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Blue Cross Loses Legal Rights Objection To Block the New gTLD .Blue
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association just lost a Legal Rights Objection to Afilias Limited new gTLD application for .Blue Here are the relevant findings by the three member WIPO panel: “”The Applicant has not denied that it was aware of...
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Blue Cross Loses Legal Rights Objection To Block the New gTLD .Blue
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association just lost a Legal Rights Objection to Afilias Limited new gTLD application for .Blue Here are the relevant findings by the three member WIPO panel: “”The Applicant has not denied that it was aware of...
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August 19, 2013, 11:51 am
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Car Maker Land Rover Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The car maker Jaguar/Land Rover Has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name MountainRovers.com. The domain name was owned and used by the domain holder since 1998. The domain name holder did not file a respo...
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Car Maker Land Rover Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
The car maker Jaguar/Land Rover Has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name MountainRovers.com. The domain name was owned and used by the domain holder since 1998. The domain name holder did not file a respo...
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August 19, 2013, 8:35 am
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So Now What Will Google Do With Its New gTLD Application For .Search
Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google’s application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon’s .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its applica...
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So Now What Will Google Do With Its New gTLD Application For .Search
Of the over new gTLD 1,900 applications received by ICANN, Google’s application for .Search has gotten arguably the most attention of the mainstream media (neck and neck with Amazon’s .Amazon TLD) Google originally filed its applica...
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August 18, 2013, 6:38 pm
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Domainer Marc Ostrofsky Author Of Get Rich Click, New Book: Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play
Domain name inverstor and author, Marc Ostrofsky new book Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play is coming out on September 10th. Marc a domain-name investor best known for selling the name Business.com for $7.5 m...
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Domainer Marc Ostrofsky Author Of Get Rich Click, New Book: Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play
Domain name inverstor and author, Marc Ostrofsky new book Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play is coming out on September 10th. Marc a domain-name investor best known for selling the name Business.com for $7.5 m...
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August 18, 2013, 10:46 am
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Vice.com Sold By Anything.com In 2010 Gets $70 Million Dollar Investment From 21st Century Fox
According to a report in the Financial Times, Century Fox has invested $70 million in media company Vice Media, giving Fox a 5 percent stake in the company and valuing Vice at $1.4 billion. Vice Media official site is Vice.com Vice Media bought the d...
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Vice.com Sold By Anything.com In 2010 Gets $70 Million Dollar Investment From 21st Century Fox
According to a report in the Financial Times, Century Fox has invested $70 million in media company Vice Media, giving Fox a 5 percent stake in the company and valuing Vice at $1.4 billion. Vice Media official site is Vice.com Vice Media bought the d...
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August 17, 2013, 12:15 pm
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Brand Protection Fail: This Weeks TM Domains Brands Let Drop & Get Registered Boeing; NCAA; ESPN Google AP & More
We have written over the years about brands, brand protection companies and dropping domain names which both brands and brand protection companies continue to miss. Not only do they miss grabbing them but they don’t even seem to try. Its pretty...
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Brand Protection Fail: This Weeks TM Domains Brands Let Drop & Get Registered Boeing; NCAA; ESPN Google AP & More
We have written over the years about brands, brand protection companies and dropping domain names which both brands and brand protection companies continue to miss. Not only do they miss grabbing them but they don’t even seem to try. Its pretty...
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August 17, 2013, 7:38 am
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95 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE: .Visa; .College; .Casino; .Poker; .Hamburg; . Cologne; .Kia; .Playstation; .Sina
95 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. Two Geographic applications passed today both a large German cities; .Cologne and .Hamburg Some generic applications passing today include .College; .Earth; .World; .Golf; .Poker; .Casino; .T...
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95 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE: .Visa; .College; .Casino; .Poker; .Hamburg; . Cologne; .Kia; .Playstation; .Sina
95 new gTLD’s passed ICANN Initial Evaluation today. Two Geographic applications passed today both a large German cities; .Cologne and .Hamburg Some generic applications passing today include .College; .Earth; .World; .Golf; .Poker; .Casino; .T...
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August 16, 2013, 12:56 pm
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ICANN New gTLD Committe Kills Dotless Domains
The new gTLD Committee of ICANN just killed off Dotless Domains according to a resolution published last night. Google notified ICANN that it modified its application to operate .Search new gTLD from a closed model to an open model operating it...
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ICANN New gTLD Committe Kills Dotless Domains
The new gTLD Committee of ICANN just killed off Dotless Domains according to a resolution published last night. Google notified ICANN that it modified its application to operate .Search new gTLD from a closed model to an open model operating it...
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August 16, 2013, 8:36 am
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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...
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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...
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August 15, 2013, 8:46 pm
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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 ...
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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 ...
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August 15, 2013, 4:13 pm
