a UDRP decision for the common name Camilla.com. The case was filed by Aust...
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The late Igal Lichtman, aka Mrs Jello, loses a horrible UDRP decision
Panel re-writes UDRP and “registered in bad faith” requirement. The heirs of the late Igal Lichtman, commonly known in domain name circles as Mrs Jello, have lost a UDRP decision for the common name Camilla.com. The case was filed by Aust...
Discussion
December 9, 2015, 11:50 am
