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The Domains
Godaddy Wins 5 Year Case Against The Oscars (Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS)
According to Variety.com, A federal judge ruled that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) which owns and broadcast the The Oscars award failed to show that GoDaddy (GDDY) acted in “bad faith” with an intent to profit ...
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Godaddy Wins 5 Year Case Against The Oscars (Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS)
According to Variety.com, A federal judge ruled that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) which owns and broadcast the The Oscars award failed to show that GoDaddy (GDDY) acted in “bad faith” with an intent to profit ...
Discussion
September 11, 2015, 5:06 am
The Domains
Go Daddy Wins Court Case Most Thought They would lose
We have been tracking the battle between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a few years now. It was looking like Go Daddy was going to lose a case that could set a precedent for other ip holders. The Hollywood Reporter published an a...
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Go Daddy Wins Court Case Most Thought They would lose
We have been tracking the battle between the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a few years now. It was looking like Go Daddy was going to lose a case that could set a precedent for other ip holders. The Hollywood Reporter published an a...
Discussion
September 11, 2015, 4:56 am
Domain Shane
Early Access Pricing for the Donuts Two Character Release: Uniregistry Wins in Pricing Hands Down
It’s pretty obvious that registrars can pick their own pricing when it comes to the Donuts release of 200,000 two character domains that started today. I say this because as I look into ordering a few names early (you know I like 88 domains) I ...
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Early Access Pricing for the Donuts Two Character Release: Uniregistry Wins in Pricing Hands Down
It’s pretty obvious that registrars can pick their own pricing when it comes to the Donuts release of 200,000 two character domains that started today. I say this because as I look into ordering a few names early (you know I like 88 domains) I ...
Discussion
September 11, 2015, 1:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Westland.com at $16.2k and other expired domain name sales
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. Our planet’s dirt must be popular. At NameJet last week, 3 of the top 4 auctions contained words like “earth”, “world”, and “land”. Le...
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Westland.com at $16.2k and other expired domain name sales
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. Our planet’s dirt must be popular. At NameJet last week, 3 of the top 4 auctions contained words like “earth”, “world”, and “land”. Le...
Discussion
September 10, 2015, 8:29 pm
The Domains
Namepros Live Auction is back for the first time in years and it’s for a good cause
Namepros will be conducting a live auction this upcoming Monday to help fellow domain investor Rami Steitieh and his efforts to get the necessary treatment for his wife who is battling for her life. Rami has a fundraising page here which details ever...
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Namepros Live Auction is back for the first time in years and it’s for a good cause
Namepros will be conducting a live auction this upcoming Monday to help fellow domain investor Rami Steitieh and his efforts to get the necessary treatment for his wife who is battling for her life. Rami has a fundraising page here which details ever...
Discussion
September 10, 2015, 7:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed after Materia.com UDRP, and it’s an interesting case
Michele Dinoia has cybersquatted in the past, but was Materia.com different? Michele Dinoia has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against California company Materia, Inc., after Materia won a UDRP for Dinoia’s domain name Materia.com. The ...
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Lawsuit filed after Materia.com UDRP, and it’s an interesting case
Michele Dinoia has cybersquatted in the past, but was Materia.com different? Michele Dinoia has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against California company Materia, Inc., after Materia won a UDRP for Dinoia’s domain name Materia.com. The ...
Discussion
September 10, 2015, 2:12 pm
The Domains
Donuts Gets At Least 20 Two Letter Domain Registrations On Day 1 Of EAP For up To $12,500 Each
Donuts released over 200,000 two character domain names across all of its extensions in its Early Access Program (EAP) and we counted at least 20 registrations, on Day 1 although we are sure there are more. The domains that were registered on day 1 r...
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Donuts Gets At Least 20 Two Letter Domain Registrations On Day 1 Of EAP For up To $12,500 Each
Donuts released over 200,000 two character domain names across all of its extensions in its Early Access Program (EAP) and we counted at least 20 registrations, on Day 1 although we are sure there are more. The domains that were registered on day 1 r...
Discussion
September 10, 2015, 10:56 am
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, September 10th, 2015
Here are today’s names. MyOnlineDegree.com 16 years old. Good enough CPC to give this one some value Platica.com Talk or chatter in Spanish. 16 years old. A few bidders BigPots.com If you sell big pots you would wa...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, September 10th, 2015
Here are today’s names. MyOnlineDegree.com 16 years old. Good enough CPC to give this one some value Platica.com Talk or chatter in Spanish. 16 years old. A few bidders BigPots.com If you sell big pots you would wa...
Discussion
September 10, 2015, 10:48 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
I don’t have much time tonight so I am going to leave you with a quote I like. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Damn right it does. GoDaddy KOTM.com Good acronym l...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
I don’t have much time tonight so I am going to leave you with a quote I like. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Damn right it does. GoDaddy KOTM.com Good acronym l...
Discussion
September 10, 2015, 5:26 am
Domain Name Wire
17 end user sales including a .XYZ domain name
Sedo sold $1.1 million of domain names last week, including these end user sales. Sedo handled a higher-than-usual 647 domain name transactions last week totaling $1.1 million. 56% — slightly hire than usual — were “buy now” s...
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17 end user sales including a .XYZ domain name
Sedo sold $1.1 million of domain names last week, including these end user sales. Sedo handled a higher-than-usual 647 domain name transactions last week totaling $1.1 million. 56% — slightly hire than usual — were “buy now” s...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 6:55 pm
