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Famous Four Applicant for new gTLD .Rugby Launches .Rugby Council
Dot Rugby Limited, which has submitted its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to operate the .Rugby top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the launch of the .Rugby Governance Council. Worldwide rugby stakeho...
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Famous Four Applicant for new gTLD .Rugby Launches .Rugby Council
Dot Rugby Limited, which has submitted its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to operate the .Rugby top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the launch of the .Rugby Governance Council. Worldwide rugby stakeho...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 12:51 pm
The Domains
IAB: Internet Ad Revenue Hits All Time High Of $9.6 Billion In 1st Q
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 1st quarter 2013 Internet Ad revenue hit an all time record with $9.6 billion in sales representing a 15.6% increase over the $8.3 billion figure reported in the first quarter 2012. “I...
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IAB: Internet Ad Revenue Hits All Time High Of $9.6 Billion In 1st Q
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 1st quarter 2013 Internet Ad revenue hit an all time record with $9.6 billion in sales representing a 15.6% increase over the $8.3 billion figure reported in the first quarter 2012. “I...
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June 3, 2013, 11:41 am
The Domains
Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As URL Shortener
According to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as “social media with a mission” that appeals to the The Daily Show” generation”, has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener. The dom...
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Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As URL Shortener
According to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as “social media with a mission” that appeals to the The Daily Show” generation”, has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener. The dom...
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June 3, 2013, 11:06 am
The Domains
Bidding on MUI.com Hits $25K On Namejet With a Day To Go
The domain name MUI.com is at auction at NameJet.com and bidding and already has a high bid of $24,999. The auction has 265 bidders and there are 15 bidders that placed a bid of $1,000 or more. The domain name MUI.com is owned by Tucows.com but was p...
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Bidding on MUI.com Hits $25K On Namejet With a Day To Go
The domain name MUI.com is at auction at NameJet.com and bidding and already has a high bid of $24,999. The auction has 265 bidders and there are 15 bidders that placed a bid of $1,000 or more. The domain name MUI.com is owned by Tucows.com but was p...
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June 3, 2013, 10:53 am
The Domains
Samsung Loses UDRP On SamsungHub.com
Sansung has just lost a UDRP on the domain name SamsungHub.com which is being used as a re-directed domain to a site that has Adwords. Samsung does have a product named Samsung Hub but that just rolled out in 2011, the domain name was registered in 2...
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Samsung Loses UDRP On SamsungHub.com
Sansung has just lost a UDRP on the domain name SamsungHub.com which is being used as a re-directed domain to a site that has Adwords. Samsung does have a product named Samsung Hub but that just rolled out in 2011, the domain name was registered in 2...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:29 am
The Domains
Private New gTLD Auctions Are Underway
According to ApplicantAuction.com the first private auction for new gTLD strings are underway. Although other than .Club which publicly announced it would be participating in the auction which started today, there hasn’t been any public announc...
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Private New gTLD Auctions Are Underway
According to ApplicantAuction.com the first private auction for new gTLD strings are underway. Although other than .Club which publicly announced it would be participating in the auction which started today, there hasn’t been any public announc...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 9:54 am
The Domains
German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringeme...
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German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringeme...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 9:36 am
The Domains
TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions
Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marke...
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TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions
Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marke...
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June 3, 2013, 9:30 am
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.XXX Gets Over 25,000 Domain Years Registered In May Promotion
ICM registry informed us that the final numbers are in for the May discounted .XXX promotion and saw over 25,000 domain years added to the registry. 13,400 new .XXX domain names were registered and the average registration was just under 2 years maki...
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.XXX Gets Over 25,000 Domain Years Registered In May Promotion
ICM registry informed us that the final numbers are in for the May discounted .XXX promotion and saw over 25,000 domain years added to the registry. 13,400 new .XXX domain names were registered and the average registration was just under 2 years maki...
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June 2, 2013, 1:32 pm
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Getty Images Waits 12 Years Before Going After GettyImage.com; GM 9 Years For Corvette-Stingray.com
Its quite amazing to me when I see a bang on trademark infringing domain allowed to be owned and monetized by someone other than the trademark owner. I’m not talking about typos, misspells or terms that include the trademark but is a reach base...
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Getty Images Waits 12 Years Before Going After GettyImage.com; GM 9 Years For Corvette-Stingray.com
Its quite amazing to me when I see a bang on trademark infringing domain allowed to be owned and monetized by someone other than the trademark owner. I’m not talking about typos, misspells or terms that include the trademark but is a reach base...
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June 2, 2013, 8:32 am
