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Billionaire’s company sues to get his name in .com
Man asked for $49,999 for DanFriedkin.com domain name. The Friedkin Group, a holding company for billionaire Dan Friedkin’s businesses, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to get the domain name DanFriedkin.com. Rajesh Kumar of Bihar, India registered th...
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Billionaire’s company sues to get his name in .com
Man asked for $49,999 for DanFriedkin.com domain name. The Friedkin Group, a holding company for billionaire Dan Friedkin’s businesses, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to get the domain name DanFriedkin.com. Rajesh Kumar of Bihar, India registered th...
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April 6, 2017, 2:57 pm
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter .com domain names
Suit alleges domain names were stolen after AOL email account was compromised. Daniel Kametani of California has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover six three letter .com domain names that he says were stolen after someone hijacked his AOL email account...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter .com domain names
Suit alleges domain names were stolen after AOL email account was compromised. Daniel Kametani of California has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover six three letter .com domain names that he says were stolen after someone hijacked his AOL email account...
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April 6, 2017, 2:26 pm
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Official data show effects of Chinese domain investment bonanza
What happened in December, the one year anniversary of the Chinese investment bananza. ICANN just published data from Verisign about .com activity in December. This was the one year anniversary of lots of Chinese speculative registrations, and the de...
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Official data show effects of Chinese domain investment bonanza
What happened in December, the one year anniversary of the Chinese investment bananza. ICANN just published data from Verisign about .com activity in December. This was the one year anniversary of lots of Chinese speculative registrations, and the de...
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April 5, 2017, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Payoneer gives free escrow to Efty users, half off promo for others
Company makes big April push to win over domain investors. Domain name sales platform Efty has integrated Payoneer as an escrow service and is offering a good promo to its users in April: all Efty users will get free Payoneer escrow in April when the...
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Payoneer gives free escrow to Efty users, half off promo for others
Company makes big April push to win over domain investors. Domain name sales platform Efty has integrated Payoneer as an escrow service and is offering a good promo to its users in April: all Efty users will get free Payoneer escrow in April when the...
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April 5, 2017, 4:10 pm
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How Local are They? GEO TLDs like .LONDON in the UK, .BERLIN in Germany
1000+ new domain endings (nTLDs) have been released since 2014. Some of them – the GEOs – are explicitly about location: for instance, .LONDON, .NYC, and .IRISH. Most, though, are generic keywords like .CLUB, .FISH, .N...
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How Local are They? GEO TLDs like .LONDON in the UK, .BERLIN in Germany
1000+ new domain endings (nTLDs) have been released since 2014. Some of them – the GEOs – are explicitly about location: for instance, .LONDON, .NYC, and .IRISH. Most, though, are generic keywords like .CLUB, .FISH, .N...
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April 5, 2017, 3:19 pm
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15 end user domain sales including a four letter for $30,000
Lots of .com upgrades in this week’s end user domain sales list. If there’s any theme in this week’s end user list, it’s the recurring theme of companies buying a .com domain name that matches a second level domain in a countr...
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15 end user domain sales including a four letter for $30,000
Lots of .com upgrades in this week’s end user domain sales list. If there’s any theme in this week’s end user list, it’s the recurring theme of companies buying a .com domain name that matches a second level domain in a countr...
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April 5, 2017, 2:13 pm
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Michael Gleissner ordered to pay Apple £38,085 in trademark dispute
UK IPO determined revocation proceedings were initiated for ulterior purpose. Michael Gleissner, whose companies have filed a number of questionable trademarks, has been ordered by UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to pay Apple £38,...
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Michael Gleissner ordered to pay Apple £38,085 in trademark dispute
UK IPO determined revocation proceedings were initiated for ulterior purpose. Michael Gleissner, whose companies have filed a number of questionable trademarks, has been ordered by UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to pay Apple £38,...
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April 4, 2017, 5:09 pm
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One Championship MMA group guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company behind ONE Championship filed a cybersquatting claim in abuse of the policy. Group One Holdings Pte Ltd of Singapore, an Asian mixed martial arts group that runs ONE Championship, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijackin...
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One Championship MMA group guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company behind ONE Championship filed a cybersquatting claim in abuse of the policy. Group One Holdings Pte Ltd of Singapore, an Asian mixed martial arts group that runs ONE Championship, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijackin...
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April 4, 2017, 2:54 pm
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Rightside reveals big list of 5-figure new TLD sales up to $183,000
Video.games leads list at $183,000. New top level domain name company Rightside today revealed 53 new TLD sales it has made for $10,000 or more. The company has made 85 such sales in total; the 53 are ones in which the buyers allowed the company to r...
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Rightside reveals big list of 5-figure new TLD sales up to $183,000
Video.games leads list at $183,000. New top level domain name company Rightside today revealed 53 new TLD sales it has made for $10,000 or more. The company has made 85 such sales in total; the 53 are ones in which the buyers allowed the company to r...
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April 4, 2017, 1:00 pm
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It’s official: GoDaddy owns Host Europe Group
Company completed $1.8 billion acquisition of large European hosting and domain provider. GoDaddy has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Host Europe Group, giving it a massive presence in the European market. Host Europe Group owns 123 Reg, He...
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It’s official: GoDaddy owns Host Europe Group
Company completed $1.8 billion acquisition of large European hosting and domain provider. GoDaddy has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Host Europe Group, giving it a massive presence in the European market. Host Europe Group owns 123 Reg, He...
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April 4, 2017, 11:59 am
