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WIPO posts 11 legal rights TLD objections: .blue, .academy, .goo and more
Google and Donuts amongst those hit with legal rights disputes over top level domains. World Intellectual Property Organization has added ten legal rights objections disputes to its list of new top level domain objections. It recently posted the disp...
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WIPO posts 11 legal rights TLD objections: .blue, .academy, .goo and more
Google and Donuts amongst those hit with legal rights disputes over top level domains. World Intellectual Property Organization has added ten legal rights objections disputes to its list of new top level domain objections. It recently posted the disp...
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March 20, 2013, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bloomberg sues sploggers using Google’s Blogger
Company upset over blogs using “Bloomberg” in subdomain and scraping Bloomberg content. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in New York against four John Does using Google’s Blogger service. The defendants hav...
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Bloomberg sues sploggers using Google’s Blogger
Company upset over blogs using “Bloomberg” in subdomain and scraping Bloomberg content. Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in New York against four John Does using Google’s Blogger service. The defendants hav...
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March 20, 2013, 11:57 am
Domain Name Wire
19 end user domain sales up to $36,000
19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are ...
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19 end user domain sales up to $36,000
19 end users paid between $700 and $36,000 for domains at Sedo last week. The top reported sale on Sedo’s sales list this past week was to an end user, although we don’t yet know what that end user plans to launch at the domain. Here are ...
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March 20, 2013, 11:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media sets up Dublin office for domain services
Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland. Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland. Demand Media is serving as the backend ...
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Demand Media sets up Dublin office for domain services
Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland. Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland. Demand Media is serving as the backend ...
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March 20, 2013, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Why a DOJ block on new TLD auctions doesn’t make sense
I have a hard time understanding how a private auction would be illegal in the case of new TLD allocation. A couple weeks ago a new TLD applicant told me they weren’t participating in private TLD auctions because they thought the auctions would...
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Why a DOJ block on new TLD auctions doesn’t make sense
I have a hard time understanding how a private auction would be illegal in the case of new TLD allocation. A couple weeks ago a new TLD applicant told me they weren’t participating in private TLD auctions because they thought the auctions would...
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March 19, 2013, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
FairSearch files formal objections against Google’s .search, .fly and .map TLD applications
Group claims three TLDs would give Google an unfair competitive advantage. A consortium that promotes competition in search has filed objections against three of Google’s top level domain bids. Robin Wauters with The Next Web was the first to w...
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FairSearch files formal objections against Google’s .search, .fly and .map TLD applications
Group claims three TLDs would give Google an unfair competitive advantage. A consortium that promotes competition in search has filed objections against three of Google’s top level domain bids. Robin Wauters with The Next Web was the first to w...
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March 19, 2013, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
The DevHub story: company finally finds a sustainable business, looks to expand in 2013
After many failed business models, Seattle company DevHub has found a sustainable business model that doesn’t rely on Google. It was the fall of 2010 and DevHub was running out money. Which meant it was running out of time. The company had rais...
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The DevHub story: company finally finds a sustainable business, looks to expand in 2013
After many failed business models, Seattle company DevHub has found a sustainable business model that doesn’t rely on Google. It was the fall of 2010 and DevHub was running out money. Which meant it was running out of time. The company had rais...
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March 19, 2013, 11:46 am
Domain Name Wire
GFA.com leads Afternic auction on SnapNames
Lots of good domains in auction ending Friday. Afternic is running another auction on the SnapNames platform and it’s attracting lots of bidders. The auction includes 136 domains with reserve ranges starting as low as $200 to as high as $250,00...
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GFA.com leads Afternic auction on SnapNames
Lots of good domains in auction ending Friday. Afternic is running another auction on the SnapNames platform and it’s attracting lots of bidders. The auction includes 136 domains with reserve ranges starting as low as $200 to as high as $250,00...
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March 19, 2013, 11:06 am
Domain Name Wire
University of Central Florida sues liquor store that owns UCFliquorstore.com
University of Central Florida takes issue with liquor store’s marketing and domain name. The University of Central Florida has sued a local liquor store that bills itself as “Your Official UCF Liquor Store”. Pat’s Liquor, whic...
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University of Central Florida sues liquor store that owns UCFliquorstore.com
University of Central Florida takes issue with liquor store’s marketing and domain name. The University of Central Florida has sued a local liquor store that bills itself as “Your Official UCF Liquor Store”. Pat’s Liquor, whic...
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March 19, 2013, 9:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Will SXSW 2014 be known as the year of the domain?
SXSW 2013 attracted a handful of domain companies, and I expect more next year. SXSW 2013 is over, and what an event it was. The Interactive portion drew over 30,000 official attendees. Add in the “shadow” (i.e. unpaid) attendance, and it...
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Will SXSW 2014 be known as the year of the domain?
SXSW 2013 attracted a handful of domain companies, and I expect more next year. SXSW 2013 is over, and what an event it was. The Interactive portion drew over 30,000 official attendees. Add in the “shadow” (i.e. unpaid) attendance, and it...
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March 18, 2013, 12:54 pm
