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Blackberry files patent app for predictive & dynamic top level domain key
Idea is to change from .com to another TLD depending on what you type. Phone maker Blackberry has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a predictive and dynamic top level domain name key. We’ve all used the .c...
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Blackberry files patent app for predictive & dynamic top level domain key
Idea is to change from .com to another TLD depending on what you type. Phone maker Blackberry has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a predictive and dynamic top level domain name key. We’ve all used the .c...
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May 1, 2014, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wolfram wins .CEO URS dispute on second try
This time the case computes. Search and data company Wolfram has won a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case for Wolfram.ceo…on the second try. It lost the first case because it filed the case as Wolfram Research, Inc. The panelist noted that th...
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Wolfram wins .CEO URS dispute on second try
This time the case computes. Search and data company Wolfram has won a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case for Wolfram.ceo…on the second try. It lost the first case because it filed the case as Wolfram Research, Inc. The panelist noted that th...
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May 1, 2014, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ Claims Plus service starts today
Trademark Claims end, Claims Plus begins. One of the Rights Protections measures in place for new top level domain names is the Trademark Claims service. For 90 days after a new TLD enters general availability, registrars must show a notice if a seco...
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Donuts’ Claims Plus service starts today
Trademark Claims end, Claims Plus begins. One of the Rights Protections measures in place for new top level domain names is the Trademark Claims service. For 90 days after a new TLD enters general availability, registrars must show a notice if a seco...
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April 30, 2014, 5:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
22 end user domain sales and some premium .co.com sales
GoDaddy and Afternic combined to sell about $1.8 million worth of domain names last week. Before jumping into the regular end user sales list, I want to point out a couple premium .co.com sales. SurfMyAds.com, a company that creates shopping sites, p...
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22 end user domain sales and some premium .co.com sales
GoDaddy and Afternic combined to sell about $1.8 million worth of domain names last week. Before jumping into the regular end user sales list, I want to point out a couple premium .co.com sales. SurfMyAds.com, a company that creates shopping sites, p...
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April 30, 2014, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD auction prices hitting highs: Minds + Machines, Uniregistry, Donuts all win some domains
Average purchase prices may be north of $3 million. By all accounts, registries paid much more to settle contention sets during last week’s private auctions than in previous ones. Minds + Machines won auctions for .garden and .yoga. It spent a ...
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New TLD auction prices hitting highs: Minds + Machines, Uniregistry, Donuts all win some domains
Average purchase prices may be north of $3 million. By all accounts, registries paid much more to settle contention sets during last week’s private auctions than in previous ones. Minds + Machines won auctions for .garden and .yoga. It spent a ...
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April 30, 2014, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy eliminates email support in favor of phone, chat
Company says customer satisfaction is higher with phone and chat support. GoDaddy has stopped offering support by email for U.S. customers, instead pushing them to phone and chat support options. Nick Fuller, Communications Manager at GoDaddy.com, to...
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GoDaddy eliminates email support in favor of phone, chat
Company says customer satisfaction is higher with phone and chat support. GoDaddy has stopped offering support by email for U.S. customers, instead pushing them to phone and chat support options. Nick Fuller, Communications Manager at GoDaddy.com, to...
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April 29, 2014, 8:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainAgents’ new system might accelerate your domain name sales
DomainAgents adds system for domain name sellers. Domain sales platform DomainAgents has made a major upgrade with the hopes of helping domain name investors sell more inventory. DomainAgents launched as a “certified offer” service in 201...
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DomainAgents’ new system might accelerate your domain name sales
DomainAgents adds system for domain name sellers. Domain sales platform DomainAgents has made a major upgrade with the hopes of helping domain name investors sell more inventory. DomainAgents launched as a “certified offer” service in 201...
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April 29, 2014, 6:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 new domain registries ask ICANN for two character domain names
.Wiki, .globo, and .ceo registries want to offer two character domain names. Three new top level domain name registries have asked ICANN to allow them to register two character domain names under their TLDs. New TLD registries aren’t allowed to...
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3 new domain registries ask ICANN for two character domain names
.Wiki, .globo, and .ceo registries want to offer two character domain names. Three new top level domain name registries have asked ICANN to allow them to register two character domain names under their TLDs. New TLD registries aren’t allowed to...
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April 29, 2014, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Villa.com changes registrars as part of Villa landgrab
Who’s behind this Villa landgrab? Last year I wrote about how someone was buying up lots of country code domain names with villa and villas at the second level. Since then I’ve continued to watch dozens of similar domain names get purchas...
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Villa.com changes registrars as part of Villa landgrab
Who’s behind this Villa landgrab? Last year I wrote about how someone was buying up lots of country code domain names with villa and villas at the second level. Since then I’ve continued to watch dozens of similar domain names get purchas...
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April 29, 2014, 2:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
FICEP SPA guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in dirty UDRP case
This case is particularly dirty. Italian machine tool manufacturing company FICEP SPA has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP for FICEP.com. Czech Arbitration Court panelist Jane Seager got the call right as this is a very cl...
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FICEP SPA guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in dirty UDRP case
This case is particularly dirty. Italian machine tool manufacturing company FICEP SPA has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP for FICEP.com. Czech Arbitration Court panelist Jane Seager got the call right as this is a very cl...
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April 29, 2014, 2:18 pm
