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.XXX Is Going to Bank of Defensive Non-Registration Fee
Registry will get a windfall in initial fees to block registrations of trademarks. .XXX could set a record when it comes to defensive domain name registrations. A “defensive registration” is when a brand registers a domain name solely to ...
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.XXX Is Going to Bank of Defensive Non-Registration Fee
Registry will get a windfall in initial fees to block registrations of trademarks. .XXX could set a record when it comes to defensive domain name registrations. A “defensive registration” is when a brand registers a domain name solely to ...
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May 27, 2011, 9:43 am
Domain Name Wire
Apple Sues Owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com, Then Dismisses Case
Seller of white iPhones sued. Apple has sued the owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com (as well as the domain name itself), but then filed to dismiss the case on the same day (pdf). However, the dismissal is “without prejudice”, meaning it can be ...
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Apple Sues Owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com, Then Dismisses Case
Seller of white iPhones sued. Apple has sued the owner of WhiteiPhone4Now.com (as well as the domain name itself), but then filed to dismiss the case on the same day (pdf). However, the dismissal is “without prejudice”, meaning it can be ...
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May 26, 2011, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Your Traffic Quality is About More Than Just the Visitor
Traffic quality comes down to one key result: conversion. When domainers talk about “traffic quality” they usually talk about the quality of the visitor. Here are four common types of visitor: 1. direct type-in 2. typo type-in 3. referral...
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Your Traffic Quality is About More Than Just the Visitor
Traffic quality comes down to one key result: conversion. When domainers talk about “traffic quality” they usually talk about the quality of the visitor. Here are four common types of visitor: 1. direct type-in 2. typo type-in 3. referral...
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May 26, 2011, 12:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Files Patent Apps fo “Redirecting to a Book Web Site”
Registrar files two applications for ideas related to helping people find book web sites. Go Daddy has filed two patent applications related to helping web users connect to book web sites. U.S. applications 12/625892 and 12/625919 (pdf) provide for &...
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Go Daddy Files Patent Apps fo “Redirecting to a Book Web Site”
Registrar files two applications for ideas related to helping people find book web sites. Go Daddy has filed two patent applications related to helping web users connect to book web sites. U.S. applications 12/625892 and 12/625919 (pdf) provide for &...
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May 26, 2011, 11:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Pac-10 Goes After More Domain Names
Sporting conference files dispute over three domain names. The Pac-10 conference, which now has twelve teams with the addition of Colorado and Utah and will rebrand as the Pac-12, is again turning to the World Intellectual Property Forum in an effort...
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Pac-10 Goes After More Domain Names
Sporting conference files dispute over three domain names. The Pac-10 conference, which now has twelve teams with the addition of Colorado and Utah and will rebrand as the Pac-12, is again turning to the World Intellectual Property Forum in an effort...
Discussion
May 26, 2011, 9:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Fortune 500 Company Goes After Three Letter .Com But Loses
Company with $5 billion in annual sales decides to try to nab domain through arbitration rather than buy it. The price just went up. The owner of TDS.com has successfully defended his domain name from Telephone and Data Systems, Inc in a UDRP case. T...
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Fortune 500 Company Goes After Three Letter .Com But Loses
Company with $5 billion in annual sales decides to try to nab domain through arbitration rather than buy it. The price just went up. The owner of TDS.com has successfully defended his domain name from Telephone and Data Systems, Inc in a UDRP case. T...
Discussion
May 25, 2011, 9:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mike Mann Ordered to Transfer 21 Domains to Facebook
Facebook awarded 21 trademark-infringing domain names. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered BuyDomains founder Mike Mann and his company Domain Asset Holdings to transfer 21 domain names to social networking site Facebook. The...
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Mike Mann Ordered to Transfer 21 Domains to Facebook
Facebook awarded 21 trademark-infringing domain names. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered BuyDomains founder Mike Mann and his company Domain Asset Holdings to transfer 21 domain names to social networking site Facebook. The...
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May 25, 2011, 9:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
209.8 Million Domain Names As of April
Web adds more domain names in Q1. April started with approximately 209.8 million domain names registered according to VeriSign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf). That means the base of registered domain names grew by 4.5 million in the ...
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209.8 Million Domain Names As of April
Web adds more domain names in Q1. April started with approximately 209.8 million domain names registered according to VeriSign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf). That means the base of registered domain names grew by 4.5 million in the ...
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May 25, 2011, 5:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign and Go Daddy Increase Government Lobbying
Two domain name industry heavyweights spend more on government lobbying in 2010. Both VeriSign and Go Daddy substantially increased their spending on U.S. government lobbying over the past year, data collected by Domain Name Wire show. The numbers ar...
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VeriSign and Go Daddy Increase Government Lobbying
Two domain name industry heavyweights spend more on government lobbying in 2010. Both VeriSign and Go Daddy substantially increased their spending on U.S. government lobbying over the past year, data collected by Domain Name Wire show. The numbers ar...
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May 25, 2011, 12:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Most Expensive Second Level Domain Names in the World?
Which country charges the most for second level domain names? Which country code do you suppose charges the most money to register a second level domain name? Perhaps established countries like Germany’s .de? Another rich Western country? Nope....
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The Most Expensive Second Level Domain Names in the World?
Which country charges the most for second level domain names? Which country code do you suppose charges the most money to register a second level domain name? Perhaps established countries like Germany’s .de? Another rich Western country? Nope....
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May 25, 2011, 10:05 am
