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The Domains
Mountain Time GmbH Owner Of Bergzeit.de: Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Time GmbH of Wooden Churches , Germany , represented by lawyers Riegger , Ludwigsburg, Germany has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name bergzeit.com Bergzeit translates into Mountain Time in German....
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Mountain Time GmbH Owner Of Bergzeit.de: Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Time GmbH of Wooden Churches , Germany , represented by lawyers Riegger , Ludwigsburg, Germany has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name bergzeit.com Bergzeit translates into Mountain Time in German....
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September 18, 2013, 10:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign loses objection against Dish’s .DTV top level domain name
Panelist says .DTV can coexist with .TV. Verisign has lost a String Confusion Objection against Dish DBS over the string .DTV. Verisign runs the registry for .TV, and argued that having .TV and .DTV as top level domain names would confuse the average...
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Verisign loses objection against Dish’s .DTV top level domain name
Panelist says .DTV can coexist with .TV. Verisign has lost a String Confusion Objection against Dish DBS over the string .DTV. Verisign runs the registry for .TV, and argued that having .TV and .DTV as top level domain names would confuse the average...
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September 18, 2013, 10:32 am
The Domains
Adult Friend Finder; Publisher Of Penthouse & Owner of a Ton of Websites Files For Bankruptcy
Just two years after it went public at $10 a share, FriendFinder Networks, publisher of Penthouse, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The bankruptcy petition cites up to $1 billion in debt and less than $10 million in asset...
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Adult Friend Finder; Publisher Of Penthouse & Owner of a Ton of Websites Files For Bankruptcy
Just two years after it went public at $10 a share, FriendFinder Networks, publisher of Penthouse, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The bankruptcy petition cites up to $1 billion in debt and less than $10 million in asset...
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September 18, 2013, 10:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Bright.com raises $14 million in Series B
Bright.com, sold for six figures in 2010, is being put to good use. Job search site Bright.com has raised $14 million in a Series B round. The Bright.com domain name sold through Sedo for $112,500 back in 2010. Looking at historical whois records, I&...
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Bright.com raises $14 million in Series B
Bright.com, sold for six figures in 2010, is being put to good use. Job search site Bright.com has raised $14 million in a Series B round. The Bright.com domain name sold through Sedo for $112,500 back in 2010. Looking at historical whois records, I&...
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September 18, 2013, 10:01 am
Domain Name Wire
Southwest Airlines bags BagsFlyFree.com domain name
Domain name complements no bag fee marketing efforts. Charging for bags has been the saving grace of the airline industry in recent years. Airlines that don’t charge for luggage – most notably Southwest Airlines – have done a lot to...
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Southwest Airlines bags BagsFlyFree.com domain name
Domain name complements no bag fee marketing efforts. Charging for bags has been the saving grace of the airline industry in recent years. Airlines that don’t charge for luggage – most notably Southwest Airlines – have done a lot to...
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September 18, 2013, 9:45 am
Elliot's Blog
Crain’s Confirms Chicago.com Acquisition
It appears that Crain’s Chicago Business has confirmed the Chicago Sun-Times acquired the Chicago.com business back in June, as reported by SV 411 this August. Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick was retained by the Chicago Sun-Times parent c...
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Crain’s Confirms Chicago.com Acquisition
It appears that Crain’s Chicago Business has confirmed the Chicago Sun-Times acquired the Chicago.com business back in June, as reported by SV 411 this August. Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick was retained by the Chicago Sun-Times parent c...
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September 18, 2013, 6:40 am
The Domains
RedWine.com, HighHeels.com, RedCarpet.com & Credit.co.uk Hit The Sales Block For 7 Figures Each
SurfMyAds.com is putting up several big domain names on the sales block. RedWine.com, HighHeels.com, RedCarpet.com and Credit.co.uk are for sale for what I’m told is an asking price of seven figures for Each domain name. “After owning som...
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RedWine.com, HighHeels.com, RedCarpet.com & Credit.co.uk Hit The Sales Block For 7 Figures Each
SurfMyAds.com is putting up several big domain names on the sales block. RedWine.com, HighHeels.com, RedCarpet.com and Credit.co.uk are for sale for what I’m told is an asking price of seven figures for Each domain name. “After owning som...
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September 18, 2013, 6:01 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 18th, 2013
I am going to mix it up a little by putting this list out late in the evening for those that want to stay up late and work the list. It will still be there for those who wake up in the morning. I write it the night before I might as well...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 18th, 2013
I am going to mix it up a little by putting this list out late in the evening for those that want to stay up late and work the list. It will still be there for those who wake up in the morning. I write it the night before I might as well...
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September 18, 2013, 12:09 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $950K In Domains Led By BaliMap.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 9/9/13 – 9/15/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $951,287. The highest sale was BaliMap.com which sold for $10,000 followed by Broda.com f...
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Afternic.com Sells $950K In Domains Led By BaliMap.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 9/9/13 – 9/15/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $951,287. The highest sale was BaliMap.com which sold for $10,000 followed by Broda.com f...
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September 17, 2013, 6:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Thought Convergence to launch domain name escrow service Agreed.com
Domain company ready to enter the domain escrow business. Thought Convergence, the company behind domain parking company TrafficZ and domain sales and parking platform Aftermarket.com, is getting ready to launch its own domain escrow service. The com...
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Thought Convergence to launch domain name escrow service Agreed.com
Domain company ready to enter the domain escrow business. Thought Convergence, the company behind domain parking company TrafficZ and domain sales and parking platform Aftermarket.com, is getting ready to launch its own domain escrow service. The com...
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September 17, 2013, 5:39 pm
