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City Of Providence Awarded ProvidencePolice.com A Domain It Let Drop & Sold On Namejet.com
The City of Providence in Providence, RI, USA; and the Providence Police Department (“Complainant”), just was awarded the domain name providencepolice.com a domain that it used to own, and was won in a NameJet.com Auction back in Ju...
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City Of Providence Awarded ProvidencePolice.com A Domain It Let Drop & Sold On Namejet.com
The City of Providence in Providence, RI, USA; and the Providence Police Department (“Complainant”), just was awarded the domain name providencepolice.com a domain that it used to own, and was won in a NameJet.com Auction back in Ju...
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February 15, 2013, 8:35 am

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Trademark Holder Kanal, Inc Loses Bid To Obtain Kanal.com In UDRP
A three member panel UDRP panel has just rejected the Complaint by Kanal, Inc. on the domain name kanal.com. Complainant is a New York corporation that is the registrant of the U.S. trademark KANAL, registration number 4,220,349, for advertising and ...
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Trademark Holder Kanal, Inc Loses Bid To Obtain Kanal.com In UDRP
A three member panel UDRP panel has just rejected the Complaint by Kanal, Inc. on the domain name kanal.com. Complainant is a New York corporation that is the registrant of the U.S. trademark KANAL, registration number 4,220,349, for advertising and ...
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February 15, 2013, 8:26 am

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Warren Buffet Invests In $165 Million Dollars into Domain Industry
According to TheStreet.com, the most famous stock investor on earth, Warren Buffet’s company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has purchased 3,685,700 shares of Verisign (VRSN). At the closing price of Verisign yesterday he investment represents...
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Warren Buffet Invests In $165 Million Dollars into Domain Industry
According to TheStreet.com, the most famous stock investor on earth, Warren Buffet’s company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has purchased 3,685,700 shares of Verisign (VRSN). At the closing price of Verisign yesterday he investment represents...
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February 15, 2013, 8:15 am

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ICM Sells 25 Domains Including Singles.xxx, SexVideos.xxx, AdultChat.xxx For $185K
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain announced today in a press release that “IRIS SARL, based in Luxembourg, has secured an additional 25 Premium Domains in a deal worth $185,000″. “This is the se...
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ICM Sells 25 Domains Including Singles.xxx, SexVideos.xxx, AdultChat.xxx For $185K
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain announced today in a press release that “IRIS SARL, based in Luxembourg, has secured an additional 25 Premium Domains in a deal worth $185,000″. “This is the se...
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February 14, 2013, 1:17 pm

The Domains
Tucows Reports: Revenue Up 13%: Domain Sales & Parking Revenue up 12%
After the stock market closed last night Tucows (TCX) reported its earnings for the 4th quarter ending Devember 31, 2012 Most of the good numbers were in the earnings call: “”Total revenue for the quarter grew 13%, from the same quarter i...
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Tucows Reports: Revenue Up 13%: Domain Sales & Parking Revenue up 12%
After the stock market closed last night Tucows (TCX) reported its earnings for the 4th quarter ending Devember 31, 2012 Most of the good numbers were in the earnings call: “”Total revenue for the quarter grew 13%, from the same quarter i...
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February 14, 2013, 10:23 am

The Domains
Forbes: New gTLD’s “Rich New Territories For Cybersquatters” & Why Forbes IS Wrong
Forbes just published a story entitled “Cybersquatters Get Rich New Territories With Generic Domains” The start of Forbes Article are closed generic strings and of course Donuts which Forbes says “raised $100 million to take c...
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Forbes: New gTLD’s “Rich New Territories For Cybersquatters” & Why Forbes IS Wrong
Forbes just published a story entitled “Cybersquatters Get Rich New Territories With Generic Domains” The start of Forbes Article are closed generic strings and of course Donuts which Forbes says “raised $100 million to take c...
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February 14, 2013, 9:00 am

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To The DNForum Guy: No Domaing Is Not Going To End
Admittedly I’m not a forum kind of guy. Except for Ricks old Board, I don’t go into forums nor do I participate in them. The only time I notice them is if someone links to a post to the forum on my blog, or if some Tweets something that c...
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To The DNForum Guy: No Domaing Is Not Going To End
Admittedly I’m not a forum kind of guy. Except for Ricks old Board, I don’t go into forums nor do I participate in them. The only time I notice them is if someone links to a post to the forum on my blog, or if some Tweets something that c...
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February 13, 2013, 8:19 pm

The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.57 Million
Sedo just released its weekly report and in all 800 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.57m. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·&n...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.57 Million
Sedo just released its weekly report and in all 800 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.57m. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·&n...
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February 13, 2013, 4:03 pm

The Domains
Sports.TV Sold to Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios
The domain name Sports.TV has been sold to Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios of Los Angeles California The price was not disclosed. The domain was listed for sale back in November of 2012 on a Domainstore.TV newsletter for $650,000. The sale ...
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Sports.TV Sold to Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios
The domain name Sports.TV has been sold to Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios of Los Angeles California The price was not disclosed. The domain was listed for sale back in November of 2012 on a Domainstore.TV newsletter for $650,000. The sale ...
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February 12, 2013, 7:41 pm

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Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Names
Afternic.com just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/4/13 – 2/10/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,015,525. A pretty unimpressive list of domains, ...
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Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Names
Afternic.com just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/4/13 – 2/10/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,015,525. A pretty unimpressive list of domains, ...
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February 12, 2013, 4:25 pm