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True Value sues after losing UDRP
Hardware cooperative files lawsuit in second attempt to get domain name TrueValueWeb.com. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This Monday I wrote about how United Press International filed a lawsuit after losing a UDRP complaint. Now...
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True Value sues after losing UDRP
Hardware cooperative files lawsuit in second attempt to get domain name TrueValueWeb.com. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This Monday I wrote about how United Press International filed a lawsuit after losing a UDRP complaint. Now...
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July 11, 2013, 10:19 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s offline marketing of .LA in Los Angeles
Old school advertising to promote the .la domain name. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted a photo of a .LA billboard in Los Angeles yesterday (see photo). As more “local” domains come to the internet, this type of targeted offline advertisi...
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GoDaddy’s offline marketing of .LA in Los Angeles
Old school advertising to promote the .la domain name. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted a photo of a .LA billboard in Los Angeles yesterday (see photo). As more “local” domains come to the internet, this type of targeted offline advertisi...
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July 11, 2013, 8:05 am
Domain Name Wire
18 end user sales from $750 to $17,500
Four letter domain sells to end user for $17,500. Sedo sold $1.04 million worth of domains last week despite the U.S. holiday. Here are some of the end user domain sales. A company called Information Resources Online, which owns IRO.com, bought ORIO....
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18 end user sales from $750 to $17,500
Four letter domain sells to end user for $17,500. Sedo sold $1.04 million worth of domains last week despite the U.S. holiday. Here are some of the end user domain sales. A company called Information Resources Online, which owns IRO.com, bought ORIO....
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July 10, 2013, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
8 observations from the first new TLD objection decisions
Some take-aways from WIPO’s first three legal rights objection decisions. WIPO has published the results of three legal rights objections for new TLDs. Objectors to .home, .vip, and .rightathome all lost their cases. Here are eight observations...
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8 observations from the first new TLD objection decisions
Some take-aways from WIPO’s first three legal rights objection decisions. WIPO has published the results of three legal rights objections for new TLDs. Objectors to .home, .vip, and .rightathome all lost their cases. Here are eight observations...
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July 10, 2013, 12:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Agendas published for upcoming ICANN New TLD committee and board meetings
Meetings to be held at Durban conference. ICANN has published agendas for three upcoming board-related meetings taking place in conjunction with the ICANN meeting in Durban. The New gTLD Program Committee will have two meetings in conjunction with th...
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Agendas published for upcoming ICANN New TLD committee and board meetings
Meetings to be held at Durban conference. ICANN has published agendas for three upcoming board-related meetings taking place in conjunction with the ICANN meeting in Durban. The New gTLD Program Committee will have two meetings in conjunction with th...
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July 10, 2013, 11:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Someone is buying up villa and villas domain names
Pay attention if you get an offer to buy a domain with “villa” in it. If someone contacts you about buying your villa.tld or villas.tld domain name, you might want to do some digging. A Mark Monitor client appears to be on a quest to buy ...
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Someone is buying up villa and villas domain names
Pay attention if you get an offer to buy a domain with “villa” in it. If someone contacts you about buying your villa.tld or villas.tld domain name, you might want to do some digging. A Mark Monitor client appears to be on a quest to buy ...
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July 10, 2013, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Which TLDs have the most popular web sites?
Another way to evaluate the success of a top level domain. As new top level domains start rolling off the assembly line in the coming months, there are a number of metrics we’ll consider to analyze how well they’re doing. Domains under ma...
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Which TLDs have the most popular web sites?
Another way to evaluate the success of a top level domain. As new top level domains start rolling off the assembly line in the coming months, there are a number of metrics we’ll consider to analyze how well they’re doing. Domains under ma...
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July 9, 2013, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fascinating tale of a political domain name “opportunist”
Florida man’s political domain registrations have given him access to a number of politicians on the campaign trail. NationalJournal has a fascinating story today about Michael Deutsch. Deutsch has beaten a number of politicians to registering ...
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Fascinating tale of a political domain name “opportunist”
Florida man’s political domain registrations have given him access to a number of politicians on the campaign trail. NationalJournal has a fascinating story today about Michael Deutsch. Deutsch has beaten a number of politicians to registering ...
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July 9, 2013, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ammar Kubba explains Aftermarket.com’s new Park & Sell
Aftermarket.com offers new domain parking program integrated with sales platform. Last month Aftermarket.com, a Thought Convergence company, launched its new Park & Sell program. Clients can park their domains with Aftermarket and integrate them ...
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Ammar Kubba explains Aftermarket.com’s new Park & Sell
Aftermarket.com offers new domain parking program integrated with sales platform. Last month Aftermarket.com, a Thought Convergence company, launched its new Park & Sell program. Clients can park their domains with Aftermarket and integrate them ...
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July 9, 2013, 10:48 am
Domain Name Wire
World Congress plans 2nd annual gTLD Summit
New TLD event to focus on legal aspects of new top level domain names. Conference organizer World Congress is planning its 2nd Annual Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Names Summit for this September. The one day event will take place September 25 at t...
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World Congress plans 2nd annual gTLD Summit
New TLD event to focus on legal aspects of new top level domain names. Conference organizer World Congress is planning its 2nd Annual Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Names Summit for this September. The one day event will take place September 25 at t...
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July 8, 2013, 1:16 pm
