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Guy mad about CentralNic domains sues ICANN and Network Solutions
Fun Friday reading. I read a lot of lawsuits involving domain name companies. Occasionally I come across a “pro se” suit, in which the plaintiff doesn’t have legal representation. Nine times out of ten these pro se cases I read invo...
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Guy mad about CentralNic domains sues ICANN and Network Solutions
Fun Friday reading. I read a lot of lawsuits involving domain name companies. Occasionally I come across a “pro se” suit, in which the plaintiff doesn’t have legal representation. Nine times out of ten these pro se cases I read invo...
Discussion
August 3, 2012, 11:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Marchex sells record $3.3 million in domains on Q2
Not much else to smile about in its quarterly report. Marchex just released earnings for its second quarter. Most notable to the domain name industry is that the company had a record quarter for domain name sales — $3.3 million. There’s n...
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Marchex sells record $3.3 million in domains on Q2
Not much else to smile about in its quarterly report. Marchex just released earnings for its second quarter. Most notable to the domain name industry is that the company had a record quarter for domain name sales — $3.3 million. There’s n...
Discussion
August 2, 2012, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel orders VS4.com transferred
Three character domain name lost in UDRP. A single member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name VS4.com be transferred to adult entertainment company VS Media, Inc. The company claims trademark rights to the term VS. It also owns the domain names VS...
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UDRP panel orders VS4.com transferred
Three character domain name lost in UDRP. A single member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name VS4.com be transferred to adult entertainment company VS Media, Inc. The company claims trademark rights to the term VS. It also owns the domain names VS...
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August 2, 2012, 1:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Meet the woman who bought a domain name instead of a house
Business founder spent house deposit on a domain name. I got a kick out of an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today. The story features Posse.com founder Rebekah Campbell. Campbell bought the Posse.com domain name with $28,000 of her savings. &l...
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Meet the woman who bought a domain name instead of a house
Business founder spent house deposit on a domain name. I got a kick out of an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today. The story features Posse.com founder Rebekah Campbell. Campbell bought the Posse.com domain name with $28,000 of her savings. &l...
Discussion
August 2, 2012, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire posts of July 2012
CEO shuffle, G.me, and oogle.com among the most read stories on DNW last month. July’s big news came in at the end of the month: Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stepping down from the CEO post he took in December. Here’s a quick run down of t...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire posts of July 2012
CEO shuffle, G.me, and oogle.com among the most read stories on DNW last month. July’s big news came in at the end of the month: Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stepping down from the CEO post he took in December. Here’s a quick run down of t...
Discussion
August 2, 2012, 11:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Ari Goldberger gets another UDRP win for Kevin Ham
Vertical Axis can keep Detur.com domain name. Kevin Ham’s Vertical Axis has won a UDRP over the domain name Detur.com with the help of domain name attorney Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The complaint was brought by Detur International B.V., a ...
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Ari Goldberger gets another UDRP win for Kevin Ham
Vertical Axis can keep Detur.com domain name. Kevin Ham’s Vertical Axis has won a UDRP over the domain name Detur.com with the help of domain name attorney Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The complaint was brought by Detur International B.V., a ...
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August 2, 2012, 10:24 am
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media and Donuts respond to lawyer’s accusations about TLD eligibility
Companies respond to allegations about their eligibility to run top level domain names. This morning I (and a handful of other bloggers) received a copy of a letter written by McCarter & English partner Jeffrey Stoler calling into question Demand...
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Demand Media and Donuts respond to lawyer’s accusations about TLD eligibility
Companies respond to allegations about their eligibility to run top level domain names. This morning I (and a handful of other bloggers) received a copy of a letter written by McCarter & English partner Jeffrey Stoler calling into question Demand...
Discussion
August 1, 2012, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
One person submits 467 comments on new top level domain applications
That’s a whole lot of work. If you visit the new top level domain comments site today, you’re going to be doing quite a big of pagination before you see any unique comments. That’s because one person — a trademark manager at S...
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One person submits 467 comments on new top level domain applications
That’s a whole lot of work. If you visit the new top level domain comments site today, you’re going to be doing quite a big of pagination before you see any unique comments. That’s because one person — a trademark manager at S...
Discussion
August 1, 2012, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user sales report and a warning to TED
End user domain purchases from the past week. Before we jump in with this week’s end user sales report, I have a warning for the famous TED conferences: be careful with your new domain. TED bought xNetwork.org for $1,788. I’m not sure wha...
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End user sales report and a warning to TED
End user domain purchases from the past week. Before we jump in with this week’s end user sales report, I have a warning for the famous TED conferences: be careful with your new domain. TED bought xNetwork.org for $1,788. I’m not sure wha...
Discussion
August 1, 2012, 11:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff loses domain name fight with Democrats
Jack Abramoff fails in arbitration over domain name. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) can keep the domain name JackAbramoff.com, a National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff filed the complaint arg...
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Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff loses domain name fight with Democrats
Jack Abramoff fails in arbitration over domain name. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) can keep the domain name JackAbramoff.com, a National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff filed the complaint arg...
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July 31, 2012, 5:19 pm
