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The Domains
ICANN Board Of Directors Get Over $1.7 Million In Compensations & Reimbursements in FY 2013
This table represents reimbursements and compensation paid directly to Board Members, payments made to third party vendors such as hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies on behalf of Board Members as well as a total of the three amounts. This is on...
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ICANN Board Of Directors Get Over $1.7 Million In Compensations & Reimbursements in FY 2013
This table represents reimbursements and compensation paid directly to Board Members, payments made to third party vendors such as hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies on behalf of Board Members as well as a total of the three amounts. This is on...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 6:11 pm

The Domains
ADT Loses Bid To Grab 10 Year Old Domain Name AdtDealers.com Used For Gripe Site Through UDRP
ADT, the Alarm company, just lost a UDRP on the domain name adtdealers.com which was registered on November 11, 2003. The domain holder did not file a response. The content of the adtdealers.com domain name appears to be complaint...
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ADT Loses Bid To Grab 10 Year Old Domain Name AdtDealers.com Used For Gripe Site Through UDRP
ADT, the Alarm company, just lost a UDRP on the domain name adtdealers.com which was registered on November 11, 2003. The domain holder did not file a response. The content of the adtdealers.com domain name appears to be complaint...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 5:57 pm

The Domains
ADT Loses Bid To Grab 10 Year Old Domain Name AdtDealers.com Used For Gripe Site Through UDRP
ADT, the Alarm company, just lost a UDRP on the domain name adtdealers.com which was registered on November 11, 2003. The domain holder did not file a response. The content of the adtdealers.com domain name appears to be complaint...
Discussion
ADT Loses Bid To Grab 10 Year Old Domain Name AdtDealers.com Used For Gripe Site Through UDRP
ADT, the Alarm company, just lost a UDRP on the domain name adtdealers.com which was registered on November 11, 2003. The domain holder did not file a response. The content of the adtdealers.com domain name appears to be complaint...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 5:57 pm

Domain Name Wire
.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
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.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 5:36 pm

Domain Name Wire
.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
Discussion
.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 5:36 pm

The Domains
First Heritage Domain Name Auction Is Live
The Heritage Domain Name Auction Site Is Live and the reserves on a lot of domain names seem very reasonable Here are some of the domain names in the auction with some informat and reserve XZ.com Cheap two letter .com $100,000 reserve Dayton.co...
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First Heritage Domain Name Auction Is Live
The Heritage Domain Name Auction Site Is Live and the reserves on a lot of domain names seem very reasonable Here are some of the domain names in the auction with some informat and reserve XZ.com Cheap two letter .com $100,000 reserve Dayton.co...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 3:33 pm

Domain Name News
Web.com signs 2013 RAA, launches expression of interest site [Press Release]
Another group of registrars will be switching to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with ICANN, allowing them to participate in selling new gTLDs. Web.com owns the original Domain registrar, Network Solutions and Register.com. The compa...
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Web.com signs 2013 RAA, launches expression of interest site [Press Release]
Another group of registrars will be switching to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with ICANN, allowing them to participate in selling new gTLDs. Web.com owns the original Domain registrar, Network Solutions and Register.com. The compa...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 3:27 pm

The Domains
Knameit.com (The K is Silent) Prepares To Become The Newiest Premium Domain Name Aftermarket Online
According to a press release out today another company is going to be launching “Premium domain name aftermarket online” The site’s UTL is Knameit.com (pronounced Nameit the ‘K” is silent, No I’m not making it up)&...
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Knameit.com (The K is Silent) Prepares To Become The Newiest Premium Domain Name Aftermarket Online
According to a press release out today another company is going to be launching “Premium domain name aftermarket online” The site’s UTL is Knameit.com (pronounced Nameit the ‘K” is silent, No I’m not making it up)&...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 3:07 pm

Domain Name Wire
First new top level domain name sunrise begins?
According to the Trademark Clearinghouse, the first sunrise has begun. The sunrise period for شبكة. (shabaka) has begun…sort of. According to the official Trademark Clearinghouse sunrise page, the sunrise period for this domain name began ...
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First new top level domain name sunrise begins?
According to the Trademark Clearinghouse, the first sunrise has begun. The sunrise period for شبكة. (shabaka) has begun…sort of. According to the official Trademark Clearinghouse sunrise page, the sunrise period for this domain name began ...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 2:58 pm

Domain Name Wire
True Religion jeans company sues to get TrueReligion.com
Last month I wrote about how jeans company True Religion lost a domain name arbitration case with the owner of TrueReligion.com. The owner of TrueReligion.com registered the domain name in 1998, many years before the jeans company came into existence...
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True Religion jeans company sues to get TrueReligion.com
Last month I wrote about how jeans company True Religion lost a domain name arbitration case with the owner of TrueReligion.com. The owner of TrueReligion.com registered the domain name in 1998, many years before the jeans company came into existence...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 1:59 pm