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Blackstone Group says it sucks
Blackstone group registers “sucks” domains for its name and its chairman. Private equity giant Blackstone Group thinks it sucks. That’s the only plausible explanation for seven recent domain name registrations by the company. (OK, s...
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Blackstone Group says it sucks
Blackstone group registers “sucks” domains for its name and its chairman. Private equity giant Blackstone Group thinks it sucks. That’s the only plausible explanation for seven recent domain name registrations by the company. (OK, s...
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January 10, 2012, 10:04 am
Domain Name Wire
ANA proposes “Do Not Sell” list to ICANN
ANA asks for top level block list or it may proceed with legal action. The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has proposed that ICANN adopt a “Do Not Sell” list for the new top level domain name application period that opens up lat...
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ANA proposes “Do Not Sell” list to ICANN
ANA asks for top level block list or it may proceed with legal action. The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has proposed that ICANN adopt a “Do Not Sell” list for the new top level domain name application period that opens up lat...
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January 9, 2012, 5:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will another domainer win a $10,000 .Me scholarship this year
Go Daddy handing out $100,000 in scholarship program that included Brian Diener as a recipient last year. Go Daddy’s .ME College Scholarship program is returning for another year. The company will hand out ten $10,000 scholarships to students p...
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Will another domainer win a $10,000 .Me scholarship this year
Go Daddy handing out $100,000 in scholarship program that included Brian Diener as a recipient last year. Go Daddy’s .ME College Scholarship program is returning for another year. The company will hand out ten $10,000 scholarships to students p...
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January 9, 2012, 11:40 am
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Perhaps trademark holders should no longer defensively register domains
In the future brand owners may need to change their domain name strategy. With potentially hundreds of new top level domain names heading to the internet as early as 2013, brand owners are crying foul. They’re upset about having to defensively ...
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Perhaps trademark holders should no longer defensively register domains
In the future brand owners may need to change their domain name strategy. With potentially hundreds of new top level domain names heading to the internet as early as 2013, brand owners are crying foul. They’re upset about having to defensively ...
Discussion
January 9, 2012, 11:01 am
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Republicans register StopRomneyPiousBaloney.com after Gingrich tells Romney to stop “pious baloney”
Republicans register domains after baloney remark. Yesterday during the 435th (sorry, I’ve lost count) Republican presidential debate New Gingrich told frontrunner Mitt Romney to drop the “pious baloney”. And while Americans open up...
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Republicans register StopRomneyPiousBaloney.com after Gingrich tells Romney to stop “pious baloney”
Republicans register domains after baloney remark. Yesterday during the 435th (sorry, I’ve lost count) Republican presidential debate New Gingrich told frontrunner Mitt Romney to drop the “pious baloney”. And while Americans open up...
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January 9, 2012, 10:04 am
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Jeff Kupietzky appointed CEO of ActivePath
Kupietzky joins email technology firm ActivePath. Former Oversee.net President and CEO Jeff Kupietzky has been appointed CEO of email technology and marketing company ActivePath. ActivePath’s patent-pending ActiveMail allows companies to use em...
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Jeff Kupietzky appointed CEO of ActivePath
Kupietzky joins email technology firm ActivePath. Former Oversee.net President and CEO Jeff Kupietzky has been appointed CEO of email technology and marketing company ActivePath. ActivePath’s patent-pending ActiveMail allows companies to use em...
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January 9, 2012, 8:53 am
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Valero is third company to belatedly request .xxx domain name
Energy company complains to WIPO about Valero.xxx. San Antonio, TX based energy giant Valero Energy is the third company to ask an arbitration panel to give it a .xxx domain name. The company filed a complaint last week with World Intellectual Proper...
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Valero is third company to belatedly request .xxx domain name
Energy company complains to WIPO about Valero.xxx. San Antonio, TX based energy giant Valero Energy is the third company to ask an arbitration panel to give it a .xxx domain name. The company filed a complaint last week with World Intellectual Proper...
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January 8, 2012, 10:53 pm
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Someone should tell Kanye that Donda is an Italian shoe company
Kayne West launching Donda, but that domain is taken. The web and Twitter have been on fire the past 48 hours about Kanye West’s plans for global business domination. He announced plans in stream-of-conscious tweets for his new company, noting:...
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Someone should tell Kanye that Donda is an Italian shoe company
Kayne West launching Donda, but that domain is taken. The web and Twitter have been on fire the past 48 hours about Kanye West’s plans for global business domination. He announced plans in stream-of-conscious tweets for his new company, noting:...
Discussion
January 7, 2012, 11:14 am
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Righthaven.com sells for $3,300
Domain name used by “copyright troll” auctioned off for $3,300. Righthaven.com, the domain name that once belonged to the scourge of the internet, has sold in a public auction at SnapNames for $3,300. The domain name was sold to help cove...
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Righthaven.com sells for $3,300
Domain name used by “copyright troll” auctioned off for $3,300. Righthaven.com, the domain name that once belonged to the scourge of the internet, has sold in a public auction at SnapNames for $3,300. The domain name was sold to help cove...
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January 6, 2012, 5:09 pm
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Court grants preliminary injuction under ACPA for personal name
ACPA can protect your name even if you aren’t a celebrity. I come across a number of lawsuits and UDRPs about celebrities and cybersquatting. But a decision handed down in district court in New York today is notable because it involves a non-ce...
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Court grants preliminary injuction under ACPA for personal name
ACPA can protect your name even if you aren’t a celebrity. I come across a number of lawsuits and UDRPs about celebrities and cybersquatting. But a decision handed down in district court in New York today is notable because it involves a non-ce...
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January 6, 2012, 4:22 pm
