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Domain Name Wire
PIR calls for nominations for this year’s (bigger) .ORG Impact Awards
More awards and an in-person awards ceremony are on tap this year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that runs .org, has put out a call for nominations for this year’s .ORG Impact Awards. It’s the fifth year that PIR will h...
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PIR calls for nominations for this year’s (bigger) .ORG Impact Awards
More awards and an in-person awards ceremony are on tap this year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that runs .org, has put out a call for nominations for this year’s .ORG Impact Awards. It’s the fifth year that PIR will h...
Discussion
May 18, 2023, 5:19 pm
The Domains
If you have old Google accounts you want to keep, log in before they get deleted
If you have old Google accounts that you haven’t used lately they are in danger of being deleted. I know I have a bunch of Google accounts where I used Gmail but nothing else and then stopped using the Gmail. They may have some emails in there ...
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If you have old Google accounts you want to keep, log in before they get deleted
If you have old Google accounts that you haven’t used lately they are in danger of being deleted. I know I have a bunch of Google accounts where I used Gmail but nothing else and then stopped using the Gmail. They may have some emails in there ...
Discussion
May 17, 2023, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Esports company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist rules that Valhallan filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Valhallan, LLC to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Valhallan, an esports training company, uses th...
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Esports company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist rules that Valhallan filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Valhallan, LLC to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Valhallan, an esports training company, uses th...
Discussion
May 17, 2023, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Web may face more delays as Altanovo fights on
Deja vu. Not so fast (or slow, as you might observe). Just weeks after ICANN’s board decided the organization should move forward with contracting .web to Nu Dot Co, which plans to assign the domain to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the timeline is i...
Discussion
.Web may face more delays as Altanovo fights on
Deja vu. Not so fast (or slow, as you might observe). Just weeks after ICANN’s board decided the organization should move forward with contracting .web to Nu Dot Co, which plans to assign the domain to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the timeline is i...
Discussion
May 17, 2023, 1:17 am
The Domains
OpenAi does not want people using GPT in their product or domain names
It looks like OpenAi really does not want people using GPT. One developer shared a message from Brand Shield who is working on behalf of OpenAi. They make it clear in their brand terms we do not permit our GPT brand to be used in product names. For t...
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OpenAi does not want people using GPT in their product or domain names
It looks like OpenAi really does not want people using GPT. One developer shared a message from Brand Shield who is working on behalf of OpenAi. They make it clear in their brand terms we do not permit our GPT brand to be used in product names. For t...
Discussion
May 16, 2023, 9:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot opposes ENS’s request to transfer eth.link
Registrar says it would allow ENS to escape jurisdiction. ENS and Virgil Griffith sued Dynadot in September 2022 after the registrar sold the domain for $852,000 in an expired domain name auction. Griffith is in jail for helping N...
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Dynadot opposes ENS’s request to transfer eth.link
Registrar says it would allow ENS to escape jurisdiction. ENS and Virgil Griffith sued Dynadot in September 2022 after the registrar sold the domain for $852,000 in an expired domain name auction. Griffith is in jail for helping N...
Discussion
May 16, 2023, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 recent end user domain sales
A power company, a movie theater subscription service, and a cardboard marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top two sales this week seem like bargains for the buyers. Unknown buyers picked up lithographs.com and qiq.com for $25,000 a piece. ...
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18 recent end user domain sales
A power company, a movie theater subscription service, and a cardboard marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top two sales this week seem like bargains for the buyers. Unknown buyers picked up lithographs.com and qiq.com for $25,000 a piece. ...
Discussion
May 16, 2023, 3:57 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Lithographs.com and QiQ.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Lithographs.com and QiQ.com tied at $25,000 for first place. Pioneer.us was third at 19,500 GBP, ($24,381). 42 .com sales 27 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Lithographs.com and QiQ.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Lithographs.com and QiQ.com tied at $25,000 for first place. Pioneer.us was third at 19,500 GBP, ($24,381). 42 .com sales 27 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: ...
Discussion
May 16, 2023, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik customer amends lawsuit over worries of asset sale
Matthew Adkisson is worried that an asset sale would leave people like him holding the bag. A man who sued domain name registrar Epik because the company owes him $327,000 has amended his lawsuit. Matthew Adkisson agreed to buy nourish.com for $327,0...
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Epik customer amends lawsuit over worries of asset sale
Matthew Adkisson is worried that an asset sale would leave people like him holding the bag. A man who sued domain name registrar Epik because the company owes him $327,000 has amended his lawsuit. Matthew Adkisson agreed to buy nourish.com for $327,0...
Discussion
May 15, 2023, 9:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic to buy another £4 million of shares
Company continues to return capital to shareholders instead of investing all of it into new acquisitions. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced another share buyback today. The buyback is the second buyback the company has initiated, with its first...
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CentralNic to buy another £4 million of shares
Company continues to return capital to shareholders instead of investing all of it into new acquisitions. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced another share buyback today. The buyback is the second buyback the company has initiated, with its first...
Discussion
May 15, 2023, 7:53 pm
