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GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respon...
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GEICO wins GEIC.com domain name dispute
Insurance company wins control of domain name that leaves off the ‘o’. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded the four letter domain name GEIC.com to insurance giant GEICO. The owner of the domain name did not respon...
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September 10, 2012, 10:26 am
Domain Name Wire
Adrian Peterson needs a new lawyer
Mistake ridden domain name complaints cost the player his online identity. Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson needs to get a new lawyer — and not for his criminal issues. He needs new intellectual property lawyers. If your lawyers make a ...
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Adrian Peterson needs a new lawyer
Mistake ridden domain name complaints cost the player his online identity. Minnesota Vikings player Adrian Peterson needs to get a new lawyer — and not for his criminal issues. He needs new intellectual property lawyers. If your lawyers make a ...
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September 10, 2012, 8:52 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP inconsistency alert: Oakley wins one “fake” case, loses the other
Win won, lose another: the inconsistency of UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Oakley lost a UDRP case over the domain name MyFakeOakleySunglasses.com. The panelist in that case, Houston Putnam Lowry, ruled that the domain name was not confus...
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UDRP inconsistency alert: Oakley wins one “fake” case, loses the other
Win won, lose another: the inconsistency of UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Oakley lost a UDRP case over the domain name MyFakeOakleySunglasses.com. The panelist in that case, Houston Putnam Lowry, ruled that the domain name was not confus...
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September 9, 2012, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling to launch upgraded domain sales platform next month
Schilling says it “exceeds the best sales platforms available”. Frank Schilling has already rocked the domain parking industry with his Internet Traffic service. Now he hopes to shake up how you sell your domain names. In a blog post titl...
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Frank Schilling to launch upgraded domain sales platform next month
Schilling says it “exceeds the best sales platforms available”. Frank Schilling has already rocked the domain parking industry with his Internet Traffic service. Now he hopes to shake up how you sell your domain names. In a blog post titl...
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September 9, 2012, 9:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Public Storage refiles UDRP, panel declines to hear it
Company upset that decision was different from similar case it filed. Generally speaking, the only reason a UDRP panel will re-hear a case is if the complainant brings forth new evidence that could not have been discovered prior to the initial case. ...
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Public Storage refiles UDRP, panel declines to hear it
Company upset that decision was different from similar case it filed. Generally speaking, the only reason a UDRP panel will re-hear a case is if the complainant brings forth new evidence that could not have been discovered prior to the initial case. ...
Discussion
September 7, 2012, 8:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Libya loses anticybersquatting lawsuit
Libya and its embassy lose a domain name lawsuit that started well before Gaddafi’s overthrow. A federal district court yesterday handed down a ruling in a very interesting cybersquatting case, and much of the interest lies in who the plaintiff...
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Libya loses anticybersquatting lawsuit
Libya and its embassy lose a domain name lawsuit that started well before Gaddafi’s overthrow. A federal district court yesterday handed down a ruling in a very interesting cybersquatting case, and much of the interest lies in who the plaintiff...
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September 7, 2012, 7:59 am
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Is this the world’s worst web site name?
Quite possibly. So you create a sort of “eLance for legal cases” and you need to come up with a name. You end up with… Shpoonkle.com? Oh c’mon. You can’t be serious. Shpoonkle.com has been out for a while, but I just he...
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Is this the world’s worst web site name?
Quite possibly. So you create a sort of “eLance for legal cases” and you need to come up with a name. You end up with… Shpoonkle.com? Oh c’mon. You can’t be serious. Shpoonkle.com has been out for a while, but I just he...
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September 6, 2012, 10:17 am
Domain Name Wire
Clint Eastwood proves that as long as there’s news, there will be domain registrations
Dozens of domain names registered about…a chair. Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention last Thursday gave 24 hour news networks and election watchers something to talk about for the next few days. And it once agai...
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Clint Eastwood proves that as long as there’s news, there will be domain registrations
Dozens of domain names registered about…a chair. Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention last Thursday gave 24 hour news networks and election watchers something to talk about for the next few days. And it once agai...
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September 6, 2012, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
The most important .tv domain turns 10
This one .tv domain name has bolstered the entire .tv namespace. The one .tv domain name that has done the most to build the .TV domain name brand turned ten last month. And it doesn’t even resolve to a web site. MLB.TV, Major League Baseball&r...
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The most important .tv domain turns 10
This one .tv domain name has bolstered the entire .tv namespace. The one .tv domain name that has done the most to build the .TV domain name brand turned ten last month. And it doesn’t even resolve to a web site. MLB.TV, Major League Baseball&r...
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September 6, 2012, 8:52 am
Domain Name Wire
How to change your new top level domain application
A one page word doc is all it takes. Domain Name Wire was first to report back in June that ICANN was working on a plan to allow new top level domain applicants to modify their applications. Now the guidelines and process are complete. Applicants mus...
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How to change your new top level domain application
A one page word doc is all it takes. Domain Name Wire was first to report back in June that ICANN was working on a plan to allow new top level domain applicants to modify their applications. Now the guidelines and process are complete. Applicants mus...
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September 6, 2012, 8:43 am
