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A bad reason for not finding reverse domain name hijacking
A domain owner shouldn’t have to prove the second element of UDRP to get a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. Semiconductor company ARM has filed a handful of UDRP cases against arm.tld domains this year. It won cases for arm.click and a...
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A bad reason for not finding reverse domain name hijacking
A domain owner shouldn’t have to prove the second element of UDRP to get a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. Semiconductor company ARM has filed a handful of UDRP cases against arm.tld domains this year. It won cases for arm.click and a...
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July 29, 2021, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Kassey Lee examines the domain names these startups selected. No, they are not the things that I found on the day I married my wife, but the domains used by leading Chinese startups featured in a TechCrunch story about the new trend of faux meat. The...
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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Kassey Lee examines the domain names these startups selected. No, they are not the things that I found on the day I married my wife, but the domains used by leading Chinese startups featured in a TechCrunch story about the new trend of faux meat. The...
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July 29, 2021, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
USA sues to get GIBill.com domain name back after letting it expire
Oops. U. S. Gov forgets to renew domain it won in a settlement, so now it has to sue to get it back. The United States of America has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against GIBill.com in an effort to recover the domain name. The governm...
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USA sues to get GIBill.com domain name back after letting it expire
Oops. U. S. Gov forgets to renew domain it won in a settlement, so now it has to sue to get it back. The United States of America has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against GIBill.com in an effort to recover the domain name. The governm...
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July 28, 2021, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy end user report up to $792k, including Harley-Davidson’s domain buy
Harley-Davidson among end user buyers at GoDaddy. GoDaddy has published a selection of its top sales from February, led by Ava.com for $792,000. Some other interesting sales include Harley-Davidson buying a domain for its electric motorcycle line, a ...
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GoDaddy end user report up to $792k, including Harley-Davidson’s domain buy
Harley-Davidson among end user buyers at GoDaddy. GoDaddy has published a selection of its top sales from February, led by Ava.com for $792,000. Some other interesting sales include Harley-Davidson buying a domain for its electric motorcycle line, a ...
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July 28, 2021, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook to pay $74,812 for OnlineNic’s domain name portfolio
Facebook agrees to buy OnlineNic’s owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name regis...
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Facebook to pay $74,812 for OnlineNic’s domain name portfolio
Facebook agrees to buy OnlineNic’s owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name regis...
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July 28, 2021, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
How much is this domain portfolio worth?
Would you pay $70,000 for these names? The domain name registrar OnlineNic has told a court that someone is interested in buying a portfolio of 685 domains from it for $70,000. It says that this money could be used to pay the Special Master in a laws...
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How much is this domain portfolio worth?
Would you pay $70,000 for these names? The domain name registrar OnlineNic has told a court that someone is interested in buying a portfolio of 685 domains from it for $70,000. It says that this money could be used to pay the Special Master in a laws...
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July 27, 2021, 8:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales up to €49,000
A gift card company, a non-profit, and a new job board bought domain names. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, led by the sale of “Gift card” in French on the .fr ccTLD. Absent from the list below is Links.to, which so...
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20 end user domain name sales up to €49,000
A gift card company, a non-profit, and a new job board bought domain names. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, led by the sale of “Gift card” in French on the .fr ccTLD. Absent from the list below is Links.to, which so...
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July 27, 2021, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains can you sell to the most global country in the world?
Kassey Lee examines what types of domains appeal to Chinese companies. By at least one important measure, China has become the most global country in the world. The big picture can help you see what domains Chinese companies will likely buy. We tend ...
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What domains can you sell to the most global country in the world?
Kassey Lee examines what types of domains appeal to Chinese companies. By at least one important measure, China has become the most global country in the world. The big picture can help you see what domains Chinese companies will likely buy. We tend ...
Discussion
July 27, 2021, 12:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy finishes takeover of .Club, 19 more MMX domains
GoDaddy Registry adds 20 top level domains. According to ICANN’s website, GoDaddy is now the official registry for .club and 19 of MMX’s (Minds + Machines) top level domains. The company’s registry business, Registry Services, LLC, ...
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GoDaddy finishes takeover of .Club, 19 more MMX domains
GoDaddy Registry adds 20 top level domains. According to ICANN’s website, GoDaddy is now the official registry for .club and 19 of MMX’s (Minds + Machines) top level domains. The company’s registry business, Registry Services, LLC, ...
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July 27, 2021, 1:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Google rolling out link spam update
Search giant is rolling out an update to discredit paid and affiliate links. Google is rolling out an update to its search results to combat what it calls “link spam”. The complete rollout will take about two weeks. The search company sti...
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Google rolling out link spam update
Search giant is rolling out an update to discredit paid and affiliate links. Google is rolling out an update to its search results to combat what it calls “link spam”. The complete rollout will take about two weeks. The search company sti...
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July 26, 2021, 3:58 pm
