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Moniker SnapNames year-end auction ends Thursday
Bidders active with two days left. The Moniker SnapNames premium year-end auction ends Thursday, and already 26 of 185 domain names have bids. Of those, 14 have met their reserves. 71 domain names have no reserve at all. The top domain so far is Whit...
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Moniker SnapNames year-end auction ends Thursday
Bidders active with two days left. The Moniker SnapNames premium year-end auction ends Thursday, and already 26 of 185 domain names have bids. Of those, 14 have met their reserves. 71 domain names have no reserve at all. The top domain so far is Whit...
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November 13, 2012, 1:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Major League Baseball and Miami Heat make domain purchases — and you won’t believe the prices
NBA team with team salary of $88 million buys a domain for $1,358. Last week’s end user domain sales report is a week late because I was traveling this week. Two sports domains traded hands this week at stunningly low prices given who the buyer...
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Major League Baseball and Miami Heat make domain purchases — and you won’t believe the prices
NBA team with team salary of $88 million buys a domain for $1,358. Last week’s end user domain sales report is a week late because I was traveling this week. Two sports domains traded hands this week at stunningly low prices given who the buyer...
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November 13, 2012, 12:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Domain Venture Partners new TLD pitch deck
New TLD applicant hoped to raise up to £100 million, targeted 40%+ annual returns. In August a Florida man filed a lawsuit claiming he invested $123,000 into a business to run the .bim new top level domain that didn’t get off the ground. ...
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The Domain Venture Partners new TLD pitch deck
New TLD applicant hoped to raise up to £100 million, targeted 40%+ annual returns. In August a Florida man filed a lawsuit claiming he invested $123,000 into a business to run the .bim new top level domain that didn’t get off the ground. ...
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November 13, 2012, 11:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Coming soon: trademark applications tip off new products
Ready to Go Mobile? What about using domainIQ? Before even launching a product, many companies will file “intent to use” trademark applications to protect their new brands and slogans. A couple domain related companies have filed such app...
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Coming soon: trademark applications tip off new products
Ready to Go Mobile? What about using domainIQ? Before even launching a product, many companies will file “intent to use” trademark applications to protect their new brands and slogans. A couple domain related companies have filed such app...
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November 12, 2012, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
MyICANN is a big step forward for transparency at ICANN
System notifies users about new content on ICANN.org. ICANN launched a beta of MyICANN during last month’s meeting in Toronto. The site, hosted at MyICANN.org, provides notifications about new documents published to ICANN’s web site. It s...
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MyICANN is a big step forward for transparency at ICANN
System notifies users about new content on ICANN.org. ICANN launched a beta of MyICANN during last month’s meeting in Toronto. The site, hosted at MyICANN.org, provides notifications about new documents published to ICANN’s web site. It s...
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November 12, 2012, 9:31 am
Domain Name Wire
Tarheel Take-Out guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Takeout.com
Food delivery service guilty of abusing proceedings. When Tarheel Take-Out, LLC filed a UDRP against the domain name Takeout.com, it was a pretty good bet that it would be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. A three member World Intellectu...
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Tarheel Take-Out guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Takeout.com
Food delivery service guilty of abusing proceedings. When Tarheel Take-Out, LLC filed a UDRP against the domain name Takeout.com, it was a pretty good bet that it would be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. A three member World Intellectu...
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November 9, 2012, 11:58 am
Domain Name Wire
.Co auctioning off 150+ domains on Sedo
Reserves start at $500 in .co auction on Sedo. A .co auction kicked off on Sedo Monday with a number of top keyword domain names. 164 domain names are for sale with reserve ranges from $500 to $25,000. You can participate in the auction by going to S...
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.Co auctioning off 150+ domains on Sedo
Reserves start at $500 in .co auction on Sedo. A .co auction kicked off on Sedo Monday with a number of top keyword domain names. 164 domain names are for sale with reserve ranges from $500 to $25,000. You can participate in the auction by going to S...
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November 9, 2012, 10:42 am
Domain Name Wire
New gTLD conference on tap for March
Conference to provide roadmap for new TLD strategy. Momentum Consulting is organizing The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress to take place in New York City March 11-12, 2013. The event is geared to applicants in this round as well as comp...
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New gTLD conference on tap for March
Conference to provide roadmap for new TLD strategy. Momentum Consulting is organizing The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress to take place in New York City March 11-12, 2013. The event is geared to applicants in this round as well as comp...
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November 9, 2012, 10:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Buff.com spared by UDRP panel
Panel rules that buff.com likely registered as a dictionary keyword domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled against Original Buff, S.A. in a case brought against the domain name Buff.com. The complainant s...
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Buff.com spared by UDRP panel
Panel rules that buff.com likely registered as a dictionary keyword domain name. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled against Original Buff, S.A. in a case brought against the domain name Buff.com. The complainant s...
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November 8, 2012, 12:27 pm
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NextDoor.com sues owner of NextDoor.cm
NextDoor.cm owner has claimed NextDoor.com stole his business idea. Neighborhood social networking site NextDoor.com has sued the owner of NextDoor.cm — but this isn’t a simple allegation of cybersquatting. The company filed the suit (pdf...
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NextDoor.com sues owner of NextDoor.cm
NextDoor.cm owner has claimed NextDoor.com stole his business idea. Neighborhood social networking site NextDoor.com has sued the owner of NextDoor.cm — but this isn’t a simple allegation of cybersquatting. The company filed the suit (pdf...
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November 8, 2012, 8:59 am
