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Federal Court Uses Case Of CFIT Vs. Verisign To Deny ICM’s & ICANN’s Motion To Dismiss Manwin Claim
A federal court ruled yesterday on the motion to dismiss the case filed by Manwin owner of YouPorn.com, against ICM, the operator of the .XXX extension, and ICANN the non-profit organization which gave ICM the contract to operate the .XXX TLD. Bottom...
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Federal Court Uses Case Of CFIT Vs. Verisign To Deny ICM’s & ICANN’s Motion To Dismiss Manwin Claim
A federal court ruled yesterday on the motion to dismiss the case filed by Manwin owner of YouPorn.com, against ICM, the operator of the .XXX extension, and ICANN the non-profit organization which gave ICM the contract to operate the .XXX TLD. Bottom...
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August 15, 2012, 8:19 am
The Domains
In The Biggest Reported .Co Sale of 2012, Cruises.co Sold For $82,500
In what appears to be the biggest .Co sale of 2012, I received an a copy of an escrow transaction from the seller showing they sold the domain name Cruises.co for $82,500. The buyer seems to be the same buyer who bought Cruise.co from one of Mi...
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In The Biggest Reported .Co Sale of 2012, Cruises.co Sold For $82,500
In what appears to be the biggest .Co sale of 2012, I received an a copy of an escrow transaction from the seller showing they sold the domain name Cruises.co for $82,500. The buyer seems to be the same buyer who bought Cruise.co from one of Mi...
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August 14, 2012, 9:45 pm
The Domains
Citibank: New gTLD .Citi Is Not Confusing to Applications For .City or .CITIC
Citibank today filed two comments with ICANN stating that theie application for .Citi should not be found to be confusing similar to either the 3 applications for .City (although the are pronounced exactly the same) or for the brand application for ...
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Citibank: New gTLD .Citi Is Not Confusing to Applications For .City or .CITIC
Citibank today filed two comments with ICANN stating that theie application for .Citi should not be found to be confusing similar to either the 3 applications for .City (although the are pronounced exactly the same) or for the brand application for ...
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August 14, 2012, 8:49 pm
The Domains
Sedo Reports $1.9 Million in Domains Led By Bra.com For $165K
Sedo just reported 782 transactions took place on its marketplace for last week and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.9 million. 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · &...
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Sedo Reports $1.9 Million in Domains Led By Bra.com For $165K
Sedo just reported 782 transactions took place on its marketplace for last week and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.9 million. 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · &...
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August 14, 2012, 3:55 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.1MM in Domains Led By ZenSocial.com At $15K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totaling $1,108,957 for the week ending August 12th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by ZenSocial.com for $15,000, followed by CupOfCoffee.com for $12,000. Personally I like the...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1MM in Domains Led By ZenSocial.com At $15K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totaling $1,108,957 for the week ending August 12th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by ZenSocial.com for $15,000, followed by CupOfCoffee.com for $12,000. Personally I like the...
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August 14, 2012, 3:32 pm
The Domains
Lish.com Bought For $45k on Sedo in June By Payvment Launches & Gets Covered By TechCrunch.com
The domain name Lish.com sold on Sedo.com in June for $45,000. Today according to a press release, the buyer of the domain is Payvment, which calls itself “the number one Facebook ecommerce platform”, launched a site on the domain. ...
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Lish.com Bought For $45k on Sedo in June By Payvment Launches & Gets Covered By TechCrunch.com
The domain name Lish.com sold on Sedo.com in June for $45,000. Today according to a press release, the buyer of the domain is Payvment, which calls itself “the number one Facebook ecommerce platform”, launched a site on the domain. ...
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August 14, 2012, 1:08 pm
The Domains
Buy, Register or Renew A .SY Domain & You May Go To Jail For 20 Years
An interesting story in Slate.comlast night highlighting the site, Art.sy but more generally the problem buying registering 0r renewing an domain name with the .Sy extension if your subject to US law. .Sy is the ccTLD for Syria which is r...
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Buy, Register or Renew A .SY Domain & You May Go To Jail For 20 Years
An interesting story in Slate.comlast night highlighting the site, Art.sy but more generally the problem buying registering 0r renewing an domain name with the .Sy extension if your subject to US law. .Sy is the ccTLD for Syria which is r...
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August 14, 2012, 11:49 am
The Domains
ICANN’s Just Posted its Webinar it Held Last Week on The New gTLD Program
ICANN just posted its Webinar it held last week on the new gTLD program You can listen to it by clicking here Here is an overview of what we covered during last week’s webinar. Initial Evaluation Is Underway All applications have now been assig...
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ICANN’s Just Posted its Webinar it Held Last Week on The New gTLD Program
ICANN just posted its Webinar it held last week on the new gTLD program You can listen to it by clicking here Here is an overview of what we covered during last week’s webinar. Initial Evaluation Is Underway All applications have now been assig...
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August 14, 2012, 11:31 am
The Domains
The Internet Map Shows You Where Your Site Ranks: a Bi-dimensional Presentation of Links Between Sites
I came across the map of the Internet today. You can try it for one of your developed sites or for site you visit like TheDomains.com Here is the info from the author: “The Internet map is a bi-dimensional presentation of links between websites...
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The Internet Map Shows You Where Your Site Ranks: a Bi-dimensional Presentation of Links Between Sites
I came across the map of the Internet today. You can try it for one of your developed sites or for site you visit like TheDomains.com Here is the info from the author: “The Internet map is a bi-dimensional presentation of links between websites...
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August 14, 2012, 8:30 am
The Domains
Tucows Reports: Revenue Up 22% & YummyNames.com Sells $1.6 Million In Domains
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX) (TC.TO), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 after the market closed today. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2012 increased 22% to a record $28.2 million from $23.0 million for th...
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Tucows Reports: Revenue Up 22% & YummyNames.com Sells $1.6 Million In Domains
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX) (TC.TO), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012 after the market closed today. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2012 increased 22% to a record $28.2 million from $23.0 million for th...
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August 13, 2012, 4:05 pm
