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Hilton launching “True” Or “Tru” hotel brand
Domain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilt...
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Hilton launching “True” Or “Tru” hotel brand
Domain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilt...
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October 9, 2015, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Now this is a good UDRP panelist…
Panelist spends a few extra minutes to avoid an injustice. A UDRP panelist who doesn’t take the easy way out in a case where the respondent doesn’t reply? Meet Nick J. Gardner. Gardner decided a recent case in which German company MAGIX S...
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Now this is a good UDRP panelist…
Panelist spends a few extra minutes to avoid an injustice. A UDRP panelist who doesn’t take the easy way out in a case where the respondent doesn’t reply? Meet Nick J. Gardner. Gardner decided a recent case in which German company MAGIX S...
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October 9, 2015, 2:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: DropCatch adds 300 more registrars, now has 752
Company increases stable of registrars going after dropping domains. The company behind expired domain name catching service DropCatch.com has adding 300 more accredited registrars to its arsenal, and now has a whopping 752 registrars. This is accord...
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Wow: DropCatch adds 300 more registrars, now has 752
Company increases stable of registrars going after dropping domains. The company behind expired domain name catching service DropCatch.com has adding 300 more accredited registrars to its arsenal, and now has a whopping 752 registrars. This is accord...
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October 9, 2015, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Gay fails community test, again
Queue the complaints about ICANN again…even though it’s not its fault. dotgay LLC, an applicant for the .Gay top level domain name that was seeking community status, has once again failed (pdf) to convince an independent panel that it qu...
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.Gay fails community test, again
Queue the complaints about ICANN again…even though it’s not its fault. dotgay LLC, an applicant for the .Gay top level domain name that was seeking community status, has once again failed (pdf) to convince an independent panel that it qu...
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October 9, 2015, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Frank Schilling company owns more than 5% of Rightside
SEC filing discloses interest in company. Some people say the domain name business is an incestuous industry. They might be right. An SEC filing this afternoon discloses that a company associated with Frank Schilling now owns 5.5% of the company. The...
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A Frank Schilling company owns more than 5% of Rightside
SEC filing discloses interest in company. Some people say the domain name business is an incestuous industry. They might be right. An SEC filing this afternoon discloses that a company associated with Frank Schilling now owns 5.5% of the company. The...
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October 8, 2015, 9:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
World Trade Centers wins 89 domain names, including 9/11 names
Group takes over domain names registered on and after 9/11. World Trade Centers Association, Inc. has won 89 domain names in a cybersquatting dispute. The group filed a cybersquatting complaint with Czech Arbitration Court over 90 domain names, all o...
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World Trade Centers wins 89 domain names, including 9/11 names
Group takes over domain names registered on and after 9/11. World Trade Centers Association, Inc. has won 89 domain names in a cybersquatting dispute. The group filed a cybersquatting complaint with Czech Arbitration Court over 90 domain names, all o...
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October 8, 2015, 9:16 pm
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An update on the Adam Dicker allegations
Progress is being made settling issues brought to light earlier this week. Earlier this week I wrote about accusations made against domain name investor Adam Dicker. Since that time, a few things have happened that I think warrant posting an update. ...
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An update on the Adam Dicker allegations
Progress is being made settling issues brought to light earlier this week. Earlier this week I wrote about accusations made against domain name investor Adam Dicker. Since that time, a few things have happened that I think warrant posting an update. ...
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October 8, 2015, 7:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what those Amazon AWS domain name registrations were for
Amazon’s domain name registrations this week indeed were for AWS announcements, but some are still to come. On Monday I wrote about Amazon.com’s domain name registrations that foreshadowed services it was likely to announce at this week&r...
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Here’s what those Amazon AWS domain name registrations were for
Amazon’s domain name registrations this week indeed were for AWS announcements, but some are still to come. On Monday I wrote about Amazon.com’s domain name registrations that foreshadowed services it was likely to announce at this week&r...
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October 8, 2015, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club to auction two letter domain names
Registry wants to tap into Chinese buyers with auction on EachNic.com. .Club is auctioning a number of two letter .club domain names, along with the single letter C.club, at auctions beginning later this month. Most of the two letter combinations, su...
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.Club to auction two letter domain names
Registry wants to tap into Chinese buyers with auction on EachNic.com. .Club is auctioning a number of two letter .club domain names, along with the single letter C.club, at auctions beginning later this month. Most of the two letter combinations, su...
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October 8, 2015, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Genentech and 20 other end users bought last week
Genentech, Roche, and Booking.com bought domain names last week. Sedo had a great last week, handling 689 transactions for $1.5 million. The volume was driven by 100 four letter .com domain name sales, but its end user sales also had strong prices. T...
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What domains Genentech and 20 other end users bought last week
Genentech, Roche, and Booking.com bought domain names last week. Sedo had a great last week, handling 689 transactions for $1.5 million. The volume was driven by 100 four letter .com domain name sales, but its end user sales also had strong prices. T...
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October 7, 2015, 5:52 pm
