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Domain Name Wire
Reminder: you can’t trademark a top level domain in the U.S.
It’s time for another reminder about a failed trademark strategy. With news of Unstoppable Domains’ lawsuit filed week, and another couple of other entities applying to trademark blockchain top level domains, it’s time for another r...
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Reminder: you can’t trademark a top level domain in the U.S.
It’s time for another reminder about a failed trademark strategy. With news of Unstoppable Domains’ lawsuit filed week, and another couple of other entities applying to trademark blockchain top level domains, it’s time for another r...
Discussion
July 22, 2022, 6:37 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Off The Market Forever – July 21, 2022: Distributed.com, TechnologyHoldings.com, Gala.com, Scan.com
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And this is a new show related to domains called "Off The Market Forever", starring Chris Zuiker and James Iles! In this show we focus on the domain space from the lens of end-user ac...
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DomainSherpa – Off The Market Forever – July 21, 2022: Distributed.com, TechnologyHoldings.com, Gala.com, Scan.com
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And this is a new show related to domains called "Off The Market Forever", starring Chris Zuiker and James Iles! In this show we focus on the domain space from the lens of end-user ac...
Discussion
July 21, 2022, 8:53 pm
The Domains
H1 2022 .ME Premium Domain Report
The .Me registry released their premium domain report for the first half of 2022. An in depth look at what is going on in the world of premium .me domain names. Premium Domain Sales – facts and figures The data below applies to the period from ...
Discussion
H1 2022 .ME Premium Domain Report
The .Me registry released their premium domain report for the first half of 2022. An in depth look at what is going on in the world of premium .me domain names. Premium Domain Sales – facts and figures The data below applies to the period from ...
Discussion
July 21, 2022, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Me breaks down its premium sales so far this year
.Me registry reports premium domain sales data. People and companies registered 41 premium .me domain names through registrars in the first half of this year, the .me registry reported today. The domains grossed €313,000 wholesale (excluding the...
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.Me breaks down its premium sales so far this year
.Me registry reports premium domain sales data. People and companies registered 41 premium .me domain names through registrars in the first half of this year, the .me registry reported today. The domains grossed €313,000 wholesale (excluding the...
Discussion
July 21, 2022, 4:48 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com Domain Index Report Q1 2022
Escrow.com released their Domain Index Report for Q1 2022. The company puts out a solid report, breaking things down from sales by region, median return on investment and a whole host of other things. Even, Total transaction value of all domain names...
Discussion
Escrow.com Domain Index Report Q1 2022
Escrow.com released their Domain Index Report for Q1 2022. The company puts out a solid report, breaking things down from sales by region, median return on investment and a whole host of other things. Even, Total transaction value of all domain names...
Discussion
July 21, 2022, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports strong Q1 sales, but down compared to Q4
The company handled $130 million of domain transactions in the first year of 2022. Escrow.com has published its Q1 Domain Investment Index (pdf). The company handles a lot of confidential domain sales you never read about, so the report is a valuable...
Discussion
Escrow.com reports strong Q1 sales, but down compared to Q4
The company handled $130 million of domain transactions in the first year of 2022. Escrow.com has published its Q1 Domain Investment Index (pdf). The company handles a lot of confidential domain sales you never read about, so the report is a valuable...
Discussion
July 21, 2022, 3:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pave joins the unicorn ranks, 18 months after Pave.com rebrand
Compensation startup Pave has secured $100 million worth of funding led by Index Ventures. The Series C round now values Pave at $1.6 billion, which sees the company joining the prestigious unicorn club of private businesses with a $1 billion or more...
Discussion
Pave joins the unicorn ranks, 18 months after Pave.com rebrand
Compensation startup Pave has secured $100 million worth of funding led by Index Ventures. The Series C round now values Pave at $1.6 billion, which sees the company joining the prestigious unicorn club of private businesses with a $1 billion or more...
Discussion
July 21, 2022, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Update: Unstoppable Domains sues over Handshake .wallet domain
Company follows through on threats citing a “campaign of chaos”. Earlier today I wrote about Unstoppable Domains threatening to sue Gateway.io for it offering .wallet top level domain names. It turns out it followed through with that thre...
Discussion
Update: Unstoppable Domains sues over Handshake .wallet domain
Company follows through on threats citing a “campaign of chaos”. Earlier today I wrote about Unstoppable Domains threatening to sue Gateway.io for it offering .wallet top level domain names. It turns out it followed through with that thre...
Discussion
July 20, 2022, 7:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains threatens rival Handshake domain name
A dispute between blockchain domain name owners is a preview of what’s to come. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains has threatened to sue a Handshake domain name service for offering registrations under the .wallet Handshake doma...
Discussion
Unstoppable Domains threatens rival Handshake domain name
A dispute between blockchain domain name owners is a preview of what’s to come. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains has threatened to sue a Handshake domain name service for offering registrations under the .wallet Handshake doma...
Discussion
July 20, 2022, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
This UDRP shouldn’t have been filed
…or it certainly should have been withdrawn later. Last week, National Arbitration Forum published a decision for the domain openbots.com in favor of the domain owner. I think this case should have never been filed and, giving the most favorab...
Discussion
This UDRP shouldn’t have been filed
…or it certainly should have been withdrawn later. Last week, National Arbitration Forum published a decision for the domain openbots.com in favor of the domain owner. I think this case should have never been filed and, giving the most favorab...
Discussion
July 20, 2022, 12:59 pm
