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Company sues over Workforce.com domain name
Workforce Software lost a UDRP against Workforce.com earlier this year. Now it’s suing. Workforce Software, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) after failing to get the domain name Workforce.com in a UDRP. The company uses the domain name WorkforceSo...
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Company sues over Workforce.com domain name
Workforce Software lost a UDRP against Workforce.com earlier this year. Now it’s suing. Workforce Software, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) after failing to get the domain name Workforce.com in a UDRP. The company uses the domain name WorkforceSo...
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December 14, 2020, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Sparkly conversation with Jen Sale – DNW Podcast #316
Jen Sale’s new startup and thoughts on starting a business. You know Jen Sale as the CEO of domain name brokerage Evergreen. She has a new startup called Sparkly that hopes to make give-giving easier. Jen explains the idea behind the site and h...
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A Sparkly conversation with Jen Sale – DNW Podcast #316
Jen Sale’s new startup and thoughts on starting a business. You know Jen Sale as the CEO of domain name brokerage Evergreen. She has a new startup called Sparkly that hopes to make give-giving easier. Jen explains the idea behind the site and h...
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December 14, 2020, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
This panelist let the Complainant off the hook for RDNH
There appears to have been plenty of bad faith in this dead-on-arrival UDRP. I’ve written about UDRP panelists sometimes letting Complainants off the hook for reverse domain name hijacking if they didn’t hire a lawyer. That’s bad, b...
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This panelist let the Complainant off the hook for RDNH
There appears to have been plenty of bad faith in this dead-on-arrival UDRP. I’ve written about UDRP panelists sometimes letting Complainants off the hook for reverse domain name hijacking if they didn’t hire a lawyer. That’s bad, b...
Discussion
December 13, 2020, 6:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
University of Missouri attempts reverse domain name hijacking
The Curators of the University of Missouri attempted to reverse domain name hijack the domain name MUHealthcare.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist ruled. The group that oversees the university system filed the case against Pamel...
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University of Missouri attempts reverse domain name hijacking
The Curators of the University of Missouri attempted to reverse domain name hijack the domain name MUHealthcare.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist ruled. The group that oversees the university system filed the case against Pamel...
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December 11, 2020, 1:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google is getting rid of link ads
Google will retire link ads in Adsense next year. I received an email from Google this morning stating that Google Adsense is retiring its link ads. Link ads are ads that list search terms. When people click on the search terms, they are directed to ...
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Google is getting rid of link ads
Google will retire link ads in Adsense next year. I received an email from Google this morning stating that Google Adsense is retiring its link ads. Link ads are ads that list search terms. When people click on the search terms, they are directed to ...
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December 10, 2020, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
How Google became a strong competitor for domain names
From an innocuous beginning, Google has grown into a key competitor for retail domain name registrations. I was in London in June 2014 at an ICANN meeting when the news broke: Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) was becoming a domain name registrar. Technically, ...
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How Google became a strong competitor for domain names
From an innocuous beginning, Google has grown into a key competitor for retail domain name registrations. I was in London in June 2014 at an ICANN meeting when the news broke: Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) was becoming a domain name registrar. Technically, ...
Discussion
December 10, 2020, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Three tax changes U.S. domain investors should be aware of
A change to 1099s, charitable deductions, and how PPP loans are taxed. 2020 has been a strange year, and there are some tax law changes to be aware of. First up is a change to 1099-MISC forms. In previous years, companies would issue Form 1099-...
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Three tax changes U.S. domain investors should be aware of
A change to 1099s, charitable deductions, and how PPP loans are taxed. 2020 has been a strange year, and there are some tax law changes to be aware of. First up is a change to 1099-MISC forms. In previous years, companies would issue Form 1099-...
Discussion
December 9, 2020, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales
A robotic cooking device maker, a large German pharmaceuticals company, and a GDRP compliance company bought domains at Sedo. Sedo’s top sales this past week were Mim.com for €110,000 and Novoo.com for $33,000. Unfortunately, it’s no...
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17 end user domain name sales
A robotic cooking device maker, a large German pharmaceuticals company, and a GDRP compliance company bought domains at Sedo. Sedo’s top sales this past week were Mim.com for €110,000 and Novoo.com for $33,000. Unfortunately, it’s no...
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December 9, 2020, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD trends in November 2020
A look at new TLD data from last month. There were about 32.3 million domains registered in new top level domains as of the end of November, according to nTLDStats.com. That’s down from around 33 million at the beginning of the month. Let&rsquo...
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New TLD trends in November 2020
A look at new TLD data from last month. There were about 32.3 million domains registered in new top level domains as of the end of November, according to nTLDStats.com. That’s down from around 33 million at the beginning of the month. Let&rsquo...
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December 9, 2020, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Soft Trust Inc. tries to reverse domain name hijack eCourier.com
Domain name was registered well before the Complainant was incorporated. The Canadian operator of a secure file transfer service called e-Courier has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name eCourier.com. The co...
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Soft Trust Inc. tries to reverse domain name hijack eCourier.com
Domain name was registered well before the Complainant was incorporated. The Canadian operator of a secure file transfer service called e-Courier has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name eCourier.com. The co...
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December 8, 2020, 5:10 pm
