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Rue Du Commerce goes 0-for-3 in UDRP, but no RDNH
A rare 0-for-3 in a UDRP. French online retailer Rue Du Commerce lost all three elements in its recent UDRP filing against a Mexican company called Siru over the domain name SiruEcommerce.com. But Czech Arbitration Court panelist Dr. Thomas Schafft d...
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Rue Du Commerce goes 0-for-3 in UDRP, but no RDNH
A rare 0-for-3 in a UDRP. French online retailer Rue Du Commerce lost all three elements in its recent UDRP filing against a Mexican company called Siru over the domain name SiruEcommerce.com. But Czech Arbitration Court panelist Dr. Thomas Schafft d...
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April 18, 2016, 1:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: eName announces Initial Public Offering
Chinese domain name company announces IPO. eName has announced its plans to go public, following the merger/acquisition of 4.cn earlier this year. The company had 2015 revenue of 260 million(CNY) ($40 million USD) and net income is 27.9 million(CNY) ...
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Breaking: eName announces Initial Public Offering
Chinese domain name company announces IPO. eName has announced its plans to go public, following the merger/acquisition of 4.cn earlier this year. The company had 2015 revenue of 260 million(CNY) ($40 million USD) and net income is 27.9 million(CNY) ...
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April 16, 2016, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Spielberg.com, 668666.com and more expired domain name sales
Most of us will look at Spielberg.com, an expired domain that sold for $7.6k last week, and assume that Steven Spielberg was targeted as a likely future buyer. Of course, there are other Spielbergs. The director of “Jaws”, &ldqu...
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Spielberg.com, 668666.com and more expired domain name sales
Most of us will look at Spielberg.com, an expired domain that sold for $7.6k last week, and assume that Steven Spielberg was targeted as a likely future buyer. Of course, there are other Spielbergs. The director of “Jaws”, &ldqu...
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April 15, 2016, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: Those misleading Tire Engineers
A funny look at why restrictions on using certain terms can have unintended consequences. There’s been a bit of debate about certain new top level domain names needing restrictions so that the public isn’t duped. Consider .doctor, for whi...
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Video: Those misleading Tire Engineers
A funny look at why restrictions on using certain terms can have unintended consequences. There’s been a bit of debate about certain new top level domain names needing restrictions so that the public isn’t duped. Consider .doctor, for whi...
Discussion
April 15, 2016, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace starts offering domain name registration
Company now offers domain name registrations in addition to website building tools. Website building platforms such as Squarespace, Wix and Weebly have been taking a bite out of domain name registrars’ pockets in recent years. They’re att...
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Squarespace starts offering domain name registration
Company now offers domain name registrations in addition to website building tools. Website building platforms such as Squarespace, Wix and Weebly have been taking a bite out of domain name registrars’ pockets in recent years. They’re att...
Discussion
April 15, 2016, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chooze clothing company is a reverse domain name hijacker
Panelist calls case “particularly abusive”. A shoe and accessories company that uses the domain name MyChooze.com has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Chooze.com. Vegan shoe company Degani D...
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Chooze clothing company is a reverse domain name hijacker
Panelist calls case “particularly abusive”. A shoe and accessories company that uses the domain name MyChooze.com has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Chooze.com. Vegan shoe company Degani D...
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April 15, 2016, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook now owns a domain name registrar
Company acquires existing domain name registrar. Facebook now owns a domain name registrar. As spotted by Pinky Brand today, the company has acquired RegistrarSec. Weekly email report from #ICANN indicates that #FaceBook has acquired a registrar http...
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Facebook now owns a domain name registrar
Company acquires existing domain name registrar. Facebook now owns a domain name registrar. As spotted by Pinky Brand today, the company has acquired RegistrarSec. Weekly email report from #ICANN indicates that #FaceBook has acquired a registrar http...
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April 14, 2016, 10:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Gen Z are not [visiting] dot coms.”
Are websites less important than they used to be? Let me start by noting that this is not a story about youngsters visiting new TLDs rather than .com. It’s about the younger generation not visiting domain names at all. Business of Fashion publi...
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“Gen Z are not [visiting] dot coms.”
Are websites less important than they used to be? Let me start by noting that this is not a story about youngsters visiting new TLDs rather than .com. It’s about the younger generation not visiting domain names at all. Business of Fashion publi...
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April 14, 2016, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man files UDRP against his ex-wife
Maybe you shouldn’t let your spouse register domain names for you. I’m sure there are a lot of allegations made against ex-spouses. But calling your ex-wife a cybersquatter? An Ontario man filed a UDRP against his ex-wife over the domain ...
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Man files UDRP against his ex-wife
Maybe you shouldn’t let your spouse register domain names for you. I’m sure there are a lot of allegations made against ex-spouses. But calling your ex-wife a cybersquatter? An Ontario man filed a UDRP against his ex-wife over the domain ...
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April 14, 2016, 7:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
“That’s radio with five o’s…”
This company has a horrible name. It was painful to my ears. NPR aired a story last Friday about music discovery service Radiooooo. When the correspondent mentioned the name, it went something like this “It’s a service called Radio. That&...
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“That’s radio with five o’s…”
This company has a horrible name. It was painful to my ears. NPR aired a story last Friday about music discovery service Radiooooo. When the correspondent mentioned the name, it went something like this “It’s a service called Radio. That&...
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April 14, 2016, 3:51 pm
