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One more sign that PayPal is about to buy Braintree Payments
Braintree domain names registered. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that PayPal is close to a deal to acquire Braintree Payments. Braintree handles payments for OpenTable, Uber Technologies and Airbnb, among others. If you need more proof that so...
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One more sign that PayPal is about to buy Braintree Payments
Braintree domain names registered. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that PayPal is close to a deal to acquire Braintree Payments. Braintree handles payments for OpenTable, Uber Technologies and Airbnb, among others. If you need more proof that so...
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September 23, 2013, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Viacom CEO loses domain dispute against cybersquatter
Philippe Dauman loses UDRP, but that may not be the last of it. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has lost a UDRP for the domain name philippepierredauman.com He lost the UDRP because he didn’t convince the panel that he had trademark rights in his ow...
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Viacom CEO loses domain dispute against cybersquatter
Philippe Dauman loses UDRP, but that may not be the last of it. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has lost a UDRP for the domain name philippepierredauman.com He lost the UDRP because he didn’t convince the panel that he had trademark rights in his ow...
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September 23, 2013, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Comparing private vs. last resort new TLD auctions
In private auctions, applicants bid less than the valuation they place on the string. There have been two rounds of private auctions (that we know about) to settle top level domain contention sets. The first one included six TLDs and totaled $9.01 mi...
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Comparing private vs. last resort new TLD auctions
In private auctions, applicants bid less than the valuation they place on the string. There have been two rounds of private auctions (that we know about) to settle top level domain contention sets. The first one included six TLDs and totaled $9.01 mi...
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September 23, 2013, 11:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registry OpenRegistry picks up 2M EUR financing
OpenRegistry, which operates .sx and is the registry provider for a number of new TLDs, has raised a round of funding. Domain name registry OpenRegistry announced today that it is raising 2M euro. The registry already provides technical services to r...
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Domain name registry OpenRegistry picks up 2M EUR financing
OpenRegistry, which operates .sx and is the registry provider for a number of new TLDs, has raised a round of funding. Domain name registry OpenRegistry announced today that it is raising 2M euro. The registry already provides technical services to r...
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September 23, 2013, 9:59 am
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Sedo completes its second most expensive domain name transaction ever
Sedo completes domain transaction in “mid seven figures”. Sedo sent out a press release about its sales yesterday, as sort of a “don’t forget we sell more dollars worth of domains than Afternic” reminder in the wake of G...
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Sedo completes its second most expensive domain name transaction ever
Sedo completes domain transaction in “mid seven figures”. Sedo sent out a press release about its sales yesterday, as sort of a “don’t forget we sell more dollars worth of domains than Afternic” reminder in the wake of G...
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September 21, 2013, 11:34 am
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AIDA Cruises loses domain name dispute to 2 year old girl
Owner of Aida.me registered domain name for his daughter. Cruiseline AIDA Cruises has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Aida.me. It turns out the owner of the domain name registered it for his two year old daughter, Aida. The owner provide...
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AIDA Cruises loses domain name dispute to 2 year old girl
Owner of Aida.me registered domain name for his daughter. Cruiseline AIDA Cruises has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Aida.me. It turns out the owner of the domain name registered it for his two year old daughter, Aida. The owner provide...
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September 20, 2013, 11:29 am
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Over 10,000 records now in Trademark Clearinghouse
Number of records in Trademark Clearinghouse doubles since the middle of July. As of the end of August, the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domain names has 10,398 trademark records. That’s double the amount as of the middle of July. ...
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Over 10,000 records now in Trademark Clearinghouse
Number of records in Trademark Clearinghouse doubles since the middle of July. As of the end of August, the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domain names has 10,398 trademark records. That’s double the amount as of the middle of July. ...
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September 20, 2013, 10:06 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN admits new TLD auctions are delayed
The first ICANN auctions to settle new top level domain contention sets could take place in the middle of November. In a new top level domain applicant update webinar yesterday, ICANN VP of gTLD Operations Christine Willett admitted that new TLD auct...
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ICANN admits new TLD auctions are delayed
The first ICANN auctions to settle new top level domain contention sets could take place in the middle of November. In a new top level domain applicant update webinar yesterday, ICANN VP of gTLD Operations Christine Willett admitted that new TLD auct...
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September 20, 2013, 9:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Marchex shelves plans to spin off domains division Archeo
Archeo will remain a division of Marchex instead of becoming its own publicly traded company. Marchex has canceled its plan to spin off its domain name business into a separate public company, at least for now. The company announced plans last Novemb...
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Marchex shelves plans to spin off domains division Archeo
Archeo will remain a division of Marchex instead of becoming its own publicly traded company. Marchex has canceled its plan to spin off its domain name business into a separate public company, at least for now. The company announced plans last Novemb...
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September 19, 2013, 4:12 pm
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Donuts loses another objection to .Pets domain name
Another panelist finds that .pet and .pets are too similar to both be delegated as top level domain names Apparently two panelists agree: .Pets and .Pet should be in a contention set because they’ll cause confusion amongst internet users. Inter...
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Donuts loses another objection to .Pets domain name
Another panelist finds that .pet and .pets are too similar to both be delegated as top level domain names Apparently two panelists agree: .Pets and .Pet should be in a contention set because they’ll cause confusion amongst internet users. Inter...
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September 19, 2013, 12:12 pm
