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End user sales: Olympic Committee and Human Rights Campaign buy domains
Mike Mann sells StopTheHate.org for big bucks. Sedo had a strong sales week last week, handling 584 transactions for a total of $1.6 million. Human Rights Group, which campaigns for LGBT rights, paid a solid price for a .org domain name. Mike Mann so...
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End user sales: Olympic Committee and Human Rights Campaign buy domains
Mike Mann sells StopTheHate.org for big bucks. Sedo had a strong sales week last week, handling 584 transactions for a total of $1.6 million. Human Rights Group, which campaigns for LGBT rights, paid a solid price for a .org domain name. Mike Mann so...
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July 6, 2016, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
French consulting firm tried to reverse hijack domain name
Panel has “no hesitation” finding reverse domain name hijacking. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that Emerton, a consulting firm in France, attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Emerton was represented b...
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French consulting firm tried to reverse hijack domain name
Panel has “no hesitation” finding reverse domain name hijacking. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that Emerton, a consulting firm in France, attempted reverse domain name hijacking. Emerton was represented b...
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July 6, 2016, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside (unsurprisingly) says no to Donuts
Company rebuffs offer for its new top level domain business. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) has turned down Donuts’ unsolicited offer to buy its top level domain name operations for $70 million. The offer was for all 40 of Rightside’s top level ...
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Rightside (unsurprisingly) says no to Donuts
Company rebuffs offer for its new top level domain business. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) has turned down Donuts’ unsolicited offer to buy its top level domain name operations for $70 million. The offer was for all 40 of Rightside’s top level ...
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July 5, 2016, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg talks domain names – DNW Podcast #91
Mullenweg discusses domain names and .blog. Matt Mullenweg created WordPress and is the CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and many related products. On today’s show, Matt will discuss the upcoming launch of the .blog top level...
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WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg talks domain names – DNW Podcast #91
Mullenweg discusses domain names and .blog. Matt Mullenweg created WordPress and is the CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and many related products. On today’s show, Matt will discuss the upcoming launch of the .blog top level...
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July 5, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Co jumps on China craze with short domain auction
Two-character .co domains will be auctioned next month. Neustar (NYSE:NSR), the company behind the .co top level domain name, wants to cash in on the Chinese domain name investment craze. The company will hold a two-character domain name auction on t...
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.Co jumps on China craze with short domain auction
Two-character .co domains will be auctioned next month. Neustar (NYSE:NSR), the company behind the .co top level domain name, wants to cash in on the Chinese domain name investment craze. The company will hold a two-character domain name auction on t...
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July 1, 2016, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
IANA transition will not remove government relationship with .com contract
Department of Commerce will still have a say over .com prices. Today, ICANN posted proposed contracts with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for the Root Zone Management Agreement (RZMA) and an extension of the .com registry contract. The RZMA is a necessary step...
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IANA transition will not remove government relationship with .com contract
Department of Commerce will still have a say over .com prices. Today, ICANN posted proposed contracts with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for the Root Zone Management Agreement (RZMA) and an extension of the .com registry contract. The RZMA is a necessary step...
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June 30, 2016, 6:51 pm
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Vape Magazine nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP for domain name that was registered before it existed. Starpixel Marketing LLC dba Vape Magazine has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name VapeMagazine.com. VapeMagazine.com was registered ...
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Vape Magazine nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP for domain name that was registered before it existed. Starpixel Marketing LLC dba Vape Magazine has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name VapeMagazine.com. VapeMagazine.com was registered ...
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June 30, 2016, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com contract extension shorter than Verisign expected
Extension will add six years to existing agreement. ICANN has published a proposed extension to its contract with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for .com. While the existing contract doesn’t expire until 2018, the parties are extending the agreement so t...
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.Com contract extension shorter than Verisign expected
Extension will add six years to existing agreement. ICANN has published a proposed extension to its contract with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for .com. While the existing contract doesn’t expire until 2018, the parties are extending the agreement so t...
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June 30, 2016, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales up to $30,000
These businesses bought domain names on Sedo last week. Sedo handled about 468 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. While a number of domain names are still in escrow, I discovered 17 that appear to be sales to...
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17 end user domain name sales up to $30,000
These businesses bought domain names on Sedo last week. Sedo handled about 468 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. While a number of domain names are still in escrow, I discovered 17 that appear to be sales to...
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June 29, 2016, 5:13 pm
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Company guilty of reverse domain hijacking after refiling case
Domain owner forced to defend himself twice despite unchanged facts. A company that sells an organic fertilizer has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after filing a UDRP for the second time. GBI Prosperities Pty Ltd. and Dr Grow It A...
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Company guilty of reverse domain hijacking after refiling case
Domain owner forced to defend himself twice despite unchanged facts. A company that sells an organic fertilizer has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after filing a UDRP for the second time. GBI Prosperities Pty Ltd. and Dr Grow It A...
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June 29, 2016, 4:42 pm
