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The Domains
Batteries.com going up for sale in private auction
Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is...
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Batteries.com going up for sale in private auction
Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is...
Discussion
December 16, 2021, 9:46 am
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales to finish the year
An SMS marketing company, a 3D technology provider and a fitness business bought domain names. Sedo has published its last weekly sales list of the year and will resume publishing lists after the holidays. The company had some nice sales this past we...
Discussion
18 end user domain name sales to finish the year
An SMS marketing company, a 3D technology provider and a fitness business bought domain names. Sedo has published its last weekly sales list of the year and will resume publishing lists after the holidays. The company had some nice sales this past we...
Discussion
December 15, 2021, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton files lawsuit against domains used in phishing
Large law firm tries to capture infringing domains. Debevoise & Plimpton, an international law firm with over $1 billion in annual revenue, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against two domains it says were used for nefarious purposes. The firm f...
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Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton files lawsuit against domains used in phishing
Large law firm tries to capture infringing domains. Debevoise & Plimpton, an international law firm with over $1 billion in annual revenue, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against two domains it says were used for nefarious purposes. The firm f...
Discussion
December 15, 2021, 3:58 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Regal.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlight...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Regal.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlight...
Discussion
December 14, 2021, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Win domain in UDRP. Forget to renew domain. File UDRP again. Lose.
This company should learn about autorenew. A cybersquatting case over HudsonFurniture.com shows the dangers of poor domain name management, and perhaps some inconsistencies in how UDRP is applied. Hudson’s Furniture Showroom, Inc. of Florida fi...
Discussion
Win domain in UDRP. Forget to renew domain. File UDRP again. Lose.
This company should learn about autorenew. A cybersquatting case over HudsonFurniture.com shows the dangers of poor domain name management, and perhaps some inconsistencies in how UDRP is applied. Hudson’s Furniture Showroom, Inc. of Florida fi...
Discussion
December 14, 2021, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy wins contract to run .TV, Verisign didn’t bid for renewal
GoDaddy Registry will now operate and market the .tv domain. GoDaddy Registry (NYSE: GDDY) has won the contract to operate Tuvalu’s .tv country code domain name. Tuvalu is a small island nation of about 10,000 people. It struck internet gold be...
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GoDaddy wins contract to run .TV, Verisign didn’t bid for renewal
GoDaddy Registry will now operate and market the .tv domain. GoDaddy Registry (NYSE: GDDY) has won the contract to operate Tuvalu’s .tv country code domain name. Tuvalu is a small island nation of about 10,000 people. It struck internet gold be...
Discussion
December 14, 2021, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Panther Labs acquires Panther.com after $120 million funding round
Big funding, big domain acquisition. Security analytics company Panther Labs has just performed a major domain name upgrade. Founded in 2018, Panther Labs has a mission to “make security monitoring fast,” according to its website. The tea...
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Panther Labs acquires Panther.com after $120 million funding round
Big funding, big domain acquisition. Security analytics company Panther Labs has just performed a major domain name upgrade. Founded in 2018, Panther Labs has a mission to “make security monitoring fast,” according to its website. The tea...
Discussion
December 14, 2021, 2:27 pm
The Domains
It’s not just Meta related domain names – Social media handles are in demand
It’s not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She wa...
Discussion
It’s not just Meta related domain names – Social media handles are in demand
It’s not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She wa...
Discussion
December 14, 2021, 4:29 am
Domain Name Wire
Supreme Court declines to hear France.com case
Another blow to the former owner of France.com. The Supreme Court of the United States has declined a writ of certiorari for a dispute involving France.com. Jean-Noël Frydman asked the court to consider his case after exhausting all over court a...
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Supreme Court declines to hear France.com case
Another blow to the former owner of France.com. The Supreme Court of the United States has declined a writ of certiorari for a dispute involving France.com. Jean-Noël Frydman asked the court to consider his case after exhausting all over court a...
Discussion
December 13, 2021, 6:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Thought Convergence auction recap – DNW Podcast #367
Auction grosses over $2 million. Here are the takeaways. Last week Thought Convergence liquidated much of its domain portfolio through a three-day auction. On today’s show, I talk with Thought Convergence CEO Ammar Kubba and domain investor Ada...
Discussion
Thought Convergence auction recap – DNW Podcast #367
Auction grosses over $2 million. Here are the takeaways. Last week Thought Convergence liquidated much of its domain portfolio through a three-day auction. On today’s show, I talk with Thought Convergence CEO Ammar Kubba and domain investor Ada...
Discussion
December 13, 2021, 4:30 pm
