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Mastercard’s “Priceless” mark isn’t priceless, panel rules
WIPO arbitration panel finds against Mastercard on “Priceless” claims. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled against Mastercard in a dispute over domain names related to its “Priceless” trademark. The c...
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Mastercard’s “Priceless” mark isn’t priceless, panel rules
WIPO arbitration panel finds against Mastercard on “Priceless” claims. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled against Mastercard in a dispute over domain names related to its “Priceless” trademark. The c...
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April 27, 2012, 10:14 am
Domain Name Wire
FIBA to apply for the .basketball top level domain
Organization taps Minds + Machines to assist with registry services. FIBA, is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations, has applied for the .basketball top level domain, the organization announced this wee. FIBA partne...
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FIBA to apply for the .basketball top level domain
Organization taps Minds + Machines to assist with registry services. FIBA, is an independent association formed by 213 National Basketball Federations, has applied for the .basketball top level domain, the organization announced this wee. FIBA partne...
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April 27, 2012, 9:38 am
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3 top domain registrars offering .com domains for under $3
Major registrars offering special discounts right now. I’ve written before about how Go Daddy, Network Solutions, and Register.com offer discounted registrations in Google ads for the term “domain name”. Both are pushing out special...
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3 top domain registrars offering .com domains for under $3
Major registrars offering special discounts right now. I’ve written before about how Go Daddy, Network Solutions, and Register.com offer discounted registrations in Google ads for the term “domain name”. Both are pushing out special...
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April 26, 2012, 6:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign is backend for 220 new TLD applicants and applies for 14 itself
VeriSign releases numbers related to its new TLD plans. VeriSign released earnings today along with numbers related to its new top level domain aspirations. The company said it applied for 14 new top level domain names including 12 transliterations o...
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VeriSign is backend for 220 new TLD applicants and applies for 14 itself
VeriSign releases numbers related to its new TLD plans. VeriSign released earnings today along with numbers related to its new top level domain aspirations. The company said it applied for 14 new top level domain names including 12 transliterations o...
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April 26, 2012, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Aremi Group applies for .art (and claims trademarks)
Company announces plans for .art and says it has trademarks for it as well. Aremi Group is the latest to announce a formal application for a top level domain, announcing that it has applied for .art. The Luxembourg company says the mission of .art is...
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Aremi Group applies for .art (and claims trademarks)
Company announces plans for .art and says it has trademarks for it as well. Aremi Group is the latest to announce a formal application for a top level domain, announcing that it has applied for .art. The Luxembourg company says the mission of .art is...
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April 26, 2012, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel steals four letter domain from BuyDomains
Panel hands down the wrong decision in FACI.com case. A three member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that BuyDomains (NameMedia) registered FACI.com in bad faith. The case makes no sense. It seems that the panel’s judge...
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WIPO panel steals four letter domain from BuyDomains
Panel hands down the wrong decision in FACI.com case. A three member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that BuyDomains (NameMedia) registered FACI.com in bad faith. The case makes no sense. It seems that the panel’s judge...
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April 26, 2012, 11:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Mimicking a company’s whois record to hide a cybersquatting domain
An odd whois record gets me thinking. I was going through my daily check of notable domain name transfers when I came across something curious. The whois record for vwvwwfacebook.com changed from someone in Turkey to this whois: I’ve followed a...
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Mimicking a company’s whois record to hide a cybersquatting domain
An odd whois record gets me thinking. I was going through my daily check of notable domain name transfers when I came across something curious. The whois record for vwvwwfacebook.com changed from someone in Turkey to this whois: I’ve followed a...
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April 26, 2012, 9:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Nuts! Company that bought Nuts.com takes a big Google hit
Company buys a great domain, but changing domains is hard. The New York Times has an interesting “case study” today about Newark Nut Company. The company recently bought Nuts.com to replace its existing NutsOnline.com domain name. You&rsq...
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Nuts! Company that bought Nuts.com takes a big Google hit
Company buys a great domain, but changing domains is hard. The New York Times has an interesting “case study” today about Newark Nut Company. The company recently bought Nuts.com to replace its existing NutsOnline.com domain name. You&rsq...
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April 25, 2012, 10:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man petitions to get Google trademarks canceled after Google files UDRP against 763 domain names
A whopping UDRP and a strange reaction. Google has filed a single UDRP case with National Arbitration Forum covering a whopping 763 domains. The domains names include the word Google followed by common search terms, e.g.: googleiphone4s.com googlevol...
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Man petitions to get Google trademarks canceled after Google files UDRP against 763 domain names
A whopping UDRP and a strange reaction. Google has filed a single UDRP case with National Arbitration Forum covering a whopping 763 domains. The domains names include the word Google followed by common search terms, e.g.: googleiphone4s.com googlevol...
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April 25, 2012, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Charles Schwab Co., Billabong and others bought this past week
14 end user domain name sales. Here are some notable domain sales to end users over the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Dental imaging company Northwest Radiography, Inc. bought NorthwestImaging.com for $1,495. The...
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What domains Charles Schwab Co., Billabong and others bought this past week
14 end user domain name sales. Here are some notable domain sales to end users over the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Dental imaging company Northwest Radiography, Inc. bought NorthwestImaging.com for $1,495. The...
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April 25, 2012, 12:18 pm
