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Got Milk Domains?
If so, you might be in trouble. If you have “Got Milk” domains, the milk man is a’coming. The California Milk Processor Board, which has a trademark on the slogan, just filed UDRP cases against the owners of GotMilk.me and GotMilk.b...
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Got Milk Domains?
If so, you might be in trouble. If you have “Got Milk” domains, the milk man is a’coming. The California Milk Processor Board, which has a trademark on the slogan, just filed UDRP cases against the owners of GotMilk.me and GotMilk.b...
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October 14, 2011, 10:19 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s Assets Grow to $100 Million
ICANN releases audited financial statements for FY11. Today ICANN posted its audited financial statements (pdf) for Financial Year 2011 (which ended in June). Here are some highlights: Total assets grew to $100 million from $83 million the year prior...
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ICANN’s Assets Grow to $100 Million
ICANN releases audited financial statements for FY11. Today ICANN posted its audited financial statements (pdf) for Financial Year 2011 (which ended in June). Here are some highlights: Total assets grew to $100 million from $83 million the year prior...
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October 14, 2011, 10:07 am
Domain Name Wire
.HIV Domain Name Initiative Turns to Crowd Funding
A charity top level domain wants you to be charitable to get it off the ground. A group hoping to launch the .HIV top level domain name is turning to crowdfunding to raise the six figures required to apply for the domain. The idea is that companies c...
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.HIV Domain Name Initiative Turns to Crowd Funding
A charity top level domain wants you to be charitable to get it off the ground. A group hoping to launch the .HIV top level domain name is turning to crowdfunding to raise the six figures required to apply for the domain. The idea is that companies c...
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October 13, 2011, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: VeriSign Withdraws Request for Domain Takedown
VeriSign cancels request to ICANN to allow it to offer new anti abuse service. Just days after formally proposing a controversial mechanism to scan domain names and take down web sites used for malicious purposes, VeriSign has withdrawn the request. ...
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Breaking: VeriSign Withdraws Request for Domain Takedown
VeriSign cancels request to ICANN to allow it to offer new anti abuse service. Just days after formally proposing a controversial mechanism to scan domain names and take down web sites used for malicious purposes, VeriSign has withdrawn the request. ...
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October 13, 2011, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Wants to Patent Way to Monetize URL Shorteners
A way to make money off of shortened URLs? There’s not a whole lot of money in shortening links. Go Daddy has devised a way to change that. The company filed a trio of patent applications (here’s one) for methods of monetizing shortened U...
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Go Daddy Wants to Patent Way to Monetize URL Shorteners
A way to make money off of shortened URLs? There’s not a whole lot of money in shortening links. Go Daddy has devised a way to change that. The company filed a trio of patent applications (here’s one) for methods of monetizing shortened U...
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October 13, 2011, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s Reply Cycle Falling Flat
Circular-reference comment period not eliciting more comments. If you held a comment period about comment periods, then tested a new comment period idea called “reply cycle” on that same comment period about comment periods, would anybody...
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ICANN’s Reply Cycle Falling Flat
Circular-reference comment period not eliciting more comments. If you held a comment period about comment periods, then tested a new comment period idea called “reply cycle” on that same comment period about comment periods, would anybody...
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October 13, 2011, 8:33 am
Domain Name Wire
I Am Not Ted Olson
Just to clarify… T.R.A.F.F.I.C. kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale. In advance of the conference, I’d like to make something perfectly clear: I am not Ted Olson. For those that don’t know, Ted Olson works for NameMedia. He’s...
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I Am Not Ted Olson
Just to clarify… T.R.A.F.F.I.C. kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale. In advance of the conference, I’d like to make something perfectly clear: I am not Ted Olson. For those that don’t know, Ted Olson works for NameMedia. He’s...
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October 12, 2011, 11:42 am
Domain Name Wire
End User Domain Sales for the Past WEek
Small businesses buy relevant domains from Afternic. Afternic sold 406 domain names in the past week, including MagicMoments.com for a strong $50,000. Here’s a look at some of the end user purchases for the week. Built in Chicago, a group that ...
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End User Domain Sales for the Past WEek
Small businesses buy relevant domains from Afternic. Afternic sold 406 domain names in the past week, including MagicMoments.com for a strong $50,000. Here’s a look at some of the end user purchases for the week. Built in Chicago, a group that ...
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October 12, 2011, 8:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Sells $2.18 Million in Domains
A whopper of a week for Sedo. Domain name marketplace Sedo had a banner week, completing $2.18 million worth of domain name sales. Over $1M of the sales amount is in undisclosed domain names. The top reported sale is Datastore.com at 50,000 EUR. A co...
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Sedo Sells $2.18 Million in Domains
A whopper of a week for Sedo. Domain name marketplace Sedo had a banner week, completing $2.18 million worth of domain name sales. Over $1M of the sales amount is in undisclosed domain names. The top reported sale is Datastore.com at 50,000 EUR. A co...
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October 11, 2011, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Premium Listings Back Up to 30%
Temporary 20% commission now back up to 30%. Go Daddy’s experimentation with commission rates for Premium Listings is over (at least for now). The commission charge is back to the original 30% on any new Premium listings or if you edit existing...
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GoDaddy Premium Listings Back Up to 30%
Temporary 20% commission now back up to 30%. Go Daddy’s experimentation with commission rates for Premium Listings is over (at least for now). The commission charge is back to the original 30% on any new Premium listings or if you edit existing...
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October 11, 2011, 2:30 pm
