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Frank Schilling’s NameAdministration Hit With A UDRP On ColdFront.com
Another day and another complaint filed against a generic term. In this case its the NameAdministration owned domain name ColdFront.com that was hit with a UDRP complaint filed with The National Arbitration forum (NAB). According to DomainTools.com, ...
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Frank Schilling’s NameAdministration Hit With A UDRP On ColdFront.com
Another day and another complaint filed against a generic term. In this case its the NameAdministration owned domain name ColdFront.com that was hit with a UDRP complaint filed with The National Arbitration forum (NAB). According to DomainTools.com, ...
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December 6, 2012, 3:29 pm
The Domains
GUO.com Sells for $50,000 On NameJet.com, Capping Two Weeks of Sales Totaling Over $200K For FindYourDomain.com
The domain name Guo.com sold today on NameJet.com for $50,000 The auction had 301 bidders and 11 bidders willing to pay $10,000 or more. Guo is one of the most popular surnames in Chin. “The Guo family is one of the well known Hui clans around ...
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GUO.com Sells for $50,000 On NameJet.com, Capping Two Weeks of Sales Totaling Over $200K For FindYourDomain.com
The domain name Guo.com sold today on NameJet.com for $50,000 The auction had 301 bidders and 11 bidders willing to pay $10,000 or more. Guo is one of the most popular surnames in Chin. “The Guo family is one of the well known Hui clans around ...
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December 6, 2012, 3:28 pm
The Domains
Fairwinds Study: 74% Of Internet Users 13-64 are Entirely Unaware of New gTLD Program: 44% Says It Will Cause Confusion
Fairwinds Partners just published a white paper on the new gTLD’s entitled “2013: The Year of the Address Bar” including results from a survey of 2,008 Internet users between the ages of 13 and 64 about their awareness of and attitu...
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Fairwinds Study: 74% Of Internet Users 13-64 are Entirely Unaware of New gTLD Program: 44% Says It Will Cause Confusion
Fairwinds Partners just published a white paper on the new gTLD’s entitled “2013: The Year of the Address Bar” including results from a survey of 2,008 Internet users between the ages of 13 and 64 about their awareness of and attitu...
Discussion
December 6, 2012, 9:50 am
The Domains
.Glean Becomes 7th Officially Withdrawn New gTLD Application
ICANN has just posted a 7th withdrawn application on its website. The application for .Glean filed by Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. of Knoxville Tn has been formally withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s website. The owner of Lifestyle Domai...
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.Glean Becomes 7th Officially Withdrawn New gTLD Application
ICANN has just posted a 7th withdrawn application on its website. The application for .Glean filed by Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. of Knoxville Tn has been formally withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s website. The owner of Lifestyle Domai...
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December 6, 2012, 9:01 am
The Domains
United/Contential Sues Owner Of United.com Used As A Gripe Site After 15 Years
According to the ChicagoTribune.com, United and Continental airlines, filed suit on Nov. 19, in both the Federal Court of Canada and Superior Court of Quebec. against the owner of United.com. The domain name United.com, has been owned by a Canadian p...
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United/Contential Sues Owner Of United.com Used As A Gripe Site After 15 Years
According to the ChicagoTribune.com, United and Continental airlines, filed suit on Nov. 19, in both the Federal Court of Canada and Superior Court of Quebec. against the owner of United.com. The domain name United.com, has been owned by a Canadian p...
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December 6, 2012, 8:19 am
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SSL.com Hits The Market Including Operating Business, Trademarks & Patents Pending
The category killer domain name SSL.com has just hit the market. But the SSL.com is not just a domain sale. It includes a profitable business, federal trademarks and patents pending” The domain name is being brokered by MediaOptions.com Here...
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SSL.com Hits The Market Including Operating Business, Trademarks & Patents Pending
The category killer domain name SSL.com has just hit the market. But the SSL.com is not just a domain sale. It includes a profitable business, federal trademarks and patents pending” The domain name is being brokered by MediaOptions.com Here...
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December 6, 2012, 7:48 am
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.Eu 3Q 2012 Report is Out & Registrations Increase By Over 7% To 3.67 Million; Renewal Rate 81%; 16K Domains Traded
EURID the company that manages the .Eu ccTLD issued its report this morning for the third quarter of 2012. Here are the relevant numbers: “The number of registered .eu domain names rose by 7.4% to 3.67 million when compared with Q3 2011.”...
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.Eu 3Q 2012 Report is Out & Registrations Increase By Over 7% To 3.67 Million; Renewal Rate 81%; 16K Domains Traded
EURID the company that manages the .Eu ccTLD issued its report this morning for the third quarter of 2012. Here are the relevant numbers: “The number of registered .eu domain names rose by 7.4% to 3.67 million when compared with Q3 2011.”...
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December 6, 2012, 7:34 am
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Brand Protection Companies Need To Do Better Job Protecting Their Clients On TM Dropping Domains
We have written many times about instances where Brand Protection companies fail to protect their clients by not registering or acquiring domain names before the launch of a new product or service. Today we are calling them out for not even attemptin...
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Brand Protection Companies Need To Do Better Job Protecting Their Clients On TM Dropping Domains
We have written many times about instances where Brand Protection companies fail to protect their clients by not registering or acquiring domain names before the launch of a new product or service. Today we are calling them out for not even attemptin...
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December 6, 2012, 7:33 am
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Congress Passes A Resolution Unanimously 397-0 Calling On The US To Oppose UN Control of the Internet
The House of representatives voted today unanimously to pass Senate resolution S.Con.Res. 50 that calls on the U.S. government to oppose United Nations control of the Internet. The Senate approved the resolution unanimously in September so the ...
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Congress Passes A Resolution Unanimously 397-0 Calling On The US To Oppose UN Control of the Internet
The House of representatives voted today unanimously to pass Senate resolution S.Con.Res. 50 that calls on the U.S. government to oppose United Nations control of the Internet. The Senate approved the resolution unanimously in September so the ...
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December 5, 2012, 4:46 pm
The Domains
If Your In Contention For a New gTLD Your Draw Number Is Only As Good As The Worst Number Picked By A Competing Applicant
As the ICANN draw of December 17th is less than two weeks away, one issue that has been debated on Facebook is the importance of the draw for those new gTLD’s strings in contention. Today ICANN settled one issue giving IDN applications preferen...
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If Your In Contention For a New gTLD Your Draw Number Is Only As Good As The Worst Number Picked By A Competing Applicant
As the ICANN draw of December 17th is less than two weeks away, one issue that has been debated on Facebook is the importance of the draw for those new gTLD’s strings in contention. Today ICANN settled one issue giving IDN applications preferen...
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December 5, 2012, 2:53 pm
