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UDRP Panel Questions Oversee.net’s Automated Domain Registration Processes
WIPO panel questions Oversee.net defense of “automated systems” for registering domain names. A UDRP panel has found against Oversee.net in a UDRP dispute over CarrollHouse.com and has posed significant questions about the company’s...
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UDRP Panel Questions Oversee.net’s Automated Domain Registration Processes
WIPO panel questions Oversee.net defense of “automated systems” for registering domain names. A UDRP panel has found against Oversee.net in a UDRP dispute over CarrollHouse.com and has posed significant questions about the company’s...
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April 18, 2011, 10:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Rio.com Probably Getting a Lot of Unintended Traffic
Visitors looking for movie info might be landing on tourism web site. When Rio.com sold in 2009 for $450,000, the buyer quickly went to work on a site about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site’s traffic will increase steadily as the World Cup and ...
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Rio.com Probably Getting a Lot of Unintended Traffic
Visitors looking for movie info might be landing on tourism web site. When Rio.com sold in 2009 for $450,000, the buyer quickly went to work on a site about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site’s traffic will increase steadily as the World Cup and ...
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April 17, 2011, 10:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
eNom and Go Daddy Still Disqualified from Applying for New Top Level Domains
Language of new applicant guidebook disqualifies two large domain name registrars. If you read the spirit of the rules related to new top level domain names, domain name registrars eNom and Go Daddy are still disqualified from applying for their own ...
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eNom and Go Daddy Still Disqualified from Applying for New Top Level Domains
Language of new applicant guidebook disqualifies two large domain name registrars. If you read the spirit of the rules related to new top level domain names, domain name registrars eNom and Go Daddy are still disqualified from applying for their own ...
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April 16, 2011, 9:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Health Officials on Playboy Mansion: H1N1, Credit Blogs and Social Media
Health officials say H1N1 infected DOMAINfest attendees and evaluates role of social media in responding to outbreak. We go to domain conferences. Health officials go to Centers for Disease Control conferences. You can imagine these events as rather ...
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Health Officials on Playboy Mansion: H1N1, Credit Blogs and Social Media
Health officials say H1N1 infected DOMAINfest attendees and evaluates role of social media in responding to outbreak. We go to domain conferences. Health officials go to Centers for Disease Control conferences. You can imagine these events as rather ...
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April 16, 2011, 9:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Just Released New TLD Guidebook Attacks Domain Parking
Applicants for new TLDs must answer question related to domain name parking. Out of nowhere, domain parking appears to be under attack in the new top level domain name application process. The latest guidebook, released yesterday, includes a section ...
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Just Released New TLD Guidebook Attacks Domain Parking
Applicants for new TLDs must answer question related to domain name parking. Out of nowhere, domain parking appears to be under attack in the new top level domain name application process. The latest guidebook, released yesterday, includes a section ...
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April 16, 2011, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Poker Domain Seizures Show Futility of Nabbing Domain Names
Even without .com domains, sites can continue to operate. You can take away a domain name, but you can’t stop people from visiting a web site. Yesterday’s seizure of five poker company domain names is another case in point. Still want to ...
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Poker Domain Seizures Show Futility of Nabbing Domain Names
Even without .com domains, sites can continue to operate. You can take away a domain name, but you can’t stop people from visiting a web site. Yesterday’s seizure of five poker company domain names is another case in point. Still want to ...
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April 16, 2011, 5:25 pm
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Domain Owners Should Not Worry About Poker Domain Seizures
Poker domain seizures involved complex criminal activity specifically targeted at the United States. Yesterday the online gambling world was rocked by the seizure of five poker domain names used by three large online poker companies. The domain names...
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Domain Owners Should Not Worry About Poker Domain Seizures
Poker domain seizures involved complex criminal activity specifically targeted at the United States. Yesterday the online gambling world was rocked by the seizure of five poker domain names used by three large online poker companies. The domain names...
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April 16, 2011, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook Files Trademark Lawsuit Against FriendFinder
Facebook files trademark lawsuit against owner of FriendFinder. Facebook, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Various, Inc., parent company of FriendFinder, along with a couple related companies and John Does. The case was filed in U.S. District Court, ...
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Facebook Files Trademark Lawsuit Against FriendFinder
Facebook files trademark lawsuit against owner of FriendFinder. Facebook, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Various, Inc., parent company of FriendFinder, along with a couple related companies and John Does. The case was filed in U.S. District Court, ...
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April 15, 2011, 11:53 am
Domain Name Wire
NameBio Gets a New Look – A Sign of Things to Come?
Domain sales database gets a facelift. Last year domain name investor Adam Strong and a partner purchased domain name sales database NameBio. You probably wouldn’t have noticed, though, as the site stayed the same. Until today. I just went to t...
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NameBio Gets a New Look – A Sign of Things to Come?
Domain sales database gets a facelift. Last year domain name investor Adam Strong and a partner purchased domain name sales database NameBio. You probably wouldn’t have noticed, though, as the site stayed the same. Until today. I just went to t...
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April 15, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
DotAsia Announces IDN Release Details
DotAsia IDN launch plans released. DotAsia today announced more details for its upcoming launch of .asia IDNs. .Asia IDNs will be released in Chinese (Traditional and Simplified matched), Japanese and Korean. A seventy day sunrise period for rights h...
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DotAsia Announces IDN Release Details
DotAsia IDN launch plans released. DotAsia today announced more details for its upcoming launch of .asia IDNs. .Asia IDNs will be released in Chinese (Traditional and Simplified matched), Japanese and Korean. A seventy day sunrise period for rights h...
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April 13, 2011, 8:42 pm
