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ICANN officially kills Google’s plan for dotless Search top level domain name
Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names, effectively killing Google’s plans for a dotless .sea...
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ICANN officially kills Google’s plan for dotless Search top level domain name
Board resolution quashes dotless domains again, at least for now. ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee has passed a resolution confirming a prohibition on so-called dotless domain names, effectively killing Google’s plans for a dotless .sea...
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August 16, 2013, 10:09 am
Domain Name Wire
8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. He...
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8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. He...
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August 15, 2013, 9:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
22 end user domain name sales
It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bi...
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22 end user domain name sales
It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bi...
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August 15, 2013, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
Coach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts’ .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited an...
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Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
Coach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts’ .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited an...
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August 15, 2013, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Beat.la gets about 100k pageviews in two weeks
Just a couple weeks after buying the domain, the Phoenix Suns’ Beat.la website has received a lot of traffic. Is Beat.la the most trafficked .la domain name that takes advantage of the “Los Angeles” meaning? On July 31 I noticed tha...
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Beat.la gets about 100k pageviews in two weeks
Just a couple weeks after buying the domain, the Phoenix Suns’ Beat.la website has received a lot of traffic. Is Beat.la the most trafficked .la domain name that takes advantage of the “Los Angeles” meaning? On July 31 I noticed tha...
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August 15, 2013, 11:34 am
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Del Monte sues after .DelMonte TLD objection decision
After losing top level domain objection, Del Monte International GmbH files suit. Is this the first lawsuit over a top level domain name Legal Rights Objection? Del Monte International GmbH has sued Del Monte Corporation in U.S. District Court in Cal...
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Del Monte sues after .DelMonte TLD objection decision
After losing top level domain objection, Del Monte International GmbH files suit. Is this the first lawsuit over a top level domain name Legal Rights Objection? Del Monte International GmbH has sued Del Monte Corporation in U.S. District Court in Cal...
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August 15, 2013, 11:00 am
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AYI.com sold for (what was) $100,000 in stock
Snap Interactive bought the domain name in January in an all-stock transaction. Snap Interactive Inc., which owns dating social network Are You Interested, acquired the domain name AYI.com in January for 100,000 shares of common stock. At the time, t...
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AYI.com sold for (what was) $100,000 in stock
Snap Interactive bought the domain name in January in an all-stock transaction. Snap Interactive Inc., which owns dating social network Are You Interested, acquired the domain name AYI.com in January for 100,000 shares of common stock. At the time, t...
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August 15, 2013, 10:34 am
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Grand Theft Auto creator files complaint against GTA.tv
Take-Two Interactive asks World Intellectual Property Forum to order transfer of GTA.tv. Is this a case of grand theft or a legitimate intellectual property claim? Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc, maker of the popular Grand Theft Auto video game s...
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Grand Theft Auto creator files complaint against GTA.tv
Take-Two Interactive asks World Intellectual Property Forum to order transfer of GTA.tv. Is this a case of grand theft or a legitimate intellectual property claim? Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc, maker of the popular Grand Theft Auto video game s...
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August 15, 2013, 10:24 am
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Chicago.com investment, end user sales reports, and more
What’s going on with a major geo website and AWOL end user reports. I spent last week vacationing in Seattle and central Washington. There was a lot of news last week and I did my best to stay on top of it (despite complaints from my wife). One...
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Chicago.com investment, end user sales reports, and more
What’s going on with a major geo website and AWOL end user reports. I spent last week vacationing in Seattle and central Washington. There was a lot of news last week and I did my best to stay on top of it (despite complaints from my wife). One...
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August 14, 2013, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
IPC wants Uniform Rapid Suspension provisions in .org, .biz, and .info contracts
Intellectual Property groups already asking for way to add URS to existing top level domain names. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. The ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) has asked ICANN to insert a provision into registry agreeme...
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IPC wants Uniform Rapid Suspension provisions in .org, .biz, and .info contracts
Intellectual Property groups already asking for way to add URS to existing top level domain names. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. The ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) has asked ICANN to insert a provision into registry agreeme...
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August 14, 2013, 11:06 am
