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Grafitti artist Banksy demands Banksy.com domain name
Agent files UDRP to get domain name. Famous grafitti artist Banksy has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of Banksy.com. The case was filed by Banksy Inc (C/O Pest Control Office Limited). Pest Control Office is essentially an agent a...
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Grafitti artist Banksy demands Banksy.com domain name
Agent files UDRP to get domain name. Famous grafitti artist Banksy has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of Banksy.com. The case was filed by Banksy Inc (C/O Pest Control Office Limited). Pest Control Office is essentially an agent a...
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October 15, 2014, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do-Over: 2 TLD apps killed by objections get another chance
.Cam and Amazon IDN domain name decisions will be reviewed. ICANN has given two new top level domain name applications new life after embarrassing inconsistencies in string confusion objections. The board’s new TLD committee determined that dec...
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Do-Over: 2 TLD apps killed by objections get another chance
.Cam and Amazon IDN domain name decisions will be reviewed. ICANN has given two new top level domain name applications new life after embarrassing inconsistencies in string confusion objections. The board’s new TLD committee determined that dec...
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October 15, 2014, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
How is this not reverse domain name hijacking?
Domain was allegedly registered well before company started using name. National Arbitration Forum panelist Dennis A. Foster has turned in a UDRP decision in favor of the respondent for the domain name IAFT.com. The case was filed by International Ac...
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How is this not reverse domain name hijacking?
Domain was allegedly registered well before company started using name. National Arbitration Forum panelist Dennis A. Foster has turned in a UDRP decision in favor of the respondent for the domain name IAFT.com. The case was filed by International Ac...
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October 14, 2014, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
31 notable domain sales from NameJet
Joseph Peterson reviews notable domain name sales at NameJet last month. During September, NameJet closed 80 domain sales at or above $2,000 – down slightly from August’s spike of 95 but consistent with May (76), June (69), and July...
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31 notable domain sales from NameJet
Joseph Peterson reviews notable domain name sales at NameJet last month. During September, NameJet closed 80 domain sales at or above $2,000 – down slightly from August’s spike of 95 but consistent with May (76), June (69), and July...
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October 14, 2014, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire Podcast #2: Tips to fight domain theft and Howard Neu talks TRAFFIC
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #2. It’s Monday, and that means it’s Podcast Day! This week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast includes the latest domain name industry news, plus 5 tips to make sure you don’t become a domain name t...
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Domain Name Wire Podcast #2: Tips to fight domain theft and Howard Neu talks TRAFFIC
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #2. It’s Monday, and that means it’s Podcast Day! This week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast includes the latest domain name industry news, plus 5 tips to make sure you don’t become a domain name t...
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October 13, 2014, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which ICANN sessions domainers should attend
A quick look at relevant sessions at this week’s ICANN conference. ICANN 51 formally kicks off today in Los Angeles. There are a lot of domain name investors in attendance, so I created a quick guide to sessions that might be interesting to the...
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Which ICANN sessions domainers should attend
A quick look at relevant sessions at this week’s ICANN conference. ICANN 51 formally kicks off today in Los Angeles. There are a lot of domain name investors in attendance, so I created a quick guide to sessions that might be interesting to the...
Discussion
October 13, 2014, 5:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
TopCoin launches as cryptocurrency for new TLDs
TopCoin enables registries to pass rebate credits directly to registrants. I caught up with Michael Blend last night here in Los Angeles. Blend sold his company to Demand Media and was then an executive with the company for many years. He’s cur...
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TopCoin launches as cryptocurrency for new TLDs
TopCoin enables registries to pass rebate credits directly to registrants. I caught up with Michael Blend last night here in Los Angeles. Blend sold his company to Demand Media and was then an executive with the company for many years. He’s cur...
Discussion
October 13, 2014, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heavenly.coffee is Donuts’ 1 Millionth domain name registration
Donuts hits milestone with a domain name registration that’s almost too fitting to be true. Earlier this month I wrote about how Donuts was tracking to cross the million domain mark in October. It hit that milestone yesterday. Fittingly for a r...
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Heavenly.coffee is Donuts’ 1 Millionth domain name registration
Donuts hits milestone with a domain name registration that’s almost too fitting to be true. Earlier this month I wrote about how Donuts was tracking to cross the million domain mark in October. It hit that milestone yesterday. Fittingly for a r...
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October 13, 2014, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
October ICANN TLD auctions shrink to three after private deals
10 contention sets settled at last minute, including three by Amazon.com. This month’s ICANN auctions of last resort for new to level domain names will settle just three contention sets, down from a schedule of 13 as of last month. The only thr...
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October ICANN TLD auctions shrink to three after private deals
10 contention sets settled at last minute, including three by Amazon.com. This month’s ICANN auctions of last resort for new to level domain names will settle just three contention sets, down from a schedule of 13 as of last month. The only thr...
Discussion
October 11, 2014, 1:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
$1.25 million domain name Photo.com hit with UDRP
Case filed with World Intellectual Property Organization against Photo.com. The domain name Photo.com has been hit with a UDRP filing at World Intellectual Property Organization. According to a 2010 story at TheDomains, Moniker brokered the sale of t...
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$1.25 million domain name Photo.com hit with UDRP
Case filed with World Intellectual Property Organization against Photo.com. The domain name Photo.com has been hit with a UDRP filing at World Intellectual Property Organization. According to a 2010 story at TheDomains, Moniker brokered the sale of t...
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October 10, 2014, 1:27 pm
