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Short Application Period Spurs Artificial Demand for .Brand TLDs
Three month window means lots of companies will apply for .brand under pressure. It may have been Google that made in mainstream. It’s the idea of a closed beta. Remember clamoring for a Gmail invite? Or perhaps begging for an invite to Google ...
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Short Application Period Spurs Artificial Demand for .Brand TLDs
Three month window means lots of companies will apply for .brand under pressure. It may have been Google that made in mainstream. It’s the idea of a closed beta. Remember clamoring for a Gmail invite? Or perhaps begging for an invite to Google ...
Discussion
June 29, 2011, 12:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nuestar Offers $10k a Year .Brand Domain Names
A dormant .brand domain for $10,000 a year (plus ICANN fees). Domain name registry Nuestar has created a new package for companies wishing to get their own .brand top level domain names. Called the “Brand Assurance Package” (pdf), it&rsqu...
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Nuestar Offers $10k a Year .Brand Domain Names
A dormant .brand domain for $10,000 a year (plus ICANN fees). Domain name registry Nuestar has created a new package for companies wishing to get their own .brand top level domain names. Called the “Brand Assurance Package” (pdf), it&rsqu...
Discussion
June 29, 2011, 11:46 am
Domain Name Wire
Domainers Will Love This UDRP Decision
Panelist respects the limited scope of UDRP. The UDRP, a quick and inexpensive dispute resolution policy for cybersquatting, is limited in scope. But over time some panelists have tried to make it more of a court, bending the lines to find in favor o...
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Domainers Will Love This UDRP Decision
Panelist respects the limited scope of UDRP. The UDRP, a quick and inexpensive dispute resolution policy for cybersquatting, is limited in scope. But over time some panelists have tried to make it more of a court, bending the lines to find in favor o...
Discussion
June 29, 2011, 10:09 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Sued in Oregon, Finds Itself in Florida Bankruptcy Court Case
Woman sues ICANN over expired domains; case gets snarled in Florida bankruptcy case. An impoverished woman has sued ICANN in Oregon over expired domain names, and now the non-profit finds itself having to file a brief in a Florida bankruptcy court. D...
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ICANN Sued in Oregon, Finds Itself in Florida Bankruptcy Court Case
Woman sues ICANN over expired domains; case gets snarled in Florida bankruptcy case. An impoverished woman has sued ICANN in Oregon over expired domain names, and now the non-profit finds itself having to file a brief in a Florida bankruptcy court. D...
Discussion
June 28, 2011, 10:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
LivingSocial Discovers It Has Typosquatters
Company files several domain name disputes. Local deals site LivingSocial has finally discovered that it has typosquatters — and that there’s a relatively affordable way to get its domain names back. Earlier this month it filed its first ...
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LivingSocial Discovers It Has Typosquatters
Company files several domain name disputes. Local deals site LivingSocial has finally discovered that it has typosquatters — and that there’s a relatively affordable way to get its domain names back. Earlier this month it filed its first ...
Discussion
June 28, 2011, 9:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
School Equipment Company Buys MarkerBoards.com and Other Sedo Sales
A review of this week’s domain sales at Sedo. Apparently my review of Afternic sales earlier today in which I showed who the buyers were struck a chord. I’d like to do the same thing with Sedo’s results, except that most of the doma...
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School Equipment Company Buys MarkerBoards.com and Other Sedo Sales
A review of this week’s domain sales at Sedo. Apparently my review of Afternic sales earlier today in which I showed who the buyers were struck a chord. I’d like to do the same thing with Sedo’s results, except that most of the doma...
Discussion
June 28, 2011, 6:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
What Domain Names Bain and Other End Users Bought from Afternic This Week
A look at end user domain buyers from the past week. Afternic‘s extended network of domain name sales sites brings in end users. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the company’s $600,000+ in domain sales for the p...
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What Domain Names Bain and Other End Users Bought from Afternic This Week
A look at end user domain buyers from the past week. Afternic‘s extended network of domain name sales sites brings in end users. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the company’s $600,000+ in domain sales for the p...
Discussion
June 28, 2011, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Video Explains New TLDs to the Masses
New top level domain names in just six minutes. Last week ICANN published a video explaining what new top level domain names are and what they mean to companies and businesses that might want to apply for one. I think it does a good job of describing...
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ICANN Video Explains New TLDs to the Masses
New top level domain names in just six minutes. Last week ICANN published a video explaining what new top level domain names are and what they mean to companies and businesses that might want to apply for one. I think it does a good job of describing...
Discussion
June 28, 2011, 10:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Brand Mangement Company Says It Will Sue Over IVX.com
After losing UDRP, IVX says it will go to court for domain name. Last week I wrote about Dutch company Besloten Vennootschap IVX Networks Europe B.V. The brand management and global domain name registration company uses the domain name IVX.eu. It fil...
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Domain Brand Mangement Company Says It Will Sue Over IVX.com
After losing UDRP, IVX says it will go to court for domain name. Last week I wrote about Dutch company Besloten Vennootschap IVX Networks Europe B.V. The brand management and global domain name registration company uses the domain name IVX.eu. It fil...
Discussion
June 28, 2011, 9:58 am
Domain Name Wire
.Gay Trademark Application Filed
Trademark frontrunning continues. A Washington man has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.gay” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thomas Petersen DBA Creighton Investments, LLC filed the application on June 20 just...
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.Gay Trademark Application Filed
Trademark frontrunning continues. A Washington man has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.gay” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thomas Petersen DBA Creighton Investments, LLC filed the application on June 20 just...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 11:27 am
