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3 Strikes & Your Out: Avaya Inc. Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Avaya Inc. a company with 17,500 employees worldwide, was found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in its attempted theft of the domain name Avayo.net The panel took into account two other losing UDRP decisions filed by the company, in ma...
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3 Strikes & Your Out: Avaya Inc. Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Avaya Inc. a company with 17,500 employees worldwide, was found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in its attempted theft of the domain name Avayo.net The panel took into account two other losing UDRP decisions filed by the company, in ma...
Discussion
April 26, 2013, 9:29 am

The Domains
Verisign Reports: 123 Million .Com/.Net Domains; Revenue up 15%; $1.6 Billion In Cash
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 reported revenue of $236 million for the first quarter of 2013, up 15% from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported net income of $85 milli...
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Verisign Reports: 123 Million .Com/.Net Domains; Revenue up 15%; $1.6 Billion In Cash
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 reported revenue of $236 million for the first quarter of 2013, up 15% from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported net income of $85 milli...
Discussion
April 25, 2013, 4:14 pm

The Domains
Sedo: 63% Unaware of New gTLD’s; 94% Not Planning On Purchasing One
Sedo.com published a New gTLD Research Report last month and I don’t see that anyone reported on it. The report was based on a survey of 600 small to medium business owners that took place in January The most important findings of the ‘gT...
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Sedo: 63% Unaware of New gTLD’s; 94% Not Planning On Purchasing One
Sedo.com published a New gTLD Research Report last month and I don’t see that anyone reported on it. The report was based on a survey of 600 small to medium business owners that took place in January The most important findings of the ‘gT...
Discussion
April 25, 2013, 10:30 am

The Domains
TLDH Withdrawing 4 New gTLD Applications: .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu
According to a press release we received this morning, The Board of Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) issued an update to its new gTLD application. “We are pleased to announce that the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Ass...
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TLDH Withdrawing 4 New gTLD Applications: .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu
According to a press release we received this morning, The Board of Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) issued an update to its new gTLD application. “We are pleased to announce that the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Ass...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 10:17 am

The Domains
Frank Schillings Name Administration Hit With UDRP On WalkTheWalk.com
A UDRP has just been filed against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration on the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. The company filing the complaint is Walk the Walk Worldwide, whose site is at walkthewalk.org The organization operates a charity since...
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Frank Schillings Name Administration Hit With UDRP On WalkTheWalk.com
A UDRP has just been filed against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration on the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. The company filing the complaint is Walk the Walk Worldwide, whose site is at walkthewalk.org The organization operates a charity since...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 9:59 am

The Domains
eNom Collects More Than 2 Million Expressions Of Interest on New gTLD’s
According to enom.com its “New TLD Watchlist module has collected more than two million expressions of interest for domains to be registered with the new TLDs, in just nine months In the more than two million Watchlist submissions receive...
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eNom Collects More Than 2 Million Expressions Of Interest on New gTLD’s
According to enom.com its “New TLD Watchlist module has collected more than two million expressions of interest for domains to be registered with the new TLDs, in just nine months In the more than two million Watchlist submissions receive...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 9:10 am

The Domains
ICANN Sends Out Notices Of Breach Due To Non-Payment Of ICANN Fees
ICANN send three registrars Notices Of Breach Of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement The three domain name registrars are: Dotted Ventures, Inc. (IANA# 833) of Atlanta, GA which owes past due accreditation fees in the amount of $9,289.10 A. Telecom...
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ICANN Sends Out Notices Of Breach Due To Non-Payment Of ICANN Fees
ICANN send three registrars Notices Of Breach Of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement The three domain name registrars are: Dotted Ventures, Inc. (IANA# 833) of Atlanta, GA which owes past due accreditation fees in the amount of $9,289.10 A. Telecom...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 1:47 am

The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period On GAC Advice For New gTLD’s
ICANN just opened a comment period to get input on the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Beijing Communiqué in which it provided advice on New gTLDs. Comments can be left from now until the period closed on May 14th 2013 at 23:59 UTC. If...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On GAC Advice For New gTLD’s
ICANN just opened a comment period to get input on the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Beijing Communiqué in which it provided advice on New gTLDs. Comments can be left from now until the period closed on May 14th 2013 at 23:59 UTC. If...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 1:12 am

The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By TabletScreen.com For $25K
Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/15/13 – 4/21/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,003,088. The highest sale was TabletScreen.com, which sold f...
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Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By TabletScreen.com For $25K
Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/15/13 – 4/21/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,003,088. The highest sale was TabletScreen.com, which sold f...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 6:17 pm

The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just pubished its weekly report in all 756 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.2m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·&nb...
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just pubished its weekly report in all 756 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.2m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·&nb...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 4:03 pm