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June’s top 5 domain name stories
Here’s a look back at what happened in the domain industry last month. These are the top five stories ranked by views: 1. Bird.com and Fish.com bidder countersues Right of the Dot – After Right of the Dot sued David Lizmo for not paying f...
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June’s top 5 domain name stories
Here’s a look back at what happened in the domain industry last month. These are the top five stories ranked by views: 1. Bird.com and Fish.com bidder countersues Right of the Dot – After Right of the Dot sued David Lizmo for not paying f...
Discussion
July 9, 2021, 6:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Patsy Cline estate sues to get PatsyCline.com
She’s (or her estate) Got You. Patsy Cline Enterprise, LLC, which manages the late singer’s intellectual property, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the owner of PatsyCline.com. Visual Link Internet appears to have registered the domain n...
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Patsy Cline estate sues to get PatsyCline.com
She’s (or her estate) Got You. Patsy Cline Enterprise, LLC, which manages the late singer’s intellectual property, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the owner of PatsyCline.com. Visual Link Internet appears to have registered the domain n...
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July 9, 2021, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will Didi Chuxing “go short” and acquire Didi .com?
The ride-hailing service is now a public company. Will it acquire DiDi .com? Didi Chuxing’s recent debut at NYSE (NYSE: DIDI) reminds me of the great move it made in 2016 to swallow up Uber in China. Now that it has landed in America, will it g...
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Will Didi Chuxing “go short” and acquire Didi .com?
The ride-hailing service is now a public company. Will it acquire DiDi .com? Didi Chuxing’s recent debut at NYSE (NYSE: DIDI) reminds me of the great move it made in 2016 to swallow up Uber in China. Now that it has landed in America, will it g...
Discussion
July 9, 2021, 1:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
APAC group doesn’t want ICANN meeting to go on without them
Because they’ll have to work on a weird time zone even if it’s just a virtual meeting? A group of ICANN community members in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands region are opposed to ICANN holding its planned Annual General Meeting in...
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APAC group doesn’t want ICANN meeting to go on without them
Because they’ll have to work on a weird time zone even if it’s just a virtual meeting? A group of ICANN community members in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands region are opposed to ICANN holding its planned Annual General Meeting in...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Titan asset management acquires Titan.com
This investment app made a big investment of its own. Titan, an asset management company, has acquired a valuable asset of its own. Founded in 2018, Titan is a New York-based fintech setup that calls itself a world-class hedge fund in your pocket. Th...
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Titan asset management acquires Titan.com
This investment app made a big investment of its own. Titan, an asset management company, has acquired a valuable asset of its own. Founded in 2018, Titan is a New York-based fintech setup that calls itself a world-class hedge fund in your pocket. Th...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
How important are .cn domains to Chinese companies?
Kassey Lee examines if big Chinese companies care about .cn domain names. Many investors may assume that .cn is the preferred extension of Chinese companies for their domestic market. However, the result of my recent study may surprise you. I picked ...
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How important are .cn domains to Chinese companies?
Kassey Lee examines if big Chinese companies care about .cn domain names. Many investors may assume that .cn is the preferred extension of Chinese companies for their domestic market. However, the result of my recent study may surprise you. I picked ...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 12:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
A billionaire’s company cannot afford the ideal domain?
It’s a bit surprising that this high-flying company and its billionaire founder use a subpar domain. What is the hottest business in today’s market? Vaccines. That’s how Kong Wei became a newly minted billionaire when his vaccine co...
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A billionaire’s company cannot afford the ideal domain?
It’s a bit surprising that this high-flying company and its billionaire founder use a subpar domain. What is the hottest business in today’s market? Vaccines. That’s how Kong Wei became a newly minted billionaire when his vaccine co...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Streaming platform Brime loses another bad cybersquatting claim
This company’s lawyers need to re-read the UDRP. Brime is a new streaming video platform launching this summer. For some reason, the company thinks it should get domain names registered before it existed. The company uses the domain BrimeLive.c...
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Streaming platform Brime loses another bad cybersquatting claim
This company’s lawyers need to re-read the UDRP. Brime is a new streaming video platform launching this summer. For some reason, the company thinks it should get domain names registered before it existed. The company uses the domain BrimeLive.c...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user sales at Sedo
A lighting company, an astrophotographer, and a flavored water company bought domain names this past week. Sedo’s top sale this past week was on.de for €119,000. The domain doesn’t resolve yet and .de Whois doesn’t show any per...
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Latest end user sales at Sedo
A lighting company, an astrophotographer, and a flavored water company bought domain names this past week. Sedo’s top sale this past week was on.de for €119,000. The domain doesn’t resolve yet and .de Whois doesn’t show any per...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Walmart.com, Ford.com and other big company domains expire soon
GoldmanSachs.com expires later this month! OK, I get it. Fortune 500 companies use reputable brand management domain registrars that are good at auto-renewing domain names. Still, if you’re Comcast, does it make sense that your domain name expi...
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Walmart.com, Ford.com and other big company domains expire soon
GoldmanSachs.com expires later this month! OK, I get it. Fortune 500 companies use reputable brand management domain registrars that are good at auto-renewing domain names. Still, if you’re Comcast, does it make sense that your domain name expi...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 1:20 pm
