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Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling wins cybersquatting dispute
Indian insurance company falls short in UDRP. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name CareHealthInsurance.com in a UDRP. The three-person World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel determined t...
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Frank Schilling wins cybersquatting dispute
Indian insurance company falls short in UDRP. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name CareHealthInsurance.com in a UDRP. The three-person World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel determined t...
Discussion
December 16, 2019, 6:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sending out the Bat-signal – DNW Podcast #265
How to get a response in a domain inquiry. Bill Sweetman of NameNinja is back on the show today, and I promise you’re going to get a ton of ideas from this show. Bill spends his days helping companies buy domains, and today he talks about his s...
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Sending out the Bat-signal – DNW Podcast #265
How to get a response in a domain inquiry. Bill Sweetman of NameNinja is back on the show today, and I promise you’re going to get a ton of ideas from this show. Bill spends his days helping companies buy domains, and today he talks about his s...
Discussion
December 16, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Xbox Series X? How about the A, B, and C?
Microsoft registered domains for its new Xbox Series X that include every letter of the alphabet. At the end of last week, Microsoft announced the new Xbox Series X. As is typical, the company also registered domain names related to the new console, ...
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Xbox Series X? How about the A, B, and C?
Microsoft registered domains for its new Xbox Series X that include every letter of the alphabet. At the end of last week, Microsoft announced the new Xbox Series X. As is typical, the company also registered domain names related to the new console, ...
Discussion
December 15, 2019, 5:44 pm
The Domains
What is on your Christmas list domaining wise?
With 10 days til Christmas what would you like Domainer Clause to bring you for Christmas? What changes or new tools would you like to receive this year? My list would consist of: GoDaddy reporting sales from Namefind and Afternic All registrars to g...
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What is on your Christmas list domaining wise?
With 10 days til Christmas what would you like Domainer Clause to bring you for Christmas? What changes or new tools would you like to receive this year? My list would consist of: GoDaddy reporting sales from Namefind and Afternic All registrars to g...
Discussion
December 15, 2019, 3:29 pm
The Domains
Who is in charge of domains at Maxim?
Maxim magazine has been around since 1995, started in the U.K. and then headquartered in New York since 1997. The magazine has gone through some ownership changes but it’s the intellectual property, specifically domain names, that I want to div...
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Who is in charge of domains at Maxim?
Maxim magazine has been around since 1995, started in the U.K. and then headquartered in New York since 1997. The magazine has gone through some ownership changes but it’s the intellectual property, specifically domain names, that I want to div...
Discussion
December 14, 2019, 10:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why the Steve Jobs decision was wrong
In this guest post, Attorney Paul Keating writs that the recent UDRP decision for SteveJobs.com was flawed. The SteveJobs.com decision troubles me deeply. In terms of trademark, I see it as attempting to shove a round peg into a square hole and...
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Why the Steve Jobs decision was wrong
In this guest post, Attorney Paul Keating writs that the recent UDRP decision for SteveJobs.com was flawed. The SteveJobs.com decision troubles me deeply. In terms of trademark, I see it as attempting to shove a round peg into a square hole and...
Discussion
December 13, 2019, 10:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look at .Net in China
.Net faces a lot of competition in China. In my series of articles to study the Chinese domain market, I have already covered the big picture, .cn, and .com [LINKS]. Today, let’s look at .net. This analysis is based on data I have collected fro...
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A look at .Net in China
.Net faces a lot of competition in China. In my series of articles to study the Chinese domain market, I have already covered the big picture, .cn, and .com [LINKS]. Today, let’s look at .net. This analysis is based on data I have collected fro...
Discussion
December 13, 2019, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rolf Larsen acquires Desktop.com domain name for his next venture
Desktop will make it easier for companies to manage web apps. If you’re like me, you manage a lot of web apps. A CRM system. Email. Trello. Smartsheet. Zapier. And that’s just for me as a an individual. Imagine running a business in which...
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Rolf Larsen acquires Desktop.com domain name for his next venture
Desktop will make it easier for companies to manage web apps. If you’re like me, you manage a lot of web apps. A CRM system. Email. Trello. Smartsheet. Zapier. And that’s just for me as a an individual. Imagine running a business in which...
Discussion
December 12, 2019, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 more end user sales
Here are some of the end users that bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s top public sale of the week was OneHome.com for $70,000. It’s not yet clear who bought it, but a Google search uncovers several candidates. Here’s a look at som...
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10 more end user sales
Here are some of the end users that bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s top public sale of the week was OneHome.com for $70,000. It’s not yet clear who bought it, but a Google search uncovers several candidates. Here’s a look at som...
Discussion
December 12, 2019, 2:25 pm
The Domains
The good, the bad and the ugly – The Domain Industry
We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on the whol...
Discussion
The good, the bad and the ugly – The Domain Industry
We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on the whol...
Discussion
December 12, 2019, 4:58 am
