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Domain Name Wire
A million domain names have been suspended, and law enforcement is AWOL
Domain registrars plead for data as websites go dark thanks to whois verification requirements. It has been almost a year since most large domain name registrars have been required to verify certain elements of domain name whois information. For now,...
Discussion
A million domain names have been suspended, and law enforcement is AWOL
Domain registrars plead for data as websites go dark thanks to whois verification requirements. It has been almost a year since most large domain name registrars have been required to verify certain elements of domain name whois information. For now,...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 5:56 pm
The Domains
VirnetX Gets Patent For “Secure Communications Using Secure Domain Names”
VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that on October 21, 2014, it was granted a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Patent no. 8,8...
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VirnetX Gets Patent For “Secure Communications Using Secure Domain Names”
VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that on October 21, 2014, it was granted a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Patent no. 8,8...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 4:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Loose Lips Sink Ships: are new military domain names dangerous?
In this post, Joseph Peterson questions if new .navy, .army and .airforce domain names could be a security issue for the U.S. military. This little article of mine may make me some enemies at Rightside, the registry behind the recently released TLDs ...
Discussion
Loose Lips Sink Ships: are new military domain names dangerous?
In this post, Joseph Peterson questions if new .navy, .army and .airforce domain names could be a security issue for the U.S. military. This little article of mine may make me some enemies at Rightside, the registry behind the recently released TLDs ...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 4:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign’s new videos: Make your Idea Official [watch]
Clever video series promotes registering a domain name as the first step in a business idea. Verisign released a couple videos today as part of its “Make your Idea Official” campaign. The videos remind me a bit of more recent humorous ads...
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Verisign’s new videos: Make your Idea Official [watch]
Clever video series promotes registering a domain name as the first step in a business idea. Verisign released a couple videos today as part of its “Make your Idea Official” campaign. The videos remind me a bit of more recent humorous ads...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 3:19 pm
The Domains
Verisign Launches “Eureka” Campaign To Promote .Com/.Net Domains; Here the 1st Video
Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net announced today it was launching a new campaign to promote .Com and .Net domain names including a series of “”short, humorous videos this month” “As any aspiring entrepreneu...
Discussion
Verisign Launches “Eureka” Campaign To Promote .Com/.Net Domains; Here the 1st Video
Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net announced today it was launching a new campaign to promote .Com and .Net domain names including a series of “”short, humorous videos this month” “As any aspiring entrepreneu...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy paid up to $45 million for Mad Mimi, amends S-1
GoDaddy’s amended s-1 filing shows that it paid $42 million plus up to $3 million in bonuses for email marketing firm. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 with the SEC yesterday. Most of the changes from the previous S-1, filed in August, are subtle. ...
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GoDaddy paid up to $45 million for Mad Mimi, amends S-1
GoDaddy’s amended s-1 filing shows that it paid $42 million plus up to $3 million in bonuses for email marketing firm. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 with the SEC yesterday. Most of the changes from the previous S-1, filed in August, are subtle. ...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
First Rakuten dropped Buy.com, now it plans to nix Play.com
Company to nix the Play.com brand in favor of Rakuten.co.uk. Japanese ecommerce company Rakuten is doing something rather unusual: it is dropping the use of great, generic domain names in favor of its own brand Rakuten. Last year the company dropped ...
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First Rakuten dropped Buy.com, now it plans to nix Play.com
Company to nix the Play.com brand in favor of Rakuten.co.uk. Japanese ecommerce company Rakuten is doing something rather unusual: it is dropping the use of great, generic domain names in favor of its own brand Rakuten. Last year the company dropped ...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 2:27 pm
The Domains
Houston We Have A Problem: 2 URS Examiners Can’t Agree If The Same Company Owns A Trademark
My man Raymond Hackney who writes posts for thedomains.com, as well as his own blog at tldinvestors.com, pointed out two diametrically opposed URS decisions filed by the same complainant Aeropostale Procurement Company, Inc. of New York, one of which...
Discussion
Houston We Have A Problem: 2 URS Examiners Can’t Agree If The Same Company Owns A Trademark
My man Raymond Hackney who writes posts for thedomains.com, as well as his own blog at tldinvestors.com, pointed out two diametrically opposed URS decisions filed by the same complainant Aeropostale Procurement Company, Inc. of New York, one of which...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 1:15 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 10/22
I noticed something a little unusual over at Namejet yesterday. There was A LOT more bidding than normal on names. Usually there are 5 or so pages worth of bids but yesterday there were twice that many. And it was just on yesterdays names...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 10/22
I noticed something a little unusual over at Namejet yesterday. There was A LOT more bidding than normal on names. Usually there are 5 or so pages worth of bids but yesterday there were twice that many. And it was just on yesterdays names...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
86% Of Lawyers Not “Eager” to Get a .Lawyer/.Attorney Name? That Only Leave 200K That Want One
My fellow domain Blogger Konstantinos Zournas of OnlineDomain.com cited a poll on his site today in a post entitled: “83% Of Lawyers Not Eager To Get .Lawyer Or .Attorney Domains” Konstantinos which is doing a great job this year on his b...
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86% Of Lawyers Not “Eager” to Get a .Lawyer/.Attorney Name? That Only Leave 200K That Want One
My fellow domain Blogger Konstantinos Zournas of OnlineDomain.com cited a poll on his site today in a post entitled: “83% Of Lawyers Not Eager To Get .Lawyer Or .Attorney Domains” Konstantinos which is doing a great job this year on his b...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 12:40 am
