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The Domains
Tucows Loses Marker.com In UDRP Used By Hover For Personalized Email Addresses
Tucows just lost a UDRP on the domain name Marker.com to Marker Völkl (International) GmbH of Baar, Switzerland The domain name Marker.com is being used by Tucows, Hover service to provide personalized email addresses. However the one memb...
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Tucows Loses Marker.com In UDRP Used By Hover For Personalized Email Addresses
Tucows just lost a UDRP on the domain name Marker.com to Marker Völkl (International) GmbH of Baar, Switzerland The domain name Marker.com is being used by Tucows, Hover service to provide personalized email addresses. However the one memb...
Discussion
November 16, 2012, 10:16 am
The Domains
4 Lettered .Com Lost in UDRP Based On TM On Three Letter: OOVH.com
A one member panel just ruled against the domain holder of OOVH.com based off a trademark on the term OVH which is an acronym for “On Vous Héberge”, In English this translates as “We Host You”. The Complain...
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4 Lettered .Com Lost in UDRP Based On TM On Three Letter: OOVH.com
A one member panel just ruled against the domain holder of OOVH.com based off a trademark on the term OVH which is an acronym for “On Vous Héberge”, In English this translates as “We Host You”. The Complain...
Discussion
November 16, 2012, 9:49 am
The Domains
Guest Post: Clarifying Clarifying Financial Questions: What New gTLD Applicants Need To Do To Pass Evaluation
This is a guest post by Phil Buckingham, CEO Dot Advice Ltd. Mr Buckingham was involved at the start of the DNS in the UK in 1995, as CFO of Netnames, the pioneering corporate domain portfolio registrar. Mr Buckingham was involved in the Financ...
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Guest Post: Clarifying Clarifying Financial Questions: What New gTLD Applicants Need To Do To Pass Evaluation
This is a guest post by Phil Buckingham, CEO Dot Advice Ltd. Mr Buckingham was involved at the start of the DNS in the UK in 1995, as CFO of Netnames, the pioneering corporate domain portfolio registrar. Mr Buckingham was involved in the Financ...
Discussion
November 16, 2012, 9:18 am
Domain Name News
One of the .AUTO new gTLD applicant launches pre-registration and promotional site
Dot Auto, LLC, one of the four applicants for the .AUTO gTLD (the other ones are Donuts, Fegistry, LLC and Uniregistry) has started their marketing for a potential launch of the gTLD, before they even know any results of the evaluation phase. The com...
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One of the .AUTO new gTLD applicant launches pre-registration and promotional site
Dot Auto, LLC, one of the four applicants for the .AUTO gTLD (the other ones are Donuts, Fegistry, LLC and Uniregistry) has started their marketing for a potential launch of the gTLD, before they even know any results of the evaluation phase. The com...
Discussion
November 16, 2012, 8:05 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 16th
Hard to believe it’s that time but we get our Christmas trees in today. It seems like it gets earlier and earlier but we always get them in right before Thanksgiving so I guess its just later than I thought. We’re going with a little diff...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 16th
Hard to believe it’s that time but we get our Christmas trees in today. It seems like it gets earlier and earlier but we always get them in right before Thanksgiving so I guess its just later than I thought. We’re going with a little diff...
Discussion
November 16, 2012, 5:43 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: November 16 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: November 16, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Uh-Oh: Pritz Out at ICANN..., Ad Network Says Scammers are..., .Co Launches Membership Program, Private Inventory of 2,200 Now..., Namejet® to Off...
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Domain Name News: November 16 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: November 16, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Uh-Oh: Pritz Out at ICANN..., Ad Network Says Scammers are..., .Co Launches Membership Program, Private Inventory of 2,200 Now..., Namejet® to Off...
Discussion
November 16, 2012, 3:05 am
Elliot's Blog
Back in the Saddle
Our move is almost complete, and I am officially a Massachusetts resident. We started moving in to our home a couple of weeks ago, and Verizon Fios was finally installed today. For the last two weeks, I’ve been going back and forth between Star...
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Back in the Saddle
Our move is almost complete, and I am officially a Massachusetts resident. We started moving in to our home a couple of weeks ago, and Verizon Fios was finally installed today. For the last two weeks, I’ve been going back and forth between Star...
Discussion
November 15, 2012, 6:10 pm
The Domains
Cotton.com Sells For $205,890 On SnapNames.com
The domain name Cotton.com just sold on the SnapNames.com End of Year Auction for $ I would say its the highest sale of a domain in a themed auction for 2012 including any live auctions. There were only 2 bidders in the auction but as we know i...
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Cotton.com Sells For $205,890 On SnapNames.com
The domain name Cotton.com just sold on the SnapNames.com End of Year Auction for $ I would say its the highest sale of a domain in a themed auction for 2012 including any live auctions. There were only 2 bidders in the auction but as we know i...
Discussion
November 15, 2012, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uh-oh: Pritz out at ICANN over conflict of interest
The face of ICANN’s new TLD program abruptly resigns. Kurt Pritz was the face of ICANN’s new top level domain program. Literally. It was Pritz who defended ICANN on Capitol Hill. It was Pritz who spoke to the press and at conferences. Now...
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Uh-oh: Pritz out at ICANN over conflict of interest
The face of ICANN’s new TLD program abruptly resigns. Kurt Pritz was the face of ICANN’s new top level domain program. Literally. It was Pritz who defended ICANN on Capitol Hill. It was Pritz who spoke to the press and at conferences. Now...
Discussion
November 15, 2012, 1:47 pm
The Domains
ICANN Needs To Come Clean On Kurt Pritz, The Conflict Of Interest & Be Transparent As Promised
In announcing that Kurt Pritz resigned from ICANN today due to a “recently identified conflict of interest” , ICANN didn’t specify what the conflict. Apparently Kevin Murphy of Domainincite.com, reached out to Mr. Pritz ...
Discussion
ICANN Needs To Come Clean On Kurt Pritz, The Conflict Of Interest & Be Transparent As Promised
In announcing that Kurt Pritz resigned from ICANN today due to a “recently identified conflict of interest” , ICANN didn’t specify what the conflict. Apparently Kevin Murphy of Domainincite.com, reached out to Mr. Pritz ...
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November 15, 2012, 1:09 pm
