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Neustar launches new .US branding campaign “Kickstart America”
Company pitches .US domains to small businesses. Neustar, the registry for the .us country code domain name, has launched a new marketing strategy today aimed at small businesses. As part of the new branding the company has relaunched About.us and cr...
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Neustar launches new .US branding campaign “Kickstart America”
Company pitches .US domains to small businesses. Neustar, the registry for the .us country code domain name, has launched a new marketing strategy today aimed at small businesses. As part of the new branding the company has relaunched About.us and cr...
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April 10, 2012, 10:20 am
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JustinTV.com sold for $32,500 on eBay and just got hit with a UDRP
Buyer may learn an expensive lesson. In February a Chile man bought the domain name JustinTV.com for $32,500 on eBay. JustinTV.com is, of course, often mistakenly typed in by people looking for the popular live TV site Justin.tv. This wasn’t a ...
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JustinTV.com sold for $32,500 on eBay and just got hit with a UDRP
Buyer may learn an expensive lesson. In February a Chile man bought the domain name JustinTV.com for $32,500 on eBay. JustinTV.com is, of course, often mistakenly typed in by people looking for the popular live TV site Justin.tv. This wasn’t a ...
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April 9, 2012, 7:42 pm
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Bain & Company takes fight with BainConsultingGroup.com owner to court
Consulting firm sues man for copyright and trademark infringement of Bain name. Bain & Company, one of the world’s most prestigious management consulting firms and a former employer of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is taking a Colorad...
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Bain & Company takes fight with BainConsultingGroup.com owner to court
Consulting firm sues man for copyright and trademark infringement of Bain name. Bain & Company, one of the world’s most prestigious management consulting firms and a former employer of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is taking a Colorad...
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April 9, 2012, 10:39 am
Domain Name Wire
No .Facebook and .Pepsi?
Spokesperson tells AdAge that the company isn’t apply for .Facebook TLD. According to an article just published by AdAge, you shouldn’t expect Facebook to apply for .Facebook nor should you expect to navigate to .pepsi any time soon. Of c...
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No .Facebook and .Pepsi?
Spokesperson tells AdAge that the company isn’t apply for .Facebook TLD. According to an article just published by AdAge, you shouldn’t expect Facebook to apply for .Facebook nor should you expect to navigate to .pepsi any time soon. Of c...
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April 8, 2012, 10:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
New gTLD hopefuls play trademark games in EU, too
French lawyer with ICANN, NAF, and WIPO connections helps new TLD applicants file trademarks for prospective top level domains. I’ve chronicled many of the attempts by new gTLD hopefuls to “frontrun” trademarks for new TLDs in the U...
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New gTLD hopefuls play trademark games in EU, too
French lawyer with ICANN, NAF, and WIPO connections helps new TLD applicants file trademarks for prospective top level domains. I’ve chronicled many of the attempts by new gTLD hopefuls to “frontrun” trademarks for new TLDs in the U...
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April 6, 2012, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Tools files preemptive lawsuit over copyright claims and its trademark
Domain Tools files lawsuit for declaratory relief on copyright and trademark issues. Domain Tools, LLC has filed suit (pdf) against a New Jersey man after he threatened to file a lawsuit against it and try to get its trademark for “Domain Tools...
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Domain Tools files preemptive lawsuit over copyright claims and its trademark
Domain Tools files lawsuit for declaratory relief on copyright and trademark issues. Domain Tools, LLC has filed suit (pdf) against a New Jersey man after he threatened to file a lawsuit against it and try to get its trademark for “Domain Tools...
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April 6, 2012, 10:15 am
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Patent troll goes after GoDaddy in latest suit
GoDaddy joins the likes of Google and Yahoo as defendants in cloud storage patent troll lawsuits. A non-practicing entity, a.k.a. patent troll, has filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy for allegedly infringing some of its cloud storage patents. The suit, ...
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Patent troll goes after GoDaddy in latest suit
GoDaddy joins the likes of Google and Yahoo as defendants in cloud storage patent troll lawsuits. A non-practicing entity, a.k.a. patent troll, has filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy for allegedly infringing some of its cloud storage patents. The suit, ...
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April 5, 2012, 11:33 am
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Check out these 16 end user domain buys from the past week
From cocktails to public advocacy, here are 16 recent end user domain sales. Here are 16 end user sales that took place through Afternic and Sedo over the past week. All sales were at Afternic unless noted as Sedo. Lakewood Weightloss and Wellness bo...
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Check out these 16 end user domain buys from the past week
From cocktails to public advocacy, here are 16 recent end user domain sales. Here are 16 end user sales that took place through Afternic and Sedo over the past week. All sales were at Afternic unless noted as Sedo. Lakewood Weightloss and Wellness bo...
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April 4, 2012, 2:13 pm
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Warner Bros. fails to gank domain for The Gangster Squad movie
Arbitration panel rules against movie studio for domain for upcoming film release. Warner Bros. is releasing The Gangster Squad, starring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, this coming October. But it’s missing a key ingredient: the domain...
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Warner Bros. fails to gank domain for The Gangster Squad movie
Arbitration panel rules against movie studio for domain for upcoming film release. Warner Bros. is releasing The Gangster Squad, starring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, this coming October. But it’s missing a key ingredient: the domain...
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April 4, 2012, 11:17 am
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories for March
A possible merger and DVD.com purchase were most popular stories of March. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire for the month of March. 1. American Airlines merger with U.S. Airways is a go, suggest domain registrations – a company...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories for March
A possible merger and DVD.com purchase were most popular stories of March. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire for the month of March. 1. American Airlines merger with U.S. Airways is a go, suggest domain registrations – a company...
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April 4, 2012, 10:54 am
