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DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: August 16 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: August 16, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.WIPO Denies Another Legal Rights..., Donuts Beats Its Third Fashion..., Beat.la Gets About 100k Pageviews..., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Files....
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Domain Name News: August 16 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: August 16, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.WIPO Denies Another Legal Rights..., Donuts Beats Its Third Fashion..., Beat.la Gets About 100k Pageviews..., Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Files....
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August 16, 2013, 5:00 am
The Domains
8 New gTLD Private Auctions Produce $9.65 Million
Innovative Auctions today announced the successful completion of the second Applicant Auction. Winners in the auction will pay a total of $9,651,000 after resolving contention for eight new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The winners for the eight...
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8 New gTLD Private Auctions Produce $9.65 Million
Innovative Auctions today announced the successful completion of the second Applicant Auction. Winners in the auction will pay a total of $9,651,000 after resolving contention for eight new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The winners for the eight...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 9:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. He...
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8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million
Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. He...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 9:37 pm
Elliot's Blog
Key Take Away From Sedo Market Study
Mike Berkens wrote a post about Sedo’s Quarterly Market Study, and there is an important takeaway that should be noted, especially by people who are new to investing in domain names or are exploring the space. 94% of all sales transacted on Sed...
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Key Take Away From Sedo Market Study
Mike Berkens wrote a post about Sedo’s Quarterly Market Study, and there is an important takeaway that should be noted, especially by people who are new to investing in domain names or are exploring the space. 94% of all sales transacted on Sed...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 5:32 pm
The Domains
Looks Like 1st New gTLD Private Auction For This Week Is Over As Donuts Loses & TLDH Wins .Casa
It appears that the 1st of this weeks private auctions being held by Applicant Auction is completed as Donuts has withdrawn its application for .Casa on the ICANN website. Donuts application for .Casa has a prioritization number of 1,622 and has not ...
Discussion
Looks Like 1st New gTLD Private Auction For This Week Is Over As Donuts Loses & TLDH Wins .Casa
It appears that the 1st of this weeks private auctions being held by Applicant Auction is completed as Donuts has withdrawn its application for .Casa on the ICANN website. Donuts application for .Casa has a prioritization number of 1,622 and has not ...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
22 end user domain name sales
It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bi...
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22 end user domain name sales
It’s a little late, but here are 22 end user domain name sales from Afternic. End user sales reports are back! I was out of town last week. That, combined with a change by GoDaddy’s whois format to comply with the new RAA set me back a bi...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 4:33 pm
Elliot's Blog
Don’t Miss Out on a Good Deal Hoping for a Perfect Deal
For many people I know in the domain business, negotiating a deal is almost as exciting as completing a deal. It can be exhilarating to get a buyer or seller to agree to a favorable deal, and when a negotiation takes weeks or months, the thrill of th...
Discussion
Don’t Miss Out on a Good Deal Hoping for a Perfect Deal
For many people I know in the domain business, negotiating a deal is almost as exciting as completing a deal. It can be exhilarating to get a buyer or seller to agree to a favorable deal, and when a negotiation takes weeks or months, the thrill of th...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 2:15 pm
The Domains
WIPO Denies Another Legal Rights Objection To .Music: Community Trademarks Of Objector “Not Bona Fide”
A WIPO panel has rejected another Legal Rights Objection to the new gTLD .Music . This objection was to Famous Fours application to operate the .Music registry and was filed by another applicant for .Music, DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos. The ...
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WIPO Denies Another Legal Rights Objection To .Music: Community Trademarks Of Objector “Not Bona Fide”
A WIPO panel has rejected another Legal Rights Objection to the new gTLD .Music . This objection was to Famous Fours application to operate the .Music registry and was filed by another applicant for .Music, DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos. The ...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
Coach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts’ .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited an...
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Donuts beats its third fashion brand in top level domain disputes
Coach, Inc. lost its objection to Donuts’ .coach application. New TLD applicant Donuts has now successfully defended itself against three fashion brands in Legal Rights Objections over top level domain applications. After beating The Limited an...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 1:34 pm
The Domains
13 Year Old Domain Togu.com Saved IN UDRP Panel Cites Delay In Bringing Case
TOGU Gebruder Obermaier oHG of Prien-Bachham, Germany, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Togu.com. The domain owner Port Media Domains was represented by Esquire.com Its not clear to me why the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH...
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13 Year Old Domain Togu.com Saved IN UDRP Panel Cites Delay In Bringing Case
TOGU Gebruder Obermaier oHG of Prien-Bachham, Germany, just lost a UDRP on the domain name Togu.com. The domain owner Port Media Domains was represented by Esquire.com Its not clear to me why the panel did not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH...
Discussion
August 15, 2013, 1:12 pm
