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Monte Cahn: Acquisition of Moniker Violated Google Contract
Moniker founder says Oversee.net contract with Google violated in Moniker acquisition. Monte Cahn has filed a response (pdf) to Oversee.net’s motion to dismiss certain claims he brought against his former employer. One of the more interesting c...
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Monte Cahn: Acquisition of Moniker Violated Google Contract
Moniker founder says Oversee.net contract with Google violated in Moniker acquisition. Monte Cahn has filed a response (pdf) to Oversee.net’s motion to dismiss certain claims he brought against his former employer. One of the more interesting c...
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July 31, 2011, 1:37 pm

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Neustar Announces .Biz Price Increase
.Biz registration and renewal prices increase in six months. Neustar has informed its registrars and ICANN that it will increase its annual prices for .biz domain names effective February 1, 2012. The new price will be $7.85, or 55 cents more than th...
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Neustar Announces .Biz Price Increase
.Biz registration and renewal prices increase in six months. Neustar has informed its registrars and ICANN that it will increase its annual prices for .biz domain names effective February 1, 2012. The new price will be $7.85, or 55 cents more than th...
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July 31, 2011, 12:55 pm

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HP Loses First Round of HP Pre Battle
Company stunningly loses a domain arbitration case over HPPre.com. With the HP Pre 3 getting ready to hit the market, HP filed a domain name dispute with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name HPPre.com. Here’s what happened: -The da...
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HP Loses First Round of HP Pre Battle
Company stunningly loses a domain arbitration case over HPPre.com. With the HP Pre 3 getting ready to hit the market, HP filed a domain name dispute with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name HPPre.com. Here’s what happened: -The da...
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July 30, 2011, 1:22 pm

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Jeff Kupietzky To Leave Oversee.net Next Month
CEO and president to leave one of domain name industry’s biggest companies. Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky will depart the company at the end of the August, the company has announced. He will be moving his family to Israel. Kupietzky has been w...
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Jeff Kupietzky To Leave Oversee.net Next Month
CEO and president to leave one of domain name industry’s biggest companies. Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky will depart the company at the end of the August, the company has announced. He will be moving his family to Israel. Kupietzky has been w...
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July 29, 2011, 3:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
Facebook Files Massive Cybersquatting Lawsuit
Lawsuit goes after typosquatters who redirect to survey offers. As reported on Elliot’s Blog today, Facebook has filed a lawsuit against dozens of people for allegedly typosquatting on its domain names. One of the interesting aspects of this ca...
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Facebook Files Massive Cybersquatting Lawsuit
Lawsuit goes after typosquatters who redirect to survey offers. As reported on Elliot’s Blog today, Facebook has filed a lawsuit against dozens of people for allegedly typosquatting on its domain names. One of the interesting aspects of this ca...
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July 28, 2011, 1:07 pm

Domain Name Wire
How To Create Your Own Whois Privacy Service
A simple process to add privacy to your whois records while retaining full control. If you don’t like your personal contact information being exposed in whois records, you don’t need to pay a lot of money to a whois privacy or whois proxy...
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How To Create Your Own Whois Privacy Service
A simple process to add privacy to your whois records while retaining full control. If you don’t like your personal contact information being exposed in whois records, you don’t need to pay a lot of money to a whois privacy or whois proxy...
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July 28, 2011, 12:04 pm

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Google AdWords Now Supports Internationalized Domain Names
Advertisers no longer have to show ASCII URLs in their ads. A couple weeks ago I missed an announcement from Google AdWords that it now supports internationalized domain names (IDN) for display and destination URLs on Google ads. This means advertise...
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Google AdWords Now Supports Internationalized Domain Names
Advertisers no longer have to show ASCII URLs in their ads. A couple weeks ago I missed an announcement from Google AdWords that it now supports internationalized domain names (IDN) for display and destination URLs on Google ads. This means advertise...
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July 27, 2011, 1:38 pm

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Top 5 Tips for New Top-Level Domain Applicants
by Michael Twist Michael Twist is a Top-Level Domain specialist with AusRegistry International. You can read more from AusRegistry about new TLDs at www.beyondcom.info. So, you’ve heard about ICANN’s new Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program and...
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Top 5 Tips for New Top-Level Domain Applicants
by Michael Twist Michael Twist is a Top-Level Domain specialist with AusRegistry International. You can read more from AusRegistry about new TLDs at www.beyondcom.info. So, you’ve heard about ICANN’s new Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program and...
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July 27, 2011, 10:21 am

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Sedo Q2 Market Study in Review
by Heather DelCarpini [Sedo just released its Q2 market study today. In this guest post, Sedo marketing manager Heather DelCarpini explains where the domain name aftermarket is heading.] Sedo’s Market Study for Q2 2011 reveals the strongest qua...
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Sedo Q2 Market Study in Review
by Heather DelCarpini [Sedo just released its Q2 market study today. In this guest post, Sedo marketing manager Heather DelCarpini explains where the domain name aftermarket is heading.] Sedo’s Market Study for Q2 2011 reveals the strongest qua...
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July 27, 2011, 8:00 am

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End User Domain Purchases Over the Past WEek
Here are some end user domain purchases through Afternic over the past week. Acumen Brands, a niche etailer, bought FatChance.com for $26,000. Renewable energy development Community Energy Inc. bought CommunitySolar.com for $10,000 EducationDynamics,...
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End User Domain Purchases Over the Past WEek
Here are some end user domain purchases through Afternic over the past week. Acumen Brands, a niche etailer, bought FatChance.com for $26,000. Renewable energy development Community Energy Inc. bought CommunitySolar.com for $10,000 EducationDynamics,...
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July 26, 2011, 10:38 pm