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Domain Name Wire
ccTLD owners add .com in this week’s Sedo end user sales list
Country code domain name owners buy the matching .com on this week’s Sedo end user sales list. A good number of end user domain purchases at Sedo and Afternic each week are made by companies that own the same second level domain under a differe...
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ccTLD owners add .com in this week’s Sedo end user sales list
Country code domain name owners buy the matching .com on this week’s Sedo end user sales list. A good number of end user domain purchases at Sedo and Afternic each week are made by companies that own the same second level domain under a differe...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 12:15 pm
The Domains
Trademark Loses UDRP On Direct Match Domain Bongrille.com Used As A “Sucks” Site
Deskan S/A of Nassau, the Bahamas, which owns a trademark to the term Bon Grille In Brazil lost a UDRP seeking 3 domain names including the direct match domain bongrille.com. The other 2 domains sort in the UDRP were franquiabongrille.com and franqu...
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Trademark Loses UDRP On Direct Match Domain Bongrille.com Used As A “Sucks” Site
Deskan S/A of Nassau, the Bahamas, which owns a trademark to the term Bon Grille In Brazil lost a UDRP seeking 3 domain names including the direct match domain bongrille.com. The other 2 domains sort in the UDRP were franquiabongrille.com and franqu...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 11:41 am
The Domains
9 Year Old TeleFire.com Saved In UDRP Despite Seller Asking $70K
A Telefire Fire & Gas Detectors Ltd. of Petach Tikva, Israel just lost a one member panel UDRP decision on the domain name telefire.com The Complainant is a company organized and registered under the laws of Isreal. It was founded in 1979. It sp...
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9 Year Old TeleFire.com Saved In UDRP Despite Seller Asking $70K
A Telefire Fire & Gas Detectors Ltd. of Petach Tikva, Israel just lost a one member panel UDRP decision on the domain name telefire.com The Complainant is a company organized and registered under the laws of Isreal. It was founded in 1979. It sp...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 11:09 am
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales
A law firm, casino owner, and bank bought domain names through Afternic last week. Afternic sold $968,810 worth of domain names last week. Here are 17 domain names that sold to end users. Online car rental company Booking Group bought CarRentalNews.c...
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17 end user domain name sales
A law firm, casino owner, and bank bought domain names through Afternic last week. Afternic sold $968,810 worth of domain names last week. Here are 17 domain names that sold to end users. Online car rental company Booking Group bought CarRentalNews.c...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 11:09 am
Domain Name Wire
Name.space files Opening Brief in appeal of new TLD lawsuit
Company claims new TLD program is a conspiracy to enrich a select few and that ICANN is violating antitrust laws. Name.space has filed its opening brief in an appeal of a lawsuit it brought against ICANN last year. Name.space operates an “alter...
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Name.space files Opening Brief in appeal of new TLD lawsuit
Company claims new TLD program is a conspiracy to enrich a select few and that ICANN is violating antitrust laws. Name.space has filed its opening brief in an appeal of a lawsuit it brought against ICANN last year. Name.space operates an “alter...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 10:29 am
Elliot's Blog
Did Endurance Acquire Endurance.com from DigiMedia?
Endurance International Group was in the news yesterday when Domain Incite reported that the company’s S-1 filing detailed a potential acquisition of Directi in the $100 – 110 million range. There may be some other Endurance company ...
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Did Endurance Acquire Endurance.com from DigiMedia?
Endurance International Group was in the news yesterday when Domain Incite reported that the company’s S-1 filing detailed a potential acquisition of Directi in the $100 – 110 million range. There may be some other Endurance company ...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Typosquatting domain recovery firm CitizenHawk acquired
CitizenHawk acquired by legal and brand services firm. Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS) has acquired CitizenHawk, Inc., a company that helps companies protect their brands in domain names. CitizenHawk is primarily a typosquatting recover...
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Typosquatting domain recovery firm CitizenHawk acquired
CitizenHawk acquired by legal and brand services firm. Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS) has acquired CitizenHawk, Inc., a company that helps companies protect their brands in domain names. CitizenHawk is primarily a typosquatting recover...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 9:59 am
Domain Name News
Demand Media Names Wayne MacLaurin Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD [Press Release]
Demand Media Welcomes Wayne MacLaurin as Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD World-Class Registry Strengthens Technology Resources to Focus on New gTLDs Kirkland, Washington – September 11, 2013 –Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a...
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Demand Media Names Wayne MacLaurin Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD [Press Release]
Demand Media Welcomes Wayne MacLaurin as Senior Vice President of Technology for United TLD World-Class Registry Strengthens Technology Resources to Focus on New gTLDs Kirkland, Washington – September 11, 2013 –Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a...
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September 11, 2013, 9:54 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 11th, 2013
Small list today. The fall and winter is coming up and that’s when the good names come around as people are making some tax moves. There have been some great deals and flip opportunities this year. I probably haven’t taken adv...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 11th, 2013
Small list today. The fall and winter is coming up and that’s when the good names come around as people are making some tax moves. There have been some great deals and flip opportunities this year. I probably haven’t taken adv...
Discussion
September 11, 2013, 6:43 am
The Domains
Marchex’s Archeo Puts Up Its Zip Code Portfolio For Sale After Selling 1 Domain In The $50K-$100K Range
As I reported earlier today, Marchex’s (NASDAQ: MCHX) Archeo unit put up over 200,000 domains for sale on its new marketplace archeodomains.com. Yesterday in my chat with Rod Diefendorf the COO of Marchex I asked about Marchex project involving...
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Marchex’s Archeo Puts Up Its Zip Code Portfolio For Sale After Selling 1 Domain In The $50K-$100K Range
As I reported earlier today, Marchex’s (NASDAQ: MCHX) Archeo unit put up over 200,000 domains for sale on its new marketplace archeodomains.com. Yesterday in my chat with Rod Diefendorf the COO of Marchex I asked about Marchex project involving...
Discussion
September 10, 2013, 4:54 pm
