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Moon Juice is a reverse domain name hijacker
Company that sells “sex dust” tries to hijack domain name. Los-Angeles, California-based Moon Juice Ventures, which uses the domain name MoonJuiceShop.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The finding comes...
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Moon Juice is a reverse domain name hijacker
Company that sells “sex dust” tries to hijack domain name. Los-Angeles, California-based Moon Juice Ventures, which uses the domain name MoonJuiceShop.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The finding comes...
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July 21, 2016, 4:20 pm

Domain Name Wire
Mike Mann overturns UDRP decision in court
Domain investor will keep SoundStop.com domain name. Domain name investor Mike Mann has successfully defended his domain name SoundStop.com in court after a UDRP panel ordered that he transfer it. Blue Ridge Fiberboard, Inc filed a UDRP against the d...
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Mike Mann overturns UDRP decision in court
Domain investor will keep SoundStop.com domain name. Domain name investor Mike Mann has successfully defended his domain name SoundStop.com in court after a UDRP panel ordered that he transfer it. Blue Ridge Fiberboard, Inc filed a UDRP against the d...
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July 21, 2016, 2:51 pm

Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales up to $200,000
ADA.com highlights end user sales list. Sedo had a good sales week with $1.7 million in domain name transactions over 503 domain names. Leading the list was ADA.com for $200,000, which was purchased by a company launching a healthcare app. Mike Mann ...
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17 end user domain name sales up to $200,000
ADA.com highlights end user sales list. Sedo had a good sales week with $1.7 million in domain name transactions over 503 domain names. Leading the list was ADA.com for $200,000, which was purchased by a company launching a healthcare app. Mike Mann ...
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July 20, 2016, 4:25 pm

Domain Name Wire
Participate in an upcoming DNW Podcast about China
Submit your thoughts on what’s going on with the Chinese market for domain names. What’s going on in the Chinese domain name market? Does the bull market still have legs, or was it just a blip on the radar? What’s next? If you have ...
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Participate in an upcoming DNW Podcast about China
Submit your thoughts on what’s going on with the Chinese market for domain names. What’s going on in the Chinese domain name market? Does the bull market still have legs, or was it just a blip on the radar? What’s next? If you have ...
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July 20, 2016, 3:12 pm

Domain Name Wire
Interesting: NikeGoogle.com UDRP denied because…
What happens when two trademarks are at issue in a UDRP? National Arbitration Forum panelist Sandra J. Franklin has declined to transfer the domain name NikeGoogle.com to sporting goods company Nike in an interesting UDRP. I’ve often wondered w...
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Interesting: NikeGoogle.com UDRP denied because…
What happens when two trademarks are at issue in a UDRP? National Arbitration Forum panelist Sandra J. Franklin has declined to transfer the domain name NikeGoogle.com to sporting goods company Nike in an interesting UDRP. I’ve often wondered w...
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July 20, 2016, 12:31 pm

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52 new TLD sales over $5,000 you probably haven’t seen yet
Here are 50+ notable new top level domain name sales. Uniregistry recently released sales data covering nearly 6,000 domain names totaling $42.6 million. You can download the full list at NameBio.com. The vast majority of names on the list are .com, ...
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52 new TLD sales over $5,000 you probably haven’t seen yet
Here are 50+ notable new top level domain name sales. Uniregistry recently released sales data covering nearly 6,000 domain names totaling $42.6 million. You can download the full list at NameBio.com. The vast majority of names on the list are .com, ...
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July 19, 2016, 6:06 pm

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New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze
Lots of Pokemon domains are being registered in domains other than .com. Last week Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting wrote about the surge in .com and .net registrations including the word “Pokemon”. At the time, nearly 4,000 .com and .net...
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New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze
Lots of Pokemon domains are being registered in domains other than .com. Last week Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting wrote about the surge in .com and .net registrations including the word “Pokemon”. At the time, nearly 4,000 .com and .net...
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July 19, 2016, 3:59 pm

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Donuts and Radix still miffed over .Web applicant
Companies file reconsideration request. Meanwhile, who just bought web.biz? Last week Radix and Schlund Technologies GmbH sent letters to ICANN asking them to postpone an upcoming auction for .Web, scheduled to take place July 27. They are concerned ...
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Donuts and Radix still miffed over .Web applicant
Companies file reconsideration request. Meanwhile, who just bought web.biz? Last week Radix and Schlund Technologies GmbH sent letters to ICANN asking them to postpone an upcoming auction for .Web, scheduled to take place July 27. They are concerned ...
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July 19, 2016, 2:47 pm

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WTF: Heidi Powell files cybersquatting lawsuit against Heidi Powell over HeidiPowell.com
Pity the poor woman who had the gall to register who own name as a .com domain name. I’ve seen a lot of ridiculous cybersquatting complaints filed through UDRP or the courts, but this one might top them all. You might have heard for Heidi Powel...
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WTF: Heidi Powell files cybersquatting lawsuit against Heidi Powell over HeidiPowell.com
Pity the poor woman who had the gall to register who own name as a .com domain name. I’ve seen a lot of ridiculous cybersquatting complaints filed through UDRP or the courts, but this one might top them all. You might have heard for Heidi Powel...
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July 19, 2016, 2:34 pm

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Flippa seller claims Pokemon Go typo receiving thousands of visitors
Seller wants to quickly flip Pokemon Go typo. A seller has listed PokeymonGo.com — a typo of the popular game Pokemon Go — on Flippa, claiming it “was receiving thousands of visitors to his website” just minutes after it went ...
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Flippa seller claims Pokemon Go typo receiving thousands of visitors
Seller wants to quickly flip Pokemon Go typo. A seller has listed PokeymonGo.com — a typo of the popular game Pokemon Go — on Flippa, claiming it “was receiving thousands of visitors to his website” just minutes after it went ...
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July 19, 2016, 12:56 pm