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ICANN warns AsiaRegister over late payments
Hong Kong based domain name registrar at risk of losing ICANN accreditation. ICANN has sent a breach notice to AsiaRegister, Inc. for its failure to pay past due accreditation fees. According to the breach notice sent yesterday, the Hong Kong registr...
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ICANN warns AsiaRegister over late payments
Hong Kong based domain name registrar at risk of losing ICANN accreditation. ICANN has sent a breach notice to AsiaRegister, Inc. for its failure to pay past due accreditation fees. According to the breach notice sent yesterday, the Hong Kong registr...
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May 30, 2013, 10:43 am
Domain Name Wire
Luxembourg’s .lu domains can now be locked for a year in disputes
.Lu provides new lock in case of domain dispute. Country code operators are not required to offer a cybersquatting resolution service, although many adopt some form of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Luxembourg takes a more ...
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Luxembourg’s .lu domains can now be locked for a year in disputes
.Lu provides new lock in case of domain dispute. Country code operators are not required to offer a cybersquatting resolution service, although many adopt some form of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Luxembourg takes a more ...
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May 29, 2013, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company sues NamingRights.com for cybersquatting, and it’s kind of interesting
I haven’t heard the name Backslap Domains in a while. Greek Island Labs, a company that sells cosmetic products, has sued NamingRights.com and Backslap Domains for cybersquatting over the domain name Adonia.com (pdf). Greek Island Labs sells pr...
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Company sues NamingRights.com for cybersquatting, and it’s kind of interesting
I haven’t heard the name Backslap Domains in a while. Greek Island Labs, a company that sells cosmetic products, has sued NamingRights.com and Backslap Domains for cybersquatting over the domain name Adonia.com (pdf). Greek Island Labs sells pr...
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May 29, 2013, 12:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club applicant seeks to raise up to $7 million
.Club Domains, LLC files Form D with SEC. .Club Domains, LLC, an applicant for the .club top level domain name, has filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it seeks to raise up to $7 million. The filing states that none of ...
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.Club applicant seeks to raise up to $7 million
.Club Domains, LLC files Form D with SEC. .Club Domains, LLC, an applicant for the .club top level domain name, has filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it seeks to raise up to $7 million. The filing states that none of ...
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May 29, 2013, 9:19 am
Domain Name Wire
Girl.me gets $30,000 bid at Sedo
An eye-popping price tag, but many .me domains have sold in this price range. The domain name Girl.me has a $30,000 offer at Sedo and has been sent to an auction. Although errant bids sometimes occur on Sedo, my guess is this is legit. In order to pl...
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Girl.me gets $30,000 bid at Sedo
An eye-popping price tag, but many .me domains have sold in this price range. The domain name Girl.me has a $30,000 offer at Sedo and has been sent to an auction. Although errant bids sometimes occur on Sedo, my guess is this is legit. In order to pl...
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May 28, 2013, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo pushing new TLD services
Company releases brochure and starts more heavily marketing its new TLD capabilities. Sedo is starting to more aggressively promote services to new top level domain applicants, including adding a couple ad banners targeting them on its home page. The...
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Sedo pushing new TLD services
Company releases brochure and starts more heavily marketing its new TLD capabilities. Sedo is starting to more aggressively promote services to new top level domain applicants, including adding a couple ad banners targeting them on its home page. The...
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May 28, 2013, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media wants to trademark name for domain name trademark protection service
New TLD applicant files trademark applications fro DPML. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has filed six trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to its proposed Domain Protected Marks List (DPML). Three of the applic...
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Demand Media wants to trademark name for domain name trademark protection service
New TLD applicant files trademark applications fro DPML. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has filed six trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to its proposed Domain Protected Marks List (DPML). Three of the applic...
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May 28, 2013, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
On tap this week: Vegas Baby, Vegas!
Domain industry heads to Las Vegas this week. As the U.S. trudges back to work and school after a three day weekend, many in the domain name industry are headed to Las Vegas for the TRAFFIC conference. Although the conference doesn’t start unti...
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On tap this week: Vegas Baby, Vegas!
Domain industry heads to Las Vegas this week. As the U.S. trudges back to work and school after a three day weekend, many in the domain name industry are headed to Las Vegas for the TRAFFIC conference. Although the conference doesn’t start unti...
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May 28, 2013, 9:43 am
Domain Name Wire
Aftermarket.com to combine parking and selling
Thought Convergence’s domain marketplace will integrate domain parking and the company has switched ad feed providers. Aftermarket.com, the domain name sales platform by Thought Convergence, is getting ready to launch a combined parking and sel...
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Aftermarket.com to combine parking and selling
Thought Convergence’s domain marketplace will integrate domain parking and the company has switched ad feed providers. Aftermarket.com, the domain name sales platform by Thought Convergence, is getting ready to launch a combined parking and sel...
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May 24, 2013, 1:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media commits five TLDs to private auctions, but three are dead on arrival
Demand Media throws five domains into private auction ring, but three are against competitors who won’t participate. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has committed five of its applied-for top level domains to the first private domain auctions...
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Demand Media commits five TLDs to private auctions, but three are dead on arrival
Demand Media throws five domains into private auction ring, but three are against competitors who won’t participate. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has committed five of its applied-for top level domains to the first private domain auctions...
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May 24, 2013, 11:23 am




