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Man drags Qatar Tourism Council to U.S. Court in domain dispute
Qatar’s Tourism Council launched a fight over a domain name, and now it needs to defend itself in U.S. Court. A man from Azerbaijan is suing the Qatar National Tourism Council—in Colorado. Teymur Mehdiyev filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. Dis...
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Man drags Qatar Tourism Council to U.S. Court in domain dispute
Qatar’s Tourism Council launched a fight over a domain name, and now it needs to defend itself in U.S. Court. A man from Azerbaijan is suing the Qatar National Tourism Council—in Colorado. Teymur Mehdiyev filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. Dis...
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November 28, 2019, 12:07 am
Domain Name Wire
Tutorial: How to register and purchase a domain using GoDaddy API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use GoDaddy’s API to register and purchase domains. Today’s tutorial aims to help many domain investors with a desire to harness the power of technology to streamline the registration and purchasi...
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Tutorial: How to register and purchase a domain using GoDaddy API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use GoDaddy’s API to register and purchase domains. Today’s tutorial aims to help many domain investors with a desire to harness the power of technology to streamline the registration and purchasi...
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November 27, 2019, 8:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC chapter breaks ranks, criticizes deal to sell .Org
Netherlands chapter calls on others to join it in denouncing sale. Shortly after Internet Society (ISOC) announced a deal to sell Public Interest Registry (which runs .org) to a private equity company, ISOC sent a notice to its local chapters telling...
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ISOC chapter breaks ranks, criticizes deal to sell .Org
Netherlands chapter calls on others to join it in denouncing sale. Shortly after Internet Society (ISOC) announced a deal to sell Public Interest Registry (which runs .org) to a private equity company, ISOC sent a notice to its local chapters telling...
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November 27, 2019, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
CBD company pays $160,000 for GreenRoads.com after losing UDRP
Florida company buys domain that it tried to get through UDRP. Green Roads of Florida, LLC has purchased the domain name GreenRoads.com for $160,000 after failing to win it in a cybersquatting dispute. The CBD company filed a UDRP with World Intellec...
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CBD company pays $160,000 for GreenRoads.com after losing UDRP
Florida company buys domain that it tried to get through UDRP. Green Roads of Florida, LLC has purchased the domain name GreenRoads.com for $160,000 after failing to win it in a cybersquatting dispute. The CBD company filed a UDRP with World Intellec...
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November 27, 2019, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC CEO repeats the registry competition fallacy
There is no competition for domain renewals. Internet Society CEO Andrew Sullivan has responded to some of the uproar about his non-profit selling Public Interest Registry to a for-profit private equity company. In his response, he repeats the ICANN-...
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ISOC CEO repeats the registry competition fallacy
There is no competition for domain renewals. Internet Society CEO Andrew Sullivan has responded to some of the uproar about his non-profit selling Public Interest Registry to a for-profit private equity company. In his response, he repeats the ICANN-...
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November 26, 2019, 9:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cisco gets typosquatting patent
Patent describes way of using IP information to separate “legitimate” from “illegitimate” typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for “Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet ...
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Cisco gets typosquatting patent
Patent describes way of using IP information to separate “legitimate” from “illegitimate” typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for “Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet ...
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November 26, 2019, 5:49 pm
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GoDaddy looking for president of domain registrar & investor business
GoDaddy seeks executive to take over for Kevin Doerr. GoDaddy is looking for a new person to lead its domain name business. The President, Domain Registrar & Investor Business, will oversee GoDaddy’s largest business segment. GoDaddy confir...
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GoDaddy looking for president of domain registrar & investor business
GoDaddy seeks executive to take over for Kevin Doerr. GoDaddy is looking for a new person to lead its domain name business. The President, Domain Registrar & Investor Business, will oversee GoDaddy’s largest business segment. GoDaddy confir...
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November 26, 2019, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
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Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
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November 25, 2019, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
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James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
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November 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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November 25, 2019, 2:11 pm
