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Jay-Z & Beyonce Trademark Their Baby But Don’t Own The Domains BlueIvy.com or BlueIvyCarter.com
According to a story today in in the Washington Post, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have filed a trademark application on their baby’s name Blue Ivy Carter, On January 26th. The application was filed by TBGK Trademark Holdings, Beyo...
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Jay-Z & Beyonce Trademark Their Baby But Don’t Own The Domains BlueIvy.com or BlueIvyCarter.com
According to a story today in in the Washington Post, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have filed a trademark application on their baby’s name Blue Ivy Carter, On January 26th. The application was filed by TBGK Trademark Holdings, Beyo...
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February 9, 2012, 4:24 pm
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ICANN: Some New gTLD’s Will Be Approved Late This Year & Be Live In Early 2013
ICANN has just published an announcement that it expects that some new gTLD’s to be approved late this year and be live in early 2013. In its new updated timeline ICANN under the date of November 30, 2012 says: “”In the ideal ...
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ICANN: Some New gTLD’s Will Be Approved Late This Year & Be Live In Early 2013
ICANN has just published an announcement that it expects that some new gTLD’s to be approved late this year and be live in early 2013. In its new updated timeline ICANN under the date of November 30, 2012 says: “”In the ideal ...
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February 9, 2012, 1:27 pm
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One .XXX Registration May Led Hawaii To Pass New Law On The “Fraudulent Use of Domain Names
According to a report in hawaiinewsnow.com, one domain name registration, universityofhawaii.xxx, has the University of Hawaii asking legislators to toughen laws to make it easier to go after website operators who “fraudulent use domain n...
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One .XXX Registration May Led Hawaii To Pass New Law On The “Fraudulent Use of Domain Names
According to a report in hawaiinewsnow.com, one domain name registration, universityofhawaii.xxx, has the University of Hawaii asking legislators to toughen laws to make it easier to go after website operators who “fraudulent use domain n...
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February 9, 2012, 11:40 am
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Cnet.com: Google Goes With “Drive” As The Name Of Its Cloud Service, Of Course It Doesn’t Own Drive.com
According to Cnet.com “Google is reportedly getting ready to take on Dropbox with its own cloud-based storage service”. “The service called Drive”….will allow users to upload photos, documents, and videos to Google serv...
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Cnet.com: Google Goes With “Drive” As The Name Of Its Cloud Service, Of Course It Doesn’t Own Drive.com
According to Cnet.com “Google is reportedly getting ready to take on Dropbox with its own cloud-based storage service”. “The service called Drive”….will allow users to upload photos, documents, and videos to Google serv...
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February 9, 2012, 9:53 am
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Baseball.net Last Sold For $52K In 2008 Bought & Relaunched
Arbel Arif and his partner Natan, acquired the domain name Baseball.net for an undisclosed amount in the five figures from DomainCapital.com in the last month and has launched it within the last week to “build a vast community of baseball...
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Baseball.net Last Sold For $52K In 2008 Bought & Relaunched
Arbel Arif and his partner Natan, acquired the domain name Baseball.net for an undisclosed amount in the five figures from DomainCapital.com in the last month and has launched it within the last week to “build a vast community of baseball...
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February 8, 2012, 8:16 pm
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A Pure Drop Domain Formerly Owned By Verisign, ePhoto.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $16K
The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000. The high bidder’s ID was Maxbid. In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more. The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn&rsqu...
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A Pure Drop Domain Formerly Owned By Verisign, ePhoto.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $16K
The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000. The high bidder’s ID was Maxbid. In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more. The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn&rsqu...
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February 8, 2012, 4:02 pm
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Blip.Tv Acquires Blip.com and Rebrands as Blip
According to a post on Paidcontent.org, Blip.tv has dropped the .Tv from its name and now rebranded as just Blip. “”Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as &l...
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Blip.Tv Acquires Blip.com and Rebrands as Blip
According to a post on Paidcontent.org, Blip.tv has dropped the .Tv from its name and now rebranded as just Blip. “”Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as &l...
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February 8, 2012, 2:05 pm
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Domain Holder Loses UDRP On TommyBahamaSucks.com: If You Own a “Sucks” Name You Better Have Content
A one member WIPO panel just awarded the domain name TommyBahamaSucks.com to the Trademark Holder. While we usually post the relevant facts and findings by the panel this case can be summed up citing this finding of the panel: “”This case...
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Domain Holder Loses UDRP On TommyBahamaSucks.com: If You Own a “Sucks” Name You Better Have Content
A one member WIPO panel just awarded the domain name TommyBahamaSucks.com to the Trademark Holder. While we usually post the relevant facts and findings by the panel this case can be summed up citing this finding of the panel: “”This case...
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February 8, 2012, 12:45 pm
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K.TO Sells for $40K on Sedo.com
A rare one letter domain name in an “off” extension just sold on Sedo.com The domain K.To sold for $40,000. It looks like according to Domaintools.com the domain was 1st registered just back in 2008. .To is the Internet country code top-l...
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K.TO Sells for $40K on Sedo.com
A rare one letter domain name in an “off” extension just sold on Sedo.com The domain K.To sold for $40,000. It looks like according to Domaintools.com the domain was 1st registered just back in 2008. .To is the Internet country code top-l...
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February 8, 2012, 11:58 am
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So When Is Oversee Going To Let Customers Of Moniker/SnapNames.com Know They Have Been Sold?
So its now a week since the 1st press release was issued announcing that Moniker.com and SnapNames.com were sold to Key Systems. In addition to being a blogger I’m a domainer that has multiple accounts at Moniker.com and an account at SnapNames...
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So When Is Oversee Going To Let Customers Of Moniker/SnapNames.com Know They Have Been Sold?
So its now a week since the 1st press release was issued announcing that Moniker.com and SnapNames.com were sold to Key Systems. In addition to being a blogger I’m a domainer that has multiple accounts at Moniker.com and an account at SnapNames...
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February 8, 2012, 8:09 am
