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Partnership leads to acquisition by GoDaddy
After integrating Locu into web site building product, GoDaddy buys the whole company. I took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about ...
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Partnership leads to acquisition by GoDaddy
After integrating Locu into web site building product, GoDaddy buys the whole company. I took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about ...
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August 20, 2013, 10:32 am
Domain Name Wire
Is this GoDaddy’s new slogan?
Company files two intent-to-use trademark applications. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed two intent-to-use trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, possibly tipping off slogans it plans to use in the future. Applicatio...
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Is this GoDaddy’s new slogan?
Company files two intent-to-use trademark applications. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed two intent-to-use trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, possibly tipping off slogans it plans to use in the future. Applicatio...
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August 20, 2013, 10:16 am
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TLDH walked away from auction with 2 strings plus cash
New top level domain applicant settles contention sets and walks away with more cash than it spent. Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed to the private auction model to settle top level domain name contention sets. That changed, and...
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TLDH walked away from auction with 2 strings plus cash
New top level domain applicant settles contention sets and walks away with more cash than it spent. Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed to the private auction model to settle top level domain name contention sets. That changed, and...
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August 20, 2013, 9:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Uh-Oh: String similarity panels disagree on .cam vs. .com
One panelist dings .cam while two others say it’s OK. ICANN’s string similarity objections are about to face a big challenge. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has lost an objection brought by Verisign against United TLD’s .cam dom...
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Uh-Oh: String similarity panels disagree on .cam vs. .com
One panelist dings .cam while two others say it’s OK. ICANN’s string similarity objections are about to face a big challenge. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has lost an objection brought by Verisign against United TLD’s .cam dom...
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August 19, 2013, 9:15 pm
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.Academy, .Blue and .Bio new TLD objections denied
WIPO denies three more challenges to new top level domain names. World Intellectual Property Organization panels have denied three more top level domain name Legal Rights Objections. All of the objections were filed against strings that are not in co...
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.Academy, .Blue and .Bio new TLD objections denied
WIPO denies three more challenges to new top level domain names. World Intellectual Property Organization panels have denied three more top level domain name Legal Rights Objections. All of the objections were filed against strings that are not in co...
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August 19, 2013, 12:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Marchex releases partial list of Q2 domain sales
BMW among companies that bought domain names from Marchex last quarter. Marchex, which is spinning off its domain name business Archeo sometime later this year or early next year, today released a partial list of the domain names it sold last quarter...
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Marchex releases partial list of Q2 domain sales
BMW among companies that bought domain names from Marchex last quarter. Marchex, which is spinning off its domain name business Archeo sometime later this year or early next year, today released a partial list of the domain names it sold last quarter...
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August 19, 2013, 12:17 pm
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Land Rover found guilty of RDNH in scathing cybersquatting decision
Panelist rips apart Land Rover. Land Rover has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP case it brought against a Montana dealer of old school Land Rovers that uses the domain MountainRovers.com. This is despite the car dealer not...
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Land Rover found guilty of RDNH in scathing cybersquatting decision
Panelist rips apart Land Rover. Land Rover has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP case it brought against a Montana dealer of old school Land Rovers that uses the domain MountainRovers.com. This is despite the car dealer not...
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August 19, 2013, 9:55 am
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Domain Capital lends $150,000 to SearchCore
Domain name and website investment firm borrows $150k from domain name financing company. SearchCore, Inc. has borrowed $150,000 from Domain Capital, a regulatory filing with the SEC discloses. The company put seven domains names up as collateral for...
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Domain Capital lends $150,000 to SearchCore
Domain name and website investment firm borrows $150k from domain name financing company. SearchCore, Inc. has borrowed $150,000 from Domain Capital, a regulatory filing with the SEC discloses. The company put seven domains names up as collateral for...
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August 19, 2013, 9:41 am
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A month after first 4 TLD contracts signed, still only 4 signed
There’s been a delay (surprise!) after the first four TLD contracts were signed. ICANN took advantage of its public meeting in Durban, South Africa last month for a public signing of the first four top level domain name contracts. It’s be...
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A month after first 4 TLD contracts signed, still only 4 signed
There’s been a delay (surprise!) after the first four TLD contracts were signed. ICANN took advantage of its public meeting in Durban, South Africa last month for a public signing of the first four top level domain name contracts. It’s be...
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August 16, 2013, 7:53 pm
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What domains the Vancouver Canucks and 19 others bought last week
The Canucks make an offseason transaction and other end user domain name sales. Afternic sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the end user sales. A Marksmen client – perhaps the ITT spinoff called xylem – bo...
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What domains the Vancouver Canucks and 19 others bought last week
The Canucks make an offseason transaction and other end user domain name sales. Afternic sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the end user sales. A Marksmen client – perhaps the ITT spinoff called xylem – bo...
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August 16, 2013, 3:26 pm
