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What was TruTag Technologies thinking in this UDRP?
Company goes after domain names registered many years before it started using the trademark in question. I just don’t get it. TruTag Technologies, Inc. just wasted money filing a UDRP against the domain names trutag.com, truetag.net, and trueta...
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What was TruTag Technologies thinking in this UDRP?
Company goes after domain names registered many years before it started using the trademark in question. I just don’t get it. TruTag Technologies, Inc. just wasted money filing a UDRP against the domain names trutag.com, truetag.net, and trueta...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 10:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the top 25 NameJet sales from October
Vida.com leads NameJet’s list of October sales. NameJet has been kind enough to publicly release some of its monthly sales data. The past couple times I’ve received the lists I’ve tried to do an end user sales list, only to run into...
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Here are the top 25 NameJet sales from October
Vida.com leads NameJet’s list of October sales. NameJet has been kind enough to publicly release some of its monthly sales data. The past couple times I’ve received the lists I’ve tried to do an end user sales list, only to run into...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 8:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias loses consolidated string confusion case against .mobile
Amazon, Donuts, and Dish DBS prevail in dispute over .mobile. Afilias, the registry that operates the .mobi top level domain name, has lost a consolidated string confusion objection against applicants for .mobile. This is, I believe, the first object...
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Afilias loses consolidated string confusion case against .mobile
Amazon, Donuts, and Dish DBS prevail in dispute over .mobile. Afilias, the registry that operates the .mobi top level domain name, has lost a consolidated string confusion objection against applicants for .mobile. This is, I believe, the first object...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 8:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Servers.com domain name to sell for $300,000 after no one shows up to auction
Stalking horse bidder will walk away with valuable domain name Servers.com. Last month I wrote about how the Servers.com domain name was headed for sale in a bankruptcy auction. There was a stalking horse bid of $300,000, and no other parties submitt...
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Servers.com domain name to sell for $300,000 after no one shows up to auction
Stalking horse bidder will walk away with valuable domain name Servers.com. Last month I wrote about how the Servers.com domain name was headed for sale in a bankruptcy auction. There was a stalking horse bid of $300,000, and no other parties submitt...
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November 4, 2013, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Johnson & Johnson loses case against Johnsons.com (again!)
For the second time in ten years, consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com. I first wrote about this case back in July. As I noted at the time, the whois record changed slightly since the do...
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Johnson & Johnson loses case against Johnsons.com (again!)
For the second time in ten years, consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com. I first wrote about this case back in July. As I noted at the time, the whois record changed slightly since the do...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Johnson & Johnson loses case against Johnsons.com (again!)
For the second time in ten years, consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com. I first wrote about this case back in July. As I noted at the time, the whois record changed slightly since the do...
Discussion
Johnson & Johnson loses case against Johnsons.com (again!)
For the second time in ten years, consumer products company Johnson & Johnson has lost a UDRP against the domain name Johnsons.com. I first wrote about this case back in July. As I noted at the time, the whois record changed slightly since the do...
Discussion
November 4, 2013, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions sells 39,830 domain names in October
GoDaddy Auctions sells nearly 40,000 domain names in October. The monthly GoDaddy Auctions Domain Market Report won’t be as full of surprises going forward now that GoDaddy is publishing its sales along with Afternic’s each week. But ther...
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GoDaddy Auctions sells 39,830 domain names in October
GoDaddy Auctions sells nearly 40,000 domain names in October. The monthly GoDaddy Auctions Domain Market Report won’t be as full of surprises going forward now that GoDaddy is publishing its sales along with Afternic’s each week. But ther...
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November 3, 2013, 12:48 am
Domain Name Wire
DomainTools retools website
Company launches new homepage more targeted to security and enterprise services. Don’t be alarmed if you visit DomainTools.com this afternoon and see the image to the right. The company, known in the domain name community for its whois and doma...
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DomainTools retools website
Company launches new homepage more targeted to security and enterprise services. Don’t be alarmed if you visit DomainTools.com this afternoon and see the image to the right. The company, known in the domain name community for its whois and doma...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 8:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameBright offers $4.99 .com domain names in November
New registrar offering below-cost pricing in promotion. I don’t usually write about domain name registrars offering discounts, but this one seemed like it was worth passing on. NameBright.com – the domainer-created domain name registrar t...
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NameBright offers $4.99 .com domain names in November
New registrar offering below-cost pricing in promotion. I don’t usually write about domain name registrars offering discounts, but this one seemed like it was worth passing on. NameBright.com – the domainer-created domain name registrar t...
Discussion
November 1, 2013, 7:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
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.PersianGulf survives community objection from those who favor Arabian Gulf name
You say Persian. I say Arabian. Let’s call the whole thing off. The Gulf Cooperation Council has lost a community objection it brought against the applicant for the .persiangulf top level domain name. This case (pdf) was one of the more interes...
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November 1, 2013, 5:36 pm
