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Verisign: Ends 2Q With 124.3 Million .Com/.Net; Domain Revenue up 12% & $2 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), treported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 after the market closed. As of the quater ending June 30 there were 124.3 million .com/.net domain names an increase of 4.9% Second Quarter GAAP Fin...
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Verisign: Ends 2Q With 124.3 Million .Com/.Net; Domain Revenue up 12% & $2 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), treported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 after the market closed. As of the quater ending June 30 there were 124.3 million .com/.net domain names an increase of 4.9% Second Quarter GAAP Fin...
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July 25, 2013, 4:10 pm
The Domains
4 More Legal Rights Objections Denied At WIPO: 17 Objections 17 Thrown out: .Song; .YellowPages; .Cam
Earlier today we wrote about two Legal Right Objections (LRO) that were denied at WIPO one for .GMBH and the 5th objection filed be Defender against an applicant for .Home Since then three more decisions came out all against the objectors on the stri...
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4 More Legal Rights Objections Denied At WIPO: 17 Objections 17 Thrown out: .Song; .YellowPages; .Cam
Earlier today we wrote about two Legal Right Objections (LRO) that were denied at WIPO one for .GMBH and the 5th objection filed be Defender against an applicant for .Home Since then three more decisions came out all against the objectors on the stri...
Discussion
July 25, 2013, 3:51 pm
The Domains
MP3.com Hits The Market With A 7 Figure Price & Supposedly Has A Bid
The domain name MP3.com appears to be on the market with an asking price into the seven figures according to a post hypebot.com. written by a Michael Robertson, founder of the original MP3.com. Here is what he had to say in this post which is pretty ...
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MP3.com Hits The Market With A 7 Figure Price & Supposedly Has A Bid
The domain name MP3.com appears to be on the market with an asking price into the seven figures according to a post hypebot.com. written by a Michael Robertson, founder of the original MP3.com. Here is what he had to say in this post which is pretty ...
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July 25, 2013, 12:00 pm
The Domains
WIPO Rejects 13th & 14th Legal Rights Objections To New gTLD’s on .GMBH & Another The 5th On .Home
WIPO today released two more Legal Rights Objections decision and for the 13th and 14th time ruled against the Objector. Objectors are now 0-14 at WIPO on Legal Rights Objections A WIPO panel ruled against Defender Security Company for the new gTLD ....
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WIPO Rejects 13th & 14th Legal Rights Objections To New gTLD’s on .GMBH & Another The 5th On .Home
WIPO today released two more Legal Rights Objections decision and for the 13th and 14th time ruled against the Objector. Objectors are now 0-14 at WIPO on Legal Rights Objections A WIPO panel ruled against Defender Security Company for the new gTLD ....
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July 25, 2013, 10:45 am
The Domains
Afternic To Provide New gTLD .Kiwi Reserve Lists for their new TLD
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, today announced a strategic partnership with Dot Kiwi Ltd, the applicant for the new Top Level Domain (TLD) .KIWI. Afternic has been selected by Dot Kiwi to to create reserv...
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Afternic To Provide New gTLD .Kiwi Reserve Lists for their new TLD
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, today announced a strategic partnership with Dot Kiwi Ltd, the applicant for the new Top Level Domain (TLD) .KIWI. Afternic has been selected by Dot Kiwi to to create reserv...
Discussion
July 25, 2013, 10:09 am
The Domains
WOW: PNC Bank Loses UDRP On 9 PTCBank Domains Going To Parked Pages With A Similar Logo To The Bank
The UDRP rulings get nutter and more inconsistent by the day and today a one member panel denied PNC Financial Services Group, Inc which owns and operates PNC Bank UDRP on 9 domains all containing the term PNCbank even though the domains were parked ...
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WOW: PNC Bank Loses UDRP On 9 PTCBank Domains Going To Parked Pages With A Similar Logo To The Bank
The UDRP rulings get nutter and more inconsistent by the day and today a one member panel denied PNC Financial Services Group, Inc which owns and operates PNC Bank UDRP on 9 domains all containing the term PNCbank even though the domains were parked ...
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July 24, 2013, 5:12 pm
The Domains
Judge Says Godaddy Is Not Entitled To Safe Harbor Protection On Parked Pages Program
In a 29 page ruling a California Federal Court denied Godaddy’s motion to have the case filed by the ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES, the Oscars, thrown out denying Godaddy.com the Safe Harbor that domain name registrars typically ...
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Judge Says Godaddy Is Not Entitled To Safe Harbor Protection On Parked Pages Program
In a 29 page ruling a California Federal Court denied Godaddy’s motion to have the case filed by the ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES, the Oscars, thrown out denying Godaddy.com the Safe Harbor that domain name registrars typically ...
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July 24, 2013, 4:34 pm
The Domains
Royal Baby Is Named & Domains Registered In Seconds: GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com; PrinceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.com
Cnn.com just reported that the Royal baby has been names George Alexander Louis and within seconds the domain names GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com and PrinceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.com were registered. The domain name GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com was registered b...
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Royal Baby Is Named & Domains Registered In Seconds: GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com; PrinceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.com
Cnn.com just reported that the Royal baby has been names George Alexander Louis and within seconds the domain names GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com and PrinceGeorgeAlexanderLouis.com were registered. The domain name GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com was registered b...
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July 24, 2013, 1:51 pm
The Domains
Google Announces ChromeCast Without Owning ChromeCast.com But Did Just Register Chromecast.Tv
Google announced a new product today called Chrome Cast which is described as something like Apple TV which allows users to stream videos from a phone or tablet to their TV using Chrome. Google doesn’t own the domain name ChromeCast.com that ho...
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Google Announces ChromeCast Without Owning ChromeCast.com But Did Just Register Chromecast.Tv
Google announced a new product today called Chrome Cast which is described as something like Apple TV which allows users to stream videos from a phone or tablet to their TV using Chrome. Google doesn’t own the domain name ChromeCast.com that ho...
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July 24, 2013, 1:11 pm
The Domains
Frank Schiling’s Name Administration & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP On Spielwarenmesse.com (ToyFair in German)
Spielwarenmesse eG of Nürnberg, Germany, has lost its bid to grab the domain name spielwarenmesse.com which is ToyFair in German in a UDRP away from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration which was represented as always by John Berryh...
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Frank Schiling’s Name Administration & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP On Spielwarenmesse.com (ToyFair in German)
Spielwarenmesse eG of Nürnberg, Germany, has lost its bid to grab the domain name spielwarenmesse.com which is ToyFair in German in a UDRP away from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration which was represented as always by John Berryh...
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July 24, 2013, 10:50 am
