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The Domains
The Hits Keep Coming For Sedo As Another $80K In Sales Led By CurioCity.com At $25K
Wow Sedo.com is on fire as the sales just keep coming. Just hours after writing about some nice .Org sales on Sedo, here come another batch of .Com sales from today: CurioCity.com $25K Seo.in $18,500 Naruko.com $15K SharkCapital.com$14K ...
Discussion
The Hits Keep Coming For Sedo As Another $80K In Sales Led By CurioCity.com At $25K
Wow Sedo.com is on fire as the sales just keep coming. Just hours after writing about some nice .Org sales on Sedo, here come another batch of .Com sales from today: CurioCity.com $25K Seo.in $18,500 Naruko.com $15K SharkCapital.com$14K ...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 3:35 pm
The Domains
IndianOil.com Beats Back A WIPO Challenge from Indian Oil Corporation Who Won A UDRP On IndianOil.Org In January
Back In January we wrote and criticized a WIPO decision handing the generic domain name IndianOil.Org to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi, India Back at the time we asked, knowing that the same company filed a UDRP against the com vers...
Discussion
IndianOil.com Beats Back A WIPO Challenge from Indian Oil Corporation Who Won A UDRP On IndianOil.Org In January
Back In January we wrote and criticized a WIPO decision handing the generic domain name IndianOil.Org to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited of New Delhi, India Back at the time we asked, knowing that the same company filed a UDRP against the com vers...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
WIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw ...
Discussion
Is Cybersquatting Up or Just Enforcement of Cybersquatting?
WIPO’s headline is misleading. Today World Intellectual Property Forum (WIPO) did its annual release of how many UDRP cases it handled last year. It was a record 2,696 cases. That’s a lot of cases, and National Arbitration Forum also saw ...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 3:10 pm
Elliot's Blog
We Did It!
When Karen and I set our $5,000 fundraising goal earlier this month, we were excited to get started, albeit a bit nervous that we wouldn’t be able to achieve our fundraising goal for the Ronald McDonald House. Thanks very much to the support of...
Discussion
We Did It!
When Karen and I set our $5,000 fundraising goal earlier this month, we were excited to get started, albeit a bit nervous that we wouldn’t be able to achieve our fundraising goal for the Ronald McDonald House. Thanks very much to the support of...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 1:41 pm
Domain Shane
Something You Don’t See Very Often: Two Companies “Share” The Same Domain
If you type prolog.com into your browser you’ll come on a landing page that states “This page is shared by two independent and unrelated companies” and splits the landing page right down the middle. GD California gets the top ...
Discussion
Something You Don’t See Very Often: Two Companies “Share” The Same Domain
If you type prolog.com into your browser you’ll come on a landing page that states “This page is shared by two independent and unrelated companies” and splits the landing page right down the middle. GD California gets the top ...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 12:45 pm
The Domains
.Org Sales Are Hot On Sedo.com Names.org Just Sold For $18K
Names.org a domain name I’m pretty sure I have seen recently for sale on NameJet.com just sold on Sedo.com for $18,000. On Namejet.com I saw an auction for this domain end at around $11K with NameJet Reserve as the high bidder meaning that the ...
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.Org Sales Are Hot On Sedo.com Names.org Just Sold For $18K
Names.org a domain name I’m pretty sure I have seen recently for sale on NameJet.com just sold on Sedo.com for $18,000. On Namejet.com I saw an auction for this domain end at around $11K with NameJet Reserve as the high bidder meaning that the ...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Registries Blast ICANN Over .Jobs Breach Notice
Registries ask for prior communications prior to sending a breach or termination notice. Last month ICANN sent a breach notice to .jobs registry Employ Media. This came as a surprise to Employ Media (for good reason) and probably freaked out some .jo...
Discussion
Domain Registries Blast ICANN Over .Jobs Breach Notice
Registries ask for prior communications prior to sending a breach or termination notice. Last month ICANN sent a breach notice to .jobs registry Employ Media. This came as a surprise to Employ Media (for good reason) and probably freaked out some .jo...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 10:42 am
Domain Name Wire
PETA Plays Into Bob Parson’s Hands Over Elephant Hunting
PETA is closing its Go Daddy account over elephant hunting incident. Poor Bob Parsons. The Go Daddy founder is about to lose a few hundred domain name registrations from its client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I’m sure he...
Discussion
PETA Plays Into Bob Parson’s Hands Over Elephant Hunting
PETA is closing its Go Daddy account over elephant hunting incident. Poor Bob Parsons. The Go Daddy founder is about to lose a few hundred domain name registrations from its client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I’m sure he...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 9:55 am
The Domains
Microsoft Files Anti-Trust Complaint With The EU On Google Where They Have a 95% Market Share
According to Microsoft’s blog, by Brad Smith, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, of Microsoft, the Company filed “a formal complaint with the European Commission as part of the Commission’s ongoing investigation into...
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Microsoft Files Anti-Trust Complaint With The EU On Google Where They Have a 95% Market Share
According to Microsoft’s blog, by Brad Smith, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, of Microsoft, the Company filed “a formal complaint with the European Commission as part of the Commission’s ongoing investigation into...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 9:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Short and Number-Only .Tel Domain Landrush Timeline Announced
Short and numeric .tel domain names coming this summer. Starting June 1 you’ll be able to get your hands on two character and all number .tel domain names. The domain names will be available on a first-come first-served basis, but at premium pr...
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Short and Number-Only .Tel Domain Landrush Timeline Announced
Short and numeric .tel domain names coming this summer. Starting June 1 you’ll be able to get your hands on two character and all number .tel domain names. The domain names will be available on a first-come first-served basis, but at premium pr...
Discussion
March 31, 2011, 9:23 am
