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Test driving .co’s new Pop.co
New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely...
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Test driving .co’s new Pop.co
New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely...
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August 13, 2013, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
USPTO considers trademarks for top level domain names
In the future, top level domains could be trademarked in the U.S. under limited circumstances. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking feedback on a plan to allow companies to trademark top level domains – albeit under limited circumsta...
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USPTO considers trademarks for top level domain names
In the future, top level domains could be trademarked in the U.S. under limited circumstances. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking feedback on a plan to allow companies to trademark top level domains – albeit under limited circumsta...
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August 12, 2013, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic plans IPO
Domain name registry plans to file for initial public offering. Domain name registry and backend services provider CentralNic is planning to officially announce an initial public offering tomorrow, The Telegraph reports. The company, which today is k...
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CentralNic plans IPO
Domain name registry plans to file for initial public offering. Domain name registry and backend services provider CentralNic is planning to officially announce an initial public offering tomorrow, The Telegraph reports. The company, which today is k...
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August 12, 2013, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lisa Box joines Endurance International
Box leaves Moniker:SnapNames to take role with Endurance. Lisa Box has joined Endurance International Group as Senior Director of Domains, the company announced today. Box has been in the domain name industry since 2007, when she joined Internet REIT...
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Lisa Box joines Endurance International
Box leaves Moniker:SnapNames to take role with Endurance. Lisa Box has joined Endurance International Group as Senior Director of Domains, the company announced today. Box has been in the domain name industry since 2007, when she joined Internet REIT...
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August 12, 2013, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals”
Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company&r...
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Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals”
Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company&r...
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August 12, 2013, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
Scripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which owns ho...
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Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
Scripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which owns ho...
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August 12, 2013, 12:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
How would you invest $5 million in the domain name business?
Where’s the greatest opportunity right now to invest $5 million in the domain name business? There are a lot of ways people make money in the domain name business. There are people who invest in domain names, people who own service providers (s...
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How would you invest $5 million in the domain name business?
Where’s the greatest opportunity right now to invest $5 million in the domain name business? There are a lot of ways people make money in the domain name business. There are people who invest in domain names, people who own service providers (s...
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August 12, 2013, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor
Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high pr...
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Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor
Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high pr...
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August 12, 2013, 10:34 am
Domain Name Wire
TLDH to participate in 4 private domain auctions
Company will challenge three competitors in private auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings announced today that it will participate in 4 private auctions to settle top level domain contention sets. The four auctions will resolve these contention sets: ....
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TLDH to participate in 4 private domain auctions
Company will challenge three competitors in private auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings announced today that it will participate in 4 private auctions to settle top level domain contention sets. The four auctions will resolve these contention sets: ....
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August 12, 2013, 9:19 am
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media successfully defends Motorola challenge for .moto
Google subsidiary loses legal rights objection over .moto. Motorola, now part of Google, has lost its legal rights objection against Demand Media subsidiary United TLD over the .moto top level domain. United TLD plans to offer the domain names for mo...
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Demand Media successfully defends Motorola challenge for .moto
Google subsidiary loses legal rights objection over .moto. Motorola, now part of Google, has lost its legal rights objection against Demand Media subsidiary United TLD over the .moto top level domain. United TLD plans to offer the domain names for mo...
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August 9, 2013, 5:20 pm
