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Go Daddy Auctions June sales down (but that doesn’t mean a downturn in the market)
Aftermarket domain sales robust despite lower numbers on Go Daddy Auctions. Last month Go Daddy Auctions sold 31,896 domain names. That’s down from 35,094 in May. The number of domains sold on the platform has been on a downward trend for sever...
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Go Daddy Auctions June sales down (but that doesn’t mean a downturn in the market)
Aftermarket domain sales robust despite lower numbers on Go Daddy Auctions. Last month Go Daddy Auctions sold 31,896 domain names. That’s down from 35,094 in May. The number of domains sold on the platform has been on a downward trend for sever...
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July 6, 2012, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
NCC plans to invest $9.4 million in .secure (if it can get the domain)
Company hopeful it can prevail over Amazon.com. The CEO of United Kingdom security company NCC Group (NCC.LN) told Dow Jones Newswires that it plans to invest 6 million pounds ($9.4 million) in the top level domain name .secure, with over half of tha...
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NCC plans to invest $9.4 million in .secure (if it can get the domain)
Company hopeful it can prevail over Amazon.com. The CEO of United Kingdom security company NCC Group (NCC.LN) told Dow Jones Newswires that it plans to invest 6 million pounds ($9.4 million) in the top level domain name .secure, with over half of tha...
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July 6, 2012, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Rawlings sues Wilson over Brandon Phillips Gold Glove
There’s gold in them there gloves. Just in time for the Major League Baseball All Start Game comes this lawsuit between two baseball equipment manufacturers. Rawlings Sporting Goods, which has given the “Gold Glove” award since 1957...
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Rawlings sues Wilson over Brandon Phillips Gold Glove
There’s gold in them there gloves. Just in time for the Major League Baseball All Start Game comes this lawsuit between two baseball equipment manufacturers. Rawlings Sporting Goods, which has given the “Gold Glove” award since 1957...
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July 6, 2012, 10:15 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel orders stolen 3 letter domain name returned to owner
EZQ.com should belongs to EZQuest, rules panel. Last month Michael Berkens wrote about how a UDRP panel affirmed that UDRP is not a forum for recovery stolen domain names. I agree that’s the case — most of the time. Yet over history some ...
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UDRP panel orders stolen 3 letter domain name returned to owner
EZQ.com should belongs to EZQuest, rules panel. Last month Michael Berkens wrote about how a UDRP panel affirmed that UDRP is not a forum for recovery stolen domain names. I agree that’s the case — most of the time. Yet over history some ...
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July 5, 2012, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vanity.com files lawsuit to block transfer of domain name
Lawsuit filed in Arizona to stop transfer of domain name after adverse UDRP determination. Last month a National Arbitration Forum panel handed down a shockingly bad decision over the domain name Vanity.com, ordering the domain transferred to Vanity ...
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Vanity.com files lawsuit to block transfer of domain name
Lawsuit filed in Arizona to stop transfer of domain name after adverse UDRP determination. Last month a National Arbitration Forum panel handed down a shockingly bad decision over the domain name Vanity.com, ordering the domain transferred to Vanity ...
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July 5, 2012, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: check out this panelist’s scathing finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Panelist goes the extra mile in explanation of reverse domain name hijacking. UDRP panelists are usually reluctant to affirm that a complainant attempted reverse domain name hijacking. But in some cases the facts are so damning that the panelist goes...
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Wow: check out this panelist’s scathing finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Panelist goes the extra mile in explanation of reverse domain name hijacking. UDRP panelists are usually reluctant to affirm that a complainant attempted reverse domain name hijacking. But in some cases the facts are so damning that the panelist goes...
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July 5, 2012, 10:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Patent granted for automated web site valuation method
Patent describes system for generating automated appraisals of web sites. There are a lot of automated web site valuation and appraisal tools out there. Now the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent covering a method of automatically v...
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Patent granted for automated web site valuation method
Patent describes system for generating automated appraisals of web sites. There are a lot of automated web site valuation and appraisal tools out there. Now the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent covering a method of automatically v...
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July 3, 2012, 12:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Waiter.com sues GoWaiter.com for trademark infringement
Does GoWaiter.com infringe Waiter.com’s mark? Here’s an interesting lawsuit that shows the challenges of building a business on a a descriptive (aka ‘generic’) domain name. Waiter.com, a food delivery web site started in 1995,...
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Waiter.com sues GoWaiter.com for trademark infringement
Does GoWaiter.com infringe Waiter.com’s mark? Here’s an interesting lawsuit that shows the challenges of building a business on a a descriptive (aka ‘generic’) domain name. Waiter.com, a food delivery web site started in 1995,...
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July 3, 2012, 12:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Entrepreneur Media continues to sue entrepreneurs who use the word entrepreneur
Got ‘entrepreneur’ in your name? If you publish information to help entrepreneurs, you might be sued. Entrepreneur Media (EMI), the company that publishes Entrepreneur magazine, continues to file lawsuits against people that use the term ...
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Entrepreneur Media continues to sue entrepreneurs who use the word entrepreneur
Got ‘entrepreneur’ in your name? If you publish information to help entrepreneurs, you might be sued. Entrepreneur Media (EMI), the company that publishes Entrepreneur magazine, continues to file lawsuits against people that use the term ...
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July 3, 2012, 11:06 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook says real estate firm is cybersquatting on 30 domain names
30 domains include “facebook” in them. Facebook has filed a cybersquatting complaint against a San Diego area realty company, claiming that the company is cybersquatting on its famous mark. The complaint with National Arbitration Forum li...
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Facebook says real estate firm is cybersquatting on 30 domain names
30 domains include “facebook” in them. Facebook has filed a cybersquatting complaint against a San Diego area realty company, claiming that the company is cybersquatting on its famous mark. The complaint with National Arbitration Forum li...
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July 2, 2012, 4:15 pm
