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Lawsuit filed to overturn OpenTime.com UDRP
Domain owner shot himself in the foot in UDRP response, so he’s asking a court to let him keep the domain name. The owner of OpenTime.com, who lost the domain name in a UDRP decision last month, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to retain owners...
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Lawsuit filed to overturn OpenTime.com UDRP
Domain owner shot himself in the foot in UDRP response, so he’s asking a court to let him keep the domain name. The owner of OpenTime.com, who lost the domain name in a UDRP decision last month, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to retain owners...
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March 22, 2017, 6:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
This .yachts domain shouldn’t have been lost in a UDRP, but…
The domain name owner had a great defense but didn’t reply to the filing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name virgin.yachts be transferred to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Enterprises. I did a do...
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This .yachts domain shouldn’t have been lost in a UDRP, but…
The domain name owner had a great defense but didn’t reply to the filing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name virgin.yachts be transferred to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Enterprises. I did a do...
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March 22, 2017, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales including Enterprise
Here are 14 domain names purchased by end users over the past week. This week’s top reported sale at Sedo was Caps.co.uk, a domain name that rental car company Enterprise bought. Why? It’s an acronym, so read on to learn more. Other end u...
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14 end user domain name sales including Enterprise
Here are 14 domain names purchased by end users over the past week. This week’s top reported sale at Sedo was Caps.co.uk, a domain name that rental car company Enterprise bought. Why? It’s an acronym, so read on to learn more. Other end u...
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March 22, 2017, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 letter .com saved in UDRP but no reverse domain name hijacking
Complaint was dead-on-arrival because domain was registered before business started. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name QWIC.com in a UDRP brought by an electronic bike maker. The case was filed by the maker...
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4 letter .com saved in UDRP but no reverse domain name hijacking
Complaint was dead-on-arrival because domain was registered before business started. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name QWIC.com in a UDRP brought by an electronic bike maker. The case was filed by the maker...
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March 21, 2017, 8:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two domain name auctions to watch this week
Both GoDaddy and Sedo have auctions ending this week. There are two online domain name auctions ending this week that are worth watching. Both end Thursday. GoDaddy is auctioning some of the company’s owned & operated domains. I think this ...
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Two domain name auctions to watch this week
Both GoDaddy and Sedo have auctions ending this week. There are two online domain name auctions ending this week that are worth watching. Both end Thursday. GoDaddy is auctioning some of the company’s owned & operated domains. I think this ...
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March 21, 2017, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX targets one million .VIP registrations
Company anticipates rapid growth in .VIP namespace; targets fall for .Boston launch. MMX (a.k.a. Minds + Machines) released a business update today and said it is targeting one million .vip registrations by the end of 2017. The .vip namespace current...
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MMX targets one million .VIP registrations
Company anticipates rapid growth in .VIP namespace; targets fall for .Boston launch. MMX (a.k.a. Minds + Machines) released a business update today and said it is targeting one million .vip registrations by the end of 2017. The .vip namespace current...
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March 21, 2017, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD registries ask for 75% cost reduction
Citing struggling registries, group requests temporary fee rollback and marketing effort. The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) has asked (pdf) ICANN to cut its fees for a year and to undertake a $3 million marketing effort to promote new top ...
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New TLD registries ask for 75% cost reduction
Citing struggling registries, group requests temporary fee rollback and marketing effort. The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) has asked (pdf) ICANN to cut its fees for a year and to undertake a $3 million marketing effort to promote new top ...
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March 21, 2017, 12:31 am
Domain Name Wire
Cool story about how a company bought matching .com for $40,000
This company realized a .io domain wouldn’t cut it. Here’s another cool story about a company realizing the importance of owning the ideal domain name and paying for it. Snappa upgraded from Snappa.io to Snappa.com for $40,000. You can re...
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Cool story about how a company bought matching .com for $40,000
This company realized a .io domain wouldn’t cut it. Here’s another cool story about a company realizing the importance of owning the ideal domain name and paying for it. Snappa upgraded from Snappa.io to Snappa.com for $40,000. You can re...
Discussion
March 20, 2017, 6:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
What you need to know from ICA – DNW Podcast #128
Here are some of the issues domainers need to be aware of. What do domainers need to look out for? This week we chat with Internet Commerce Association board member Zak Muscovitch about the issues facing domainers that the association is working on, ...
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What you need to know from ICA – DNW Podcast #128
Here are some of the issues domainers need to be aware of. What do domainers need to look out for? This week we chat with Internet Commerce Association board member Zak Muscovitch about the issues facing domainers that the association is working on, ...
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March 20, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tracking the growth of .Brand top level domain names
It’s slow, but marching upward. A lot of things are playing out slowly with new top level domain names, including the adoption of so-called “.brand” domain names. These are domains such as .google and .mlb that are owned by brands. ...
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Tracking the growth of .Brand top level domain names
It’s slow, but marching upward. A lot of things are playing out slowly with new top level domain names, including the adoption of so-called “.brand” domain names. These are domains such as .google and .mlb that are owned by brands. ...
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March 20, 2017, 2:34 pm
