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Unbiased.com saved in UDRP but no RDNH
UDRP panel is unbiased, finds in favor of domain name owner. The owner of Unbiased.co.uk has failed to win rights to the Unbiased.com domain name in a UDRP. Unbiased.co.uk helps people find financial advisers, mortgage brokers, solicitors and account...
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Unbiased.com saved in UDRP but no RDNH
UDRP panel is unbiased, finds in favor of domain name owner. The owner of Unbiased.co.uk has failed to win rights to the Unbiased.com domain name in a UDRP. Unbiased.co.uk helps people find financial advisers, mortgage brokers, solicitors and account...
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July 27, 2015, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Crazy Cybersquatting Lawsuit with Jason Kneen – DNW Podcast #43
The inside story of a baseless cybersquatting lawsuit. Imagine that you’re an app developer who has registered a handful of domain names over the years. One day your twitter feed and phone lights up with people discussing how you’re being...
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A Crazy Cybersquatting Lawsuit with Jason Kneen – DNW Podcast #43
The inside story of a baseless cybersquatting lawsuit. Imagine that you’re an app developer who has registered a handful of domain names over the years. One day your twitter feed and phone lights up with people discussing how you’re being...
Discussion
July 27, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vox Populi wants trademark for .Sucks
Controversial new top level domain name registry wants to trademark “.sucks”. Vox Populi, the domain name registry for .Sucks, has applied for the trademark “.Sucks” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The goods and ser...
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Vox Populi wants trademark for .Sucks
Controversial new top level domain name registry wants to trademark “.sucks”. Vox Populi, the domain name registry for .Sucks, has applied for the trademark “.Sucks” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The goods and ser...
Discussion
July 27, 2015, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 “New” Risks to Verisign’s Business
Company includes additional risks in its most recent quarterly filing. .Com registry Verisign released its earnings and filed its quarterly report with the SEC yesterday. Using Intelligize, I compared Q2’s SEC report to Q1 to look for changes. ...
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3 “New” Risks to Verisign’s Business
Company includes additional risks in its most recent quarterly filing. .Com registry Verisign released its earnings and filed its quarterly report with the SEC yesterday. Using Intelligize, I compared Q2’s SEC report to Q1 to look for changes. ...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are IDN .com owners about to get screwed?
Verisign finds way to sign ICANN contract, but it might come at the expense of IDN investors. It’s been a long, long wait for owners of internationalized domain names under .com. The idea was that they’d get rights to IDN.IDN-as-translite...
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Are IDN .com owners about to get screwed?
Verisign finds way to sign ICANN contract, but it might come at the expense of IDN investors. It’s been a long, long wait for owners of internationalized domain names under .com. The idea was that they’d get rights to IDN.IDN-as-translite...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign to hike .Net prices 10%
Domain registration bills increasing. Verisign announced that it is raising its wholesale price for .net domain names in February. The current fee is $6.79, and this will jump 10% to $7.46 effective Feb. 1, 2016. Verisign is able to increase the pric...
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Verisign to hike .Net prices 10%
Domain registration bills increasing. Verisign announced that it is raising its wholesale price for .net domain names in February. The current fee is $6.79, and this will jump 10% to $7.46 effective Feb. 1, 2016. Verisign is able to increase the pric...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Patent troll applies for domain name management patent
Intellectual Ventures wants patent related to managing domain names and web hosting. Some big companies in the domain name space have lots of patents. Despite threats, no major players have tried to extract money out of their competitors. But registr...
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Patent troll applies for domain name management patent
Intellectual Ventures wants patent related to managing domain names and web hosting. Some big companies in the domain name space have lots of patents. Despite threats, no major players have tried to extract money out of their competitors. But registr...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 7:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Spa Community” gets .Spa domain name
Group wins Community Priority Evaluation for .Spa. Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited has won (for now) the sole right to operate the .Spa top level domain name after winning a Community Priority Evaluation for the name. The group scored...
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“Spa Community” gets .Spa domain name
Group wins Community Priority Evaluation for .Spa. Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited has won (for now) the sole right to operate the .Spa top level domain name after winning a Community Priority Evaluation for the name. The group scored...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 3:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registrar’s suspension stayed after it files for arbitration
OpenTLD argues it should have received a formal breach notice first. Domain name registrar OpenTLD, which had its ability to register new TLDs suspended by ICANN, is back in action for now. ICANN suspended the registrar for cybersquatting on other re...
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Domain name registrar’s suspension stayed after it files for arbitration
OpenTLD argues it should have received a formal breach notice first. Domain name registrar OpenTLD, which had its ability to register new TLDs suspended by ICANN, is back in action for now. ICANN suspended the registrar for cybersquatting on other re...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google registers domain names for Google Play’s return to China
Domain name registrations suggest Google is indeed going back to China with Google Play. It appears that Google Play, the search giant’s app store, is indeed making another play for the Chinese market. There have been rumors about a return to C...
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Google registers domain names for Google Play’s return to China
Domain name registrations suggest Google is indeed going back to China with Google Play. It appears that Google Play, the search giant’s app store, is indeed making another play for the Chinese market. There have been rumors about a return to C...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 2:30 pm
