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Marchex Gets Sued By The Stratosphere Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Over the Domain AcePlay.com
According to the LasvVegasSun.com, the owner of the Stratosphere hotel-casino in Las Vegas has filed suit against Marchex (MCHX) for alleged trademark infringement over the domain name AcePlay.com The suit says Marchex has been using a domain n...
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Marchex Gets Sued By The Stratosphere Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Over the Domain AcePlay.com
According to the LasvVegasSun.com, the owner of the Stratosphere hotel-casino in Las Vegas has filed suit against Marchex (MCHX) for alleged trademark infringement over the domain name AcePlay.com The suit says Marchex has been using a domain n...
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June 22, 2012, 2:19 pm
The Domains
ICANN To Name Fadi Chehade As CEO Today
On Friday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is announcing Fadi Chehade as its CEO. Mr Chehade, is formerly of IBM He will be the organization’s sixth CEO. The six include an interim head who will serve until Chehade star...
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ICANN To Name Fadi Chehade As CEO Today
On Friday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is announcing Fadi Chehade as its CEO. Mr Chehade, is formerly of IBM He will be the organization’s sixth CEO. The six include an interim head who will serve until Chehade star...
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June 22, 2012, 11:56 am
The Domains
Business Week Covers Lawley & ICM, Operator of .XXX & Applicant For .Sex & .Porn: “The New Republic of Porn”
BusinessWeek.com just published a cover piece on the ICM registry operator of .XXX and the applicant for the new gTLD’s or .Porn, .Sex, .Adult and its CEO Mr. Stuart Lawley. The story is entitled “The New Republic of Porn”. Its a lo...
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Business Week Covers Lawley & ICM, Operator of .XXX & Applicant For .Sex & .Porn: “The New Republic of Porn”
BusinessWeek.com just published a cover piece on the ICM registry operator of .XXX and the applicant for the new gTLD’s or .Porn, .Sex, .Adult and its CEO Mr. Stuart Lawley. The story is entitled “The New Republic of Porn”. Its a lo...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 7:30 am
The Domains
iMeeting.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com; MDLI.com For $9,600 + 16 Three Letter .Com’s
The domain name iMeeting.com sold on NameJet.com today for $15,166 There were 194 bidders in the auction and 5 that were willing to pay $5K or more. The domain name MDLI.com wasn’t far behind selling for $9,605. There were a bunch of three lett...
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iMeeting.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com; MDLI.com For $9,600 + 16 Three Letter .Com’s
The domain name iMeeting.com sold on NameJet.com today for $15,166 There were 194 bidders in the auction and 5 that were willing to pay $5K or more. The domain name MDLI.com wasn’t far behind selling for $9,605. There were a bunch of three lett...
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June 21, 2012, 8:30 pm
The Domains
ICANN: Kurt Pritz Appointed to Take On Direct Oversight of the Entire new gTLD Program
ICANN just announced that “Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program in an interim capacity”. “He will assume the responsibilities of New gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar, who has ...
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ICANN: Kurt Pritz Appointed to Take On Direct Oversight of the Entire new gTLD Program
ICANN just announced that “Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New gTLD program in an interim capacity”. “He will assume the responsibilities of New gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar, who has ...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 8:20 pm
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Paul Sloan Writes For Cnet On Amazon New gTLD Applications: “We Want To Own Them All”
Paul Sloan just wrote a piece for Cnet.com about Amazon’s 76 new gTLD applications of which all Amazon plans to run as a closed registries, meaning that no one will be able to register any domain names under any string other than Amazon t...
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Paul Sloan Writes For Cnet On Amazon New gTLD Applications: “We Want To Own Them All”
Paul Sloan just wrote a piece for Cnet.com about Amazon’s 76 new gTLD applications of which all Amazon plans to run as a closed registries, meaning that no one will be able to register any domain names under any string other than Amazon t...
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June 21, 2012, 6:47 pm
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Another Generic, The Spanish Word For Coast; Costa.com Gets Hit With A UDRP
Someone just filed a UDRP against the domain name Costa.com Costa is Spanish for the English word Coast. The domain name belongs to Electric Online, Inc. The domain goes to a parking page where results are showing for Costa Cruise Lines. Costa Cruise...
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Another Generic, The Spanish Word For Coast; Costa.com Gets Hit With A UDRP
Someone just filed a UDRP against the domain name Costa.com Costa is Spanish for the English word Coast. The domain name belongs to Electric Online, Inc. The domain goes to a parking page where results are showing for Costa Cruise Lines. Costa Cruise...
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June 21, 2012, 6:23 pm
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Afternic.com Adds China’s Largest Registrar HiChina To Its DLS Network
Afternic.com announced today that China’s largest registrar, HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, www.net.cn. “This will add millions of high-quality premiu...
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Afternic.com Adds China’s Largest Registrar HiChina To Its DLS Network
Afternic.com announced today that China’s largest registrar, HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, www.net.cn. “This will add millions of high-quality premiu...
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June 21, 2012, 5:48 pm
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Vanity.com Lost In A UDRP Despite Pending Federal Court Case: Asking $1M For A Domain Is Bad Faith
In a case that should be VERY troubling for all domain holders the a one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name Vanity.com to a Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, Inc, a trademark holder, despite the fact that the domain holder already filed a case ...
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Vanity.com Lost In A UDRP Despite Pending Federal Court Case: Asking $1M For A Domain Is Bad Faith
In a case that should be VERY troubling for all domain holders the a one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name Vanity.com to a Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, Inc, a trademark holder, despite the fact that the domain holder already filed a case ...
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June 20, 2012, 7:35 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: Pound For Pound Whose New gTLD Strings Are The Best
Now that all of the players who applied for multiple new gTLD strings are know and the strings they applied for are on the table I figured you might want to chime in on who you thought had the best set of new gTLD strings, pound for pound, dollar for...
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Quick Poll: Pound For Pound Whose New gTLD Strings Are The Best
Now that all of the players who applied for multiple new gTLD strings are know and the strings they applied for are on the table I figured you might want to chime in on who you thought had the best set of new gTLD strings, pound for pound, dollar for...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 8:15 am
