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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 24th, 2013
I was doing a little more homework on stocks and got sidetracked reading about Apple’s new TV. The more I read the more I feel that Apple will make the TV the center of the home again. There will be millions of self created personal...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 24th, 2013
I was doing a little more homework on stocks and got sidetracked reading about Apple’s new TV. The more I read the more I feel that Apple will make the TV the center of the home again. There will be millions of self created personal...
Discussion
September 24, 2013, 12:52 am

Elliot's Blog
Coffee.org Offering Free Box of K Cup Samples
Last week, I reached out to a number of companies and people that are involved in the domain space to see if there was interest in doing a giveaway to readers of my blog. Bill McClure of Coffee.org (as well as Bouquet.com) made an offer on behal...
Discussion
Coffee.org Offering Free Box of K Cup Samples
Last week, I reached out to a number of companies and people that are involved in the domain space to see if there was interest in doing a giveaway to readers of my blog. Bill McClure of Coffee.org (as well as Bouquet.com) made an offer on behal...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 7:11 pm

Elliot's Blog
Domain Name Sales is Hiring Inside Domain Brokers
Jeff Gabriel, Vice President of Sales at Domain Name Sales, just posted an announcement on Facebook to let people know that his company is hiring in house domain brokers. There is one major caveat to this though – employees of Domain Name Sales...
Discussion
Domain Name Sales is Hiring Inside Domain Brokers
Jeff Gabriel, Vice President of Sales at Domain Name Sales, just posted an announcement on Facebook to let people know that his company is hiring in house domain brokers. There is one major caveat to this though – employees of Domain Name Sales...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 6:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
One more sign that PayPal is about to buy Braintree Payments
Braintree domain names registered. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that PayPal is close to a deal to acquire Braintree Payments. Braintree handles payments for OpenTable, Uber Technologies and Airbnb, among others. If you need more proof that so...
Discussion
One more sign that PayPal is about to buy Braintree Payments
Braintree domain names registered. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that PayPal is close to a deal to acquire Braintree Payments. Braintree handles payments for OpenTable, Uber Technologies and Airbnb, among others. If you need more proof that so...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 5:48 pm

The Domains
Phil Corwin Of ICA Appointed To Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been appointed to the serve on the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for a two-year term commencing in January 2014 International Trademark Association (INT...
Discussion
Phil Corwin Of ICA Appointed To Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has been appointed to the serve on the Internet Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) for a two-year term commencing in January 2014 International Trademark Association (INT...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 5:02 pm

The Domains
Microsoft, Verisign & Yahoo! Sends Joint Letter To ICANN: We Want An Update On Name Collision Mitigation Plan
In a joint letter Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo! urged ICANN to study the Collission Mitigation Plan before allowing any “The undersigned companies and organizations submit this letter to express our significant concern regarding several unreso...
Discussion
Microsoft, Verisign & Yahoo! Sends Joint Letter To ICANN: We Want An Update On Name Collision Mitigation Plan
In a joint letter Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo! urged ICANN to study the Collission Mitigation Plan before allowing any “The undersigned companies and organizations submit this letter to express our significant concern regarding several unreso...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 4:43 pm

The Domains
FileSense, Inc. Loses 2nd UDRP This Year On The Domain FileSense.com
FileSense, Inc. represented by Ronnie Allen Sheppick of Utah just lost its 2nd UDRP this year on the domain name FileSense.com. Back in March 2013, we covered this same company’s attempted to grab this same domain name away from the same domain...
Discussion
FileSense, Inc. Loses 2nd UDRP This Year On The Domain FileSense.com
FileSense, Inc. represented by Ronnie Allen Sheppick of Utah just lost its 2nd UDRP this year on the domain name FileSense.com. Back in March 2013, we covered this same company’s attempted to grab this same domain name away from the same domain...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 1:18 pm

Domain Name Wire
Viacom CEO loses domain dispute against cybersquatter
Philippe Dauman loses UDRP, but that may not be the last of it. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has lost a UDRP for the domain name philippepierredauman.com He lost the UDRP because he didn’t convince the panel that he had trademark rights in his ow...
Discussion
Viacom CEO loses domain dispute against cybersquatter
Philippe Dauman loses UDRP, but that may not be the last of it. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman has lost a UDRP for the domain name philippepierredauman.com He lost the UDRP because he didn’t convince the panel that he had trademark rights in his ow...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 12:50 pm

The Domains
DomCollect AG Loses UDRP On 18 Facebook Typo Domain Names
DomCollect AG just lost a UDRP of a bunch of Facebook typo domain names that they didn’t even bother to respond to. DomCollect according to at least one report is owned or is a subsidiary of United Internet the same company that owns Sedo.com a...
Discussion
DomCollect AG Loses UDRP On 18 Facebook Typo Domain Names
DomCollect AG just lost a UDRP of a bunch of Facebook typo domain names that they didn’t even bother to respond to. DomCollect according to at least one report is owned or is a subsidiary of United Internet the same company that owns Sedo.com a...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 12:45 pm

Domain Name Wire
Comparing private vs. last resort new TLD auctions
In private auctions, applicants bid less than the valuation they place on the string. There have been two rounds of private auctions (that we know about) to settle top level domain contention sets. The first one included six TLDs and totaled $9.01 mi...
Discussion
Comparing private vs. last resort new TLD auctions
In private auctions, applicants bid less than the valuation they place on the string. There have been two rounds of private auctions (that we know about) to settle top level domain contention sets. The first one included six TLDs and totaled $9.01 mi...
Discussion
September 23, 2013, 11:28 am