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Company buys two domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000
SearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration all the time, but here’s an example that’s in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a...
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Company buys two domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000
SearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration all the time, but here’s an example that’s in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a...
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March 29, 2013, 12:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Introducing RDNH.com: a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases
129 reverse domain name hijacking cases and counting… Today I’d like to introduce you to RDNH.com, a site that provides a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases under UDRP. The site is a “collaboration” between mysel...
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Introducing RDNH.com: a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases
129 reverse domain name hijacking cases and counting… Today I’d like to introduce you to RDNH.com, a site that provides a database of reverse domain name hijacking cases under UDRP. The site is a “collaboration” between mysel...
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March 29, 2013, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign to ICANN: not ready for new TLDs
Verisign claims insufficient preparation (mostly technical) for new top level domains. Verisign has sent a report to ICANN (and filed it with the Securities and Exchange Commission) that basically says that the internet isn’t prepared new top l...
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Verisign to ICANN: not ready for new TLDs
Verisign claims insufficient preparation (mostly technical) for new top level domains. Verisign has sent a report to ICANN (and filed it with the Securities and Exchange Commission) that basically says that the internet isn’t prepared new top l...
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March 28, 2013, 7:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
California man guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Sorry, you can’t just take a domain because you have a business plan for it. A California man starting a business called Joopa has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Edward Smith attempted to purchase the domain name ...
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California man guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Sorry, you can’t just take a domain because you have a business plan for it. A California man starting a business called Joopa has been found guilty of attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Edward Smith attempted to purchase the domain name ...
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March 28, 2013, 5:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
MLM company denied Zija.com domain in dispute
Company was founded two years after domain registered. Zija International, a multi-level marketing company that sells nutritional and dietary supplements, has failed to get the domain name Zija.com through a UDRP. The registrant of the domain name re...
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MLM company denied Zija.com domain in dispute
Company was founded two years after domain registered. Zija International, a multi-level marketing company that sells nutritional and dietary supplements, has failed to get the domain name Zija.com through a UDRP. The registrant of the domain name re...
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March 28, 2013, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
A confused accountant in 2015
Accountant (answering phone): Smith CPA, may I help you? Salesperson: Hi Mr. Smith. Did you know that you can now get a web address that ends in .accountant, rather than your existing .com domain? Accountant: I didn’t. Why would I do that? Sale...
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A confused accountant in 2015
Accountant (answering phone): Smith CPA, may I help you? Salesperson: Hi Mr. Smith. Did you know that you can now get a web address that ends in .accountant, rather than your existing .com domain? Accountant: I didn’t. Why would I do that? Sale...
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March 28, 2013, 1:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nordstrom fails to get preliminary injunction against NoMoreRack.com
Judge hands victory to online retailer NoMoreRack.com. Here’s an update on a lawsuit I wrote about in October. Upscale retailer Nordstrom, which also operates outlet stores under “The Rack” name, sued online flash sales and discount...
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Nordstrom fails to get preliminary injunction against NoMoreRack.com
Judge hands victory to online retailer NoMoreRack.com. Here’s an update on a lawsuit I wrote about in October. Upscale retailer Nordstrom, which also operates outlet stores under “The Rack” name, sued online flash sales and discount...
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March 28, 2013, 10:32 am
Domain Name Wire
.Online is just the beginning of new TLD partnership announcements
Partnerships are a key way contention sets will be resolved. Get ready for a number of new TLD partnerships. Yesterday Tucows, NameCheap, and Directi (see disclosure) announced a partnership for the .online top level domain name. The three companies ...
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.Online is just the beginning of new TLD partnership announcements
Partnerships are a key way contention sets will be resolved. Get ready for a number of new TLD partnerships. Yesterday Tucows, NameCheap, and Directi (see disclosure) announced a partnership for the .online top level domain name. The three companies ...
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March 28, 2013, 9:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Never let an employee register your company domain name in their own name
Make sure your company is the named registrant of your company’s domain names. This is just a friendly public service announcement to all small business owners out there. I just finished reading a domain dispute regarding the domain name TexasC...
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Never let an employee register your company domain name in their own name
Make sure your company is the named registrant of your company’s domain names. This is just a friendly public service announcement to all small business owners out there. I just finished reading a domain dispute regarding the domain name TexasC...
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March 27, 2013, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
21 more end user domain sales led by a $27,000 .tv purchase
.TV leads the way in latest Afternic sales report. An Australian company just sold uLive.tv with the help of Afternic. It’s one of 21 end user sales I was able to identify in Afternic’s weekly sales report. Country Home Elevators and Stai...
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21 more end user domain sales led by a $27,000 .tv purchase
.TV leads the way in latest Afternic sales report. An Australian company just sold uLive.tv with the help of Afternic. It’s one of 21 end user sales I was able to identify in Afternic’s weekly sales report. Country Home Elevators and Stai...
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March 27, 2013, 12:55 pm
