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Job Boards Launch Another Attacked on .Jobs Registry
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitrati...
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Job Boards Launch Another Attacked on .Jobs Registry
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitrati...
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May 12, 2011, 9:56 am
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign Monopoly Case Fizzles, No Break for Domainers
CFIT settles with VeriSign for $0. Hopes by domainers that .com prices would fall thanks to an antitrust lawsuit have officially been dashed. VeriSign just released a press release stating that Coalition for ICANN Transparency has agreed to drop a ca...
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VeriSign Monopoly Case Fizzles, No Break for Domainers
CFIT settles with VeriSign for $0. Hopes by domainers that .com prices would fall thanks to an antitrust lawsuit have officially been dashed. VeriSign just released a press release stating that Coalition for ICANN Transparency has agreed to drop a ca...
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May 11, 2011, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Domain Revenue Falls Thanks to Domain Parking
Revenue down as domain parking continues to slide. Sedo Holding’s revenue from its domain name segment fell 6.3% in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, the company disclosed in a financial report (pdf) today. As with...
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Sedo Domain Revenue Falls Thanks to Domain Parking
Revenue down as domain parking continues to slide. Sedo Holding’s revenue from its domain name segment fell 6.3% in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, the company disclosed in a financial report (pdf) today. As with...
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May 11, 2011, 5:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Teen Domainer Wins $10,000 Go Daddy Scholarship
Domain blogger wins $10,000 scholarship from Go Daddy. Brian Diener, who writes the domain blog TeenDomainer.com, has been selected as one of the winners of the Go Daddy .Me Scholarship Program. Go Daddy will pay $10,000 toward Diener’s educati...
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Teen Domainer Wins $10,000 Go Daddy Scholarship
Domain blogger wins $10,000 scholarship from Go Daddy. Brian Diener, who writes the domain blog TeenDomainer.com, has been selected as one of the winners of the Go Daddy .Me Scholarship Program. Go Daddy will pay $10,000 toward Diener’s educati...
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May 11, 2011, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Prominent UDRP Defense Attorneys Also Opposed to UDRP Reform
If it ain’t completely broke, don’t risk breaking it. Yesterday I wrote about how World Intellectual Property Forum and National Arbitration Forum are opposed to initiating a UDRP reform effort at WIPO. They aren’t the only ones in ...
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Prominent UDRP Defense Attorneys Also Opposed to UDRP Reform
If it ain’t completely broke, don’t risk breaking it. Yesterday I wrote about how World Intellectual Property Forum and National Arbitration Forum are opposed to initiating a UDRP reform effort at WIPO. They aren’t the only ones in ...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
HootSuite Adds .Li Shorteners But Defends Use of .Ly
Service adds back up URLs but says people need not worry about .ly. That’s wrong. Social networking platform HootSuite has added alternatives to shorteners that use Libya’s country code domain name .ly after users expressed concerns about...
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HootSuite Adds .Li Shorteners But Defends Use of .Ly
Service adds back up URLs but says people need not worry about .ly. That’s wrong. Social networking platform HootSuite has added alternatives to shorteners that use Libya’s country code domain name .ly after users expressed concerns about...
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May 11, 2011, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Reports Strong Sales Including Closing of Gambling.com for $2.5 Million
A big week with a seven figure sale. Sedo had a strong sales week, headlined by officially closing Gambling.com for $2.5 million. But this sale wasn’t the only one the company had to cheer about as the week included many good five figure sales....
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Sedo Reports Strong Sales Including Closing of Gambling.com for $2.5 Million
A big week with a seven figure sale. Sedo had a strong sales week, headlined by officially closing Gambling.com for $2.5 million. But this sale wasn’t the only one the company had to cheer about as the week included many good five figure sales....
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 9:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Confusion About Domain Seizures Spreads After IP Constituency Comments
Commenters confused about domain seizures under URS. The number of comments submitted to ICANN about its proposed renewal agreement with VeriSign to run .net has exploded over the past hour. The source of the comments appears to be a misunderstanding...
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Confusion About Domain Seizures Spreads After IP Constituency Comments
Commenters confused about domain seizures under URS. The number of comments submitted to ICANN about its proposed renewal agreement with VeriSign to run .net has exploded over the past hour. The source of the comments appears to be a misunderstanding...
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May 10, 2011, 4:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Puzzle.com Domain Name Sells for $500,000
Another big domain name sale to report. Domain name marketplace Afternic has completed the sale of Puzzle.com for a whopping $500,000. It’s unclear if the sale was handled on behalf of a third party seller or Afternic’s parent company. Th...
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Puzzle.com Domain Name Sells for $500,000
Another big domain name sale to report. Domain name marketplace Afternic has completed the sale of Puzzle.com for a whopping $500,000. It’s unclear if the sale was handled on behalf of a third party seller or Afternic’s parent company. Th...
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May 10, 2011, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Urgent: Now Intellectual Property Group Wants to Apply New Rights Protections to .Net
Make your voice heard now. Earlier this week I wrote about how a draft version of the business constituency’s comments about VeriSign’s renewal of the .net contract requested that uniform rapid suspension be added to .net. Thankfully the ...
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Urgent: Now Intellectual Property Group Wants to Apply New Rights Protections to .Net
Make your voice heard now. Earlier this week I wrote about how a draft version of the business constituency’s comments about VeriSign’s renewal of the .net contract requested that uniform rapid suspension be added to .net. Thankfully the ...
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May 10, 2011, 2:06 pm
