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WordPress wins another round against Chris Pearson
Thesis creator loses cybersquatting case. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has successfully defended a challenge by Thesis developer Chris Pearson over the domain name Thesis.com. Pearson had a high profile spat with WordPress founder Matt M...
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WordPress wins another round against Chris Pearson
Thesis creator loses cybersquatting case. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has successfully defended a challenge by Thesis developer Chris Pearson over the domain name Thesis.com. Pearson had a high profile spat with WordPress founder Matt M...
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July 8, 2015, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Dozen end user domain name sales
Newell Rubbermaid among end user domain name buyers. The holiday week slowed sales at Sedo, with the company handling 501 transactions for about $1 million last week. I had difficulty finding the usual number of end user sales, but there are some goo...
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A Dozen end user domain name sales
Newell Rubbermaid among end user domain name buyers. The holiday week slowed sales at Sedo, with the company handling 501 transactions for about $1 million last week. I had difficulty finding the usual number of end user sales, but there are some goo...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
June’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Two lawsuits headline last month’s top stories on Domain Name Wire. What happened to lawyers taking extended summer vacations? The top two stories on Domain Name Wire last month were about lawsuits, one involving WordPress and one that could re...
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June’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Two lawsuits headline last month’s top stories on Domain Name Wire. What happened to lawyers taking extended summer vacations? The top two stories on Domain Name Wire last month were about lawsuits, one involving WordPress and one that could re...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
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Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
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July 7, 2015, 7:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Andee Hill joins Donuts as liaison to domain name investors
Hill will work with domain name investors. Donuts has hired Andee Hill as Director of Business Development, the company announced today. She will handle relationships with domain name investors and report directly to co-founder and EVP for Business D...
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Andee Hill joins Donuts as liaison to domain name investors
Hill will work with domain name investors. Donuts has hired Andee Hill as Director of Business Development, the company announced today. She will handle relationships with domain name investors and report directly to co-founder and EVP for Business D...
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July 7, 2015, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
This company thinks domain name investing violates U.S. law
Company’s response in WorkBetter.com lawsuit suggests that new businesses should be able to get old domain names. Last week I wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit filed against the owner of WorkBetter.com. A new company has sprung up using the ...
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This company thinks domain name investing violates U.S. law
Company’s response in WorkBetter.com lawsuit suggests that new businesses should be able to get old domain names. Last week I wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit filed against the owner of WorkBetter.com. A new company has sprung up using the ...
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July 7, 2015, 1:42 pm
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Latest .com Winners & Losers
Here’s how registrars fared with .com in March. ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from March. Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1. GoDad...
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Latest .com Winners & Losers
Here’s how registrars fared with .com in March. ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from March. Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1. GoDad...
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July 6, 2015, 5:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Defending your Domain Names with Nat Cohen – DNW Podcast #40
How to defend your domain names against frivolous cybersquatting complaints. Nat Cohen has one of the best portfolios of 3 letter .com domains and short generic domains. Because many people don’t want to pay a fair price to acquire them, he&rsq...
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Defending your Domain Names with Nat Cohen – DNW Podcast #40
How to defend your domain names against frivolous cybersquatting complaints. Nat Cohen has one of the best portfolios of 3 letter .com domains and short generic domains. Because many people don’t want to pay a fair price to acquire them, he&rsq...
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July 6, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fore! This week’s new domain names
4 domains available at regular prices, .news and .site enter Early Access. A number of new top level domain names enter Early Access or regular general availability this week. Rightside’s .news enters early access on Wednesday. The company trim...
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Fore! This week’s new domain names
4 domains available at regular prices, .news and .site enter Early Access. A number of new top level domain names enter Early Access or regular general availability this week. Rightside’s .news enters early access on Wednesday. The company trim...
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July 6, 2015, 1:33 pm
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EDR: Puka.com + 200 other expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales in this Expired Domain Report. Some time passed without China topping our list of expired domain auctions; first Insurance1.com and then DataTrack.com to...
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EDR: Puka.com + 200 other expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales in this Expired Domain Report. Some time passed without China topping our list of expired domain auctions; first Insurance1.com and then DataTrack.com to...
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July 3, 2015, 5:14 pm
