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Actor John Stamos Gets His .Com in UDRP; Panel Finds Whois Privacy Corp. A Co-Serial Cybersquatter
Actor John Stamos just won rights to his matching .com domain name JohnStamos.com in a UDRP. David E. Sorkin as the sole Panelist wasted little time awarding the domain name to the actor from Ryan Foo who has lost over 100 UDRP’s and has been r...
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Actor John Stamos Gets His .Com in UDRP; Panel Finds Whois Privacy Corp. A Co-Serial Cybersquatter
Actor John Stamos just won rights to his matching .com domain name JohnStamos.com in a UDRP. David E. Sorkin as the sole Panelist wasted little time awarding the domain name to the actor from Ryan Foo who has lost over 100 UDRP’s and has been r...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 8:03 pm
The Domains
GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Co...
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GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Co...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 7:40 pm
The Domains
Dot XYZ Featured in BizJournals L.A.
Dot XYZ is getting a little love this morning from the Los Angeles BizJournals.com website. Annlee Ellingson got some quotes from Daniel Negari for the story and there were also some mentions of those who have switched to a .xyz like GroovyWebDesign....
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Dot XYZ Featured in BizJournals L.A.
Dot XYZ is getting a little love this morning from the Los Angeles BizJournals.com website. Annlee Ellingson got some quotes from Daniel Negari for the story and there were also some mentions of those who have switched to a .xyz like GroovyWebDesign....
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 4:12 pm
The Domains
Sedo Responds To Fees Charged On Austim.Rocks
We wrote about the domain name Austim.Rocks selling for $100,000 the other day and our interview with the Seller of the domain how was unhappy to learn he was charged by Sedo 15% fee for acting as the escrow agent. The Seller and Buyer independently ...
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Sedo Responds To Fees Charged On Austim.Rocks
We wrote about the domain name Austim.Rocks selling for $100,000 the other day and our interview with the Seller of the domain how was unhappy to learn he was charged by Sedo 15% fee for acting as the escrow agent. The Seller and Buyer independently ...
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June 25, 2015, 1:17 pm
The Domains
Two Founding Members of Minds + Machines Re-join the Board.
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), announced today that two founding members David Weill and Guy Elliott will re-join the Boardas non-exec directors. Antony Van Couvering, the chief executive, said: “We are delighted that both Guy and David have...
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Two Founding Members of Minds + Machines Re-join the Board.
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), announced today that two founding members David Weill and Guy Elliott will re-join the Boardas non-exec directors. Antony Van Couvering, the chief executive, said: “We are delighted that both Guy and David have...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 1:06 pm
The Domains
Russian Government Blocks The Way Back Machine: Still Sure The US Should Away ICANN?
According to GlobalVoicesOnline.org, the Russian government has blocked the Wayback Machine, which allows users to view archived webpages to see how domain sites looked like in the past. According to the website Rublacklist.net (a censorship-monitori...
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Russian Government Blocks The Way Back Machine: Still Sure The US Should Away ICANN?
According to GlobalVoicesOnline.org, the Russian government has blocked the Wayback Machine, which allows users to view archived webpages to see how domain sites looked like in the past. According to the website Rublacklist.net (a censorship-monitori...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 12:13 pm
The Domains
World Poker Tour Bought For $12.3M in 2009 Sold for $35 Million Cash
According to PokerNews.com, bwin.party sold the The World Poker Tour (WPT) to Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. for $35 million cash. Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. is a Hong Kong-listed corporation with over 500 million users and has a market...
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World Poker Tour Bought For $12.3M in 2009 Sold for $35 Million Cash
According to PokerNews.com, bwin.party sold the The World Poker Tour (WPT) to Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. for $35 million cash. Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. is a Hong Kong-listed corporation with over 500 million users and has a market...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 9:34 pm
The Domains
This is Why People Hate ICANN: GNSO Resolution for Next round of New gTLD’s
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) just sent me over this resolution concerning the next round of new gTLD’s which it seemed to just pass. Read through it a few times. I have no idea what it says and I’m a lawyer For me it m...
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This is Why People Hate ICANN: GNSO Resolution for Next round of New gTLD’s
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) just sent me over this resolution concerning the next round of new gTLD’s which it seemed to just pass. Read through it a few times. I have no idea what it says and I’m a lawyer For me it m...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 8:25 pm
The Domains
Radix Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary Today: Sold $275K In Premium Registration/Renewal Domains
Radix is celebrating its first Anniversary today. Currently Radix has two live generic extensions – .website and .space & two live vertical extensions -.press and .host As an Anniversary special, .website and .space are being offered at $1 ...
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Radix Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary Today: Sold $275K In Premium Registration/Renewal Domains
Radix is celebrating its first Anniversary today. Currently Radix has two live generic extensions – .website and .space & two live vertical extensions -.press and .host As an Anniversary special, .website and .space are being offered at $1 ...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 7:03 pm
The Domains
.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today
According to Housingwire.com, the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements whi...
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.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today
According to Housingwire.com, the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements whi...
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June 24, 2015, 6:30 pm
