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Land Rover found guilty of RDNH in scathing cybersquatting decision
Panelist rips apart Land Rover. Land Rover has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP case it brought against a Montana dealer of old school Land Rovers that uses the domain MountainRovers.com. This is despite the car dealer not...
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Land Rover found guilty of RDNH in scathing cybersquatting decision
Panelist rips apart Land Rover. Land Rover has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP case it brought against a Montana dealer of old school Land Rovers that uses the domain MountainRovers.com. This is despite the car dealer not...
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August 19, 2013, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Capital lends $150,000 to SearchCore
Domain name and website investment firm borrows $150k from domain name financing company. SearchCore, Inc. has borrowed $150,000 from Domain Capital, a regulatory filing with the SEC discloses. The company put seven domains names up as collateral for...
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Domain Capital lends $150,000 to SearchCore
Domain name and website investment firm borrows $150k from domain name financing company. SearchCore, Inc. has borrowed $150,000 from Domain Capital, a regulatory filing with the SEC discloses. The company put seven domains names up as collateral for...
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August 19, 2013, 9:41 am
Domain Name Wire
A month after first 4 TLD contracts signed, still only 4 signed
There’s been a delay (surprise!) after the first four TLD contracts were signed. ICANN took advantage of its public meeting in Durban, South Africa last month for a public signing of the first four top level domain name contracts. It’s be...
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A month after first 4 TLD contracts signed, still only 4 signed
There’s been a delay (surprise!) after the first four TLD contracts were signed. ICANN took advantage of its public meeting in Durban, South Africa last month for a public signing of the first four top level domain name contracts. It’s be...
Discussion
August 16, 2013, 7:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains the Vancouver Canucks and 19 others bought last week
The Canucks make an offseason transaction and other end user domain name sales. Afternic sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the end user sales. A Marksmen client – perhaps the ITT spinoff called xylem – bo...
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What domains the Vancouver Canucks and 19 others bought last week
The Canucks make an offseason transaction and other end user domain name sales. Afternic sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the end user sales. A Marksmen client – perhaps the ITT spinoff called xylem – bo...
Discussion
August 16, 2013, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s Del Monte’s WEIRD lawsuit to overturn .delmonte decision
Del Monte International uses cybersquatting and UDRP rules in attempt to overturn .delmonte objection. Yesterday I wrote about Del Monte International (DMI) Gmbh’s lawsuit against Del Monte Corporation (DMC) after the latter won its objection t...
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Here’s Del Monte’s WEIRD lawsuit to overturn .delmonte decision
Del Monte International uses cybersquatting and UDRP rules in attempt to overturn .delmonte objection. Yesterday I wrote about Del Monte International (DMI) Gmbh’s lawsuit against Del Monte Corporation (DMC) after the latter won its objection t...
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August 16, 2013, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two weeks of end user domain sales at Sedo
GE, MLB, and La Quinta make domain name purchases. I’m still playing catch up with end user domain sales reports. I combined the last two weeks of Sedo sale into one report. Big name buyers include GE and Major League Baseball. The Almond Board...
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Two weeks of end user domain sales at Sedo
GE, MLB, and La Quinta make domain name purchases. I’m still playing catch up with end user domain sales reports. I combined the last two weeks of Sedo sale into one report. Big name buyers include GE and Major League Baseball. The Almond Board...
Discussion
August 16, 2013, 11:27 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN officially kills Google’s plan for dotless Search top level domain name
Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names, effectively killing Google’s plans for a dotless .sea...
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ICANN officially kills Google’s plan for dotless Search top level domain name
Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names, effectively killing Google’s plans for a dotless .sea...
Discussion
August 16, 2013, 10:09 am
Domain Name Wire
8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. He...
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8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. He...
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August 15, 2013, 9:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
22 end user domain name sales
It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bi...
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22 end user domain name sales
It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bi...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
Coach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts’ .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited an...
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Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
Coach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts’ .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited an...
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August 15, 2013, 1:34 pm
