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Google files patent app for group buying
Application for “online marketplace” describes group buying system. Long before Groupon took the idea of group buying of services and gift certificates mainstream, many people have tried group buying for physical goods. Remember Mercata, ...
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Google files patent app for group buying
Application for “online marketplace” describes group buying system. Long before Groupon took the idea of group buying of services and gift certificates mainstream, many people have tried group buying for physical goods. Remember Mercata, ...
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March 8, 2012, 11:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Elk.com and INW.com hit with UDRPs
Two three letter .com domains have been hit with UDRP filings. Australian fashion accessories company ELK Accessories Pty Ltd. has filed a UDRP case in an effort to get the domain name Elk.com. The company’s web site is elkaccessories.com.au. S...
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Elk.com and INW.com hit with UDRPs
Two three letter .com domains have been hit with UDRP filings. Australian fashion accessories company ELK Accessories Pty Ltd. has filed a UDRP case in an effort to get the domain name Elk.com. The company’s web site is elkaccessories.com.au. S...
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March 8, 2012, 10:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Warner Bros registers domains for Journey 3 movie
More proof that a three-peat is in the works. With Journey 2 already grossing $270 million world wide at the box office, rumors have been swirling that the studio is planning Journey 3. Here’s some more evidence that a third installment is in t...
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Warner Bros registers domains for Journey 3 movie
More proof that a three-peat is in the works. With Journey 2 already grossing $270 million world wide at the box office, rumors have been swirling that the studio is planning Journey 3. Here’s some more evidence that a third installment is in t...
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March 8, 2012, 10:10 am
Domain Name Wire
iPad number names are suddenly worth less
iPad3.com will still get a lot of traffic, but Apple just through out that naming convention. Apple was supposed to announce the iPad 3 today. But it didn’t. Instead, it launched the “new iPad”. No number after it. No other designat...
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iPad number names are suddenly worth less
iPad3.com will still get a lot of traffic, but Apple just through out that naming convention. Apple was supposed to announce the iPad 3 today. But it didn’t. Instead, it launched the “new iPad”. No number after it. No other designat...
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March 7, 2012, 8:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company behind ProTrada releases web site development tool DevName.com
DevName helps domainers develop their domain names. Winged Media, the company behind domain auction and expired domain tool ProTrada, has released a new domain development system called DevName.com. Like many auto-web site developers, DevName takes t...
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Company behind ProTrada releases web site development tool DevName.com
DevName helps domainers develop their domain names. Winged Media, the company behind domain auction and expired domain tool ProTrada, has released a new domain development system called DevName.com. Like many auto-web site developers, DevName takes t...
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March 7, 2012, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 good end user domain sales, including WebmasterWorld
From WebmasterWorld to (RED), here are some end user domain sales from the past week. Here’s a look at 16 end user domain sales from the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Health Partners of Philadelphia bought ...
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16 good end user domain sales, including WebmasterWorld
From WebmasterWorld to (RED), here are some end user domain sales from the past week. Here’s a look at 16 end user domain sales from the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Health Partners of Philadelphia bought ...
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March 7, 2012, 1:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Paul Keating gets sole win in Auto-Owners cases
Panel rules that AutoOwner.com registrant can keep domain name. In January I wrote about how Auto-Owners Insurance filed four UDRP cases against owners of domain names it said infringed its mark. The first two decided cases went in favor of the insur...
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Paul Keating gets sole win in Auto-Owners cases
Panel rules that AutoOwner.com registrant can keep domain name. In January I wrote about how Auto-Owners Insurance filed four UDRP cases against owners of domain names it said infringed its mark. The first two decided cases went in favor of the insur...
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March 7, 2012, 11:52 am
Domain Name Wire
.Co goes big at SXSW
.Co will be in your face at SXSW interactive. Say what you will about .co (and I know a lot of you will), but you have to give the TLD credit for doing more than anyone else to create a brand around a TLD. It’s a model for anyone who wants to l...
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.Co goes big at SXSW
.Co will be in your face at SXSW interactive. Say what you will about .co (and I know a lot of you will), but you have to give the TLD credit for doing more than anyone else to create a brand around a TLD. It’s a model for anyone who wants to l...
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March 7, 2012, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP cybersquatting complaints fall, rate at all time low
Number of cybersquatting arbitration cases fall in 2011. Earlier today Kevin Murphy opined about WIPO’s arbitration numbers from last year, basically saying that the data don’t prove an increase in cybersquatting. In fact, it turns out an...
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UDRP cybersquatting complaints fall, rate at all time low
Number of cybersquatting arbitration cases fall in 2011. Earlier today Kevin Murphy opined about WIPO’s arbitration numbers from last year, basically saying that the data don’t prove an increase in cybersquatting. In fact, it turns out an...
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March 6, 2012, 6:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
What was your biggest domain niche mistake?
Have you flushed money down the toilet on themed domain registrations? Yesterday I wrote about how there’s still a sliver of hope for the prefab domain names I registered many years ago. I thought the registrations would pay off, but now I real...
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What was your biggest domain niche mistake?
Have you flushed money down the toilet on themed domain registrations? Yesterday I wrote about how there’s still a sliver of hope for the prefab domain names I registered many years ago. I thought the registrations would pay off, but now I real...
Discussion
March 6, 2012, 12:03 pm
