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This UDRP decision is worth reading
It was David vs. Goliath and David didn’t even respond. So why did David win? Every day, I scan the latest UDRP decisions and look for cases worth writing about. I look for things that jump out at me, such as a valuable dictionary domain. Other...
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This UDRP decision is worth reading
It was David vs. Goliath and David didn’t even respond. So why did David win? Every day, I scan the latest UDRP decisions and look for cases worth writing about. I look for things that jump out at me, such as a valuable dictionary domain. Other...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Emile raises $29.4 million and rebrands to Subject.com
Online learning platform gets an A for its rebrand. Education companies and premium domain names go hand in hand, it seems. Startups such as Chalk, Class, and Clever operate on their exact-match .com domain, and now another education platform is foll...
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Emile raises $29.4 million and rebrands to Subject.com
Online learning platform gets an A for its rebrand. Education companies and premium domain names go hand in hand, it seems. Startups such as Chalk, Class, and Clever operate on their exact-match .com domain, and now another education platform is foll...
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March 22, 2022, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Talent.com raises $120 million after rebrand
It’s a significant upgrade from its original name. If you’re going to make a mark in the competitive recruitment industry, how do you stand out? For one Montreal-based startup, standing out meant acquiring one of the best recruitment-rela...
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Talent.com raises $120 million after rebrand
It’s a significant upgrade from its original name. If you’re going to make a mark in the competitive recruitment industry, how do you stand out? For one Montreal-based startup, standing out meant acquiring one of the best recruitment-rela...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ buys 10 new TLDs as ICANN consents to (some) UNR transfers
Daniel Negari’s company expands its portfolio of top level domains. Today, ICANN announced the approval of 11 top level domain transfer requests resulting from the UNR auction that took place in May of last year. Frank Schilling’s UNR off...
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XYZ buys 10 new TLDs as ICANN consents to (some) UNR transfers
Daniel Negari’s company expands its portfolio of top level domains. Today, ICANN announced the approval of 11 top level domain transfer requests resulting from the UNR auction that took place in May of last year. Frank Schilling’s UNR off...
Discussion
March 21, 2022, 11:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bored Ape Yacht Club goes ape for domain names
Yuga Labs registers over 1,000 domain names. How many Web2 domain names does a Web3 company need? A lot, apparently. Yuga Labs, creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club and now the owner of CryptoPunks and Meetbits NFTs, registered over 1,000 domain names...
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Bored Ape Yacht Club goes ape for domain names
Yuga Labs registers over 1,000 domain names. How many Web2 domain names does a Web3 company need? A lot, apparently. Yuga Labs, creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club and now the owner of CryptoPunks and Meetbits NFTs, registered over 1,000 domain names...
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March 21, 2022, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Acquiring Gravity.com – DNW Podcast #380
How Gravity Forms acquired gravity.com. “If we don’t buy it, somebody else is going to buy it…This domain is probably unlikely to ever be available to us again if we don’t make a move and acquire it now.” – Carl H...
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Acquiring Gravity.com – DNW Podcast #380
How Gravity Forms acquired gravity.com. “If we don’t buy it, somebody else is going to buy it…This domain is probably unlikely to ever be available to us again if we don’t make a move and acquire it now.” – Carl H...
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March 21, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Handshake domain apparently just sold for $750k
Domain auction concludes with bid valued at $750,000. This afternoon, I’ve received a couple of emails from people attending the Handycon 2022 live domain auction. A bidder named “whale” just won an auction for the .s Handshake doma...
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A Handshake domain apparently just sold for $750k
Domain auction concludes with bid valued at $750,000. This afternoon, I’ve received a couple of emails from people attending the Handycon 2022 live domain auction. A bidder named “whale” just won an auction for the .s Handshake doma...
Discussion
March 18, 2022, 9:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Real estate optimization firm guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
It could have bought the domain for only $6,095. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Bookker Corporate S.L.U and The Graffter SL tried reverse domain name hijacking bookker.com. The companies provide tools to optimize corporate...
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Real estate optimization firm guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
It could have bought the domain for only $6,095. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Bookker Corporate S.L.U and The Graffter SL tried reverse domain name hijacking bookker.com. The companies provide tools to optimize corporate...
Discussion
March 18, 2022, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is why companies file UDRP cases they probably shouldn’t win
You never know when you’ll get lucky. Type Lions Head into your search bar, and you’ll see results for Lion’s Head mountain in South Africa, a pork meatball, an investment banking firm, and a place called Lion’s Head in Canada...
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This is why companies file UDRP cases they probably shouldn’t win
You never know when you’ll get lucky. Type Lions Head into your search bar, and you’ll see results for Lion’s Head mountain in South Africa, a pork meatball, an investment banking firm, and a place called Lion’s Head in Canada...
Discussion
March 18, 2022, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Coinbase loses cybersquatting challenge
Chinese registrant argued it was in the physical coin base. But maybe not. Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name coinbase.info. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum aga...
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Coinbase loses cybersquatting challenge
Chinese registrant argued it was in the physical coin base. But maybe not. Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name coinbase.info. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum aga...
Discussion
March 18, 2022, 3:15 pm
