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SXSW just a few weeks away
Domain companies among those coming to Austin for big tech event. South By Southwest (SXSW) is coming to Austin March 9-18, and plenty of domain name companies will be in attendance. SXSW is actually a series of conferences: interactive, film, and mu...
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SXSW just a few weeks away
Domain companies among those coming to Austin for big tech event. South By Southwest (SXSW) is coming to Austin March 9-18, and plenty of domain name companies will be in attendance. SXSW is actually a series of conferences: interactive, film, and mu...
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February 20, 2012, 11:14 am
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Ashley Madison targets mobile domain
Affairs dating site wants control of AshleyMadison.mobi. I guess if you’re in to cheating on your spouse, it’s probably best to look at dating listings on your mobile phone rather than your home computer. Avid Life Media Inc., the company...
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Ashley Madison targets mobile domain
Affairs dating site wants control of AshleyMadison.mobi. I guess if you’re in to cheating on your spouse, it’s probably best to look at dating listings on your mobile phone rather than your home computer. Avid Life Media Inc., the company...
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February 19, 2012, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon buys Prime.xxx domain name
Prime.xxx registered by Amazon.com. Amazon.com has picked up the domain name Prime.xxx, an interesting (likely defensive) domain name registration. The company’s Amazon Prime program has millions of members. It started out offering free two day...
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Amazon buys Prime.xxx domain name
Prime.xxx registered by Amazon.com. Amazon.com has picked up the domain name Prime.xxx, an interesting (likely defensive) domain name registration. The company’s Amazon Prime program has millions of members. It started out offering free two day...
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February 17, 2012, 2:26 pm
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An outrageous UDRP case
Cases shouldn’t be heard if they’re this bad. So this guy William (Bill) Robert Johnson forms a company called Aahara Enterprises Pty. He registers the domain aahara.com on October 3, 2011 for his business. But he also wants Ahara.com, an...
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An outrageous UDRP case
Cases shouldn’t be heard if they’re this bad. So this guy William (Bill) Robert Johnson forms a company called Aahara Enterprises Pty. He registers the domain aahara.com on October 3, 2011 for his business. But he also wants Ahara.com, an...
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February 17, 2012, 10:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo adds zero click, accepts offers on “buy now” domains
Sedo changes TOS to reflect changes. Sedo sent a notice to customers today about changes to its terms of service. Although I haven’t read the entire revised TOS, the company highlights three key changes: 1. Buyers have the ability to submit off...
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Sedo adds zero click, accepts offers on “buy now” domains
Sedo changes TOS to reflect changes. Sedo sent a notice to customers today about changes to its terms of service. Although I haven’t read the entire revised TOS, the company highlights three key changes: 1. Buyers have the ability to submit off...
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February 16, 2012, 1:37 pm
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JotForm.com domain suspended, leaving 500k users in lurch
Online web form creator’s main domain name is suspended. JotForm, a WYSIWYG web form creator with 500,000 registered users, had its main domain name JotForm.com suspended by GoDaddy today. In a blog post, the company says: As a part of an ongoi...
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JotForm.com domain suspended, leaving 500k users in lurch
Online web form creator’s main domain name is suspended. JotForm, a WYSIWYG web form creator with 500,000 registered users, had its main domain name JotForm.com suspended by GoDaddy today. In a blog post, the company says: As a part of an ongoi...
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February 16, 2012, 12:15 pm
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.Halal top level domain in the works
Company applying for .halal with ICANN. Halalan Tayyiban, Corp is planning to apply for the .halal top level domain name. The company operates a web site HalalFinder.com. The site used to be a marketplace for halal food products, but now appears to b...
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.Halal top level domain in the works
Company applying for .halal with ICANN. Halalan Tayyiban, Corp is planning to apply for the .halal top level domain name. The company operates a web site HalalFinder.com. The site used to be a marketplace for halal food products, but now appears to b...
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February 16, 2012, 11:42 am
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ESQwire wins a UDRP that you should read
Decision includes a lot of good defenses if you’re hit by a UDRP. If you’re looking for ways to defend a domain name that is hit with a UDRP, there’s a good laundry list of rebuttals in a recent dispute handled by domain law firm ES...
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ESQwire wins a UDRP that you should read
Decision includes a lot of good defenses if you’re hit by a UDRP. If you’re looking for ways to defend a domain name that is hit with a UDRP, there’s a good laundry list of rebuttals in a recent dispute handled by domain law firm ES...
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February 16, 2012, 9:51 am
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Tucows on domain name aftermarket, SOPA, and new top level domains
Tucows has a banner year and discusses rising aftermarket domain sale prices. Today Tucows reported record quarterly revenue of $26.4 million for the last quarter. That’s the seventh record revenue quarter in a row for the company. The company ...
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Tucows on domain name aftermarket, SOPA, and new top level domains
Tucows has a banner year and discusses rising aftermarket domain sale prices. Today Tucows reported record quarterly revenue of $26.4 million for the last quarter. That’s the seventh record revenue quarter in a row for the company. The company ...
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February 15, 2012, 9:39 pm
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Australian parliament blocks access to .info
New TLD backers take note. Australian parliamentarians can’t access .info domain names, according to a story on ITNews.com.au today. A block was placed late last year on the advice of the Defence Signals Directorate because the domain “is...
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Australian parliament blocks access to .info
New TLD backers take note. Australian parliamentarians can’t access .info domain names, according to a story on ITNews.com.au today. A block was placed late last year on the advice of the Defence Signals Directorate because the domain “is...
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February 15, 2012, 2:11 pm
