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25 end user domain sales
Scripps Networks among end user buyers last week. Here are 25 end user domain sales made through Afternic last week. Gibson Research Corporation bought SteveGibson.net for $1,477. The company was founded by Steve Gibson. Vancouver Laptop paid $25,000...
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25 end user domain sales
Scripps Networks among end user buyers last week. Here are 25 end user domain sales made through Afternic last week. Gibson Research Corporation bought SteveGibson.net for $1,477. The company was founded by Steve Gibson. Vancouver Laptop paid $25,000...
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April 24, 2013, 1:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
USA Today buys domain for new sports site (and 19 other domains)
USA Today among big name domain name end user buyers last week. This week USA Today launched its new sports site For The Win!, which officially resides at FTW.USAToday.com. But they bought the short URL 4TW.com to forward to it. Here are details on t...
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USA Today buys domain for new sports site (and 19 other domains)
USA Today among big name domain name end user buyers last week. This week USA Today launched its new sports site For The Win!, which officially resides at FTW.USAToday.com. But they bought the short URL 4TW.com to forward to it. Here are details on t...
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April 24, 2013, 11:48 am
Domain Name Wire
GAC Advice leads to TLDH withdrawing four new TLD applications
Major new TLD applicant says it will withdraw four applications after discussions with governments. Top Level Domain Holdings, a publicly traded pure play applicant for new top level domains (London: TLDH), plans to withdraw four of its top level dom...
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GAC Advice leads to TLDH withdrawing four new TLD applications
Major new TLD applicant says it will withdraw four applications after discussions with governments. Top Level Domain Holdings, a publicly traded pure play applicant for new top level domains (London: TLDH), plans to withdraw four of its top level dom...
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April 24, 2013, 10:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Charity files UDRP over Frank Schilling’s WalkTheWalk.com domain
Group owns .org version of domain name. The charity that owns WalkTheWalk.org has filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. for the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. Walk the Walk Worldwide raises money to raise awareness about...
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Charity files UDRP over Frank Schilling’s WalkTheWalk.com domain
Group owns .org version of domain name. The charity that owns WalkTheWalk.org has filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. for the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. Walk the Walk Worldwide raises money to raise awareness about...
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April 24, 2013, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN will now be able to suspend domain name registrars
One of the big improvements in the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) over the 2009 version is the ability for ICANN to suspend registrars. Previously, if a registrar was in breach of contract, ICANN only had the “nuclear opt...
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ICANN will now be able to suspend domain name registrars
One of the big improvements in the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) over the 2009 version is the ability for ICANN to suspend registrars. Previously, if a registrar was in breach of contract, ICANN only had the “nuclear opt...
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April 24, 2013, 9:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Salesforce launches Social.com
Almost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to adverti...
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Salesforce launches Social.com
Almost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to adverti...
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April 23, 2013, 2:58 pm
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DomainSkate offers templated UDRP complaints for $399
Low cost service prepares UDRP filing to submit to National Arbitration Forum. The biggest cost of filing or responding to a UDRP isn’t paying fees to National Arbitration Forum or WIPO. It’s typically the lawyer’s fees that add up ...
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DomainSkate offers templated UDRP complaints for $399
Low cost service prepares UDRP filing to submit to National Arbitration Forum. The biggest cost of filing or responding to a UDRP isn’t paying fees to National Arbitration Forum or WIPO. It’s typically the lawyer’s fees that add up ...
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April 23, 2013, 12:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Internet Giant TenCent bumbles domain dispute
Company drops ball in UDRP submission. It’s possible you’ve never heard of TenCent. I hadn’t heard of it until reading The Economist’s recent spread on the internet in China. But it’s big in China. Huge. With a market ca...
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Internet Giant TenCent bumbles domain dispute
Company drops ball in UDRP submission. It’s possible you’ve never heard of TenCent. I hadn’t heard of it until reading The Economist’s recent spread on the internet in China. But it’s big in China. Huge. With a market ca...
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April 23, 2013, 11:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain arbitration cases edge up slightly in 2012
…but trail the growth in domain name registrations. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has released its official numbers for 2012 UDRP cases. Combined with World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) results, the number of UDRP cases...
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Domain arbitration cases edge up slightly in 2012
…but trail the growth in domain name registrations. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has released its official numbers for 2012 UDRP cases. Combined with World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) results, the number of UDRP cases...
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April 23, 2013, 10:51 am
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Coming this year: the biggest domain registrar phishing attack ever
New RAA satisfies boneheaded law enforcement request that will lead to more domain theft. The proposed new registration accreditation agreement satisfies a law enforcement requirement of verifying whois information when someone registers a domain nam...
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Coming this year: the biggest domain registrar phishing attack ever
New RAA satisfies boneheaded law enforcement request that will lead to more domain theft. The proposed new registration accreditation agreement satisfies a law enforcement requirement of verifying whois information when someone registers a domain nam...
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April 23, 2013, 10:35 am
