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How ICANN Will Spend $67 Million of Your Money
ICANN expects to spend $67 million in the year starting July 1. That’s if the new gTLD program doesn’t kick off. Since you, the readers of this blog, ultimately provide ICANN’s funding, it’s important to know how your money is...
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How ICANN Will Spend $67 Million of Your Money
ICANN expects to spend $67 million in the year starting July 1. That’s if the new gTLD program doesn’t kick off. Since you, the readers of this blog, ultimately provide ICANN’s funding, it’s important to know how your money is...
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May 18, 2011, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Onion Jokes About John Edwards and Domain Names
Gotta remember to register that domain name for future presidential run. Satirical news outlet The Onion recently published a joke tying politicians and domain names. The News in Brief article is titled “John Edwards Pays $30 To Register Edward...
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The Onion Jokes About John Edwards and Domain Names
Gotta remember to register that domain name for future presidential run. Satirical news outlet The Onion recently published a joke tying politicians and domain names. The News in Brief article is titled “John Edwards Pays $30 To Register Edward...
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May 18, 2011, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
A New VeriSign Slogan?
Company files two trademark applications. It looks like VeriSign might be working on a new slogan for its business. The company just filed two “intent to use” trademark applications for its domain name business: Connecting the World Betwe...
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A New VeriSign Slogan?
Company files two trademark applications. It looks like VeriSign might be working on a new slogan for its business. The company just filed two “intent to use” trademark applications for its domain name business: Connecting the World Betwe...
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May 18, 2011, 11:53 am
Domain Name Wire
DancePartner.com Fails to Find Dance Partner in UDRP
Company asks panel for domain registered in 1999 based on a generic mark it first used in commerce in 2003. The owner of DancePartner.com has failed to find a dancing mate in DancePartners.com through a UDRP. DancePartner.com owner Dancesoft filed th...
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DancePartner.com Fails to Find Dance Partner in UDRP
Company asks panel for domain registered in 1999 based on a generic mark it first used in commerce in 2003. The owner of DancePartner.com has failed to find a dancing mate in DancePartners.com through a UDRP. DancePartner.com owner Dancesoft filed th...
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May 18, 2011, 9:46 am
Domain Name Wire
.Co Scores Another Big Win With Amazon.com
Registry sells four premium domains to giant etailer. Amazon.com has purchased a.com, z.co, k.co, and cloud.co from the .co registry, TechCrunch reported this evening. .Co Internet has previously sold other one letter domain names, including o.co (so...
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.Co Scores Another Big Win With Amazon.com
Registry sells four premium domains to giant etailer. Amazon.com has purchased a.com, z.co, k.co, and cloud.co from the .co registry, TechCrunch reported this evening. .Co Internet has previously sold other one letter domain names, including o.co (so...
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May 17, 2011, 10:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Cooking Games” in Spanish Sells for $90,000 on Sedo
Spanish domain name is top sale for the week at domain broker. Domain broker Sedo didn’t turn in any six figure sales this week, but they still have some good ones worth mentioning. First, they sold juegosdecocina.com — which means &ldquo...
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“Cooking Games” in Spanish Sells for $90,000 on Sedo
Spanish domain name is top sale for the week at domain broker. Domain broker Sedo didn’t turn in any six figure sales this week, but they still have some good ones worth mentioning. First, they sold juegosdecocina.com — which means &ldquo...
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May 17, 2011, 5:24 pm
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Peruvian Broadcaster Loses Case for RPP.com
Broadcast company can’t have three letter domain name, panel rules. Peru broadcast company GRUPORPP S.A., which has an online news portal at rpp.com.pe, has lost an arbitration case in which it fought for the domain name RPP.com. According to t...
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Peruvian Broadcaster Loses Case for RPP.com
Broadcast company can’t have three letter domain name, panel rules. Peru broadcast company GRUPORPP S.A., which has an online news portal at rpp.com.pe, has lost an arbitration case in which it fought for the domain name RPP.com. According to t...
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May 17, 2011, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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Are Investors or Inviduals Driving .Co Registrations?
Data shows that bulk of domain registrations are not from domainers. Are domain investors or individual site owners and end users driving most of the .co domain registrations? I just got some data from the .co registry that suggests it’s the la...
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May 17, 2011, 12:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking Patent
Company granted continuation patent for parked domain optimization. Today Oversee.net, parent company of domain parking company DomainSponsor, was granted U.S. patent #7,945,662 for “Internet domain keyword optimization” (pdf). This paten...
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May 17, 2011, 11:48 am
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VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
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VeriSign and 25 Others Ask ICANN for “Packaged” IDN TLD Applications
Request asks for bundling of multiple transliterations and translations of new gTLDs in applications. VeriSign is amongst 26 signatories on a letter (pdf) to ICANN requesting “packaged” top level domain name applications. The group writes...
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May 17, 2011, 10:13 am
