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Poop scooping company files lawsuit after reverse domain hijacking finding
Scoop Soldiers might have better luck in court than it did with UDRP. A poop-scooping franchisor has filed a federal lawsuit in a domain name dispute. Scoop Soldiers Service Company, LLC filed the lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court against Top Paw ...
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Poop scooping company files lawsuit after reverse domain hijacking finding
Scoop Soldiers might have better luck in court than it did with UDRP. A poop-scooping franchisor has filed a federal lawsuit in a domain name dispute. Scoop Soldiers Service Company, LLC filed the lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court against Top Paw ...
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October 16, 2024, 8:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web designer tries to reverse hijack a domain name
Panelist calls web designer’s dispute “frivolous” and an abuse of the policy. A FORUM panelist has ruled that an Illinois web design company tried to reverse hijack a domain name. Cybernautic, Inc., which uses the domain cybernautic...
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Web designer tries to reverse hijack a domain name
Panelist calls web designer’s dispute “frivolous” and an abuse of the policy. A FORUM panelist has ruled that an Illinois web design company tried to reverse hijack a domain name. Cybernautic, Inc., which uses the domain cybernautic...
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October 16, 2024, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 end user domain name sales at Sedo this week
A private school, a law firm and a Canadian real estate developer bought domain names this week. Sedo reported 52 domain sales of $2,000 or more this week, and I found end user buyers for ten of them. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales...
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10 end user domain name sales at Sedo this week
A private school, a law firm and a Canadian real estate developer bought domain names this week. Sedo reported 52 domain sales of $2,000 or more this week, and I found end user buyers for ten of them. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales...
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October 15, 2024, 8:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO and Internet Commerce Association to coordinate UDRP review
Parties will work with all stakeholders to deliver suggestions for UDRP review. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced a joint review of UDRP today. The parties will bring together repres...
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WIPO and Internet Commerce Association to coordinate UDRP review
Parties will work with all stakeholders to deliver suggestions for UDRP review. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced a joint review of UDRP today. The parties will bring together repres...
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October 15, 2024, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital inks .ai domain deal with Anguilla
.Ai gets a boost with better registry infrastructure. Domain name registry Identity Digital announced today that it has signed a contract with the Government of Anguilla for .ai domain names. Identity Digital will provide backend registry services fo...
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Identity Digital inks .ai domain deal with Anguilla
.Ai gets a boost with better registry infrastructure. Domain name registry Identity Digital announced today that it has signed a contract with the Government of Anguilla for .ai domain names. Identity Digital will provide backend registry services fo...
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October 15, 2024, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
A manga publisher filed a cybersquatting complaint against manga .io. Seriously.
It owns the plural and was shocked — shocked! — to find someone would use the singular for a manga website. Let me roll my eyes a bit. A French company that publishes manga comics online had the audacity to file a cybersquatting complaint...
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A manga publisher filed a cybersquatting complaint against manga .io. Seriously.
It owns the plural and was shocked — shocked! — to find someone would use the singular for a manga website. Let me roll my eyes a bit. A French company that publishes manga comics online had the audacity to file a cybersquatting complaint...
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October 14, 2024, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Diversification and domain investing strategy – DNW Podcast #504
Nikul Sanghvi talks about diversification, Afternic Boost and more. My guest this week is domain investor Nikul Sanghvi. Nikul made a big entranace to domain investing with a successful bet on .co domains, but has since diversified his portfolio. How...
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Diversification and domain investing strategy – DNW Podcast #504
Nikul Sanghvi talks about diversification, Afternic Boost and more. My guest this week is domain investor Nikul Sanghvi. Nikul made a big entranace to domain investing with a successful bet on .co domains, but has since diversified his portfolio. How...
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October 14, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge denies GoDaddy’s motion to dismiss in antitrust lawsuit
GoDaddy dealt a blow in antitrust lawsuit. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has failed in its attempt to get part of a lawsuit filed by Entri dismissed. Entri acts as a conduit between SaaS companies and domain registrars. If a customer needs to update their dom...
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Judge denies GoDaddy’s motion to dismiss in antitrust lawsuit
GoDaddy dealt a blow in antitrust lawsuit. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has failed in its attempt to get part of a lawsuit filed by Entri dismissed. Entri acts as a conduit between SaaS companies and domain registrars. If a customer needs to update their dom...
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October 11, 2024, 12:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
It filed a cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy the domain for the price it wanted. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that UpTerra Corporation tried to reverse hijack the domain name upterra.com. The company firs...
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Company tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
It filed a cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy the domain for the price it wanted. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that UpTerra Corporation tried to reverse hijack the domain name upterra.com. The company firs...
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October 10, 2024, 8:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Austin entrepreneur loses cybersquatting complaint to take down gripe site
Steve Papermaster failed to recover his personal name domain name in a cybersquatting dispute. A long-time entrepreneur and investor in Austin has lost (pdf) a cybersquatting dispute against a gripe site. Steve Papermaster filed the dispute against S...
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Austin entrepreneur loses cybersquatting complaint to take down gripe site
Steve Papermaster failed to recover his personal name domain name in a cybersquatting dispute. A long-time entrepreneur and investor in Austin has lost (pdf) a cybersquatting dispute against a gripe site. Steve Papermaster filed the dispute against S...
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October 10, 2024, 4:19 pm