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Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain na...
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Powerley.com owner hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain na...
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December 16, 2016, 4:06 pm
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ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
ICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN’s decision to move...
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ICANN wants to return to Puerto Rico, but don’t hold your breath
ICANN reschedules Puerto Rico meeting for March 2018. ICANN plans to return to Puerto Rico for its March 2018 meeting after moving the Fall 2016 meeting due to concerns over the Zika Virus. Whether or not you agree with ICANN’s decision to move...
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December 16, 2016, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
Donuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectati...
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Donuts acquires .Irish top level domain name
Donuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectati...
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December 15, 2016, 7:40 pm
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Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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December 15, 2016, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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December 15, 2016, 2:39 pm
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After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
GoDaddy will advertise in next year’s Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ...
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After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
GoDaddy will advertise in next year’s Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ...
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December 15, 2016, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
Deal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approxim...
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Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
Deal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approxim...
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December 14, 2016, 2:19 pm
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CentralNic closes $4.5 million domain portfolio sale
Year-end deal will help company hit its earnings target. CentralNic (AIM:CNIC) has closed its largest ever premium domain sales contract, the company reported today. The deal is worth $4.5 million. The company didn’t provide details about which...
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CentralNic closes $4.5 million domain portfolio sale
Year-end deal will help company hit its earnings target. CentralNic (AIM:CNIC) has closed its largest ever premium domain sales contract, the company reported today. The deal is worth $4.5 million. The company didn’t provide details about which...
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December 14, 2016, 12:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Shop domain names are now free
Moniker offers first-year registration for free, but limited to one per customer. GMO Registry, the company behind the .shop top level domain names, is offering free .shop domain names through December 23. So far, the promotion is being offered by Ke...
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.Shop domain names are now free
Moniker offers first-year registration for free, but limited to one per customer. GMO Registry, the company behind the .shop top level domain names, is offering free .shop domain names through December 23. So far, the promotion is being offered by Ke...
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December 13, 2016, 4:37 pm
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Trump trumps .com again in November
A lot of political domain names became worthless after last month’s election, but Trump’s win ensured that names with “Trump” in them remained popular. Over 9,000 .com domain names with Trump in them were registered last month...
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Trump trumps .com again in November
A lot of political domain names became worthless after last month’s election, but Trump’s win ensured that names with “Trump” in them remained popular. Over 9,000 .com domain names with Trump in them were registered last month...
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December 13, 2016, 3:46 pm
