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Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures...
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Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures...
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July 5, 2013, 9:29 am
The Domains
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they...
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TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they...
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July 5, 2013, 8:34 am
The Domains
Facebook Files UDRP For Fäcebook.org & 19 More Domains
Facebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN of Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com FacebookVacation.com (a great name for the next Chevy Chase movie IMHO) next ...
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Facebook Files UDRP For Fäcebook.org & 19 More Domains
Facebook filed a UDRP yesterday for 20 domain names including an IDN of Fäcebook.org with WIPO. Other gems on the list include the very dangerous FacebookAteMyBabt.com FacebookVacation.com (a great name for the next Chevy Chase movie IMHO) next ...
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July 4, 2013, 9:01 am
The Domains
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings In GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dia...
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New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings In GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dia...
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July 4, 2013, 1:10 am
The Domains
98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and Bugatti Here are all the applicati...
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98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and Bugatti Here are all the applicati...
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July 3, 2013, 8:57 pm
The Domains
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its ...
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AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its ...
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July 3, 2013, 7:28 pm
The Domains
75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours
Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May 24th, 75 media outlets from the BBC to PC Magazine, to Time Magazine, Cnet, to FastCom...
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75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours
Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May 24th, 75 media outlets from the BBC to PC Magazine, to Time Magazine, Cnet, to FastCom...
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July 3, 2013, 10:21 am
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123-Reg UK Largest Registrar Becomes Premier SME Partner of Google AdWords In UK
According to a press release we received this morning, 123-reg, the UK’s largest accredited domain registrar, has today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Google to become a Premier SME Partner (PSP) of Google&r...
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123-Reg UK Largest Registrar Becomes Premier SME Partner of Google AdWords In UK
According to a press release we received this morning, 123-reg, the UK’s largest accredited domain registrar, has today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Google to become a Premier SME Partner (PSP) of Google&r...
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July 3, 2013, 9:35 am
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1M In Domains Led By imf.com For $27K
Afternic.com Sells $1.1M In Domains Led By imf.com For $27K Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the week 6/22/13 – 6/30/13. Total domain sales, including confidential purchases and sales under $1,000 summed to $1,131,989. The highes...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1M In Domains Led By imf.com For $27K
Afternic.com Sells $1.1M In Domains Led By imf.com For $27K Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the week 6/22/13 – 6/30/13. Total domain sales, including confidential purchases and sales under $1,000 summed to $1,131,989. The highes...
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July 2, 2013, 5:19 pm
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Sedo.com Sells $1.19M In Domains Led By bigbeauty.com For $22.5K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 06/23/13 – 06/30/13 totalling $1.19M. The highest priced transaction was bigbeauty.com at $22,500 followed by kortingen.nl for $16,000. In all, 814 transactions took place ...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.19M In Domains Led By bigbeauty.com For $22.5K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 06/23/13 – 06/30/13 totalling $1.19M. The highest priced transaction was bigbeauty.com at $22,500 followed by kortingen.nl for $16,000. In all, 814 transactions took place ...
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July 2, 2013, 4:34 pm
