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Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal
Domain broker added to suit over failed Women.com transaction. DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. DONE! sued NBC Universal last year after it alleged the media giant failed to foll...
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Sedo Sued for $10 Million for Failing to Enforce Women.com Transaction with NBC Universal
Domain broker added to suit over failed Women.com transaction. DONE! Ventures has added domain name broker Sedo to its lawsuit over a failed transaction for Women.com. DONE! sued NBC Universal last year after it alleged the media giant failed to foll...
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May 17, 2011, 8:43 am

Domain Name Wire
Yep, Paul Stahura’s Donuts is All About New Top Level Domain Names
Another clue about Donuts’ plans. At first I could only make an educated guess that Paul Stahura’s new venture, for which he recently raised $1 million, was about new top level domain names. Then I got confirmation that the company was at...
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Yep, Paul Stahura’s Donuts is All About New Top Level Domain Names
Another clue about Donuts’ plans. At first I could only make an educated guess that Paul Stahura’s new venture, for which he recently raised $1 million, was about new top level domain names. Then I got confirmation that the company was at...
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May 16, 2011, 10:05 pm

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How Much is a One Character .CM Domain Name Worth?
We’re about to find out. Just how much is a one character .cm domain name worth? We’ll get a pretty good idea within the next few days. Sedo is currently running an auction consisting exclusively of these short .cm domain names. .Cm is th...
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How Much is a One Character .CM Domain Name Worth?
We’re about to find out. Just how much is a one character .cm domain name worth? We’ll get a pretty good idea within the next few days. Sedo is currently running an auction consisting exclusively of these short .cm domain names. .Cm is th...
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May 16, 2011, 9:51 pm

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Unlike Its Competitors, Absolute Poker Doesn’t Get Its Domain Name Back
Online poker site strikes deal with government but doesn’t get access to domain name. Last week the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a deal with Absolute Poker to help U.S. players get their m...
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Unlike Its Competitors, Absolute Poker Doesn’t Get Its Domain Name Back
Online poker site strikes deal with government but doesn’t get access to domain name. Last week the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a deal with Absolute Poker to help U.S. players get their m...
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May 16, 2011, 5:20 pm

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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
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Mrs Jello Gets a Win for Geo Domain Owners
Domainer wins case over geographic domain name brought by petroleum company. What do you do when the name of a place has also been incorporated into a business name? This was the issue in a recent UDRP case involving a Brazilian petroleum company and...
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May 16, 2011, 2:42 pm

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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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Oversee.net and ICA Blast ICANN on Domain Parking Mention in New TLD Guidebook
Equating domain parking with “social costs” should be struck from guidebook, organizations say. Both Oversee.net and Internet Commerce Association have sent strongly worded comments to ICANN regarding a new provision inserted in the lates...
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May 16, 2011, 11:22 am

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Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
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Google Acquires ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.com Domain Names
When company acquired domains is unknown; neither domain resolves yet. It appears that Google has purchased the domain names ChromeBook.com and ChromeBooks.comm but for some reason they aren’t using the domains yet for their recently-announced ...
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May 16, 2011, 10:47 am

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.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
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.XXX Domain Pricing From $75
One year registrations will likely start at about $75; DomainMonster releases pricing. When .xxx domain names get past the sunrise and landrush period, you can expect general availability pricing to run from about $75 a year, just above the wholesale...
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May 16, 2011, 10:24 am

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Nooooooooooooooo.com, a Domain You’d Never Type In
A really long domain name but lots of traffic. My wife sent me a link to a funny single use site today, nooooooooooooooo.com. She included the accompanying note: “That’s clearly a domain name you link to. You’d never be able to type...
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Nooooooooooooooo.com, a Domain You’d Never Type In
A really long domain name but lots of traffic. My wife sent me a link to a funny single use site today, nooooooooooooooo.com. She included the accompanying note: “That’s clearly a domain name you link to. You’d never be able to type...
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May 13, 2011, 12:45 pm

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How to Avoid Go Daddy’s 60 Day Lock for Whois Changes
An explanation of exactly when Go Daddy puts a transfer lock on domains for making a whois change. It seems that every month someone emails me about how GoDaddy places a 60 day lock when you make certain changes to your whois information. The lock pr...
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How to Avoid Go Daddy’s 60 Day Lock for Whois Changes
An explanation of exactly when Go Daddy puts a transfer lock on domains for making a whois change. It seems that every month someone emails me about how GoDaddy places a 60 day lock when you make certain changes to your whois information. The lock pr...
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May 13, 2011, 10:04 am