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Domain Name Wire
Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain na...
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Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain na...
Discussion
December 16, 2016, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
ICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN’s decision to move...
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ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
ICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN’s decision to move...
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December 16, 2016, 2:32 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, December 16th
This is by far the most names I’ve had on my Godaddy list. It’s not a trend. I haven’t turned into Josh. There were just a lot of decent one or two word names today. Some good value on the board. ...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, December 16th
This is by far the most names I’ve had on my Godaddy list. It’s not a trend. I haven’t turned into Josh. There were just a lot of decent one or two word names today. Some good value on the board. ...
Discussion
December 16, 2016, 10:20 am
The Domains
Parent Co. of Sedo & 1and1 Buys Hosting Co. Strato From Deutsche Telekom for $629 Million Cash
United Internet, the parent company of Sedo & 1and1.com among other companies, agreed to buy web hosting business Strato from Deutsche Telekom for around 600 million euros (US$629 million) in cash today. According to reports “Deutsche Telek...
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Parent Co. of Sedo & 1and1 Buys Hosting Co. Strato From Deutsche Telekom for $629 Million Cash
United Internet, the parent company of Sedo & 1and1.com among other companies, agreed to buy web hosting business Strato from Deutsche Telekom for around 600 million euros (US$629 million) in cash today. According to reports “Deutsche Telek...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 10:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
Donuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectati...
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Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
Donuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectati...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 7:40 pm
The Domains
Bar.com Auction Group of Domains Draw $1 Million Dollar Bid At Namejet/ROTD Namescon Auction
A group of premium domain names are being auctioned off in one lot by RightoftheDot.com/Namejet.com auction at Namescon next month and yesterday drew a $1 million dollar bod The group of domain names is highlighted by Bar.com. In addition to Bar.com ...
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Bar.com Auction Group of Domains Draw $1 Million Dollar Bid At Namejet/ROTD Namescon Auction
A group of premium domain names are being auctioned off in one lot by RightoftheDot.com/Namejet.com auction at Namescon next month and yesterday drew a $1 million dollar bod The group of domain names is highlighted by Bar.com. In addition to Bar.com ...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 6:44 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 14, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
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AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 14, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 6:01 pm
The Domains
White Castle Loses URS on WhiteCastle.space
White Castle just lost case under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy for the domain name WhiteCastle.Space and the domain holder didn’t even respond. The Examier although recognized that WHITE CASTLE has trademark rights in the United St...
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White Castle Loses URS on WhiteCastle.space
White Castle just lost case under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy for the domain name WhiteCastle.Space and the domain holder didn’t even respond. The Examier although recognized that WHITE CASTLE has trademark rights in the United St...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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December 15, 2016, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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December 15, 2016, 2:39 pm
