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UDRP Filed on C-A.com and MySchool.com Gets Saved for the Second time
Back on 9/13 we wrote about MySchool.com getting hit with a UDRP for the second time in four years. We published the article as soon as the UDRP was filed, so we had no clue to who was filing the UDRP this time around. Well it was the same person as ...
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UDRP Filed on C-A.com and MySchool.com Gets Saved for the Second time
Back on 9/13 we wrote about MySchool.com getting hit with a UDRP for the second time in four years. We published the article as soon as the UDRP was filed, so we had no clue to who was filing the UDRP this time around. Well it was the same person as ...
Discussion
October 3, 2014, 9:33 am

The Domains
Google Organic Click Rates – A Case Study
Philip Petrescu posted an interesting article on Moz.com that is worth checking out for those who build out websites and are looking for more organic traffic. It is a long article as Petrescu goes into great detail on his case study. The summary is b...
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Google Organic Click Rates – A Case Study
Philip Petrescu posted an interesting article on Moz.com that is worth checking out for those who build out websites and are looking for more organic traffic. It is a long article as Petrescu goes into great detail on his case study. The summary is b...
Discussion
October 3, 2014, 8:33 am

The Domains
2 Texas DUI Lawyers Battle Over Trademarked Domains: DontBlow.com Vs. DoNotBlow.com
TexasLawyer.com reported on a dispute between Tyler Flood, a Houston DUI lawyer who filed a lawsuit against The Law Offices of Mark Hull, based in Austin for trademark infringement over a domain name. “Flood alleges that the Hull firm violated ...
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2 Texas DUI Lawyers Battle Over Trademarked Domains: DontBlow.com Vs. DoNotBlow.com
TexasLawyer.com reported on a dispute between Tyler Flood, a Houston DUI lawyer who filed a lawsuit against The Law Offices of Mark Hull, based in Austin for trademark infringement over a domain name. “Flood alleges that the Hull firm violated ...
Discussion
October 3, 2014, 4:20 am

The Domains
Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Filing A Response: Judgmentfree.com
PFIP, LLC (“Complainant”), represented by Teresa C. Tucker of Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger PLLC, New Hampshire, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name hijacking in a UDRP decision on the domain name judgmentfree.com The...
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Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Filing A Response: Judgmentfree.com
PFIP, LLC (“Complainant”), represented by Teresa C. Tucker of Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger PLLC, New Hampshire, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name hijacking in a UDRP decision on the domain name judgmentfree.com The...
Discussion
October 3, 2014, 12:31 am

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As Many As 5K .Com’s Taken Away By Sealed Court Order By Verisign Including Some Of Mine
Overnight I received a notice that several domain names I owned were transferred by a sealed court from Verisign without notice and of course without the court order. The domain names just were transferred by Verisign to another domain and are now li...
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As Many As 5K .Com’s Taken Away By Sealed Court Order By Verisign Including Some Of Mine
Overnight I received a notice that several domain names I owned were transferred by a sealed court from Verisign without notice and of course without the court order. The domain names just were transferred by Verisign to another domain and are now li...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 5:46 pm

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Freenom Operator of 2nd Largest Domain Extension .TK; To Launch .GQ; Yes It Will Be FREE
Freenom which operates the .tk registry which is the world’s 2nd largest domain extension in terms of registration, has partnered with GETESA, the largest telecommunication operator in Equatorial Guinea and a joint venture with Orange, to...
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Freenom Operator of 2nd Largest Domain Extension .TK; To Launch .GQ; Yes It Will Be FREE
Freenom which operates the .tk registry which is the world’s 2nd largest domain extension in terms of registration, has partnered with GETESA, the largest telecommunication operator in Equatorial Guinea and a joint venture with Orange, to...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 2:13 pm

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Minds + Machines Says .Law & .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer) Will Only Be For Lawyers
Minds + Machines, which won the private auction for .Law a couple of weeks ago announced that .Law and .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer, M+M was the only applicant for .Adogado) are expected to launch in early 2015. Both .Law and .Abogado will be restric...
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Minds + Machines Says .Law & .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer) Will Only Be For Lawyers
Minds + Machines, which won the private auction for .Law a couple of weeks ago announced that .Law and .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer, M+M was the only applicant for .Adogado) are expected to launch in early 2015. Both .Law and .Abogado will be restric...
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October 2, 2014, 1:54 pm

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Public Comany Acquires Internships.com For $10M in Cash & $1M In Stock
Chegg, Inc. (CHGG), the Student Hub, today announced it has acquired Internships.com, a division of CareerArc Group LLC for $10 million in cash and approximately $1 million in shares of Chegg Common Stock. Internships.com is not just a domain name, b...
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Public Comany Acquires Internships.com For $10M in Cash & $1M In Stock
Chegg, Inc. (CHGG), the Student Hub, today announced it has acquired Internships.com, a division of CareerArc Group LLC for $10 million in cash and approximately $1 million in shares of Chegg Common Stock. Internships.com is not just a domain name, b...
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October 2, 2014, 1:44 pm

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1st Day New gTLD For .Deals 2,592: .Bayern 20,396
One new gTLD went into general availability yesterday, .Deals. Including domain registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register their domain during the Early Access Program (EAP), .Deals ended its...
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1st Day New gTLD For .Deals 2,592: .Bayern 20,396
One new gTLD went into general availability yesterday, .Deals. Including domain registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register their domain during the Early Access Program (EAP), .Deals ended its...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 1:38 pm

The Domains
Google Entering the Domain Business May Have Less of an Impact on Web.com
David Hernandez wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha that Google entering the domain business may not be as bad as thought for competitor Web.com. Web.com owns Register.com and Network Solutions. The stock is down 37.7 % year to date. Here is the summary o...
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Google Entering the Domain Business May Have Less of an Impact on Web.com
David Hernandez wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha that Google entering the domain business may not be as bad as thought for competitor Web.com. Web.com owns Register.com and Network Solutions. The stock is down 37.7 % year to date. Here is the summary o...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 10:18 pm