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California Car Dealers Head to Court over Domain Names
Ford dealer claims rival is stealing its web traffic. Two neighboring car dealers in California are heading to court over cybersquatting claims. El Centro, California Ford dealer El Centro Motors alleges (pdf) that Rogers & Rogers, a Chrysler/Jee...
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California Car Dealers Head to Court over Domain Names
Ford dealer claims rival is stealing its web traffic. Two neighboring car dealers in California are heading to court over cybersquatting claims. El Centro, California Ford dealer El Centro Motors alleges (pdf) that Rogers & Rogers, a Chrysler/Jee...
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October 23, 2015, 2:06 pm
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Verisign considers Early Access for “IDN .Coms”
Popular model for landrush phase of new TLDs might find its way to Verisign. Verisign is considering some sort of “Early Access” period when it launches IDN .com transliterations, company executives explained today on the company’s ...
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Verisign considers Early Access for “IDN .Coms”
Popular model for landrush phase of new TLDs might find its way to Verisign. Verisign is considering some sort of “Early Access” period when it launches IDN .com transliterations, company executives explained today on the company’s ...
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October 22, 2015, 9:08 pm
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Verisign: 9.2 million new .com and .net registrations last quarter
Verisign drives new registrations, grows overall base in .com and .net. Verisign reported earnings this afternoon, and disclosed that it handled 9.2 million new .com and .net registrations in Q3. The number of new registrations per quarter is typical...
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Verisign: 9.2 million new .com and .net registrations last quarter
Verisign drives new registrations, grows overall base in .com and .net. Verisign reported earnings this afternoon, and disclosed that it handled 9.2 million new .com and .net registrations in Q3. The number of new registrations per quarter is typical...
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October 22, 2015, 8:43 pm
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How to not lose your shirt investing in domain names for China
Video explains what makes domains good — and bad — for the Chinese market. Allegravita, a consultancy for doing business in China that has worked with a number of domain name companies, has published three info-packed sessions from the Do...
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How to not lose your shirt investing in domain names for China
Video explains what makes domains good — and bad — for the Chinese market. Allegravita, a consultancy for doing business in China that has worked with a number of domain name companies, has published three info-packed sessions from the Do...
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October 22, 2015, 2:23 pm
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Media Options’ WI.com domain name save in UDRP
Complainant offered to buy the domain name for $400.00. Media Options has successfully defended a UDRP against its domain name WI.com, but the panel declined to find complainant Brian Fera of Germany guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Domain na...
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Media Options’ WI.com domain name save in UDRP
Complainant offered to buy the domain name for $400.00. Media Options has successfully defended a UDRP against its domain name WI.com, but the panel declined to find complainant Brian Fera of Germany guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Domain na...
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October 22, 2015, 1:30 pm
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These 19 companies bought aftermarket domain names last week
From bitcoin to car care to family entertainment, here are some of the end users that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled 624 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.7 million, a bit more than usual. While the list includes a num...
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These 19 companies bought aftermarket domain names last week
From bitcoin to car care to family entertainment, here are some of the end users that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled 624 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.7 million, a bit more than usual. While the list includes a num...
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October 21, 2015, 6:13 pm
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Does something suck about This.Sucks?
Vox Populi helped This.sucks get off the ground. Is there more to it than that? A couple weeks ago, a new company popped up on the scene called This.Sucks. The business model is remarkably similar to one that .Sucks registry Vox Populi hoped would be...
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Does something suck about This.Sucks?
Vox Populi helped This.sucks get off the ground. Is there more to it than that? A couple weeks ago, a new company popped up on the scene called This.Sucks. The business model is remarkably similar to one that .Sucks registry Vox Populi hoped would be...
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October 21, 2015, 2:16 pm
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Company bringing multi-level marketing to domain names
Trademark filing reveals plans for RealDomains. Do multi-level marketing and domain names mix? A California company has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “RealDomains”, and the description of services is interesting. Multil...
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Company bringing multi-level marketing to domain names
Trademark filing reveals plans for RealDomains. Do multi-level marketing and domain names mix? A California company has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “RealDomains”, and the description of services is interesting. Multil...
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October 21, 2015, 1:21 pm
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Verizon wins first .Porn domain name dispute
Verizon.porn, for all of your telecom porn needs. Verizon has won a cybersquatting dispute with the registrant of Verizon.porn, the first such dispute to be resolved since the .Porn domain name became available in June. A New York real estate agent r...
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Verizon wins first .Porn domain name dispute
Verizon.porn, for all of your telecom porn needs. Verizon has won a cybersquatting dispute with the registrant of Verizon.porn, the first such dispute to be resolved since the .Porn domain name became available in June. A New York real estate agent r...
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October 20, 2015, 2:00 pm
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Afilias is Likely “One and Done” with 101Domain Acquisition
Company doesn’t expect to acquire other domain name registrars any time soon. Last Friday, domain name registrar 101Domain disclosed that it had been acquired by domain name registry Afilias. It’s Afilias’ first acquisition of a dom...
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Afilias is Likely “One and Done” with 101Domain Acquisition
Company doesn’t expect to acquire other domain name registrars any time soon. Last Friday, domain name registrar 101Domain disclosed that it had been acquired by domain name registry Afilias. It’s Afilias’ first acquisition of a dom...
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October 20, 2015, 1:32 pm
