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DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 2, 2022: All Hail King Scallop: YieldFarming.gg, Croissant.com, OpenContainer.com, PineTrees.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&#...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – June 2, 2022: All Hail King Scallop: YieldFarming.gg, Croissant.com, OpenContainer.com, PineTrees.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&#...
Discussion
June 3, 2022, 12:35 am
Domain Name Wire
uSwitch Limited attempts reverse domain name hijacking
Comparison website falls afoul of UDRP. A Czech Arbitration Court panelist has found uSwitch Limited to have tried reverse domain name hijacking YouSwitch.biz. uSwitch filed the case against My Switch LTD. The companies first fought over trademarks i...
Discussion
uSwitch Limited attempts reverse domain name hijacking
Comparison website falls afoul of UDRP. A Czech Arbitration Court panelist has found uSwitch Limited to have tried reverse domain name hijacking YouSwitch.biz. uSwitch filed the case against My Switch LTD. The companies first fought over trademarks i...
Discussion
June 2, 2022, 6:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Xiatech Consulting Ltd tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP after inquiring about buying the domain name. A UK technology company tried to reverse domain name hijack a domain name, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined (pdf). Xiatech Consulting Ltd, which uses t...
Discussion
Xiatech Consulting Ltd tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP after inquiring about buying the domain name. A UK technology company tried to reverse domain name hijack a domain name, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined (pdf). Xiatech Consulting Ltd, which uses t...
Discussion
June 2, 2022, 4:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s trending in new TLDs
.Mobi is trending? Donuts has released its Domain Trend Report for March, showing what keywords and top level domains are trending. The report includes data from the company’s acquisition of Afilias’ top level domains, including some big ...
Discussion
What’s trending in new TLDs
.Mobi is trending? Donuts has released its Domain Trend Report for March, showing what keywords and top level domains are trending. The report includes data from the company’s acquisition of Afilias’ top level domains, including some big ...
Discussion
June 2, 2022, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 five-figure .XYZ domain sales this year that have been developed
Here are 18 expensive .xyz domain acquisitions that have already been developed into websites. .Xyz domains have been selling like crazy this year thanks to adoption by the web3 community. Domain sales tracker NameBio counts 50 sales through the end ...
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18 five-figure .XYZ domain sales this year that have been developed
Here are 18 expensive .xyz domain acquisitions that have already been developed into websites. .Xyz domains have been selling like crazy this year thanks to adoption by the web3 community. Domain sales tracker NameBio counts 50 sales through the end ...
Discussion
June 2, 2022, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Battle for iVote.com, used in “Stop the Steal” campaign, heads to Virginia court
With uncertainty over who owns the domain, a plaintiff is trying a different approach to get the domain. A Wisconsin man has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against the domain name iVote.com. Mark Rice has several registered trademarks f...
Discussion
Battle for iVote.com, used in “Stop the Steal” campaign, heads to Virginia court
With uncertainty over who owns the domain, a plaintiff is trying a different approach to get the domain. A Wisconsin man has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against the domain name iVote.com. Mark Rice has several registered trademarks f...
Discussion
June 1, 2022, 9:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Open source software and UDRP
An open source software maker just won a UDRP against a domain registrant, which contrasts with a previous case involving open source software. Get ODK Inc., maker of the open source data capture software ODK, has won (pdf) a cybersquatting challenge...
Discussion
Open source software and UDRP
An open source software maker just won a UDRP against a domain registrant, which contrasts with a previous case involving open source software. Get ODK Inc., maker of the open source data capture software ODK, has won (pdf) a cybersquatting challenge...
Discussion
June 1, 2022, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 things to know before you register a domain
Here are 15 things people should know before registering a domain name. As the resident “domain expert” among my friends, I get asked a lot of questions about registering domain names. So I thought it would be worthwhile to put together a...
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15 things to know before you register a domain
Here are 15 things people should know before registering a domain name. As the resident “domain expert” among my friends, I get asked a lot of questions about registering domain names. So I thought it would be worthwhile to put together a...
Discussion
June 1, 2022, 3:19 pm
The Domains
JD Supra May 2022 Domain Name Newsletter
JD Supra is an online repository of free legal information, including documents, filings, newsletters. Every month they post a newsletter on domain names. Tuesday was the May newsletter and it’s worth a look. [co-authors: Laëtitia Arrault,...
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JD Supra May 2022 Domain Name Newsletter
JD Supra is an online repository of free legal information, including documents, filings, newsletters. Every month they post a newsletter on domain names. Tuesday was the May newsletter and it’s worth a look. [co-authors: Laëtitia Arrault,...
Discussion
June 1, 2022, 7:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Spanish firm tries to reverse domain name hijack labe.com
Firm makes a number of assertions that were “factually incorrect.” Law and Business Enterprises Worldwide S.L. has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The Spanish firm, which provides legal and tax services,...
Discussion
Spanish firm tries to reverse domain name hijack labe.com
Firm makes a number of assertions that were “factually incorrect.” Law and Business Enterprises Worldwide S.L. has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The Spanish firm, which provides legal and tax services,...
Discussion
May 31, 2022, 8:34 pm
