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Acting President & CTO Of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket Resigns
According to his Facebook Page the Acting President and CTO of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com, Chad Bennett has resigned. Chad Bennett wrote on his Facebook page today: After a little more than 10 months as acting President and CTO of DomainMarke...
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Acting President & CTO Of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket Resigns
According to his Facebook Page the Acting President and CTO of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com, Chad Bennett has resigned. Chad Bennett wrote on his Facebook page today: After a little more than 10 months as acting President and CTO of DomainMarke...
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February 21, 2013, 2:01 pm
The Domains
ICANN: Over 22% Of Changes Requests From New gTLD Applicants Not Approved Or Posted Yet
According to ICANN’s site, 143 new gTLD application which changes were requested by the evaluators still have either not been update or the changes have not been accepted by ICANN As of February 19, 2013 there were a total of 631 change request...
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ICANN: Over 22% Of Changes Requests From New gTLD Applicants Not Approved Or Posted Yet
According to ICANN’s site, 143 new gTLD application which changes were requested by the evaluators still have either not been update or the changes have not been accepted by ICANN As of February 19, 2013 there were a total of 631 change request...
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February 21, 2013, 10:10 am
The Domains
SnapNames.com “Feb Deals” Auction Ends Thursday & So Far Only 1 Bid
SnapNames.com is running a “February Deals” auction of 65 domain names all at “no reserve”. So far not many are taking advantage of the “deals” As of time of publication there is only 1 bid in the auction, that on ...
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SnapNames.com “Feb Deals” Auction Ends Thursday & So Far Only 1 Bid
SnapNames.com is running a “February Deals” auction of 65 domain names all at “no reserve”. So far not many are taking advantage of the “deals” As of time of publication there is only 1 bid in the auction, that on ...
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February 20, 2013, 11:26 am
The Domains
ICANN Tells POLITICO On Closed Generic gTLD’s: “The Train is Leaving the Station”
Politico has posted about the new gTLD closed generic controversy asking “should a company be allowed to run a generic term such as tire, insurance or book as a domain and wall off its use from competitors?” In response, Akram Atallah, I...
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ICANN Tells POLITICO On Closed Generic gTLD’s: “The Train is Leaving the Station”
Politico has posted about the new gTLD closed generic controversy asking “should a company be allowed to run a generic term such as tire, insurance or book as a domain and wall off its use from competitors?” In response, Akram Atallah, I...
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February 20, 2013, 10:28 am
The Domains
AnyDoc.com Saved In UDRP Despite Predated Trademark and Non-Use
Microsystems Technology, Inc. d/b/a ANYDOC of Tampa, Florida just lost a UDRP on the domain AnyDoc.com which is owned by Matthew Lamb, despite having a trademark on the term since 2004 and despite the fact that since the domain holder acquired it at ...
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AnyDoc.com Saved In UDRP Despite Predated Trademark and Non-Use
Microsystems Technology, Inc. d/b/a ANYDOC of Tampa, Florida just lost a UDRP on the domain AnyDoc.com which is owned by Matthew Lamb, despite having a trademark on the term since 2004 and despite the fact that since the domain holder acquired it at ...
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February 20, 2013, 9:31 am
The Domains
Ruling is Out: After Spending $60K To Acquire GED.Net, Domain Lost In UDRP
Yesterday we let you know that A UDRP panel awarded the domain name GED.net to the company that administers the exam and owns the trademark on the term Today we have the actual opinion and additional facts. The first big surprise for me is that the d...
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Ruling is Out: After Spending $60K To Acquire GED.Net, Domain Lost In UDRP
Yesterday we let you know that A UDRP panel awarded the domain name GED.net to the company that administers the exam and owns the trademark on the term Today we have the actual opinion and additional facts. The first big surprise for me is that the d...
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February 20, 2013, 9:13 am
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Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7 Million
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand’s statement that they are considering spiting the company into to different public comp...
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Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7 Million
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand’s statement that they are considering spiting the company into to different public comp...
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February 19, 2013, 4:32 pm
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Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket
Demand Media (DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content creation platform t...
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Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket
Demand Media (DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content creation platform t...
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February 19, 2013, 4:20 pm
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Sedo.com Transactions for The Week Total $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transactions, in all 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.2m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include...
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Sedo.com Transactions for The Week Total $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transactions, in all 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.2m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include...
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February 19, 2013, 4:15 pm
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Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led by DiscountLoans.com At $39,000
Afternic.com just published it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/11/13 – 2/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,083,230 Sales were led by DiscountLoans.com at $3...
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Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led by DiscountLoans.com At $39,000
Afternic.com just published it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/11/13 – 2/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,083,230 Sales were led by DiscountLoans.com at $3...
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February 19, 2013, 3:51 pm
