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The Domains
Sedo To Hold .Club Premium Winter Sports Domain Auction Feb 19-26th
Sedo, and .CLUB Domains have partnered to offer a Winter Sports Auction of never before released .CLUB domain names. The auction will place February 19-26, and will include 25 premium winter sports-related names with the .CLUB extension, incl...
Discussion
Sedo To Hold .Club Premium Winter Sports Domain Auction Feb 19-26th
Sedo, and .CLUB Domains have partnered to offer a Winter Sports Auction of never before released .CLUB domain names. The auction will place February 19-26, and will include 25 premium winter sports-related names with the .CLUB extension, incl...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reminder: the top level domain name matters in a UDRP
Panels will not always ignore the top level domain name in UDRP cases. With niche top level domain names like .clothing and .plumbing now on the market, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about UDRP and whether the top level domain nam...
Discussion
Reminder: the top level domain name matters in a UDRP
Panels will not always ignore the top level domain name in UDRP cases. With niche top level domain names like .clothing and .plumbing now on the market, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about UDRP and whether the top level domain nam...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 2:03 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 11th, 2014
I have been doing a lot of searching for names over the past week and must say there are quite a few companies that have terrible search functions. Take Afternic. I am looking for CCC.coms. It takes forever to find them. There...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 11th, 2014
I have been doing a lot of searching for names over the past week and must say there are quite a few companies that have terrible search functions. Take Afternic. I am looking for CCC.coms. It takes forever to find them. There...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 11:07 am
The Domains
Is @jamesdean Twitter handle violating trademark law ?
Its not just domain names where people seem to make a stretch with regards to trademarks. Wendy Davis wrote a piece a few hours ago on MediaPost about Twitter and James Dean. From the article: The licensing agency CMG Worldwide has sued Twitter for a...
Discussion
Is @jamesdean Twitter handle violating trademark law ?
Its not just domain names where people seem to make a stretch with regards to trademarks. Wendy Davis wrote a piece a few hours ago on MediaPost about Twitter and James Dean. From the article: The licensing agency CMG Worldwide has sued Twitter for a...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 5:56 am
Domain Name Wire
How common words like Pizza, Money, and Shopping ended up in the Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs
The Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs is giving some people first dibs on domains like realestate.guru and pizza.restaurant. The .info domain name got seriously gamed when it had its trademark sunrise period in 2001. There was no pre-verification ...
Discussion
How common words like Pizza, Money, and Shopping ended up in the Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs
The Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs is giving some people first dibs on domains like realestate.guru and pizza.restaurant. The .info domain name got seriously gamed when it had its trademark sunrise period in 2001. There was no pre-verification ...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 8:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yes, one letter domain names might be worth less than $1,000
Supply and demand and new TLDs…what once was scarce is no longer. Over the weekend there was quite a hubbub over at DomainInvesting.com about the availability of single letter domain names in new top level domain names. In short: they are avai...
Discussion
Yes, one letter domain names might be worth less than $1,000
Supply and demand and new TLDs…what once was scarce is no longer. Over the weekend there was quite a hubbub over at DomainInvesting.com about the availability of single letter domain names in new top level domain names. In short: they are avai...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 6:06 pm
The Domains
BidPal Inc. Decides to take their UDRP Loss to Court
There was an article published today by Gerald Levine on Ip Legal Corner, that highlights what is a disturbing trend for domain owners who have legitimate rights to their domain. It was generally considered that if you registered a domain, say in 199...
Discussion
BidPal Inc. Decides to take their UDRP Loss to Court
There was an article published today by Gerald Levine on Ip Legal Corner, that highlights what is a disturbing trend for domain owners who have legitimate rights to their domain. It was generally considered that if you registered a domain, say in 199...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside Registry offers its own Domain Protected Marks List
Service for blocking trademark domain names is very similar to Donuts’. Rightside Registry announced its own version of the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML) service last week. With the service, trademark owners can block their marks from bein...
Discussion
Rightside Registry offers its own Domain Protected Marks List
Service for blocking trademark domain names is very similar to Donuts’. Rightside Registry announced its own version of the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML) service last week. With the service, trademark owners can block their marks from bein...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company uses UDRP to go after dead man’s domain name
French publication files publication to try to get domain name from deceased man. Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, a news publication, has lost a UDRP it filed against a dead man. The group filed the UDRP against the domain name...
Discussion
Company uses UDRP to go after dead man’s domain name
French publication files publication to try to get domain name from deceased man. Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, a news publication, has lost a UDRP it filed against a dead man. The group filed the UDRP against the domain name...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 3:41 pm
The Domains
Figaro.Tv Saved In UDRP Because The Domain Owner Died
Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, just lost its bid to grab the domain figaro.tv from a dead guy - The Respondent is Cut Company of Krefeld, Germany; - The owner – and seemingly only economic actor – of said company w...
Discussion
Figaro.Tv Saved In UDRP Because The Domain Owner Died
Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, just lost its bid to grab the domain figaro.tv from a dead guy - The Respondent is Cut Company of Krefeld, Germany; - The owner – and seemingly only economic actor – of said company w...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 3:32 pm
