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Bill Sweetman Consulting Firm Name Ninja Launches
After resigning from his vice president’s role at Tucows to pursue his passion for domain name strategy, respected domain name expert Bill Sweetman has unveiled Name Ninja (www.nameninja.com), a boutique domain name consulting firm that officia...
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Bill Sweetman Consulting Firm Name Ninja Launches
After resigning from his vice president’s role at Tucows to pursue his passion for domain name strategy, respected domain name expert Bill Sweetman has unveiled Name Ninja (www.nameninja.com), a boutique domain name consulting firm that officia...
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May 23, 2013, 9:29 am

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Veko.com Lost In UDRP: Domain Was Parked, For Sale & Owner Was Domainer
Veko Lightsystems International B.V. was awarded the domain name Veko.com by a one member UDRP panel The Complainant won the case based off of a Benelux trademark issued February 20, 2002. A Benelux trademark is about the easiest trademarks to g...
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Veko.com Lost In UDRP: Domain Was Parked, For Sale & Owner Was Domainer
Veko Lightsystems International B.V. was awarded the domain name Veko.com by a one member UDRP panel The Complainant won the case based off of a Benelux trademark issued February 20, 2002. A Benelux trademark is about the easiest trademarks to g...
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May 23, 2013, 9:22 am

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Over 30 Domains Related To Oklahoma Tornado The Good, Bad & Ugly
Just about 48 hours after one of the worst Tornado’s in US history hit the ground in Moore Oklahoma killing children, adults and causing over $1 Billion in damage, we found over 30 .com and .net and .org domain names registered which give...
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Over 30 Domains Related To Oklahoma Tornado The Good, Bad & Ugly
Just about 48 hours after one of the worst Tornado’s in US history hit the ground in Moore Oklahoma killing children, adults and causing over $1 Billion in damage, we found over 30 .com and .net and .org domain names registered which give...
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May 22, 2013, 1:37 pm

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Sedo.com Weekly Domain Name Transactions Total $1.26 Million
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 799 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.26m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: • &n...
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Sedo.com Weekly Domain Name Transactions Total $1.26 Million
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 799 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.26m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: • &n...
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May 22, 2013, 11:20 am

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Google Chrome Now Allows For Voice Search On Laptops & Desktops
Google updated its Chrome Web browser today to include voice search, a feature that lets you speak naturally to your computer to get search results. The feature not only does your searches by voice but responds to questions and allows you to en...
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Google Chrome Now Allows For Voice Search On Laptops & Desktops
Google updated its Chrome Web browser today to include voice search, a feature that lets you speak naturally to your computer to get search results. The feature not only does your searches by voice but responds to questions and allows you to en...
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May 22, 2013, 10:42 am

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Reserve Price Ranges For TRAFFIC Auction Released
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference which will be held in Las Vegas next week just published the reserve price ranges for the domain names at the TRAFFIC auction. 70% of domain names in the auction have NO RESERVE and will be sold to the highest...
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Reserve Price Ranges For TRAFFIC Auction Released
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference which will be held in Las Vegas next week just published the reserve price ranges for the domain names at the TRAFFIC auction. 70% of domain names in the auction have NO RESERVE and will be sold to the highest...
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May 22, 2013, 9:47 am

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Google Loses UDRP On Play-Gogles.com; Not Confusing To TM On Google Play
Google Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name play-gogles.com which was registered in February 2013. Google claimed it had rights to the domain name play-gogles.com based off its trademarks for Google and Google Play. However the one member ...
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Google Loses UDRP On Play-Gogles.com; Not Confusing To TM On Google Play
Google Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name play-gogles.com which was registered in February 2013. Google claimed it had rights to the domain name play-gogles.com based off its trademarks for Google and Google Play. However the one member ...
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May 22, 2013, 9:28 am

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ICANN Approves The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) As A UDRP Provider
The ICANN Board approved the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) as an UDRP provider. The approval of ACDR as the first UDRP provider located in the Middle East “enhances ICANN‘s accountability to the Internet community as a w...
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ICANN Approves The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) As A UDRP Provider
The ICANN Board approved the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) as an UDRP provider. The approval of ACDR as the first UDRP provider located in the Middle East “enhances ICANN‘s accountability to the Internet community as a w...
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May 22, 2013, 1:14 am

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ICANN Fall 2014 Meeting Heading Back To The US To Los Angeles
The ICANN Board announced tonight that is has selected Los Angeles California as its location for its third Meeting for 2014 The ICANN 2014 North America Public meeting, will be held on October 12th-17th, 2014. ICANN announced last December th...
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ICANN Fall 2014 Meeting Heading Back To The US To Los Angeles
The ICANN Board announced tonight that is has selected Los Angeles California as its location for its third Meeting for 2014 The ICANN 2014 North America Public meeting, will be held on October 12th-17th, 2014. ICANN announced last December th...
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May 22, 2013, 1:08 am

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Afternic.com Sells Almost $1.1 Million In Domains Led By GlobalOffice For $32,500
Afternic’s just posted it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/13/13 – 5/19/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,085,990. All sales were lead by Globaloffice.co...
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Afternic.com Sells Almost $1.1 Million In Domains Led By GlobalOffice For $32,500
Afternic’s just posted it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/13/13 – 5/19/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,085,990. All sales were lead by Globaloffice.co...
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May 21, 2013, 5:47 pm