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Peruvian Broadcaster Loses Case for RPP.com
Broadcast company can’t have three letter domain name, panel rules. Peru broadcast company GRUPORPP S.A., which has an online news portal at rpp.com.pe, has lost an arbitration case in which it fought for the domain name RPP.com. According to t...
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Peruvian Broadcaster Loses Case for RPP.com
Broadcast company can’t have three letter domain name, panel rules. Peru broadcast company GRUPORPP S.A., which has an online news portal at rpp.com.pe, has lost an arbitration case in which it fought for the domain name RPP.com. According to t...
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May 17, 2011, 2:30 pm
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Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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May 17, 2011, 12:18 pm
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Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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May 17, 2011, 11:48 am
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VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
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VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
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May 17, 2011, 10:13 am
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Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal
Domain broker added to suit over failed Women.com transaction. DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. DONE! sued NBC Universal last year after it alleged the media giant failed to foll...
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Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal
Domain broker added to suit over failed Women.com transaction. DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. DONE! sued NBC Universal last year after it alleged the media giant failed to foll...
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May 17, 2011, 8:43 am
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Yep, Paul Stahura’s Donuts is All About New Top Level Domain Names
Another clue about Donuts’ plans. At first I could only make an educated guess that Paul Stahura’s new venture, for which he recently raised $1 million, was about new top level domain names. Then I got confirmation that the company was at...
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Yep, Paul Stahura’s Donuts is All About New Top Level Domain Names
Another clue about Donuts’ plans. At first I could only make an educated guess that Paul Stahura’s new venture, for which he recently raised $1 million, was about new top level domain names. Then I got confirmation that the company was at...
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May 16, 2011, 10:05 pm
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How Much is a One Character .CM Domain Name Worth?
We’re about to find out. Just how much is a one character .cm domain name worth? We’ll get a pretty good idea within the next few days. Sedo is currently running an auction consisting exclusively of these short .cm domain names. .Cm is th...
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How Much is a One Character .CM Domain Name Worth?
We’re about to find out. Just how much is a one character .cm domain name worth? We’ll get a pretty good idea within the next few days. Sedo is currently running an auction consisting exclusively of these short .cm domain names. .Cm is th...
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May 16, 2011, 9:51 pm
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Unlike Its Competitors, Absolute Poker Doesn’t Get Its Domain Name Back
Online poker site strikes deal with government but doesn’t get access to domain name. Last week the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a deal with Absolute Poker to help U.S. players get their m...
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Unlike Its Competitors, Absolute Poker Doesn’t Get Its Domain Name Back
Online poker site strikes deal with government but doesn’t get access to domain name. Last week the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a deal with Absolute Poker to help U.S. players get their m...
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May 16, 2011, 5:20 pm
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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
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May 16, 2011, 2:42 pm
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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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May 16, 2011, 11:22 am
