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Is Marchex considering selling its domain name portfolio?
Company considering what to do with its domain name portfolio. Marchex is often cited as starting a wave of acquisitions of domain portfolios when it announced the purchase of Ultimate Search from Yun Ye in 2004 for $164 million. Now it is looking at...
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Is Marchex considering selling its domain name portfolio?
Company considering what to do with its domain name portfolio. Marchex is often cited as starting a wave of acquisitions of domain portfolios when it announced the purchase of Ultimate Search from Yun Ye in 2004 for $164 million. Now it is looking at...
Discussion
January 25, 2012, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
115 Top level domain trademarks and their current status
I’ve made plenty of commotion about companies filing for trademarks on future top level domain names. It always seems that they’re successfully pulling a fast one on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. But after an exhaustive analysis o...
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115 Top level domain trademarks and their current status
I’ve made plenty of commotion about companies filing for trademarks on future top level domain names. It always seems that they’re successfully pulling a fast one on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. But after an exhaustive analysis o...
Discussion
January 25, 2012, 2:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Best Buy buys PhoneFreedom.com and other end user domain sales
A big retailer makes a small domain purchase. Electronics retailer Best Buy is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company paid $2,588 for PhoneFreedom.com through Sedo. This domain is intuitive for one of the larg...
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Best Buy buys PhoneFreedom.com and other end user domain sales
A big retailer makes a small domain purchase. Electronics retailer Best Buy is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company paid $2,588 for PhoneFreedom.com through Sedo. This domain is intuitive for one of the larg...
Discussion
January 25, 2012, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Doh! AARP lawyer forgets to attach screenshot, loses case
AARP wins two cases for similar domain names but loses third. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) just received determinations in three cases it filed for aarpdiscounts.info, aarpdiscounts.net, aarpdiscount.org, and AARPdiscounts.org. ...
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Doh! AARP lawyer forgets to attach screenshot, loses case
AARP wins two cases for similar domain names but loses third. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) just received determinations in three cases it filed for aarpdiscounts.info, aarpdiscounts.net, aarpdiscount.org, and AARPdiscounts.org. ...
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January 24, 2012, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some legal advice: LegalAdvice.org is generic
Panel rules against company claiming rights to LegalAdvice.org. A company called Capitalism, Inc. didn’t quite get the legal advice it needed in a recent UDRP case. The company asked a National Arbitration Forum panel to give it the domain name...
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Some legal advice: LegalAdvice.org is generic
Panel rules against company claiming rights to LegalAdvice.org. A company called Capitalism, Inc. didn’t quite get the legal advice it needed in a recent UDRP case. The company asked a National Arbitration Forum panel to give it the domain name...
Discussion
January 24, 2012, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
QE.com hits reserve and other Moniker auction insights
Three domains have already hit reserve ahead of auction, and CA lists five domains for sale. Next week DOMAINfest comes to Santa Monica, California. That means it’s time for another Moniker premium domain auction. As it has done recently, the c...
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QE.com hits reserve and other Moniker auction insights
Three domains have already hit reserve ahead of auction, and CA lists five domains for sale. Next week DOMAINfest comes to Santa Monica, California. That means it’s time for another Moniker premium domain auction. As it has done recently, the c...
Discussion
January 24, 2012, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
UK-based Transpact offers domain escrow services
Another option for domain name escrow services. There are lots of options for domain name escrow services. One I just became aware of is Transpact.com based in the UK. Two things make Transpact interesting: its location and low fees. The company (Tra...
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UK-based Transpact offers domain escrow services
Another option for domain name escrow services. There are lots of options for domain name escrow services. One I just became aware of is Transpact.com based in the UK. Two things make Transpact interesting: its location and low fees. The company (Tra...
Discussion
January 24, 2012, 11:14 am
Domain Name Wire
HostExploit says Oversee.net is improving, making a case study
HostExploit applauds Oversee.net for fixing problems that landed it at top spot at recent “Bad Hosts” list. HostExploit, a group that compiles a list of what it calls “Bad Hosts”, no longer lists Oversee.net as the #1 bad host...
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HostExploit says Oversee.net is improving, making a case study
HostExploit applauds Oversee.net for fixing problems that landed it at top spot at recent “Bad Hosts” list. HostExploit, a group that compiles a list of what it calls “Bad Hosts”, no longer lists Oversee.net as the #1 bad host...
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January 24, 2012, 9:18 am
Domain Name Wire
SOPA goes to Ireland
Ireland may enact a SOPA-like law without much debate. The Stop Online Piracy Act in America may be “dead” for now, but the United States isn’t the only country that wants to fiddle with the internet. Net heads in Ireland are revolt...
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SOPA goes to Ireland
Ireland may enact a SOPA-like law without much debate. The Stop Online Piracy Act in America may be “dead” for now, but the United States isn’t the only country that wants to fiddle with the internet. Net heads in Ireland are revolt...
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January 23, 2012, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buy.XXX: a case study of consumer awareness of TLDs
The general public doesn’t know that domains can end something other than .com. On November 22 I wrote an article about ICM Registry’s TV ad campaign. The ad campaign invited viewers to visit www.buy.xxx to learn more about the new .xxx d...
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Buy.XXX: a case study of consumer awareness of TLDs
The general public doesn’t know that domains can end something other than .com. On November 22 I wrote an article about ICM Registry’s TV ad campaign. The ad campaign invited viewers to visit www.buy.xxx to learn more about the new .xxx d...
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January 23, 2012, 1:05 pm
