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Sedo revenue down 17% but rebound in number of domains for sale and parked
Sedo’s revenue continues downward trend but company reports a rebound in domains for sale and parked since the end of 2012. Sedo Holding’s domain marketing segment, which most in the domain name industry know as simply Sedo, posted a shar...
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Sedo revenue down 17% but rebound in number of domains for sale and parked
Sedo’s revenue continues downward trend but company reports a rebound in domains for sale and parked since the end of 2012. Sedo Holding’s domain marketing segment, which most in the domain name industry know as simply Sedo, posted a shar...
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August 14, 2013, 10:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Tradeshow company sues Citigroup over domain name
Company that lost UDRP seeks to block transfer and claims reverse domain name hijacking. Tradeshow exhibit company Creative CitiGroup Inc. has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against banking giant Citigroup in an effort to keep its domain name CreativeCitigrou...
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Tradeshow company sues Citigroup over domain name
Company that lost UDRP seeks to block transfer and claims reverse domain name hijacking. Tradeshow exhibit company Creative CitiGroup Inc. has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against banking giant Citigroup in an effort to keep its domain name CreativeCitigrou...
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August 13, 2013, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is dirty: HelpScout.net owner files lawsuit against HelpScout.com
Company formed in 2011 claims domain names registered in 2009 infringe its trademark. Brightwurks, Inc., which owns support service Help Scout, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against the domain names HelpScout.com and Help-Scout.com. Here’s ...
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This is dirty: HelpScout.net owner files lawsuit against HelpScout.com
Company formed in 2011 claims domain names registered in 2009 infringe its trademark. Brightwurks, Inc., which owns support service Help Scout, has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against the domain names HelpScout.com and Help-Scout.com. Here’s ...
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August 13, 2013, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Secure applicant files trademark application for SAFETLD
Artemis files application for SAFETLD mark for its .secure top level domain. Artemis Internet, part of NCC Group plc, has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “SAFETLD”, most likely tied to its .secu...
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.Secure applicant files trademark application for SAFETLD
Artemis files application for SAFETLD mark for its .secure top level domain. Artemis Internet, part of NCC Group plc, has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “SAFETLD”, most likely tied to its .secu...
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August 13, 2013, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s Q2 market study plus where the top 10 sold domains are now
Sedo releases market data from second quarter plus a few new end user sales revealed. Sedo released its second quarter market study today in a new infographic format. The data show that sales volume and dollar volume were down slightly from the first...
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Sedo’s Q2 market study plus where the top 10 sold domains are now
Sedo releases market data from second quarter plus a few new end user sales revealed. Sedo released its second quarter market study today in a new infographic format. The data show that sales volume and dollar volume were down slightly from the first...
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August 13, 2013, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
First 12 New TLD string confusion objections denied
ICDR panels deny first 12 string confusion objections. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has issued its first 12 decisions regarding string confusion objections. All 12 objections were denied. The denied objections were: Universal Posta...
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First 12 New TLD string confusion objections denied
ICDR panels deny first 12 string confusion objections. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has issued its first 12 decisions regarding string confusion objections. All 12 objections were denied. The denied objections were: Universal Posta...
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August 13, 2013, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Test driving .co’s new Pop.co
New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely...
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Test driving .co’s new Pop.co
New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely...
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August 13, 2013, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
USPTO considers trademarks for top level domain names
In the future, top level domains could be trademarked in the U.S. under limited circumstances. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking feedback on a plan to allow companies to trademark top level domains – albeit under limited circumsta...
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USPTO considers trademarks for top level domain names
In the future, top level domains could be trademarked in the U.S. under limited circumstances. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking feedback on a plan to allow companies to trademark top level domains – albeit under limited circumsta...
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August 12, 2013, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic plans IPO
Domain name registry plans to file for initial public offering. Domain name registry and backend services provider CentralNic is planning to officially announce an initial public offering tomorrow, The Telegraph reports. The company, which today is k...
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CentralNic plans IPO
Domain name registry plans to file for initial public offering. Domain name registry and backend services provider CentralNic is planning to officially announce an initial public offering tomorrow, The Telegraph reports. The company, which today is k...
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August 12, 2013, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lisa Box joines Endurance International
Box leaves Moniker:SnapNames to take role with Endurance. Lisa Box has joined Endurance International Group as Senior Director of Domains, the company announced today. Box has been in the domain name industry since 2007, when she joined Internet REIT...
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Lisa Box joines Endurance International
Box leaves Moniker:SnapNames to take role with Endurance. Lisa Box has joined Endurance International Group as Senior Director of Domains, the company announced today. Box has been in the domain name industry since 2007, when she joined Internet REIT...
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August 12, 2013, 2:12 pm
