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Go Daddy Auctions November Domain Market Report led by Surpass.com
Go Daddy sells 39,077 domains in November vs 40,575 in October. It is interesting to note that October got adjusted up from 39,830. The top sale was surpass.com for $50,000. The domain was registered in 1997 and was purchased by BTL Group, its alread...
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Go Daddy Auctions November Domain Market Report led by Surpass.com
Go Daddy sells 39,077 domains in November vs 40,575 in October. It is interesting to note that October got adjusted up from 39,830. The top sale was surpass.com for $50,000. The domain was registered in 1997 and was purchased by BTL Group, its alread...
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December 2, 2013, 6:33 am
The Domains
From An $11K Sale In 2004 Curious.com Sold Launched in May Gets $7.5 Million In Funding & Is Covered By Forbes
Curious.com was which just been covered by Forbes.com, as after launching in May and now having raised $7.5 Million, has a pretty Curious past of its own. On the business front Curious.com was cofounded by Justin Kitch, Chief Technology O...
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From An $11K Sale In 2004 Curious.com Sold Launched in May Gets $7.5 Million In Funding & Is Covered By Forbes
Curious.com was which just been covered by Forbes.com, as after launching in May and now having raised $7.5 Million, has a pretty Curious past of its own. On the business front Curious.com was cofounded by Justin Kitch, Chief Technology O...
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December 1, 2013, 3:49 pm
The Domains
Here’s a Mainstream Publication That Gets The Value Of Domains: Hope.com, Alert.com, Usher.com, Wisdom.com. Mike.com, DNA.com; Alarm.com
bizjournals.com, covered what they considered to be very successful companies located in DC that own great domains in a post entitled “The golden domain names of D.C. Tech” I quite an opposite approach to the Forbes article which po...
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Here’s a Mainstream Publication That Gets The Value Of Domains: Hope.com, Alert.com, Usher.com, Wisdom.com. Mike.com, DNA.com; Alarm.com
bizjournals.com, covered what they considered to be very successful companies located in DC that own great domains in a post entitled “The golden domain names of D.C. Tech” I quite an opposite approach to the Forbes article which po...
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November 29, 2013, 2:02 pm
The Domains
Troubling: UDRP Panel Hands Over Generic Domain RainForest.es
Rain Forest , SL of Madrid, Spain just won the UDRP lottery and got the generic domain name RainForest.es The decision was handed down in Spanish and we used Google translate into English The panelist Albert Agustinoy Guilayn has some pretty di...
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Troubling: UDRP Panel Hands Over Generic Domain RainForest.es
Rain Forest , SL of Madrid, Spain just won the UDRP lottery and got the generic domain name RainForest.es The decision was handed down in Spanish and we used Google translate into English The panelist Albert Agustinoy Guilayn has some pretty di...
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November 28, 2013, 4:12 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Refuses To Let BuyDomains Give Up Domain & Issues Ruling Against It on Shiseido.net
A one member UDRP panel refused to allow BuyDomains.com to unilateral consent to transfer the Domain Name Shiseido.net to the Complainant, Shiseido Company of Tokyo, Japan, and went ahead and issued its opinion ordering the transfer of the domain. Bu...
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UDRP Panel Refuses To Let BuyDomains Give Up Domain & Issues Ruling Against It on Shiseido.net
A one member UDRP panel refused to allow BuyDomains.com to unilateral consent to transfer the Domain Name Shiseido.net to the Complainant, Shiseido Company of Tokyo, Japan, and went ahead and issued its opinion ordering the transfer of the domain. Bu...
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November 28, 2013, 3:15 pm
The Domains
Richard P. Glass, Jr. Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Petfinity.com Registered in 1999
Richard P. Glass, Jr., represented by Charles F. Meroni, Jr. of Meroni & Meroni, P.C., Illinois, USA has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Petfinity.com The domain name was registered on September 2...
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Richard P. Glass, Jr. Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Petfinity.com Registered in 1999
Richard P. Glass, Jr., represented by Charles F. Meroni, Jr. of Meroni & Meroni, P.C., Illinois, USA has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Petfinity.com The domain name was registered on September 2...
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November 27, 2013, 11:25 pm
The Domains
Maker of GRAND THEFT AUTO Loses UDRP On Gta.tv Panel Finds It Stands For “Great Toronto Area”
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. the maker of Grand Theft Auto just lost a UDRP on the domain, gta.tv (the “Registrar”). The disputed domain name was registered on March 19, 2010. The Respondent also owns some domain names since 2009, ...
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Maker of GRAND THEFT AUTO Loses UDRP On Gta.tv Panel Finds It Stands For “Great Toronto Area”
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. the maker of Grand Theft Auto just lost a UDRP on the domain, gta.tv (the “Registrar”). The disputed domain name was registered on March 19, 2010. The Respondent also owns some domain names since 2009, ...
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November 27, 2013, 6:29 pm
The Domains
Google Sued For Trademark Infringement Over Its Hangout Service By Hanginout Damages & Retraining Order Requested
Hanginout, Inc. which describes itself as a San Diego based technology company filed suit against Google this morning over its “hangout” service for trademark infringement, federal unfair competition, and common law unfair competition. In...
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Google Sued For Trademark Infringement Over Its Hangout Service By Hanginout Damages & Retraining Order Requested
Hanginout, Inc. which describes itself as a San Diego based technology company filed suit against Google this morning over its “hangout” service for trademark infringement, federal unfair competition, and common law unfair competition. In...
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November 27, 2013, 4:59 pm
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Escrow.com Responds To Customer Inquiries On Recent Departures From The Company
Brandon Abbey on Behalf of Escrow.com has issued a statement in response to the recent departures of Andee Hill & 2 Other Employees, which quit last Friday to go a newly formed competitor EscrowHill.com which was announced on Monday morning...
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Escrow.com Responds To Customer Inquiries On Recent Departures From The Company
Brandon Abbey on Behalf of Escrow.com has issued a statement in response to the recent departures of Andee Hill & 2 Other Employees, which quit last Friday to go a newly formed competitor EscrowHill.com which was announced on Monday morning...
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November 27, 2013, 3:59 pm
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By 3dPrinter.net at $60K, Routes.com at $50K & Mozart.co At $21K
Over the past week, 650 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. This amounts to $60,. Million in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public ...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By 3dPrinter.net at $60K, Routes.com at $50K & Mozart.co At $21K
Over the past week, 650 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. This amounts to $60,. Million in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public ...
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November 27, 2013, 12:40 am
