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Domain Name Wire
Court finds reverse domain name hijacking in celluvation.com case
Judge overturns WIPO decision. United States District Judge Tana Lin has ruled in favor of domain owner Stanley Pace in a domain name dispute. Pace owns about 60,000 domain names including celluvation.com. Jos Daniel filed a UDRP against Pace in 2020...
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Court finds reverse domain name hijacking in celluvation.com case
Judge overturns WIPO decision. United States District Judge Tana Lin has ruled in favor of domain owner Stanley Pace in a domain name dispute. Pace owns about 60,000 domain names including celluvation.com. Jos Daniel filed a UDRP against Pace in 2020...
Discussion
September 14, 2022, 12:12 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by GroupSocial.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and GroupSocial.com led the way at $33,000. QR.org was second at 24,999 Euro, ($24,979). NFTJar.com was third at $18,888. 46 .com sales 19 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales a...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by GroupSocial.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and GroupSocial.com led the way at $33,000. QR.org was second at 24,999 Euro, ($24,979). NFTJar.com was third at $18,888. 46 .com sales 19 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales a...
Discussion
September 13, 2022, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kosmos Global Holding, S.L. tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company didn’t exist when the domain was registered. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Kosmos Global Holding, S.L. to have tried reverse domain name hijacking kosmos.com. Kosmos Global, a sports and entertainment compan...
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Kosmos Global Holding, S.L. tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company didn’t exist when the domain was registered. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Kosmos Global Holding, S.L. to have tried reverse domain name hijacking kosmos.com. Kosmos Global, a sports and entertainment compan...
Discussion
September 13, 2022, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
New owners of .Link have big plans: it’s about more than just websites
New owners hope they can expand usage of .link beyond just websites. .Com has been very profitable for domain investor Yoni Belousov. But he recently got into new TLDs in a big way: acquiring an entire extension. He acquired .link in the UNR auction ...
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New owners of .Link have big plans: it’s about more than just websites
New owners hope they can expand usage of .link beyond just websites. .Com has been very profitable for domain investor Yoni Belousov. But he recently got into new TLDs in a big way: acquiring an entire extension. He acquired .link in the UNR auction ...
Discussion
September 13, 2022, 1:38 pm
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames August 2022 sales led by OutdoorMedia.com
NameJet/SnapNames sales for August 2022 were led by OutdoorMedia.com at $18,567. Michael Berkens owns Outdoor.media and I know Mike has turned down more than $20,000 for that domain name. Overall sales volume went down 5.6% last month but NameJet saw...
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NameJet/SnapNames August 2022 sales led by OutdoorMedia.com
NameJet/SnapNames sales for August 2022 were led by OutdoorMedia.com at $18,567. Michael Berkens owns Outdoor.media and I know Mike has turned down more than $20,000 for that domain name. Overall sales volume went down 5.6% last month but NameJet saw...
Discussion
September 12, 2022, 9:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some great deals at SnapNames/NameJet in August
Here’s what sold at SnapNames and NameJet last month. Newfold Media, the parent company of SnapNames and NameJet, has released sales data for August. August is typically a slow month for domain sales as people take vacations. But the two auctio...
Discussion
Some great deals at SnapNames/NameJet in August
Here’s what sold at SnapNames and NameJet last month. Newfold Media, the parent company of SnapNames and NameJet, has released sales data for August. August is typically a slow month for domain sales as people take vacations. But the two auctio...
Discussion
September 12, 2022, 8:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Real domain investor results in 2022 – DNW Podcast #404
Here’s how two investors’ portfolios have fared so far this year. Last month at NamesCon, domain investors Logan Flatt and Mark Levine gave a detailed look at their sales numbers so far this year compared to the same period a year ago. It...
Discussion
Real domain investor results in 2022 – DNW Podcast #404
Here’s how two investors’ portfolios have fared so far this year. Last month at NamesCon, domain investors Logan Flatt and Mark Levine gave a detailed look at their sales numbers so far this year compared to the same period a year ago. It...
Discussion
September 12, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Newfold Digital is acquiring MarkMonitor from Clarivate for $302.5 million
Corporate brand protection registrar has a new owner. Newfold Digital, a large conglomerate of domain name registrars and hosting companies, is acquiring brand protection registrar MarkMonitor from Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT), an IP service roll-up. It wil...
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Newfold Digital is acquiring MarkMonitor from Clarivate for $302.5 million
Corporate brand protection registrar has a new owner. Newfold Digital, a large conglomerate of domain name registrars and hosting companies, is acquiring brand protection registrar MarkMonitor from Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT), an IP service roll-up. It wil...
Discussion
September 12, 2022, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge halts sale of eth.link domain name
Temporary restraining order puts sale on hold. U.S. District Judge John Tuchi has issued a temporary restraining order (pdf) halting the sale of eth.link. As Domain Name Wire first reported on September 7, Ethereum Name Service and former eth.link re...
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Judge halts sale of eth.link domain name
Temporary restraining order puts sale on hold. U.S. District Judge John Tuchi has issued a temporary restraining order (pdf) halting the sale of eth.link. As Domain Name Wire first reported on September 7, Ethereum Name Service and former eth.link re...
Discussion
September 10, 2022, 7:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
August’s top 5 domain stories
Two big domain sales and more big stories from August. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. 1. Hubspot acquired connect.com domain for $10 million – The marketing company paid top dollar to purcha...
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August’s top 5 domain stories
Two big domain sales and more big stories from August. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. 1. Hubspot acquired connect.com domain for $10 million – The marketing company paid top dollar to purcha...
Discussion
September 9, 2022, 2:52 pm
