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The Domains
10 New Objections Filed Against Google & Donuts On .Coach. .Goo
10 new Legal Rights Objections to gTLD applications have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), hitting Google and Donuts among others. Google was hit with an objection for the new gTLD .Goo by NTT Resonant Inc whi...
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10 New Objections Filed Against Google & Donuts On .Coach. .Goo
10 new Legal Rights Objections to gTLD applications have been filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), hitting Google and Donuts among others. Google was hit with an objection for the new gTLD .Goo by NTT Resonant Inc whi...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 5:46 pm

The Domains
SexyJobs.Biz Gets Hits With A UDRP & The Complainant Has A Trademark
Certainly not a landmark case but someone just filed a UDRP on the domain name SexyJobs.biz Infonet Media Group, Inc, applied for a trademark on the term “sexy jobs” in January 2012 which was issued less than a month ago on February...
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SexyJobs.Biz Gets Hits With A UDRP & The Complainant Has A Trademark
Certainly not a landmark case but someone just filed a UDRP on the domain name SexyJobs.biz Infonet Media Group, Inc, applied for a trademark on the term “sexy jobs” in January 2012 which was issued less than a month ago on February...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 5:35 pm

Domain Name Wire
WIPO posts 11 legal rights TLD objections: .blue, .academy, .goo and more
Google and Donuts amongst those hit with legal rights disputes over top level domains. World Intellectual Property Organization has added ten legal rights objections disputes to its list of new top level domain objections. It recently posted the disp...
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WIPO posts 11 legal rights TLD objections: .blue, .academy, .goo and more
Google and Donuts amongst those hit with legal rights disputes over top level domains. World Intellectual Property Organization has added ten legal rights objections disputes to its list of new top level domain objections. It recently posted the disp...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 5:29 pm

Elliot's Blog
Domain Brokerage Listings – 3/20
Listed below are this week’s domain brokerage listings from various domain brokers. If you want to purchase one of the domain names or inquire further, contact the broker directly. I have no involvement in the sale of any of these domain names....
Discussion
Domain Brokerage Listings – 3/20
Listed below are this week’s domain brokerage listings from various domain brokers. If you want to purchase one of the domain names or inquire further, contact the broker directly. I have no involvement in the sale of any of these domain names....
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 5:22 pm

The Domains
Adamsnames The TLD Registry For gd, .tc & .vg Issues A Further Statement on Problems
We just received this statement from AdamsNames which has been undergoing some operational problems “Since 8th March 2013, many of our clients were contacted by some people who pretended to be AdamsNames Limited. They received the announcement ...
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Adamsnames The TLD Registry For gd, .tc & .vg Issues A Further Statement on Problems
We just received this statement from AdamsNames which has been undergoing some operational problems “Since 8th March 2013, many of our clients were contacted by some people who pretended to be AdamsNames Limited. They received the announcement ...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 1:14 pm

The Domains
FairSearch.Org Files Objections To Google’s New gTLD Apps For .Search .Fly & .Map
FairSeach.Org, which has support from Microsoft Corp. Oracle Corp and Nokia has filed objections to Google’s request to control new top-level domains “.search,” “.fly” and “.map” ICANN accepting Google’...
Discussion
FairSearch.Org Files Objections To Google’s New gTLD Apps For .Search .Fly & .Map
FairSeach.Org, which has support from Microsoft Corp. Oracle Corp and Nokia has filed objections to Google’s request to control new top-level domains “.search,” “.fly” and “.map” ICANN accepting Google’...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 1:10 pm

Elliot's Blog
Selling Point for End Users
If you have a great domain name for sale, you probably don’t need selling points to convince a buyer that the domain name is a worthwhile investment or purchase. However, the greatest obstacle I face is convincing a buyer it’s worth what ...
Discussion
Selling Point for End Users
If you have a great domain name for sale, you probably don’t need selling points to convince a buyer that the domain name is a worthwhile investment or purchase. However, the greatest obstacle I face is convincing a buyer it’s worth what ...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 12:35 pm

Domain Name Wire
Bloomberg sues sploggers using Google’s Blogger
Company upset over blogs using “Bloomberg” in subdomain and scraping Bloomberg content. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in New York against four John Does using Google’s Blogger service. The defendants hav...
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Bloomberg sues sploggers using Google’s Blogger
Company upset over blogs using “Bloomberg” in subdomain and scraping Bloomberg content. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in New York against four John Does using Google’s Blogger service. The defendants hav...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 11:57 am

Domain Name Wire
19 end user domain sales up to $36,000
19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are ...
Discussion
19 end user domain sales up to $36,000
19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are ...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 11:14 am

Domain Name Wire
Demand Media sets up Dublin office for domain services
Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland. Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland. Demand Media is serving as the backend ...
Discussion
Demand Media sets up Dublin office for domain services
Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland. Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland. Demand Media is serving as the backend ...
Discussion
March 20, 2013, 10:14 am