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GAC plays God with the Durban Communiqué
New TLD applicants’ disdain for the GAC must be growing. The Governmental Advisory Committee has released its Durban Communiqué (pdf), summarizing what it did during this week’s meeting in Durban and its advice to ICANN’s boa...
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GAC plays God with the Durban Communiqué
New TLD applicants’ disdain for the GAC must be growing. The Governmental Advisory Committee has released its Durban Communiqué (pdf), summarizing what it did during this week’s meeting in Durban and its advice to ICANN’s boa...
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July 18, 2013, 12:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pinterest loses fight with Amazon.com over .Pin domain name
Social site loses objection for .pin top level domain name. Social networking site Pinterest has lost an objection it filed with World Intellectual Property Organization over Amazon.com’s bid to get the .pin top level domain name. One of Pinter...
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Pinterest loses fight with Amazon.com over .Pin domain name
Social site loses objection for .pin top level domain name. Social networking site Pinterest has lost an objection it filed with World Intellectual Property Organization over Amazon.com’s bid to get the .pin top level domain name. One of Pinter...
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July 18, 2013, 12:30 pm
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.Info and .LA auctions end this morning
Sedo and GoDaddy auctions end today starting at noon EDT. Two top level domain name-specific domain auctions end today. Sedo is auctioning off 50 .info domain names, all with reserve prices under 500 euros. The auction ends at noon EDT today. At the ...
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.Info and .LA auctions end this morning
Sedo and GoDaddy auctions end today starting at noon EDT. Two top level domain name-specific domain auctions end today. Sedo is auctioning off 50 .info domain names, all with reserve prices under 500 euros. The auction ends at noon EDT today. At the ...
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July 18, 2013, 10:38 am
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CREA loses objection to Afilias’ .MLS new top level domain
Competing application loses objection over .mls top level domain name. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lost its Legal Rights Objection against Afilias’ application to run the .mls domain name. CREA is a competing applicant for t...
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CREA loses objection to Afilias’ .MLS new top level domain
Competing application loses objection over .mls top level domain name. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lost its Legal Rights Objection against Afilias’ application to run the .mls domain name. CREA is a competing applicant for t...
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July 18, 2013, 8:53 am
Domain Name Wire
Body.com seller took a loss, plus Neustar buys a .com
Body.com sold for a loss, plus the .biz registry buys a .com in this week’s Sedo end user sales roundup. Sedo’s big sales week was led by the $380,000 sale of Body.com. The domain was sold through Sedo’s partnership with GoDaddy. Th...
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Body.com seller took a loss, plus Neustar buys a .com
Body.com sold for a loss, plus the .biz registry buys a .com in this week’s Sedo end user sales roundup. Sedo’s big sales week was led by the $380,000 sale of Body.com. The domain was sold through Sedo’s partnership with GoDaddy. Th...
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July 17, 2013, 1:59 pm
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PIR: We think we’ll get 1 million .NGO domain name registrations
.NGO applicant has goal of a million domain registrations. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry behind the .org domain and the only applicant for the .NGO top level domain name, has some lofty goals for the domain. PIR CEO Brian Cute thinks t...
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PIR: We think we’ll get 1 million .NGO domain name registrations
.NGO applicant has goal of a million domain registrations. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry behind the .org domain and the only applicant for the .NGO top level domain name, has some lofty goals for the domain. PIR CEO Brian Cute thinks t...
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July 17, 2013, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nokta Domains sold 44, leased 7 domain names in June
Company publishes list of June domain name transactions. Domain name seller Nokta Domains closed a total of 51 public transactions in June, according to the company’s blog. It leased 7 domain names and sold 44. The leases range from $10 to $150...
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Nokta Domains sold 44, leased 7 domain names in June
Company publishes list of June domain name transactions. Domain name seller Nokta Domains closed a total of 51 public transactions in June, according to the company’s blog. It leased 7 domain names and sold 44. The leases range from $10 to $150...
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July 17, 2013, 12:37 pm
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What domains Jerry Bruckheimer, Papa John’s, and 27 others bought last week
Movie and TV producer among end users buying domain names last week. Afternic sold over $1 million worth of domains last week, and many of the sales were to notable buyers. Let’s start of with Highmark, which bought AHN.org for $50,000. I wrote...
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What domains Jerry Bruckheimer, Papa John’s, and 27 others bought last week
Movie and TV producer among end users buying domain names last week. Afternic sold over $1 million worth of domains last week, and many of the sales were to notable buyers. Let’s start of with Highmark, which bought AHN.org for $50,000. I wrote...
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July 17, 2013, 12:24 pm
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After 16 years, Johnson & Johnson goes after Johnsons.com domain name
Many years later, consumer products company decides it wants Johnsons.com domain name. Johnson & Johnson has filed a UDRP for the domain name Johnsons.com, which was registered way back in 1997. Although technically the name of the registrant has...
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After 16 years, Johnson & Johnson goes after Johnsons.com domain name
Many years later, consumer products company decides it wants Johnsons.com domain name. Johnson & Johnson has filed a UDRP for the domain name Johnsons.com, which was registered way back in 1997. Although technically the name of the registrant has...
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July 17, 2013, 10:53 am
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GoDaddy gets patent for Geo Domain tool
First patent related to system for generating geo domain names is granted. Back in 2009 GoDaddy released a geo domain tool that allowed you to find domain names specific to a location, e.g. AustinAllergists.com. Last year I reported that GoDaddy file...
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GoDaddy gets patent for Geo Domain tool
First patent related to system for generating geo domain names is granted. Back in 2009 GoDaddy released a geo domain tool that allowed you to find domain names specific to a location, e.g. AustinAllergists.com. Last year I reported that GoDaddy file...
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July 17, 2013, 10:34 am
