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DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – February 8, 2024: GoDaddy ENS Integration
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive monthly pod...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – February 8, 2024: GoDaddy ENS Integration
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive monthly pod...
Discussion
February 8, 2024, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Intuit wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
App for runners tries to get domain registered well before it had trademark rights. Financial software company Intuit has won a reverse domain name hijacking charge against RunSmart Online, LLC. RunSmart Online, LLC filed a cybersquatting complaint a...
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Intuit wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
App for runners tries to get domain registered well before it had trademark rights. Financial software company Intuit has won a reverse domain name hijacking charge against RunSmart Online, LLC. RunSmart Online, LLC filed a cybersquatting complaint a...
Discussion
February 8, 2024, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Viviendas Universales S.A.S. tries to reverse hijack viviendas.com
Domain owner registered the dictionary term before the company existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that home lending company Viviendas Universales S.A.S. tried to reverse domain name hijack viviendas.com. Viviendas Uni...
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Viviendas Universales S.A.S. tries to reverse hijack viviendas.com
Domain owner registered the dictionary term before the company existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that home lending company Viviendas Universales S.A.S. tried to reverse domain name hijack viviendas.com. Viviendas Uni...
Discussion
February 7, 2024, 6:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trump loses another Mar-a-Lago domain name dispute
Trump tries to get MaraLago.com through cybersquatting claim with World Intellectual Property Organization. Donald Trump’s organization has lost a second cybersquatting dispute against a Mar-a-Lago-related domain name. Last year, the company lo...
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Trump loses another Mar-a-Lago domain name dispute
Trump tries to get MaraLago.com through cybersquatting claim with World Intellectual Property Organization. Donald Trump’s organization has lost a second cybersquatting dispute against a Mar-a-Lago-related domain name. Last year, the company lo...
Discussion
February 7, 2024, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
USPTO refuses OpenAI’s GPT trademark application
GPT is a generic term for OpenAI’s technology, reviewer states. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a final refusal to OpenAI for its GPT trademark registration application. Registration was refused because “the applied mark m...
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USPTO refuses OpenAI’s GPT trademark application
GPT is a generic term for OpenAI’s technology, reviewer states. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a final refusal to OpenAI for its GPT trademark registration application. Registration was refused because “the applied mark m...
Discussion
February 7, 2024, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
11 of the latest end user domain name sales at Sedo
A metal staircase company, a nurse job site, and a site for buying video game accounts bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this week, including CardPlus.com ($35,000), Astrophotography.com ($28,750), and Alexander.ch (EU...
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11 of the latest end user domain name sales at Sedo
A metal staircase company, a nurse job site, and a site for buying video game accounts bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this week, including CardPlus.com ($35,000), Astrophotography.com ($28,750), and Alexander.ch (EU...
Discussion
February 6, 2024, 4:20 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CardPlus.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CardPlus.com led the way at $35,000. AstroPhotography.com was second at $28,750. Alexander.ch was the top country code domain name sale at 22,500 Euro, ($24,160). 33 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other t...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CardPlus.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CardPlus.com led the way at $35,000. AstroPhotography.com was second at $28,750. Alexander.ch was the top country code domain name sale at 22,500 Euro, ($24,160). 33 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other t...
Discussion
February 6, 2024, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: Squarespace continues to fall, Gname surges
Squarespace registers fewer new .com domains, and Gname moves up the overall leaderboard. Last month, I wrote about how new registrations at Google Domains plummeted after Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) took over. I mentioned that a primary reason was like...
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.Com rankings: Squarespace continues to fall, Gname surges
Squarespace registers fewer new .com domains, and Gname moves up the overall leaderboard. Last month, I wrote about how new registrations at Google Domains plummeted after Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) took over. I mentioned that a primary reason was like...
Discussion
February 6, 2024, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap sues ICANN over .org price caps
Registrar says ICANN hasn’t taken action after IRP ruling. Over one year after winning a partial victory against ICANN over price caps, domain registrar Namecheap is asking a court to push ICANN into action. Namecheap filed a complaint under th...
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Namecheap sues ICANN over .org price caps
Registrar says ICANN hasn’t taken action after IRP ruling. Over one year after winning a partial victory against ICANN over price caps, domain registrar Namecheap is asking a court to push ICANN into action. Namecheap filed a complaint under th...
Discussion
February 5, 2024, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Indian payments platform Innoviti tries reverse domain name hijacking
Innoviti’s argument about non-use was false. A large payments company tried to reverse domain name hijack innoviti.com.co, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled. Innoviti Technologies Private Limited, which uses the domain ...
Discussion
Indian payments platform Innoviti tries reverse domain name hijacking
Innoviti’s argument about non-use was false. A large payments company tried to reverse domain name hijack innoviti.com.co, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled. Innoviti Technologies Private Limited, which uses the domain ...
Discussion
February 5, 2024, 6:27 pm
