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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from October
A look at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month. Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is knocking on the door, and the winter holidays are less than two months away. But first, here’s a look at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire ...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from October
A look at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month. Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is knocking on the door, and the winter holidays are less than two months away. But first, here’s a look at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire ...
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November 5, 2013, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD applicants flummoxed by objection results
Applicants ask ICANN to intervene in objection process. A dozen applicants for new top level domain names have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN urging the group to step in and fix what they believe are flawed new top level domain objection results. The a...
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New TLD applicants flummoxed by objection results
Applicants ask ICANN to intervene in objection process. A dozen applicants for new top level domain names have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN urging the group to step in and fix what they believe are flawed new top level domain objection results. The a...
Discussion
November 5, 2013, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD applicants flummoxed by objection results
Applicants ask ICANN to intervene in objection process. A dozen applicants for new top level domain names have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN urging the group to step in and fix what they believe are flawed new top level domain objection results. The a...
Discussion
New TLD applicants flummoxed by objection results
Applicants ask ICANN to intervene in objection process. A dozen applicants for new top level domain names have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN urging the group to step in and fix what they believe are flawed new top level domain objection results. The a...
Discussion
November 5, 2013, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
I was right: Demand Media spinoff to be called RightSide
Rightside is right. Last week I wrote about how signs were pointing to Demand Media calling its domain name spinoff Rightside. Today the company formally announced that the name will indeed by Rightside. Rightside Group, Ltd. will encompass Demand Me...
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I was right: Demand Media spinoff to be called RightSide
Rightside is right. Last week I wrote about how signs were pointing to Demand Media calling its domain name spinoff Rightside. Today the company formally announced that the name will indeed by Rightside. Rightside Group, Ltd. will encompass Demand Me...
Discussion
November 5, 2013, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
I was right: Demand Media spinoff to be called RightSide
Rightside is right. Last week I wrote about how signs were pointing to Demand Media calling its domain name spinoff Rightside. Today the company formally announced that the name will indeed by Rightside. Rightside Group, Ltd. will encompass Demand Me...
Discussion
I was right: Demand Media spinoff to be called RightSide
Rightside is right. Last week I wrote about how signs were pointing to Demand Media calling its domain name spinoff Rightside. Today the company formally announced that the name will indeed by Rightside. Rightside Group, Ltd. will encompass Demand Me...
Discussion
November 5, 2013, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
What was TruTag Technologies thinking in this UDRP?
Company goes after domain names registered many years before it started using the trademark in question. I just don’t get it. TruTag Technologies, Inc. just wasted money filing a UDRP against the domain names trutag.com, truetag.net, and trueta...
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What was TruTag Technologies thinking in this UDRP?
Company goes after domain names registered many years before it started using the trademark in question. I just don’t get it. TruTag Technologies, Inc. just wasted money filing a UDRP against the domain names trutag.com, truetag.net, and trueta...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 10:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the top 25 NameJet sales from October
Vida.com leads NameJet’s list of October sales. NameJet has been kind enough to publicly release some of its monthly sales data. The past couple times I’ve received the lists I’ve tried to do an end user sales list, only to run into...
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Here are the top 25 NameJet sales from October
Vida.com leads NameJet’s list of October sales. NameJet has been kind enough to publicly release some of its monthly sales data. The past couple times I’ve received the lists I’ve tried to do an end user sales list, only to run into...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 8:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias loses consolidated string confusion case against .mobile
Amazon, Donuts, and Dish DBS prevail in dispute over .mobile. Afilias, the registry that operates the .mobi top level domain name, has lost a consolidated string confusion objection against applicants for .mobile. This is, I believe, the first object...
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Afilias loses consolidated string confusion case against .mobile
Amazon, Donuts, and Dish DBS prevail in dispute over .mobile. Afilias, the registry that operates the .mobi top level domain name, has lost a consolidated string confusion objection against applicants for .mobile. This is, I believe, the first object...
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November 4, 2013, 8:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Servers.com domain name to sell for $300,000 after no one shows up to auction
Stalking horse bidder will walk away with valuable domain name Servers.com. Last month I wrote about how the Servers.com domain name was headed for sale in a bankruptcy auction. There was a stalking horse bid of $300,000, and no other parties submitt...
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Servers.com domain name to sell for $300,000 after no one shows up to auction
Stalking horse bidder will walk away with valuable domain name Servers.com. Last month I wrote about how the Servers.com domain name was headed for sale in a bankruptcy auction. There was a stalking horse bid of $300,000, and no other parties submitt...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Johnson & Johnson loses case against Johnsons.com (again!)
For the second time in ten years, consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com. I first wrote about this case back in July. As I noted at the time, the whois record changed slightly since the do...
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Johnson & Johnson loses case against Johnsons.com (again!)
For the second time in ten years, consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com. I first wrote about this case back in July. As I noted at the time, the whois record changed slightly since the do...
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November 4, 2013, 3:45 pm
