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14 end user domain name sales including two big companies
NAPA and Renault among end user domain buyers. Sales over $2,000 picked up at Sedo over the past week despite the holiday weekend, including purchases by large companies such as NAPA and Renault. A handful of companies bought shorter versions of thei...
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14 end user domain name sales including two big companies
NAPA and Renault among end user domain buyers. Sales over $2,000 picked up at Sedo over the past week despite the holiday weekend, including purchases by large companies such as NAPA and Renault. A handful of companies bought shorter versions of thei...
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September 7, 2016, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic swings to loss, billings soar on .XYZ deal
3.6 million .xyz registrations in June boost billings, but revenue remains elusive. Domain name company CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) posted a big loss in the first half of 2016 after turning a profit in the same period a year ago. The company posted...
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CentralNic swings to loss, billings soar on .XYZ deal
3.6 million .xyz registrations in June boost billings, but revenue remains elusive. Domain name company CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) posted a big loss in the first half of 2016 after turning a profit in the same period a year ago. The company posted...
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September 7, 2016, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company wants to trademark Pets.com, X.com and famous slogans
47 / 72 Inc. is already drawing negative attention from celebrities because of its trademark filings. A California company has filed over 70 trademark applications in an effort to register trademarks similar to famous brands, popular slogans and term...
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Company wants to trademark Pets.com, X.com and famous slogans
47 / 72 Inc. is already drawing negative attention from celebrities because of its trademark filings. A California company has filed over 70 trademark applications in an effort to register trademarks similar to famous brands, popular slogans and term...
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September 6, 2016, 9:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners & Losers
Domain Name Wire’s monthly .Com Winners & Losers based on the latest official data. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from May. Here are the top 5 registrars in May in t...
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.Com Winners & Losers
Domain Name Wire’s monthly .Com Winners & Losers based on the latest official data. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from May. Here are the top 5 registrars in May in t...
Discussion
September 6, 2016, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the DNS – DNW Podcast #100
Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the domain name system, visits with DNW in its 100th podcast. This week we’re celebrating 100 episodes of the DNW podcast, and what better way to do it than have Paul Mockapetris as our guest. Paul invented the dom...
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Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the DNS – DNW Podcast #100
Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the domain name system, visits with DNW in its 100th podcast. This week we’re celebrating 100 episodes of the DNW podcast, and what better way to do it than have Paul Mockapetris as our guest. Paul invented the dom...
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September 6, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Zac Muscovitch gets reverse domain name hijacking win
Complainant filed UDRP after failing to acquire domain name during rebrand. Domain name and trademark attorney Zak Muscovitch has successfully defended the domain name UnMail.com in a UDRP, getting a finding of reverse domain name hijacking for his c...
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Zac Muscovitch gets reverse domain name hijacking win
Complainant filed UDRP after failing to acquire domain name during rebrand. Domain name and trademark attorney Zak Muscovitch has successfully defended the domain name UnMail.com in a UDRP, getting a finding of reverse domain name hijacking for his c...
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September 6, 2016, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
A good explanation of why the U.S. Government can still control .com pricing
Don’t worry about Verisign unjustifiably increasing .com prices. There’s been a lot of concern about the .com contract extension and what it means for .com prices going forward. The concern is that Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) can decide to not r...
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A good explanation of why the U.S. Government can still control .com pricing
Don’t worry about Verisign unjustifiably increasing .com prices. There’s been a lot of concern about the .com contract extension and what it means for .com prices going forward. The concern is that Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) can decide to not r...
Discussion
September 2, 2016, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable NameJet sales from last month
Here are some of the domain names that sold on NameJet last month. NameJet has published sales from last month over $2,000. The list include 90 domain names that sold for a combined $570,000. Here are ten sales that I think are notable. Cock.com $93,...
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10 notable NameJet sales from last month
Here are some of the domain names that sold on NameJet last month. NameJet has published sales from last month over $2,000. The list include 90 domain names that sold for a combined $570,000. Here are ten sales that I think are notable. Cock.com $93,...
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September 2, 2016, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oh, the things you learn about when reading UDRPs
It’s Tiki time! There are lots of hobbies, types of businesses and fascinations in this world. I learn about many of them by reading UDRPs. Seriously. How else would I have learned about Fraternal Order of Moai? Fraternal Order of Moai, or FOM,...
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Oh, the things you learn about when reading UDRPs
It’s Tiki time! There are lots of hobbies, types of businesses and fascinations in this world. I learn about many of them by reading UDRPs. Seriously. How else would I have learned about Fraternal Order of Moai? Fraternal Order of Moai, or FOM,...
Discussion
September 2, 2016, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another Gleissner company loses a UDRP, this one to Qualcomm
Add IMOD.com to Gleissner’s losses. Another company with Michael Gleissner as director has lost a UDRP. American Franchise Marketing Limited, which has the same address as many other Gleissner-affiliate companies, filed a UDRP against Qualcomm ...
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Another Gleissner company loses a UDRP, this one to Qualcomm
Add IMOD.com to Gleissner’s losses. Another company with Michael Gleissner as director has lost a UDRP. American Franchise Marketing Limited, which has the same address as many other Gleissner-affiliate companies, filed a UDRP against Qualcomm ...
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September 1, 2016, 3:56 pm
