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The Domains
.Uno Starts Sunrise Period, Runs Until February 6, 2014
Dot Latin LLC, the .UNO Domain Registry, announces today that their 60-Day Sunrise Period starts and runs until February 6, 2014. The Sunrise Period is when trademark owners are eligible to register a domain name containing their owned mark. In order...
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.Uno Starts Sunrise Period, Runs Until February 6, 2014
Dot Latin LLC, the .UNO Domain Registry, announces today that their 60-Day Sunrise Period starts and runs until February 6, 2014. The Sunrise Period is when trademark owners are eligible to register a domain name containing their owned mark. In order...
Discussion
December 10, 2013, 1:21 pm

Domain Name Wire
Tony Willoughby finds another company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Panelist finds another company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby has found Aero Club of New Delhi, India guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP. This is Willoughby&rs...
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Tony Willoughby finds another company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Panelist finds another company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby has found Aero Club of New Delhi, India guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP. This is Willoughby&rs...
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December 9, 2013, 10:36 pm

The Domains
Aero Club of New Delhi, India Gulty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on 14 Year Old Woodlands.com
Aero Club of New Delhi, India, represented by Lall & Sethi Advocates, India was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one person UDRP WIPO panel on the generic domain name Woodlands.com Aero Club operates under the domain name...
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Aero Club of New Delhi, India Gulty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on 14 Year Old Woodlands.com
Aero Club of New Delhi, India, represented by Lall & Sethi Advocates, India was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one person UDRP WIPO panel on the generic domain name Woodlands.com Aero Club operates under the domain name...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 9:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Music, .Song, and .Tunes new top level domain name objections against Amazon.com dismissed
Amazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music’s (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com’s bi...
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.Music, .Song, and .Tunes new top level domain name objections against Amazon.com dismissed
Amazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music’s (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com’s bi...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 8:53 pm

Sully's Blog
Bruce Marler Goes Mobile with Missouri.ME
If you have been in the domain industry for any length of time, chances are you’ve come across Bruce Marler. Over the years, he’s been interviewed by several of the major domain blogs. Bruce is the founder of LocalTek, LLC whi...
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Bruce Marler Goes Mobile with Missouri.ME
If you have been in the domain industry for any length of time, chances are you’ve come across Bruce Marler. Over the years, he’s been interviewed by several of the major domain blogs. Bruce is the founder of LocalTek, LLC whi...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 6:46 pm

Domain Name Wire
How I busted another click fraud (and auction fraud) scheme
A silly mistake tipped me off to a click fraud and pump-and-dump scheme. Every once in a while, someone running a click fraud scam slips up. And sometimes they slip up in a big way: by accidentally tipping me off about it. For example, In August this...
Discussion
How I busted another click fraud (and auction fraud) scheme
A silly mistake tipped me off to a click fraud and pump-and-dump scheme. Every once in a while, someone running a click fraud scam slips up. And sometimes they slip up in a big way: by accidentally tipping me off about it. For example, In August this...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 4:56 pm

The Domains
UDRP Panel Fails To Order Transfer Of Domain Back From Ex-Employee
The Law Firm Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, just lost its bid to get the domain name lfkan.com in a UDRP The Complainant is a law firm established in 1996, with offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Complainant offers a rang...
Discussion
UDRP Panel Fails To Order Transfer Of Domain Back From Ex-Employee
The Law Firm Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, just lost its bid to get the domain name lfkan.com in a UDRP The Complainant is a law firm established in 1996, with offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Complainant offers a rang...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 4:53 pm

The Domains
Technology Companies Propose Plan on Reforming Government Surveillance
Today a coalition of Technology companies released their plan for reforming how the government conducts surveillance. See below for the full press release. In addition to the press release there were a couple of other related stories. CNN featu...
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Technology Companies Propose Plan on Reforming Government Surveillance
Today a coalition of Technology companies released their plan for reforming how the government conducts surveillance. See below for the full press release. In addition to the press release there were a couple of other related stories. CNN featu...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 3:20 pm

Domain Name Wire
You’d say .com is dead, too!
It has a nice ring to it. Over the weekend Elliot Silver posted an ad with the headline “Dot Com is Dead” from Minds + Machines. I’ve seen a lot of other blog posts about how new TLD backers are beating the drum that .com is dead. D...
Discussion
You’d say .com is dead, too!
It has a nice ring to it. Over the weekend Elliot Silver posted an ad with the headline “Dot Com is Dead” from Minds + Machines. I’ve seen a lot of other blog posts about how new TLD backers are beating the drum that .com is dead. D...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 3:09 pm

The Domains
Looks Like Godaddy Charges Some Customers $50 If They Get Hit With A UDRP
It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP. One customer is complaining on his own blog. Daniel Paden tells his tale on the blog Atheiststoday.com, in a post entitled, Stop Using Godaddy, including ...
Discussion
Looks Like Godaddy Charges Some Customers $50 If They Get Hit With A UDRP
It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP. One customer is complaining on his own blog. Daniel Paden tells his tale on the blog Atheiststoday.com, in a post entitled, Stop Using Godaddy, including ...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 2:22 pm