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The Domains
STDCheck.com Wins Rights To STDChecks.com In UDRP Based On Common Law Trademark Rights
FPK Services, LLC d/b/a STDCheck.com (“Complainant”), represented by Brett E. Lewis of Lewis & Lin LLC, New York, USA. just won the rights to the domain name stdchecks.com in a UDRP based on a finding of common law trademark rig...
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STDCheck.com Wins Rights To STDChecks.com In UDRP Based On Common Law Trademark Rights
FPK Services, LLC d/b/a STDCheck.com (“Complainant”), represented by Brett E. Lewis of Lewis & Lin LLC, New York, USA. just won the rights to the domain name stdchecks.com in a UDRP based on a finding of common law trademark rig...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 3:39 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: eGrad.com, Glimpse.com and More Domains
In today's Domain Movers we once again see some great domains being acquired by large companies! Some are rebranding, some are being acquired and even some new potential products, services and more!
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Domain Movers: eGrad.com, Glimpse.com and More Domains
In today's Domain Movers we once again see some great domains being acquired by large companies! Some are rebranding, some are being acquired and even some new potential products, services and more!
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain name sales
A debt management company, fabric seller and modeling company bought domain names last week. Sedo handled $1.3 million of domain name transactions last week, and the .TV domain name Astrology.tv led the way at $25,000 for public sales. That domain na...
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16 end user domain name sales
A debt management company, fabric seller and modeling company bought domain names last week. Sedo handled $1.3 million of domain name transactions last week, and the .TV domain name Astrology.tv led the way at $25,000 for public sales. That domain na...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 2:24 pm
The Domains
Fadi Chehadé Stepping Down As ICANN President & CEO in March 2016
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that President and CEO Fadi Chehadé has informed the Board he will be stepping down in March 2016 to move into a ne...
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Fadi Chehadé Stepping Down As ICANN President & CEO in March 2016
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that President and CEO Fadi Chehadé has informed the Board he will be stepping down in March 2016 to move into a ne...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 1:32 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .One 3,434; .Chat 1,826; .Style 1,033; .Tennis 733; .Bingo 472
Five new gTLD new domain extensions launched into general availability (GA) yesterday. Including domain names registered during the Sunrise period by Trademark holders and those registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program (RAP) here are t...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .One 3,434; .Chat 1,826; .Style 1,033; .Tennis 733; .Bingo 472
Five new gTLD new domain extensions launched into general availability (GA) yesterday. Including domain names registered during the Sunrise period by Trademark holders and those registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program (RAP) here are t...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 1:26 pm
The Domains
Google Launching InstaWeb Or Beat To The Punch?
Is Google Inc. getting ready to launch InstaWeb or did they get beat to the punch? Here are some things that I have found and it all revolves around domain names.
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Google Launching InstaWeb Or Beat To The Punch?
Is Google Inc. getting ready to launch InstaWeb or did they get beat to the punch? Here are some things that I have found and it all revolves around domain names.
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 12:24 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, May 21st, 2015
All of us have our own personal causes and one of my friends Elliot Silver has just started his annual fundraising push. Every year Elliot raises thousands for Cancer research and this year he and his wife Karen are riding in the Pan Mass Chall...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, May 21st, 2015
All of us have our own personal causes and one of my friends Elliot Silver has just started his annual fundraising push. Every year Elliot raises thousands for Cancer research and this year he and his wife Karen are riding in the Pan Mass Chall...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 11:20 am
The Domains
PayPal fined $25million Related to the Pay Later Button
PayPal got hit with a $25 million fine for deceiving their customers. The pay later button is at the root of the problem, I know when I first started seeing it I thought it was annoying. I just want to pay for my domain registration, not looking to p...
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PayPal fined $25million Related to the Pay Later Button
PayPal got hit with a $25 million fine for deceiving their customers. The pay later button is at the root of the problem, I know when I first started seeing it I thought it was annoying. I just want to pay for my domain registration, not looking to p...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 8:30 am
The Domains
Enom.com Informs Customers of “Very Sophisticated Attack” But No Domains Were Stolen
In an email to tonight from Taryn Naidu CEO of Enom.com told its customers that they “recently became the subject of what appears to be a very sophisticated attack by a group that targets large internet infrastructure companies. Within hours of...
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Enom.com Informs Customers of “Very Sophisticated Attack” But No Domains Were Stolen
In an email to tonight from Taryn Naidu CEO of Enom.com told its customers that they “recently became the subject of what appears to be a very sophisticated attack by a group that targets large internet infrastructure companies. Within hours of...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 2:11 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (NEEN.com, KMH.org, TaxShelter.com) and Flops (IIRC.com, ERSS.com) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips TaxShelter.com sold for 9,566 USD recently at NameJet, vs 6,500 USD on 2013-04-11 at NameJet. A simple placeholder is live (below) that promotes Cheap...
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Domain Flips (NEEN.com, KMH.org, TaxShelter.com) and Flops (IIRC.com, ERSS.com) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips TaxShelter.com sold for 9,566 USD recently at NameJet, vs 6,500 USD on 2013-04-11 at NameJet. A simple placeholder is live (below) that promotes Cheap...
Discussion
May 21, 2015, 1:55 am
