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Domain Name Wire
Wow: WIPO panelist lets “misconceived” complainant off the hook
WIPOs panelists are going soft on obvious cases of reverse domain name hijacking. I’ve written about a few UDRP cases this week in which panelists let the complainants off the hook for reverse domain name hijacking. A decision out today for CQC...
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Wow: WIPO panelist lets “misconceived” complainant off the hook
WIPOs panelists are going soft on obvious cases of reverse domain name hijacking. I’ve written about a few UDRP cases this week in which panelists let the complainants off the hook for reverse domain name hijacking. A decision out today for CQC...
Discussion
March 3, 2017, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tesla registers domain names for UAW Union fight
Domain names registered as Tesla and UAW getting ready for fight in a California. A number of domain names were registered yesterday for an upcoming battle between automaker Tesla and United Auto Workers Union. 22 domain names referencing Tesla, unio...
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Tesla registers domain names for UAW Union fight
Domain names registered as Tesla and UAW getting ready for fight in a California. A number of domain names were registered yesterday for an upcoming battle between automaker Tesla and United Auto Workers Union. 22 domain names referencing Tesla, unio...
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March 3, 2017, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
A surprising conclusion about the languages of new TLDs (Part #6)
Welcome to article #6 in a series examining the geography of new domain endings (nTLDs). Let’s pick up where we left off: TLD language. Last time, we attempted to count suffixes based on language. As it turns out, categorizing any k...
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A surprising conclusion about the languages of new TLDs (Part #6)
Welcome to article #6 in a series examining the geography of new domain endings (nTLDs). Let’s pick up where we left off: TLD language. Last time, we attempted to count suffixes based on language. As it turns out, categorizing any k...
Discussion
March 3, 2017, 2:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales including new TLDs and the ACLU
Lots of new TLDs sold this past week, plus the ACLU bought a .org for a new initiative to fight Trump’s policies. The top sale at Sedo this past week was a new top level domain, Bitcoin.casino for $26,000. It wasn’t the only new TLD to hi...
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End user domain name sales including new TLDs and the ACLU
Lots of new TLDs sold this past week, plus the ACLU bought a .org for a new initiative to fight Trump’s policies. The top sale at Sedo this past week was a new top level domain, Bitcoin.casino for $26,000. It wasn’t the only new TLD to hi...
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March 2, 2017, 6:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
1&1 Finally Joins SedoMLS
At long last, two companies that are part of the same group strike a deal. Domain name registrar and hosting company 1&1 Internet has finally joined the SedoMLS program, the companies announced today. I say finally because both 1&1 and Sedo a...
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1&1 Finally Joins SedoMLS
At long last, two companies that are part of the same group strike a deal. Domain name registrar and hosting company 1&1 Internet has finally joined the SedoMLS program, the companies announced today. I say finally because both 1&1 and Sedo a...
Discussion
March 2, 2017, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese registrars lose of lot of .com, but HiChina picks up domains from others
Official data from November show some interesting domain movement. ICANN just published data from Verisign about .com activity in November. This was right in the thick of the anniversary of the “Chinese surge” and the data show it. GoDadd...
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Chinese registrars lose of lot of .com, but HiChina picks up domains from others
Official data from November show some interesting domain movement. ICANN just published data from Verisign about .com activity in November. This was right in the thick of the anniversary of the “Chinese surge” and the data show it. GoDadd...
Discussion
March 2, 2017, 2:54 pm
The Domains
ICYMI a look back at January on TheDomains
February was a busy month here at TheDomains.com, though February is the shortest month of the year it was the highest traffic month since March of 2016. The top 5 posts by views for February: Exclusive: Rick Schwartz Thinks Use of Domains In ...
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ICYMI a look back at January on TheDomains
February was a busy month here at TheDomains.com, though February is the shortest month of the year it was the highest traffic month since March of 2016. The top 5 posts by views for February: Exclusive: Rick Schwartz Thinks Use of Domains In ...
Discussion
March 2, 2017, 4:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling wins Gabs.com cybersquatting dispute
One panelist also finds reverse domain name hijacking. Frank Schilling and lawyer John Berryhill have successfully defended the domain name Gabs.com in a UDRP. Gabs S.r.l., an Italian accessories maker, filed a UDRP with Czech Arbitration Court alleg...
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Frank Schilling wins Gabs.com cybersquatting dispute
One panelist also finds reverse domain name hijacking. Frank Schilling and lawyer John Berryhill have successfully defended the domain name Gabs.com in a UDRP. Gabs S.r.l., an Italian accessories maker, filed a UDRP with Czech Arbitration Court alleg...
Discussion
March 1, 2017, 8:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside lays out the future
Company paints its vision of the future as it continues to face growth challenges. Rightside released its first earnings statement and held its first investor in its post-eNom reality yesterday. Here’s my take: The business going forward The di...
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Rightside lays out the future
Company paints its vision of the future as it continues to face growth challenges. Rightside released its first earnings statement and held its first investor in its post-eNom reality yesterday. Here’s my take: The business going forward The di...
Discussion
March 1, 2017, 7:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another WIPO panelist lets complainant off easy
Domain clearly wasn’t registered in bad faith but panelist doesn’t find RDNH. Yesterday I wrote about how a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist let6 California clothing company Reformation off the hook for reverse domain nam...
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Another WIPO panelist lets complainant off easy
Domain clearly wasn’t registered in bad faith but panelist doesn’t find RDNH. Yesterday I wrote about how a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist let6 California clothing company Reformation off the hook for reverse domain nam...
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March 1, 2017, 4:31 pm
