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Law Firm Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking After Filing “Astonishing” Case
Law firm files “baseless” case to get four letter domain name. I really hope a new law firm that seeks to “break with routine thinking in the legal industry” doesn’t have an intellectual property practice. Denmark lawfir...
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Law Firm Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking After Filing “Astonishing” Case
Law firm files “baseless” case to get four letter domain name. I really hope a new law firm that seeks to “break with routine thinking in the legal industry” doesn’t have an intellectual property practice. Denmark lawfir...
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July 14, 2011, 1:36 pm

Domain Name Wire
Another Day, Another New TLD Trademark Application: .Store
Pair files three trademark applications for .store. More people are trying to trademark potential top level domain names now that ICANN has approved the program. The latest attempt is by Eric Doerr of Delaware and Greg Disler of Pennsylvania. The pai...
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Another Day, Another New TLD Trademark Application: .Store
Pair files three trademark applications for .store. More people are trying to trademark potential top level domain names now that ICANN has approved the program. The latest attempt is by Eric Doerr of Delaware and Greg Disler of Pennsylvania. The pai...
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July 14, 2011, 12:44 pm

Domain Name Wire
Demand Media Loses Another UDRP
Company hit with third UDRP loss of the year despite offer to transfer domain name at no charge. Demand Media has another UDRP loss, despite its best efforts to close the case without a decision. The case was filed by Universal American Corp for the ...
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Demand Media Loses Another UDRP
Company hit with third UDRP loss of the year despite offer to transfer domain name at no charge. Demand Media has another UDRP loss, despite its best efforts to close the case without a decision. The case was filed by Universal American Corp for the ...
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July 14, 2011, 12:01 pm

Domain Name Wire
Minds+Machines and Right Of The Dot Hook Up
Two new TLD consulting companies enter into referral agreement. New top level domains consultancy and registry provider Minds+Machines has entered into a relationship with new TLD sales consulting group Right Of The Dot. Right Of The Dot was founded ...
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Minds+Machines and Right Of The Dot Hook Up
Two new TLD consulting companies enter into referral agreement. New top level domains consultancy and registry provider Minds+Machines has entered into a relationship with new TLD sales consulting group Right Of The Dot. Right Of The Dot was founded ...
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July 14, 2011, 10:21 am

Domain Name Wire
Go Explains Why UDRP Filings Have Gone Up
Increased enforcement and ease of filing UDRPs are possible reasons for increased filings. I’m very critical of commentary that suggests an increase in UDRP filings directly correlates to an increase in cybersquatting. After all, the rate of UD...
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Go Explains Why UDRP Filings Have Gone Up
Increased enforcement and ease of filing UDRPs are possible reasons for increased filings. I’m very critical of commentary that suggests an increase in UDRP filings directly correlates to an increase in cybersquatting. After all, the rate of UD...
Discussion
July 13, 2011, 12:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Children’s Book Author Loses Pinkalicious Domain Dispute
Pinkalicious author is red in the face. Victoria Kann, author of the popular children’s book series Pinkalicious, has lost a domain name dispute for Pinkalicious.com. Kann filed the dispute last month with National Arbitration Forum. There was ...
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Children’s Book Author Loses Pinkalicious Domain Dispute
Pinkalicious author is red in the face. Victoria Kann, author of the popular children’s book series Pinkalicious, has lost a domain name dispute for Pinkalicious.com. Kann filed the dispute last month with National Arbitration Forum. There was ...
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July 13, 2011, 11:58 am

Domain Name Wire
Is Your Domain Broker Working for You or the Other Party?
Marketplace brokers need to clearly state their interests. A couple months ago the founder of a startup reached out to me for advice about getting the domain name that matched their company name. The founder wasn’t having any luck contacting th...
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Is Your Domain Broker Working for You or the Other Party?
Marketplace brokers need to clearly state their interests. A couple months ago the founder of a startup reached out to me for advice about getting the domain name that matched their company name. The founder wasn’t having any luck contacting th...
Discussion
July 13, 2011, 10:51 am

Domain Name Wire
DomainTools Releases API
New API makes it easier to access domain data databases. DomainTools has released a new API that will make it easier for power users to access its data and will enable web site owners to integrate new tools into their sites. The API encompasses almos...
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DomainTools Releases API
New API makes it easier to access domain data databases. DomainTools has released a new API that will make it easier for power users to access its data and will enable web site owners to integrate new tools into their sites. The API encompasses almos...
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July 13, 2011, 9:00 am

Domain Name Wire
Australian Government and Other End User Domain Purchases This Week
A look at Afternic sales for the week. I didn’t find a lot of interesting end user domain purchases through Afternic this week. The amount of disclosed sales was lower than usual thanks to the holiday weekend and a number of domains are still p...
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Australian Government and Other End User Domain Purchases This Week
A look at Afternic sales for the week. I didn’t find a lot of interesting end user domain purchases through Afternic this week. The amount of disclosed sales was lower than usual thanks to the holiday weekend and a number of domains are still p...
Discussion
July 12, 2011, 5:38 pm

Domain Name Wire
Latona’s Adds Expense Details to Latest Web Sites for Sale
More web sites for sale, this time with hard costs data. Rick Latona has released a new batch of developed web sites for sale. This time around he has added expense details so you can get an idea of how much it costs to operate the site. Still, the e...
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Latona’s Adds Expense Details to Latest Web Sites for Sale
More web sites for sale, this time with hard costs data. Rick Latona has released a new batch of developed web sites for sale. This time around he has added expense details so you can get an idea of how much it costs to operate the site. Still, the e...
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July 12, 2011, 3:59 pm