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Cybersquatting lawsuit filed over domain name registered 16 years before plaintiff’s use
Office Space Solutions wants a domain name registered 16 years before it started using the corresponding term in commerce. It’s taking the legal route to get it. New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (...
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Cybersquatting lawsuit filed over domain name registered 16 years before plaintiff’s use
Office Space Solutions wants a domain name registered 16 years before it started using the corresponding term in commerce. It’s taking the legal route to get it. New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (...
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June 29, 2015, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Same-sex marriage domain names are trending
Big news=domain registrations. People are flocking to their favorite domain name registrars today to register domain names related to same-sex marriage after a Supreme Court ruling legalized gay marriage across the U.S. Verisign Domain View shows a s...
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Same-sex marriage domain names are trending
Big news=domain registrations. People are flocking to their favorite domain name registrars today to register domain names related to same-sex marriage after a Supreme Court ruling legalized gay marriage across the U.S. Verisign Domain View shows a s...
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June 26, 2015, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Name.com runs smart .News promotion
Other registries and registrars should take a look at this promotion. Name.com is running a well-designed marketing contest for free .News domain names. Competitors should take note. The domain name registrar is giving away 100 free non-premium .news...
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Name.com runs smart .News promotion
Other registries and registrars should take a look at this promotion. Name.com is running a well-designed marketing contest for free .News domain names. Competitors should take note. The domain name registrar is giving away 100 free non-premium .news...
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June 26, 2015, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Fallback Hierarchy for Domain Names
Joseph Peterson takes a look at fallbacks if the domain name you want is taken. In a recent article on the expired domain market, I was struck by NameJet’s top sale for the week: Insurance1.com, which had been a developed website since 199...
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A Fallback Hierarchy for Domain Names
Joseph Peterson takes a look at fallbacks if the domain name you want is taken. In a recent article on the expired domain market, I was struck by NameJet’s top sale for the week: Insurance1.com, which had been a developed website since 199...
Discussion
June 26, 2015, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wirecard nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Big payments company abused UDRP policy to try to get valuable domain name for cheap. Publicly traded payments company Wirecard AG has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Boon.com. The company, which has a...
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Wirecard nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Big payments company abused UDRP policy to try to get valuable domain name for cheap. Publicly traded payments company Wirecard AG has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Boon.com. The company, which has a...
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June 26, 2015, 2:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet Expired Domain Report
Joseph Peterson’s weekly review of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Supply and demand do yield predictable results in the domain market, as with other markets. DataTrack.com was NameJet’s top expired sale last week at $8.9k. And...
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NameJet Expired Domain Report
Joseph Peterson’s weekly review of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Supply and demand do yield predictable results in the domain market, as with other markets. DataTrack.com was NameJet’s top expired sale last week at $8.9k. And...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Voting begins in Verisign .Com Contest: See the videos
Winners make their cases in videos. Voting has opened to pick the grand prize winner in Verisign’s Internet Official contest. The fifteen winners so far each received $5,000. The grand prize winner will pick up a cool $30,000. Each of the winne...
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Voting begins in Verisign .Com Contest: See the videos
Winners make their cases in videos. Voting has opened to pick the grand prize winner in Verisign’s Internet Official contest. The fifteen winners so far each received $5,000. The grand prize winner will pick up a cool $30,000. Each of the winne...
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June 25, 2015, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo responds about Autism.rocks sale
Company explains why the customer ended up paying a marketplace commission rather than for escrow. Earlier this week Sedo announced that it handled a $100,000 transaction for Autism.rocks. It’s a big price for a domain under a new top level dom...
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Sedo responds about Autism.rocks sale
Company explains why the customer ended up paying a marketplace commission rather than for escrow. Earlier this week Sedo announced that it handled a $100,000 transaction for Autism.rocks. It’s a big price for a domain under a new top level dom...
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June 25, 2015, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Auction for qiche.com domain name closes at $2 million +
An auction for “Car” in Mandarin Pinyin has closed for a staggering amount. An auction for qiche.com, which means “car” in Mandarin Pinyin, has closed for more than $2 million on Chinese domain trading platform eName. The auct...
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Auction for qiche.com domain name closes at $2 million +
An auction for “Car” in Mandarin Pinyin has closed for a staggering amount. An auction for qiche.com, which means “car” in Mandarin Pinyin, has closed for more than $2 million on Chinese domain trading platform eName. The auct...
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June 25, 2015, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
How an Austin health group uses .Clinic
A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the site of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, ...
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How an Austin health group uses .Clinic
A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the site of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, ...
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June 24, 2015, 6:47 pm
