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How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that h...
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How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that h...
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March 1, 2016, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Undeveloped takes a fresh approach to selling domain names
Domain name marketplace is trying to improve the process of buying and selling domain names. If you aren’t happy with current domain name marketplaces, the simplest thing to do would be just to complain. On the other end of the spectrum, you co...
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Undeveloped takes a fresh approach to selling domain names
Domain name marketplace is trying to improve the process of buying and selling domain names. If you aren’t happy with current domain name marketplaces, the simplest thing to do would be just to complain. On the other end of the spectrum, you co...
Discussion
February 29, 2016, 7:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Minds + Machines CEO Toby Hall – DNW Podcast #73
This service lets you get a handle on your domain name investing business. Last week Minds + Machines announced that it appointed Toby Hall as its new CEO, taking over for Antony Van Couvering. I invited Hall on the show today to discuss his backgrou...
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New Minds + Machines CEO Toby Hall – DNW Podcast #73
This service lets you get a handle on your domain name investing business. Last week Minds + Machines announced that it appointed Toby Hall as its new CEO, taking over for Antony Van Couvering. I invited Hall on the show today to discuss his backgrou...
Discussion
February 29, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy reintroduces China’s .Cn domain name
6 years after dropping extension, GoDaddy begins selling .cn domain names again. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has started selling China’s .cn domain names again as part of its push into the Asia market. The company stopped selling .cn domain names in 20...
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GoDaddy reintroduces China’s .Cn domain name
6 years after dropping extension, GoDaddy begins selling .cn domain names again. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has started selling China’s .cn domain names again as part of its push into the Asia market. The company stopped selling .cn domain names in 20...
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February 29, 2016, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mining company says it’s acquiring Jade.com for $1.25 million
Domain name is currently owned by Future Media Architects. A Canadian Jade mining company says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Jade.com domain name for USD $1.25 million. CDN Jade Mine Resources Inc., a Canadian mining company, said i...
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Mining company says it’s acquiring Jade.com for $1.25 million
Domain name is currently owned by Future Media Architects. A Canadian Jade mining company says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Jade.com domain name for USD $1.25 million. CDN Jade Mine Resources Inc., a Canadian mining company, said i...
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February 29, 2016, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Berryhill and Sarid win UDRP for Kosmos.com
French company wanted the .com to go with its .fr domain name. John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name Kosmos.com on behalf of Sahar Sarid’s company Ashanti PLC. Complainant Kosmos SAS is an education technology company that us...
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Berryhill and Sarid win UDRP for Kosmos.com
French company wanted the .com to go with its .fr domain name. John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name Kosmos.com on behalf of Sahar Sarid’s company Ashanti PLC. Complainant Kosmos SAS is an education technology company that us...
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February 26, 2016, 7:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
InterNetX and registries team up for auction during WHD.global
Hosting domains will be auctioned off next month in Germany. Domain name registrar InterNetX and a handful of domain name registries have teamed up for an auction during next month’s WHD.global conference. WHD.global, the huge conference for pe...
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InterNetX and registries team up for auction during WHD.global
Hosting domains will be auctioned off next month in Germany. Domain name registrar InterNetX and a handful of domain name registries have teamed up for an auction during next month’s WHD.global conference. WHD.global, the huge conference for pe...
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February 26, 2016, 6:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Coalitions vs. Communities and new top level domain names
Many groups seeking community status were coalitions, not the entire community. ICANN’s new top level domain name program guidebook afforded communities two ways to get a leg up in acquiring a new top level domain name. First, they could file a...
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Coalitions vs. Communities and new top level domain names
Many groups seeking community status were coalitions, not the entire community. ICANN’s new top level domain name program guidebook afforded communities two ways to get a leg up in acquiring a new top level domain name. First, they could file a...
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February 26, 2016, 3:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside gets Phished
W-2 information stolen. A lot of domain names have been stolen when domain name registrar customers have been duped by phishing emails. Now a registrar itself has fallen victim to a phishing attack. As reported on GeekWire earlier today, someone at d...
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Rightside gets Phished
W-2 information stolen. A lot of domain names have been stolen when domain name registrar customers have been duped by phishing emails. Now a registrar itself has fallen victim to a phishing attack. As reported on GeekWire earlier today, someone at d...
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February 26, 2016, 12:04 am
Domain Name Wire
BrandShield files patent application covering its brand protection tools
Application explains inner workings of BrandShield’s technology. Last week Angie Graves, writing for Domain Name Wire, told the story of brand-protection company BrandShield. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent applic...
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BrandShield files patent application covering its brand protection tools
Application explains inner workings of BrandShield’s technology. Last week Angie Graves, writing for Domain Name Wire, told the story of brand-protection company BrandShield. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent applic...
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February 25, 2016, 4:45 pm
