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The Domains
Sedo to Auction Rare & Never Before Released .Asia Domain Names Including 1 & 2 Letter/Number Domains
Sedo.com announced today a strategic partnership with DotAsia, the organization charged with running the .Asia top-level domain (TLD) and RightOfTheDot.com, a leading domain industry consultancy, to auction a series of rare and never-before-released ...
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Sedo to Auction Rare & Never Before Released .Asia Domain Names Including 1 & 2 Letter/Number Domains
Sedo.com announced today a strategic partnership with DotAsia, the organization charged with running the .Asia top-level domain (TLD) and RightOfTheDot.com, a leading domain industry consultancy, to auction a series of rare and never-before-released ...
Discussion
October 22, 2013, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
The debate over new TLDs at TRAFFIC
A lively debate – both on and off the stage. Yesterday at the TRAFFIC conference, domain investors Rick Schwartz and Lonnie Borck squared off against new TLD backers in a debate over what new TLDs will mean for the domain name industry. Tim Joh...
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The debate over new TLDs at TRAFFIC
A lively debate – both on and off the stage. Yesterday at the TRAFFIC conference, domain investors Rick Schwartz and Lonnie Borck squared off against new TLD backers in a debate over what new TLDs will mean for the domain name industry. Tim Joh...
Discussion
October 22, 2013, 11:04 am
The Domains
Verisign Vs ICANN Round 3
In a letter sent to ICANN yesterday by Verisign’s Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy of VeriSign, Inc. responded to the response he received from his initil letter to ICANN seeking to “set the record straight” As the previous...
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Verisign Vs ICANN Round 3
In a letter sent to ICANN yesterday by Verisign’s Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy of VeriSign, Inc. responded to the response he received from his initil letter to ICANN seeking to “set the record straight” As the previous...
Discussion
October 22, 2013, 8:45 am
The Domains
PPA Media Services / Ryan G Foo Loses 3 Separate UDRP’s In One Day & His 56th Overall
PPA Media Services / Ryan G Foo lost three separate UDRP decisions with three separate complainants all handed down yesterday. In the 1st case brought by Sirius XM Radio Inc., the domain at issue as the typo Sriusxm.com amazingly it took the trademar...
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PPA Media Services / Ryan G Foo Loses 3 Separate UDRP’s In One Day & His 56th Overall
PPA Media Services / Ryan G Foo lost three separate UDRP decisions with three separate complainants all handed down yesterday. In the 1st case brought by Sirius XM Radio Inc., the domain at issue as the typo Sriusxm.com amazingly it took the trademar...
Discussion
October 22, 2013, 8:24 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on October 22nd, 2013
It was nice to see a gardening name go for so high and the steal of the entire auction was 472.com. It went for 8K less that it should have in my opinion. Ian Andrew made a nice donation to the cause on this one. Here are today’s names. M...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on October 22nd, 2013
It was nice to see a gardening name go for so high and the steal of the entire auction was 472.com. It went for 8K less that it should have in my opinion. Ian Andrew made a nice donation to the cause on this one. Here are today’s names. M...
Discussion
October 22, 2013, 6:24 am
Domain Shane
Bob Parsons Always Gets the Bad Rap but He Just Donated $600K to A Woman’s Shelter
Bob Parsons always gets a bad rap for sexualizing women and being a bit crude in his manners, but Bob did something very honorable today. He gave $600,000 to Maggie’s Place, a home for women in need. Transition and Women in need shelters ...
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Bob Parsons Always Gets the Bad Rap but He Just Donated $600K to A Woman’s Shelter
Bob Parsons always gets a bad rap for sexualizing women and being a bit crude in his manners, but Bob did something very honorable today. He gave $600,000 to Maggie’s Place, a home for women in need. Transition and Women in need shelters ...
Discussion
October 21, 2013, 9:42 pm
The Domains
UDRP: FlowGuard.com Barred By Laches To Get 17 Year Old Domain Name Flow-Guard.com
CoorsTek, Inc. which owns the domain name FlowGuard.com lost its bid to grab the domain name flow-guard.com with the majority of the panel finding that the trademark holder waited to long and was barred by the doctrine of latches from making the comp...
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UDRP: FlowGuard.com Barred By Laches To Get 17 Year Old Domain Name Flow-Guard.com
CoorsTek, Inc. which owns the domain name FlowGuard.com lost its bid to grab the domain name flow-guard.com with the majority of the panel finding that the trademark holder waited to long and was barred by the doctrine of latches from making the comp...
Discussion
October 21, 2013, 8:23 pm
The Domains
First 4 New gTLD’s (ALL IDN’s) Cleared By ICANN To Go To Delegation
According to an announcement by ICANN, today, the first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains Program were cleared to proceed to delegation. These first new gTLDs, or strings, are: شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic ...
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First 4 New gTLD’s (ALL IDN’s) Cleared By ICANN To Go To Delegation
According to an announcement by ICANN, today, the first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains Program were cleared to proceed to delegation. These first new gTLDs, or strings, are: شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic ...
Discussion
October 21, 2013, 8:03 pm
Domain Name News
LIVE : TRAFFIC 2013 Florida Auction Results
I’m reporting live from TRAFFIC’s auction. Results will be updated live . firesidechat.com $100 foodtogo.com pass item 104 – $125 bidder 356 artdecofurniture.com – pass peppermintvodka.com – $100 bidder 112 ...
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LIVE : TRAFFIC 2013 Florida Auction Results
I’m reporting live from TRAFFIC’s auction. Results will be updated live . firesidechat.com $100 foodtogo.com pass item 104 – $125 bidder 356 artdecofurniture.com – pass peppermintvodka.com – $100 bidder 112 ...
Discussion
October 21, 2013, 4:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dates and pricing finalized for NamesCon, a new domain name conference
NamesCon sets dates and pricing. Domain name investor Richard Lau is organizing a new domain name conference this coming January, as reported Friday on DNN. The conference in Las Vegas will be called NamesCon. A location has not yet been named, but d...
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Dates and pricing finalized for NamesCon, a new domain name conference
NamesCon sets dates and pricing. Domain name investor Richard Lau is organizing a new domain name conference this coming January, as reported Friday on DNN. The conference in Las Vegas will be called NamesCon. A location has not yet been named, but d...
Discussion
October 21, 2013, 11:43 am
