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Another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision, but I’m not so sure
Was reverse domain name hijacking really justified in this case? I usually gripe about UDRP panels finding in favor of the respondent but not going the extra step of finding the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. This morning I read...
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Another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision, but I’m not so sure
Was reverse domain name hijacking really justified in this case? I usually gripe about UDRP panels finding in favor of the respondent but not going the extra step of finding the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. This morning I read...
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January 29, 2016, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hopscotch.com saved in UDRP, but no RDNH
PR firm filed UDRP after failing to buy domain name. A three-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP for the domain name Hopscotch.com. It did not find the complainant to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking f...
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Hopscotch.com saved in UDRP, but no RDNH
PR firm filed UDRP after failing to buy domain name. A three-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP for the domain name Hopscotch.com. It did not find the complainant to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking f...
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January 28, 2016, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Can you make sense of $41.5 million for .Shop?
GMO Registry’s outlay for .shop is difficult to rationalize. I’m still trying to wrap my head around GMO Registry paying $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. .Shop is a monster TLD, but it’s hard to justify this upfron...
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Can you make sense of $41.5 million for .Shop?
GMO Registry’s outlay for .shop is difficult to rationalize. I’m still trying to wrap my head around GMO Registry paying $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. .Shop is a monster TLD, but it’s hard to justify this upfron...
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January 28, 2016, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: .Shop top level domain sells for staggering $41.5 million
$41.5 million spent for rights to a single new top level domain name. An auction to determine which company will control the .shop top level domain name has concluded with a record price of $41,501,000. GMO Registry, a Japanese domain name company, w...
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Breaking: .Shop top level domain sells for staggering $41.5 million
$41.5 million spent for rights to a single new top level domain name. An auction to determine which company will control the .shop top level domain name has concluded with a record price of $41,501,000. GMO Registry, a Japanese domain name company, w...
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January 28, 2016, 3:29 am
Domain Name Wire
2015’s Top 5: Taylor Swift
A story about Taylor Swift goes viral. Taylor Swift had some Bad Blood with a guy who claims he taught her how to play the guitar. A resulting story on Domain Name Wire went viral, coming in at the #2 most-read story on the site last year. The backst...
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2015’s Top 5: Taylor Swift
A story about Taylor Swift goes viral. Taylor Swift had some Bad Blood with a guy who claims he taught her how to play the guitar. A resulting story on Domain Name Wire went viral, coming in at the #2 most-read story on the site last year. The backst...
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January 27, 2016, 8:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wiz Khalifa’s record label and other businesses buy domain names
Rostrum Records and other end users bought domain names last week. Wiz Khalifa’s record label, Rostrum Records, paid 40,000 euros to pick up the shorter domain name Rostrum.com this past week. Its official website is RostrumRecords.com. Rostrum...
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Wiz Khalifa’s record label and other businesses buy domain names
Rostrum Records and other end users bought domain names last week. Wiz Khalifa’s record label, Rostrum Records, paid 40,000 euros to pick up the shorter domain name Rostrum.com this past week. Its official website is RostrumRecords.com. Rostrum...
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January 27, 2016, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lendvo enters Domain Name Financing business
Company offers capital to owners of domain names and online businesses. A new company has entered the domain name lending space, offering loans to domain name owners and digital businesses. Lendvo was founded by Patrick Izzo and Ben Lichtman, nephew ...
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Lendvo enters Domain Name Financing business
Company offers capital to owners of domain names and online businesses. A new company has entered the domain name lending space, offering loans to domain name owners and digital businesses. Lendvo was founded by Patrick Izzo and Ben Lichtman, nephew ...
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January 27, 2016, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines, FFM make push into China
Companies setting up subsidiaries in China. Two more new top level domain name companies are establishing ties in China to tap into the growing appetite for domain names there. Today, Minds + Machines announced it has appointed ZDNS as its local infr...
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Minds + Machines, FFM make push into China
Companies setting up subsidiaries in China. Two more new top level domain name companies are establishing ties in China to tap into the growing appetite for domain names there. Today, Minds + Machines announced it has appointed ZDNS as its local infr...
Discussion
January 27, 2016, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
2015’s Top 5: WordPress sues domain name owner
A WordPress lawsuit was the third most-trafficked story on Domain Name Wire last year. Coming in at #3 on last year’s most-read posts was a lawsuit filed by WordPress foundation. WordPress Foundation sued the owner of TheWordPressHelpers.com (a...
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2015’s Top 5: WordPress sues domain name owner
A WordPress lawsuit was the third most-trafficked story on Domain Name Wire last year. Coming in at #3 on last year’s most-read posts was a lawsuit filed by WordPress foundation. WordPress Foundation sued the owner of TheWordPressHelpers.com (a...
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January 26, 2016, 3:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mark your calendars for…NamesCon?
You just got home from NamesCon 2016 and you can now register for NamesCon 2017. Just a week after the final curtain closed on NamesCon 2016, show organizers have already opened registration for the January 2017 show. Next year’s event will tak...
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Mark your calendars for…NamesCon?
You just got home from NamesCon 2016 and you can now register for NamesCon 2017. Just a week after the final curtain closed on NamesCon 2016, show organizers have already opened registration for the January 2017 show. Next year’s event will tak...
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January 26, 2016, 2:17 am
