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Domain Name Wire
UDRP Panel orders HP.nu to be transferred to Hewlett-Packard
HP gets two letter ccTLD in WIPO decision. Hewlett-Packard has won the transfer of the domain name HP.nu in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. .Nu is the ccTLD for the island state of Niue. The operators of .nu use the stand...
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UDRP Panel orders HP.nu to be transferred to Hewlett-Packard
HP gets two letter ccTLD in WIPO decision. Hewlett-Packard has won the transfer of the domain name HP.nu in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. .Nu is the ccTLD for the island state of Niue. The operators of .nu use the stand...
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January 8, 2014, 3:03 pm

The Domains
Guilty Of RDNH: JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Of, Brazil,
JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, represented by Baril, Brandão & Brofman Advogados (BBB), Brazil has just been found Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name ...
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Guilty Of RDNH: JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Of, Brazil,
JJGC Industria E Comercio de Materiais Dentarios S.A. of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, represented by Baril, Brandão & Brofman Advogados (BBB), Brazil has just been found Guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name ...
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January 8, 2014, 2:31 pm

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 8th, 2014
List is a little light today because of the lack of quality names. We’ll try again tomorrow. The weather is killing my schedule lately. I’ve had two talks this week and both were canceled for weather. One wasn’t that large of a grou...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 8th, 2014
List is a little light today because of the lack of quality names. We’ll try again tomorrow. The weather is killing my schedule lately. I’ve had two talks this week and both were canceled for weather. One wasn’t that large of a grou...
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January 8, 2014, 11:31 am

The Domains
Another Hot App Moves From A .Com to .Co: Jelly.Co
Another hot app has made the jump from a .Com to a .Co, as Jellyhq.com has moved to Jelly.co: “Using Jelly is kinda like using a conventional search engine in that you ask it stuff and it returns answers. But, that’s where the similaritie...
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Another Hot App Moves From A .Com to .Co: Jelly.Co
Another hot app has made the jump from a .Com to a .Co, as Jellyhq.com has moved to Jelly.co: “Using Jelly is kinda like using a conventional search engine in that you ask it stuff and it returns answers. But, that’s where the similaritie...
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January 8, 2014, 4:28 am

The Domains
Namejet.com Reports $840K In December Sales Led By 5.co.uk
Namejet.com reported some $841,000 in domain name sales in December These sales are not all inclusive but simply are reportable domain name auction sales that took place in December 2013. Sales were led by 5.co.uk which sold for $67,611 Actuall...
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Namejet.com Reports $840K In December Sales Led By 5.co.uk
Namejet.com reported some $841,000 in domain name sales in December These sales are not all inclusive but simply are reportable domain name auction sales that took place in December 2013. Sales were led by 5.co.uk which sold for $67,611 Actuall...
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January 8, 2014, 4:00 am

The Domains
Cisco Acquires A Domain In Stealth Mode That Represents An Industry They Say is Worth Trillions
Mike did a story the other day about IOT.com and it having a price tag of $2.8 million. The Internet of Things has become a very hot topic over the last couple years, Cisco has also been busy branding the Internet of Everything or IOE. I...
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Cisco Acquires A Domain In Stealth Mode That Represents An Industry They Say is Worth Trillions
Mike did a story the other day about IOT.com and it having a price tag of $2.8 million. The Internet of Things has become a very hot topic over the last couple years, Cisco has also been busy branding the Internet of Everything or IOE. I...
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January 7, 2014, 10:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
New escrow service Agreed.com launches
New domain name escrow service offers a good user experience to streamline domain transactions. Thought Convergence has formally launched its new online escrow service, Agreed. Those of you at TRAFFIC in Florida last October will recall that I wore a...
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New escrow service Agreed.com launches
New domain name escrow service offers a good user experience to streamline domain transactions. Thought Convergence has formally launched its new online escrow service, Agreed. Those of you at TRAFFIC in Florida last October will recall that I wore a...
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January 7, 2014, 9:48 pm

Domain Name Wire
Republican National Committee loses fight over .republican
RNC loses objection against Demand Media’s application to run .republican top level domain name. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has lost a community objection it filed against Demand Media’s application to run the .republican top...
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Republican National Committee loses fight over .republican
RNC loses objection against Demand Media’s application to run .republican top level domain name. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has lost a community objection it filed against Demand Media’s application to run the .republican top...
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January 7, 2014, 9:30 pm

The Domains
Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.3 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 12/30/13 – 1/5/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,363,221. The top .com sale was lead by MyTicket.com for $20,000, with the top non-com sale lead by Uber.org for $36,000. Below is th...
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.3 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 12/30/13 – 1/5/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,363,221. The top .com sale was lead by MyTicket.com for $20,000, with the top non-com sale lead by Uber.org for $36,000. Below is th...
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January 7, 2014, 9:06 pm

The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $3.4 Million Over 3 Week Period
Over the past 3 weeks, 1,317 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $3.4 Million. 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: msc.com at 35,000...
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Sedo Transactions Total $3.4 Million Over 3 Week Period
Over the past 3 weeks, 1,317 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $3.4 Million. 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: msc.com at 35,000...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 8:42 pm