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The Domains
Microsoft faces legal challenge on brand name Azure
An Indian firm known as Azure Knowledge Corporation is taking Microsoft to court over the name Azure. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service. Apparently the India based company has been doing business since 1996. Microsoft did not start using A...
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Microsoft faces legal challenge on brand name Azure
An Indian firm known as Azure Knowledge Corporation is taking Microsoft to court over the name Azure. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service. Apparently the India based company has been doing business since 1996. Microsoft did not start using A...
Discussion
March 20, 2020, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Taco spat ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Texas Mexican restaurant chain tries to reverse domain name hijack from an Alabama restaurant chain. A Texas chain of taco restaurants has lost a domain name fight with an Alabama Mexican restaurant chain and was found to have engaged in reverse doma...
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Taco spat ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Texas Mexican restaurant chain tries to reverse domain name hijack from an Alabama restaurant chain. A Texas chain of taco restaurants has lost a domain name fight with an Alabama Mexican restaurant chain and was found to have engaged in reverse doma...
Discussion
March 20, 2020, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s next for .Org in light of COVID-19
A pandemic throws a new wrinkle in the deal to sell off .org. Public Interest Registry, Ethos Capital and Internet Society have agreed to extend the deadline for ICANN to make a decision on the sale of .org to April 20. They want ICANN to decide by t...
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What’s next for .Org in light of COVID-19
A pandemic throws a new wrinkle in the deal to sell off .org. Public Interest Registry, Ethos Capital and Internet Society have agreed to extend the deadline for ICANN to make a decision on the sale of .org to April 20. They want ICANN to decide by t...
Discussion
March 20, 2020, 3:44 pm
The Domains
Coronavirus.es confiscated temporarily by Spanish Government
According to the registrant of Coronavirus.es the Spanish government has confiscated the name. They did say it would be returned when the crisis was over. @WhoaDomain.com said he turned down a $10,000 offer on the name. Here is the post on Namepros: ...
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Coronavirus.es confiscated temporarily by Spanish Government
According to the registrant of Coronavirus.es the Spanish government has confiscated the name. They did say it would be returned when the crisis was over. @WhoaDomain.com said he turned down a $10,000 offer on the name. Here is the post on Namepros: ...
Discussion
March 20, 2020, 1:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain investors mobilize on twitter to help those in need
Using hashtag #domainassist, community rallies to help people in these difficult times. There are a lot of people in need right now. They’ve lost their jobs and need money to pay rent or buy groceries. Many people are more fortunate than others...
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Domain investors mobilize on twitter to help those in need
Using hashtag #domainassist, community rallies to help people in these difficult times. There are a lot of people in need right now. They’ve lost their jobs and need money to pay rent or buy groceries. Many people are more fortunate than others...
Discussion
March 19, 2020, 6:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Single letter domains in China
Here’s who owns single letter .Cn domain names. Corporate China loves short domains. Over the years I have seen many Chinese companies upgrade to short domains such as JD.com, Le.com, VIP.com, and DJI.com. How about single letter domains? Even ...
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Single letter domains in China
Here’s who owns single letter .Cn domain names. Corporate China loves short domains. Over the years I have seen many Chinese companies upgrade to short domains such as JD.com, Le.com, VIP.com, and DJI.com. How about single letter domains? Even ...
Discussion
March 19, 2020, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN cancels May events, sets 2022 meeting for The Hague
Near-term events canceled, but ICANN also looks forward. ICANN has canceled the upcoming GDD Industry Summit and ICANN DNS Symposium, which were both scheduled to be held in France in May. The GDD Industry Summit is more of a get together for registr...
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ICANN cancels May events, sets 2022 meeting for The Hague
Near-term events canceled, but ICANN also looks forward. ICANN has canceled the upcoming GDD Industry Summit and ICANN DNS Symposium, which were both scheduled to be held in France in May. The GDD Industry Summit is more of a get together for registr...
Discussion
March 19, 2020, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain monetization company Team Internet grossed over $74 million last year
CentralNic paid less than 4x adjusted EBITDA for the company. Team Internet AG, a domain name monetization company, recorded revenue of USD $74 million for 2019 up to December 24. Its adjusted EBITDA for this period was USD $12.3 million. CentralNic ...
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Domain monetization company Team Internet grossed over $74 million last year
CentralNic paid less than 4x adjusted EBITDA for the company. Team Internet AG, a domain name monetization company, recorded revenue of USD $74 million for 2019 up to December 24. Its adjusted EBITDA for this period was USD $12.3 million. CentralNic ...
Discussion
March 19, 2020, 3:29 pm
The Domains
Domaining.com monthly brokerage bulletin Volume 3
Francois sent out the third brokerage bulletin where brokers have a chance to let people know what they got This is the third issue of the domaining.com monthly bulletin which exclusively features names for sale by brokers. If you are a broker and wa...
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Domaining.com monthly brokerage bulletin Volume 3
Francois sent out the third brokerage bulletin where brokers have a chance to let people know what they got This is the third issue of the domaining.com monthly bulletin which exclusively features names for sale by brokers. If you are a broker and wa...
Discussion
March 18, 2020, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are domains containing “4” really bad?
The number four has a bad connotation, but also some others. I regularly post messages on LinkedIn to share what I see in the Chinese domain market. A few days ago, I wrote about several 4 character domains, including 44QP.com, with 5-figure asking p...
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Are domains containing “4” really bad?
The number four has a bad connotation, but also some others. I regularly post messages on LinkedIn to share what I see in the Chinese domain market. A few days ago, I wrote about several 4 character domains, including 44QP.com, with 5-figure asking p...
Discussion
March 18, 2020, 3:17 pm
