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Oversee.net Lays Off 13% of Staff
Company lays off staff after executive transitions Los Angeles, CA domain name company Oversee.net has fired 13% of its workforce. The company just announced the layoffs with the following statement: As part of its plan to address new growth opportun...
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Oversee.net Lays Off 13% of Staff
Company lays off staff after executive transitions Los Angeles, CA domain name company Oversee.net has fired 13% of its workforce. The company just announced the layoffs with the following statement: As part of its plan to address new growth opportun...
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September 15, 2011, 1:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR Survey Says .Org Trusted, But Let’s Look at the Numbers
.Org is more trusted by the public. Public Interest Registry released the results of a 1,000 person survey today about trust and top level domain names. Not surprisingly, .org was named the “most “trusted” site for information&rdquo...
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PIR Survey Says .Org Trusted, But Let’s Look at the Numbers
.Org is more trusted by the public. Public Interest Registry released the results of a 1,000 person survey today about trust and top level domain names. Not surprisingly, .org was named the “most “trusted” site for information&rdquo...
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September 15, 2011, 10:34 am
Domain Name Wire
58 Tickets Remain for Next Month’s TRAFFIC Conference
Domainers to converge in Florida next month. Rick Schwartz sent out an email this morning announcing that only 58 tickets remain for the TRAFFIC conference in Fort Lauderdale next month. The conference takes place October 16-19 at the Ritz-Carlton. S...
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58 Tickets Remain for Next Month’s TRAFFIC Conference
Domainers to converge in Florida next month. Rick Schwartz sent out an email this morning announcing that only 58 tickets remain for the TRAFFIC conference in Fort Lauderdale next month. The conference takes place October 16-19 at the Ritz-Carlton. S...
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September 15, 2011, 9:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Verizon Gets CitiBank Trademark Domain?
Cut and past error shows Verizon Trademark Services winning CityCard.com UDRP. We’ve seen a number of UDRP decisions that fall victim to cut-and-paste mistakes. The latest comes courtesy of a National Arbitration Forum panelist who copied the h...
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Verizon Gets CitiBank Trademark Domain?
Cut and past error shows Verizon Trademark Services winning CityCard.com UDRP. We’ve seen a number of UDRP decisions that fall victim to cut-and-paste mistakes. The latest comes courtesy of a National Arbitration Forum panelist who copied the h...
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September 15, 2011, 9:17 am
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media is Down 55% from Its IPO, But It’s Not Alone
Majority of 2011 U.S. IPOs are under water. If you managed to buy Demand Media’s stock at the $17 offering price in January, you’ve taken a 55% hit. The stock closed today at $7.62. More likely if you bought on the first day you paid nort...
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Demand Media is Down 55% from Its IPO, But It’s Not Alone
Majority of 2011 U.S. IPOs are under water. If you managed to buy Demand Media’s stock at the $17 offering price in January, you’ve taken a 55% hit. The stock closed today at $7.62. More likely if you bought on the first day you paid nort...
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September 14, 2011, 9:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Book” + Social Networking = Trademark Delay
Facebook asks trademark office for more time to oppose trademarks. If you want the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to approve a trademark for your social networking site that includes the word “book”, you can expect a challenge. That&rsq...
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“Book” + Social Networking = Trademark Delay
Facebook asks trademark office for more time to oppose trademarks. If you want the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to approve a trademark for your social networking site that includes the word “book”, you can expect a challenge. That&rsq...
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September 14, 2011, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Spotlight on 13 End User Domain Name Sales This Past Week
From Rediff to a company in Santa Claus, Indiana, end users bought a number of domain names this week. As I report every week, here’s a look at end users who recently bought domain names through Afternic. Ho Ho Holdings, which owns a number of ...
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Spotlight on 13 End User Domain Name Sales This Past Week
From Rediff to a company in Santa Claus, Indiana, end users bought a number of domain names this week. As I report every week, here’s a look at end users who recently bought domain names through Afternic. Ho Ho Holdings, which owns a number of ...
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September 14, 2011, 9:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Screams.com Sues to Halt Transfer
Haunted house files suit to stop transfer and asks that trademark be canceled. The owner of the domain name Screams.com has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to halt the imminent transfer of his domain name following an adverse UDRP ruling. Last week I wrote abo...
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Owner of Screams.com Sues to Halt Transfer
Haunted house files suit to stop transfer and asks that trademark be canceled. The owner of the domain name Screams.com has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to halt the imminent transfer of his domain name following an adverse UDRP ruling. Last week I wrote abo...
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September 14, 2011, 9:16 am
Domain Name Wire
.XXX Sunrise Registrations “Comfortably Exceeded” Expectations
A long way to go but numbers already look strong for .xxx sunrise registrations. The .xxx sunrise registration period is less than a week old, but ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley told Domain Name Wire “I think it is safe to say that we have &lsq...
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.XXX Sunrise Registrations “Comfortably Exceeded” Expectations
A long way to go but numbers already look strong for .xxx sunrise registrations. The .xxx sunrise registration period is less than a week old, but ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley told Domain Name Wire “I think it is safe to say that we have &lsq...
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September 13, 2011, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
WTF? Acorn.tv lost in UDRP.
Hold on tight to your generic .tv domains! Sometimes I read UDRP decisions and just start shaking my head. That’s the case with Acorn.tv. Keep in mind that UDRP was created for clear cut cases of cybersquatting. Acorn.tv is not a clear cut case...
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WTF? Acorn.tv lost in UDRP.
Hold on tight to your generic .tv domains! Sometimes I read UDRP decisions and just start shaking my head. That’s the case with Acorn.tv. Keep in mind that UDRP was created for clear cut cases of cybersquatting. Acorn.tv is not a clear cut case...
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September 13, 2011, 10:23 am
