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Reverse domain name hijacking of Verb.com in a “Foolish waste of time”
“Baseless” complaint was a “foolish waste of time”. Three related hair care products companies have been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to steal the domain name Verb.com through a UDRP. Verb Product...
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Reverse domain name hijacking of Verb.com in a “Foolish waste of time”
“Baseless” complaint was a “foolish waste of time”. Three related hair care products companies have been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to steal the domain name Verb.com through a UDRP. Verb Product...
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September 9, 2014, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP filed against $19k expired domain Bespoke.com. Is it the former owner?
Valuable domain name expired earlier this year and now faces UDRP. The domain name Bespoke.com expired in May. It went through the entire expiration cycle, making it one of the best domain names to fully expire this year. A bidder at DropCatch.com pa...
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UDRP filed against $19k expired domain Bespoke.com. Is it the former owner?
Valuable domain name expired earlier this year and now faces UDRP. The domain name Bespoke.com expired in May. It went through the entire expiration cycle, making it one of the best domain names to fully expire this year. A bidder at DropCatch.com pa...
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September 9, 2014, 2:17 pm
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iPhone6.com through iPhone28.com are registered, and Apple doesn’t own them.
People have registered every iPhone#.com possible up to iPhone28.com. Apple owned the domain name iPhone5.com when it announced the new device two years ago. It wasn’t the original registrant, but Apple filed a UDRP to get the domain name ahead...
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iPhone6.com through iPhone28.com are registered, and Apple doesn’t own them.
People have registered every iPhone#.com possible up to iPhone28.com. Apple owned the domain name iPhone5.com when it announced the new device two years ago. It wasn’t the original registrant, but Apple filed a UDRP to get the domain name ahead...
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September 9, 2014, 1:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tennessee guitar company moves its website to Guitars.com
Company has owned the domain name since the 90s. Tennessee guitar company Gruhn Guitars has moved its website from Gruhn.com to the valuable domain name Guitars.com. This isn’t a case of a company paying big bucks for a great domain — it&...
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Tennessee guitar company moves its website to Guitars.com
Company has owned the domain name since the 90s. Tennessee guitar company Gruhn Guitars has moved its website from Gruhn.com to the valuable domain name Guitars.com. This isn’t a case of a company paying big bucks for a great domain — it&...
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September 8, 2014, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .London, .Global and more
.London headlines this week’s new top level domain name releases. One of the most-watched TLDs on the docket is launching this week as .London goes into general availability on Tuesday. It will have to compete with Apple for news coverage, but ...
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New TLDs this week: .London, .Global and more
.London headlines this week’s new top level domain name releases. One of the most-watched TLDs on the docket is launching this week as .London goes into general availability on Tuesday. It will have to compete with Apple for news coverage, but ...
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September 8, 2014, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Only use WHOIS services you trust
Few things in life are truly free, including whois data websites. There are a lot of great sites out there for doing whois lookups. DomainTools, for example, has long been a great source to lookup a domain and get extraneous information about the dom...
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Only use WHOIS services you trust
Few things in life are truly free, including whois data websites. There are a lot of great sites out there for doing whois lookups. DomainTools, for example, has long been a great source to lookup a domain and get extraneous information about the dom...
Discussion
September 8, 2014, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Aborted Sedo deal blamed on domain theft in interesting soccer domain name case
Domain theft, a cancelled Sedo sale and Spain’s national soccer league. Liga de Fútbol Profesional, the Spanish soccer league with 42 teams, has lost a UDRP over the domain name LaLiga.com. “La Liga” translates to the diction...
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Aborted Sedo deal blamed on domain theft in interesting soccer domain name case
Domain theft, a cancelled Sedo sale and Spain’s national soccer league. Liga de Fútbol Profesional, the Spanish soccer league with 42 teams, has lost a UDRP over the domain name LaLiga.com. “La Liga” translates to the diction...
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September 8, 2014, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dolly Parton to be .Country pioneer
Celebrated country music singer gets Dolly.country and other domains in pioneer program. .Club got 50 Cent, .Country gets Dolly Parton. The .country domain name, being launched by Minds + Machines in partnership with Uniregistry, announced today that...
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Dolly Parton to be .Country pioneer
Celebrated country music singer gets Dolly.country and other domains in pioneer program. .Club got 50 Cent, .Country gets Dolly Parton. The .country domain name, being launched by Minds + Machines in partnership with Uniregistry, announced today that...
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September 8, 2014, 1:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kellie Peterson promoted to President of DNC Holdings
Peterson promoted from CSO role. A familiar face at domain name conferences has been named president of DNC Holdings. DNC Holdings, which you more likely know by its registrar name Directnic, has promoted Kellie Peterson from the Chief Strategy Offic...
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Kellie Peterson promoted to President of DNC Holdings
Peterson promoted from CSO role. A familiar face at domain name conferences has been named president of DNC Holdings. DNC Holdings, which you more likely know by its registrar name Directnic, has promoted Kellie Peterson from the Chief Strategy Offic...
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September 5, 2014, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain name sales
A social media platform, lighting company and local marketing company buy domain names. Sedo sold 556 domain names last week for a total of $1.2 million. One of the more interesting buys was FLO.co, purchased by the company that uses FindYourFlo.com....
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15 end user domain name sales
A social media platform, lighting company and local marketing company buy domain names. Sedo sold 556 domain names last week for a total of $1.2 million. One of the more interesting buys was FLO.co, purchased by the company that uses FindYourFlo.com....
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September 5, 2014, 2:48 pm
