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Google beats Google in UDRP
Company wins case against spoofer. It’s pretty easy to spoof someone else in a whois record, and a recent UDRP is a case in point. Officially, Google Inc. prevailed over Google Inc. in a UDRP for the domain GoogleDNSService.com. When you first ...
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Google beats Google in UDRP
Company wins case against spoofer. It’s pretty easy to spoof someone else in a whois record, and a recent UDRP is a case in point. Officially, Google Inc. prevailed over Google Inc. in a UDRP for the domain GoogleDNSService.com. When you first ...
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April 15, 2013, 9:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Hmm… Perhaps 20th Century Fox really is rebranding to 21st Century Fox
Latest domain registrations suggest movie studio might rebrand to 21st Century Fox. Last week I wrote about how movie studio 20th Century Fox had registered domains to protect itself for the next millennium: It registered domains from 22ndcenturyfox....
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Hmm… Perhaps 20th Century Fox really is rebranding to 21st Century Fox
Latest domain registrations suggest movie studio might rebrand to 21st Century Fox. Last week I wrote about how movie studio 20th Century Fox had registered domains to protect itself for the next millennium: It registered domains from 22ndcenturyfox....
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April 14, 2013, 1:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN announces 263 new TLD objections on final list
263 total objections filed against new top level domain applications. As per the requirements of the applicant guidebook, ICANN has published a list of all new top level domain objections accepted for consideration. Below is a summary. You can learn ...
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ICANN announces 263 new TLD objections on final list
263 total objections filed against new top level domain applications. As per the requirements of the applicant guidebook, ICANN has published a list of all new top level domain objections accepted for consideration. Below is a summary. You can learn ...
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April 12, 2013, 5:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bidding on MD.org tops $500,000 at NameJet
Two letter .org domain goes sky high. Two bidders are determined not to walk away from a NameJet auction for MD.org without their prize. Bidding for the domain, which will end within a few minutes of either bidder giving up, topped $500,000 at 12:31 ...
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Bidding on MD.org tops $500,000 at NameJet
Two letter .org domain goes sky high. Two bidders are determined not to walk away from a NameJet auction for MD.org without their prize. Bidding for the domain, which will end within a few minutes of either bidder giving up, topped $500,000 at 12:31 ...
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April 12, 2013, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media passes a new TLD Initial Evaluation
Company passes initial evaluation despite rule about UDRP losses. Demand Media’s new top level domain company, United TLD Holdco, has passed the initial evaluation stage on one of its TLD applications. The company passed the initial evaluation ...
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Demand Media passes a new TLD Initial Evaluation
Company passes initial evaluation despite rule about UDRP losses. Demand Media’s new top level domain company, United TLD Holdco, has passed the initial evaluation stage on one of its TLD applications. The company passed the initial evaluation ...
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April 12, 2013, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
26 end user domain sales
Here are 26 sales to end users on the Afternic platform last week. Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales report, take a look at the details behind Afternic’s biggest reported sale of the week. It sold TribalWars.com for $34,910 to the...
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26 end user domain sales
Here are 26 sales to end users on the Afternic platform last week. Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales report, take a look at the details behind Afternic’s biggest reported sale of the week. It sold TribalWars.com for $34,910 to the...
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April 12, 2013, 12:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
After losing UDRP, company pays NameMedia $34,910 for TribalWars.com
I bet legal fees were included in this sales price. The top sale on this week’s Afternic domain sales report is TribalWars.com at $34,910, and it’s an interesting one. The buyer, Innogames, has an MMORPG called TribalWars. In 2011 Innogam...
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After losing UDRP, company pays NameMedia $34,910 for TribalWars.com
I bet legal fees were included in this sales price. The top sale on this week’s Afternic domain sales report is TribalWars.com at $34,910, and it’s an interesting one. The buyer, Innogames, has an MMORPG called TribalWars. In 2011 Innogam...
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April 12, 2013, 12:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ticket Broker loses French Open domains
French Tennis organization awarded 13 domain names used by ticket broker. A UDRP panel has ordered ticket broker Ticketfinders International LLC to transfer 13 domain names to Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT). FFT is the gove...
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Ticket Broker loses French Open domains
French Tennis organization awarded 13 domain names used by ticket broker. A UDRP panel has ordered ticket broker Ticketfinders International LLC to transfer 13 domain names to Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT). FFT is the gove...
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April 12, 2013, 11:32 am
Domain Name Wire
What domain JetBlue bought and a $120,000 end user domain sale
JetBlue pays little for a domain, but another end user pays dearly. Sedo’s headline $120,000 sale of ConnectNow.com last week was (of course) to an end user. JetBlue also bought a domain through the service. Here’s a list of end user sale...
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What domain JetBlue bought and a $120,000 end user domain sale
JetBlue pays little for a domain, but another end user pays dearly. Sedo’s headline $120,000 sale of ConnectNow.com last week was (of course) to an end user. JetBlue also bought a domain through the service. Here’s a list of end user sale...
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April 12, 2013, 10:00 am
Domain Name Wire
The story behind .Vegas
The story of how Dot Vegas, Inc. won the battle for .vegas and how it plans to bring the TLD to market. I recently met Dustin Trevino, CFO of Dot Vegas, Inc., and learned more about the company’s plans for the .Vegas top level domain. In this i...
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The story behind .Vegas
The story of how Dot Vegas, Inc. won the battle for .vegas and how it plans to bring the TLD to market. I recently met Dustin Trevino, CFO of Dot Vegas, Inc., and learned more about the company’s plans for the .Vegas top level domain. In this i...
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April 11, 2013, 11:55 am
