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ICANN Re-Opens TAS System For New gTLD’s
In a statement in the middle of the night EST ICANN annoucned that they have as promissed re-opened the TAS system after taking it off line for almost 6 weeks. ” The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can no...
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ICANN Re-Opens TAS System For New gTLD’s
In a statement in the middle of the night EST ICANN annoucned that they have as promissed re-opened the TAS system after taking it off line for almost 6 weeks. ” The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can no...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 9:13 am
The Domains
Berryhill Beats Back UDRP On The Dictionary Word Masai.com
A three member UDRP panel had held in favor of the domain holder on the domain name Masai.com which was represented by John Berryhill. The complaint was brought by Masai Clothing Company of Copenhagen, Denmark which holds several community trademarks...
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Berryhill Beats Back UDRP On The Dictionary Word Masai.com
A three member UDRP panel had held in favor of the domain holder on the domain name Masai.com which was represented by John Berryhill. The complaint was brought by Masai Clothing Company of Copenhagen, Denmark which holds several community trademarks...
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May 21, 2012, 12:29 pm
The Domains
Zumu.Co Running National Ads On ESPN
Since Overstock I haven’t seen a national ad on TV for a .Co site until today. I just saw an ad for a site Zumu.Co running nationally on ESPN. No Zumu.co does not own Zumu.com nor does it own Zumo.co or Zumo.com Zumu.Co is a way to sell your us...
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Zumu.Co Running National Ads On ESPN
Since Overstock I haven’t seen a national ad on TV for a .Co site until today. I just saw an ad for a site Zumu.Co running nationally on ESPN. No Zumu.co does not own Zumu.com nor does it own Zumo.co or Zumo.com Zumu.Co is a way to sell your us...
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May 21, 2012, 12:08 pm
The Domains
Domaining’s Francois Launches New Domain Registrar That Includes FREE “UDRP Insurance”: DONA.com
Francois Carrillo the man behind Domaining.com and other sites in the domain industry just launched a new domain name registrar, DONA.com which is offering what its calling “UDRP Insurance” with every registration, plus is contributing 30...
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Domaining’s Francois Launches New Domain Registrar That Includes FREE “UDRP Insurance”: DONA.com
Francois Carrillo the man behind Domaining.com and other sites in the domain industry just launched a new domain name registrar, DONA.com which is offering what its calling “UDRP Insurance” with every registration, plus is contributing 30...
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May 21, 2012, 8:49 am
The Domains
Catching Up With NameJet.com Sales: DomainLoan.com; StyleMaker.com; 3dWorld.com + More
Here are some sales from NameJet.com from this past week: DomainLoan.com $8,200 StyleMaker.com $6,756 AdultWebsites.com $4,655 RainDance.com $4,402 3dWorld.com $4,311 Ktec.com $4,200 DraftingTable.com $3,800 foreclosedrealestate.com $3,800 7833.com $...
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Catching Up With NameJet.com Sales: DomainLoan.com; StyleMaker.com; 3dWorld.com + More
Here are some sales from NameJet.com from this past week: DomainLoan.com $8,200 StyleMaker.com $6,756 AdultWebsites.com $4,655 RainDance.com $4,402 3dWorld.com $4,311 Ktec.com $4,200 DraftingTable.com $3,800 foreclosedrealestate.com $3,800 7833.com $...
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May 18, 2012, 4:38 pm
The Domains
ZA Central Registry Applies For New gTLD’s: .Africa, .Capetown, .Durban and .Joburg
The ZA Central Registry has applied to administer four new gTLD’s, one for each of South Africa’s three biggest cities and for .Africa. According to a story in on techcentral.co.za, the ZA Central Registry (also known as UniForum) will ad...
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ZA Central Registry Applies For New gTLD’s: .Africa, .Capetown, .Durban and .Joburg
The ZA Central Registry has applied to administer four new gTLD’s, one for each of South Africa’s three biggest cities and for .Africa. According to a story in on techcentral.co.za, the ZA Central Registry (also known as UniForum) will ad...
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May 18, 2012, 9:00 am
The Domains
Facebook Prices IPO At $38 A Share With a $104 Billion Market Cap
Facebook priced its IPO at $38 a share, raising $16 billion which will be the third largest IPO in U.S. history and the largest ever IPO by a U.S. technology company. It will start trading tomorrow under the symbol: FB At $38 a share Facebook i...
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Facebook Prices IPO At $38 A Share With a $104 Billion Market Cap
Facebook priced its IPO at $38 a share, raising $16 billion which will be the third largest IPO in U.S. history and the largest ever IPO by a U.S. technology company. It will start trading tomorrow under the symbol: FB At $38 a share Facebook i...
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May 17, 2012, 4:43 pm
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With 3 Hours To Go In The SnapNames Showcase Auction Mama.com Has $155K Bid; MovingCompany.com $150K
The SnapNames.com/Moniker Spring Showcase Auction ends at 3:15pm today and as of publication there are 18 domain names that have bids including: Mama.com $155,000 MovingCompany.com $150,000 Sly.com $50,000 None of those domain names have hit reserve....
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With 3 Hours To Go In The SnapNames Showcase Auction Mama.com Has $155K Bid; MovingCompany.com $150K
The SnapNames.com/Moniker Spring Showcase Auction ends at 3:15pm today and as of publication there are 18 domain names that have bids including: Mama.com $155,000 MovingCompany.com $150,000 Sly.com $50,000 None of those domain names have hit reserve....
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May 17, 2012, 11:45 am
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AriGoldberger Beats Back UDRP on Stage.com, Despite TM, Being Parked & Being Offered For Sale
AriGoldberger just successfully defended a UDRP on the domain name Stage.com from a complaint brought by Specialty Retailers, Inc. which owned a trademark on the term “Stage” despite the fact that the domain name was parked and that...
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AriGoldberger Beats Back UDRP on Stage.com, Despite TM, Being Parked & Being Offered For Sale
AriGoldberger just successfully defended a UDRP on the domain name Stage.com from a complaint brought by Specialty Retailers, Inc. which owned a trademark on the term “Stage” despite the fact that the domain name was parked and that...
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May 17, 2012, 10:24 am
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Tu.Com Is Sold & Becomes Tu Me
Another two letter .com appears to have changed hands in the last few days. The domain name Tu.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by Energy Future Holdings in February 2012, then moved to Trademark Protection firm, MarkMonitor.com in...
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Tu.Com Is Sold & Becomes Tu Me
Another two letter .com appears to have changed hands in the last few days. The domain name Tu.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by Energy Future Holdings in February 2012, then moved to Trademark Protection firm, MarkMonitor.com in...
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May 17, 2012, 8:35 am
