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GmbH applicant files U.S. trademark application
Company wants to trademark GMBH. TLDDOT GmbH, an applicant for the top level domain .GmbH, has filed an intent-to-use trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the mark “GMBH”. Seriously. GmbH is basically the eq...
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GmbH applicant files U.S. trademark application
Company wants to trademark GMBH. TLDDOT GmbH, an applicant for the top level domain .GmbH, has filed an intent-to-use trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the mark “GMBH”. Seriously. GmbH is basically the eq...
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July 31, 2012, 10:07 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman steps down
The world’s largest domain name registrar is seeking a new CEO. Warren Adelman is stepping down as CEO of Go Daddy, the company announced today. He will remain with the company as Special Advisor for Strategy and Global Policy. Adelman was prom...
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Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman steps down
The world’s largest domain name registrar is seeking a new CEO. Warren Adelman is stepping down as CEO of Go Daddy, the company announced today. He will remain with the company as Special Advisor for Strategy and Global Policy. Adelman was prom...
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July 30, 2012, 1:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Salesforce.com buys Work.com domain name
Another confirmation that Salesforce.com bought Work.com domain name. In March I put together a fairly convincing argument that Salesforce.com had purchased Work.com. Now we have another good confirmation: the nameservers on Work.com have changed to ...
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Salesforce.com buys Work.com domain name
Another confirmation that Salesforce.com bought Work.com domain name. In March I put together a fairly convincing argument that Salesforce.com had purchased Work.com. Now we have another good confirmation: the nameservers on Work.com have changed to ...
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July 30, 2012, 10:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo sales down 29% in Q2 compared to last year
Overall sales numbers down but trend toward fixed priced domains continues. Sedo’s domain sales in the second quarter were down significantly on a year-over-year basis, the company disclosed today in its quarterly report (pdf). Domain name tran...
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Sedo sales down 29% in Q2 compared to last year
Overall sales numbers down but trend toward fixed priced domains continues. Sedo’s domain sales in the second quarter were down significantly on a year-over-year basis, the company disclosed today in its quarterly report (pdf). Domain name tran...
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July 30, 2012, 10:07 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN considering single batch for evaluation, but not for release of new TLDs
New TLDs will still be metered even if evaluated in one batch. ICANN is seeking community input on its latest ideas for how to batch new top level domain names. In its call for comments, it states that it still plans to limit the addition of new top ...
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ICANN considering single batch for evaluation, but not for release of new TLDs
New TLDs will still be metered even if evaluated in one batch. ICANN is seeking community input on its latest ideas for how to batch new top level domain names. In its call for comments, it states that it still plans to limit the addition of new top ...
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July 29, 2012, 9:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yep, Google bought G.me and it now forwards to Google+
Google adds another one letter domain name to its collection. In May I wrote about how Google may have purchased the domain name G.me. The domain name was registered to Mark Monitor’s DNStinations, which often times registers domain names on be...
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Yep, Google bought G.me and it now forwards to Google+
Google adds another one letter domain name to its collection. In May I wrote about how Google may have purchased the domain name G.me. The domain name was registered to Mark Monitor’s DNStinations, which often times registers domain names on be...
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July 27, 2012, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Review: DomainTools Android app
Whois at your thumbtips. It’s been a couple years since DomainTools released its iPhone app. I guess DomainTools prefers to cater to the Apple fanboy crowd rather than the Android hipster crowd. Alas, my need for quick whois data can now be sat...
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Review: DomainTools Android app
Whois at your thumbtips. It’s been a couple years since DomainTools released its iPhone app. I guess DomainTools prefers to cater to the Apple fanboy crowd rather than the Android hipster crowd. Alas, my need for quick whois data can now be sat...
Discussion
July 27, 2012, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Behold, the .com ticker!
An up-to-date number of .com registrations. As I mentioned last night, Verisign has started released daily domain counts for both the .com and .net namespaces. The information is now available at this page. The data includes both domains that are in ...
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Behold, the .com ticker!
An up-to-date number of .com registrations. As I mentioned last night, Verisign has started released daily domain counts for both the .com and .net namespaces. The information is now available at this page. The data includes both domains that are in ...
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July 27, 2012, 9:51 am
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign blames domain monetization for lower renewal rate
Lower than usual renewal rate blamed on search engine changes. Verisign had its second best quarter ever for new domain name registrations last quarter, but its renewal rate was lower than usual. The company cites two reasons. First, there were large...
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VeriSign blames domain monetization for lower renewal rate
Lower than usual renewal rate blamed on search engine changes. Verisign had its second best quarter ever for new domain name registrations last quarter, but its renewal rate was lower than usual. The company cites two reasons. First, there were large...
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July 26, 2012, 9:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fire your UDRP lawyer, Thursday edition
I could have saved this complainant some money. Here’s an easy way to waste a few thousand bucks: file a UDRP against infringement on a subdomain. This is easily one of the weirdest claims I’ve seen in a while and it involved the domain n...
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Fire your UDRP lawyer, Thursday edition
I could have saved this complainant some money. Here’s an easy way to waste a few thousand bucks: file a UDRP against infringement on a subdomain. This is easily one of the weirdest claims I’ve seen in a while and it involved the domain n...
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July 26, 2012, 2:47 pm
