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Domain Name Wire
Newfold Digital wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
Parent company of Network Solutions defends valuable watchdog.com domain name. Newfold Digital, parent company of Network Solutions and other domain registrars, has successfully defended its domain watchdog.com in a UDRP. The panel found the Complain...
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Newfold Digital wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
Parent company of Network Solutions defends valuable watchdog.com domain name. Newfold Digital, parent company of Network Solutions and other domain registrars, has successfully defended its domain watchdog.com in a UDRP. The panel found the Complain...
Discussion
August 21, 2023, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Legal talk: LTOs & brokers – DNW Podcast #449
John Berryhill shares some of the risks of “time-structured arrangements.” Attorney John Berryhill returns this week to discuss some factors people should consider before entering into a lease-to-own (or similar) domain transaction. He al...
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Legal talk: LTOs & brokers – DNW Podcast #449
John Berryhill shares some of the risks of “time-structured arrangements.” Attorney John Berryhill returns this week to discuss some factors people should consider before entering into a lease-to-own (or similar) domain transaction. He al...
Discussion
August 21, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
A scam DMCA legal threat to generate backlinks
Beware this came to generate backlinks. A couple of days ago I received an email titled “DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice”, purporting to be from a law firm, informing me that an image used on Domain Name Wire was owned by a NFT company...
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A scam DMCA legal threat to generate backlinks
Beware this came to generate backlinks. A couple of days ago I received an email titled “DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice”, purporting to be from a law firm, informing me that an image used on Domain Name Wire was owned by a NFT company...
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August 18, 2023, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
If only you knew this before you started domain investing…
Readers share things they wish someone told them before they started investing in domains. Last week I asked on Twitter, “What’s one thing you wish someone had told you before you started domain investing?” We all wish we knew then ...
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If only you knew this before you started domain investing…
Readers share things they wish someone told them before they started investing in domains. Last week I asked on Twitter, “What’s one thing you wish someone had told you before you started domain investing?” We all wish we knew then ...
Discussion
August 17, 2023, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN says putting TLDs out to bid is against internet users interest
Well, that’s an interesting argument. ICANN has responded to a letter (pdf) Internet Commerce Association sent to it regarding the renewal of the .net contract. The organization recently renewed its contract with Verisign to operate .net, and c...
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ICANN says putting TLDs out to bid is against internet users interest
Well, that’s an interesting argument. ICANN has responded to a letter (pdf) Internet Commerce Association sent to it regarding the renewal of the .net contract. The organization recently renewed its contract with Verisign to operate .net, and c...
Discussion
August 16, 2023, 3:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain sales at Sedo
A video game weapons seller, a commercial interior design firm, and an IT services company bought domain names. Once again, .ai domain sales counted for many of Sedo’s sales this past week, but I don’t have any to report. They all have pr...
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This week’s end user domain sales at Sedo
A video game weapons seller, a commercial interior design firm, and an IT services company bought domain names. Once again, .ai domain sales counted for many of Sedo’s sales this past week, but I don’t have any to report. They all have pr...
Discussion
August 16, 2023, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is not what UDRP was designed for
A WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business dispu...
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This is not what UDRP was designed for
A WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business dispu...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
One more reason to not use funky spellings in your company name
Consumers question the motives behind unconventional spellings. We already know one issue with inventing a spelling for your brand name: it fails the radio test, making it harder for people to find you online. But new research shows that invented spe...
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One more reason to not use funky spellings in your company name
Consumers question the motives behind unconventional spellings. We already know one issue with inventing a spelling for your brand name: it fails the radio test, making it harder for people to find you online. But new research shows that invented spe...
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August 15, 2023, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital makes Inc 5000 again
Top level domain registry makes the list for the third consecutive year. Top level domain operator Identity Digital made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023, the third consecutive year it made the list. This year’s list ranks the top private companies ...
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Identity Digital makes Inc 5000 again
Top level domain registry makes the list for the third consecutive year. Top level domain operator Identity Digital made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023, the third consecutive year it made the list. This year’s list ranks the top private companies ...
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August 15, 2023, 3:43 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by OneBio.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and onebio.com led the way at $33,000. Pen.ai was second at 25,000 Euro, ($27,348) and TourCompare.com was third. 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &nbs...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by OneBio.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and onebio.com led the way at $33,000. Pen.ai was second at 25,000 Euro, ($27,348) and TourCompare.com was third. 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &nbs...
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August 15, 2023, 1:47 pm
