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Domain Name Wire
New partnership + big domain sale – DNW Podcast #458
Braden Pollock reveals a $600,000 sale as he and Andrew Miller discuss his equity deal in Hilco Digital Assets. On today’s show, domain investor Braden Pollock explains his deal with Hilco Digital Assets, and we’re also joined by Hilco Di...
Discussion
New partnership + big domain sale – DNW Podcast #458
Braden Pollock reveals a $600,000 sale as he and Andrew Miller discuss his equity deal in Hilco Digital Assets. On today’s show, domain investor Braden Pollock explains his deal with Hilco Digital Assets, and we’re also joined by Hilco Di...
Discussion
October 23, 2023, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBA is no IBM
Medical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting complaint ...
Discussion
IBA is no IBM
Medical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting complaint ...
Discussion
October 20, 2023, 3:18 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – October 19, 2023: See You Later, Alligator
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 51:36 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – October 19, 2023: See You Later, Alligator
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 51:36 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
October 20, 2023, 2:09 am
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains wants patent for verifying eligibility to register reserved names
Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a re...
Discussion
Unstoppable Domains wants patent for verifying eligibility to register reserved names
Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a re...
Discussion
October 19, 2023, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital retains .org deal
Lucrative registry services contract remains with Identity Digital. Top level domain name company Identity Digital has retained the contract to run Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) top level domain names. PIR, best known for managing .org, anno...
Discussion
Identity Digital retains .org deal
Lucrative registry services contract remains with Identity Digital. Top level domain name company Identity Digital has retained the contract to run Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) top level domain names. PIR, best known for managing .org, anno...
Discussion
October 18, 2023, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another day, another incompetent cybersquatting case
Please hire a lawyer familiar with UDRP. If you think someone is cybersquatting on your brand, please hire a competent lawyer familiar with UDRP to evaluate and file your dispute. For the second day in a row, a Complainant has failed to make argument...
Discussion
Another day, another incompetent cybersquatting case
Please hire a lawyer familiar with UDRP. If you think someone is cybersquatting on your brand, please hire a competent lawyer familiar with UDRP to evaluate and file your dispute. For the second day in a row, a Complainant has failed to make argument...
Discussion
October 18, 2023, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 more end user domain name sales
A shoe seller, an online medical service and a hotel site bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was Nuum.com for $150,000. There are many potential buyers: the owner of nuum.co, the Italian fashion brand that uses the matching .it, and...
Discussion
10 more end user domain name sales
A shoe seller, an online medical service and a hotel site bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was Nuum.com for $150,000. There are many potential buyers: the owner of nuum.co, the Italian fashion brand that uses the matching .it, and...
Discussion
October 18, 2023, 1:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vercara launches UltraDNS TLD for top level domain nameservers
Neustar’s former security business launches new product for top level domain operators. Security company Vercara has launched UltraDNS TLD and UltraDNS TLD², building off its existing UltraDNS product. The company’s name might be new...
Discussion
Vercara launches UltraDNS TLD for top level domain nameservers
Neustar’s former security business launches new product for top level domain operators. Security company Vercara has launched UltraDNS TLD and UltraDNS TLD², building off its existing UltraDNS product. The company’s name might be new...
Discussion
October 17, 2023, 6:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN places .desi with EBERO as it looks for successor
EBERO will manage the domain while ICANN seeks a company to take over the top level domain. ICANN has placed the top level domain .desi into the Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) program. Earlier this year, TLD operator Desi Networks told ...
Discussion
ICANN places .desi with EBERO as it looks for successor
EBERO will manage the domain while ICANN seeks a company to take over the top level domain. ICANN has placed the top level domain .desi into the Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) program. Earlier this year, TLD operator Desi Networks told ...
Discussion
October 17, 2023, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man sentenced to 5 years for IP address scheme
Man set up companies to request additional internet protocol addresses. IPv4 IP addresses are in high demand. Recent auctions at Hilco Streambank have fetched between $30-$40 per IP address. All of that money has captured the attention of people tryi...
Discussion
Man sentenced to 5 years for IP address scheme
Man set up companies to request additional internet protocol addresses. IPv4 IP addresses are in high demand. Recent auctions at Hilco Streambank have fetched between $30-$40 per IP address. All of that money has captured the attention of people tryi...
Discussion
October 17, 2023, 5:18 pm
