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Clearwater Systems Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Case contradicts prior rulings involving the same complainant, but the panelist in the other cases probably got it wrong. Clearwater Systems of Akron, Ohio, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. It’s a decision that might make...
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Clearwater Systems Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Case contradicts prior rulings involving the same complainant, but the panelist in the other cases probably got it wrong. Clearwater Systems of Akron, Ohio, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. It’s a decision that might make...
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September 5, 2014, 1:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Hotel applicants question CPE panel decision
Companies question result of panel decision that eliminated them from competition for .hotel domain name. Six companies that saw their bids for the .hotel domain name die as a result of a Community Priority Evaluation decision in favor of HOTEL Top-L...
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.Hotel applicants question CPE panel decision
Companies question result of panel decision that eliminated them from competition for .hotel domain name. Six companies that saw their bids for the .hotel domain name die as a result of a Community Priority Evaluation decision in favor of HOTEL Top-L...
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September 4, 2014, 9:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Next month: the biggest domain name conference ever
The biggest conference in the history of the domain name industry is taking place next month. This summer’s ICANN meeting in London set an all-time record for a domain name related conference with 3,115 people in attendance. The record is likel...
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Next month: the biggest domain name conference ever
The biggest conference in the history of the domain name industry is taking place next month. This summer’s ICANN meeting in London set an all-time record for a domain name related conference with 3,115 people in attendance. The record is likel...
Discussion
September 4, 2014, 9:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domain report: Mangos, Drones and more
Over 200 expired domain auction prices in this week’s Expired Domain Report. In a parallel universe, I would be typing this article from a Mango computer rather than a breed of Apple. Still, mangos have proliferated on this planet beyond D...
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Expired domain report: Mangos, Drones and more
Over 200 expired domain auction prices in this week’s Expired Domain Report. In a parallel universe, I would be typing this article from a Mango computer rather than a breed of Apple. Still, mangos have proliferated on this planet beyond D...
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September 4, 2014, 3:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from August: 4chan, Google and more
August was a busy month in the domain name industry. Business usually grinds to a halt in August. Families head out on vacation and kids enjoy their last weeks of freedom before heading back to school. But it wasn’t a slow month in the domain n...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from August: 4chan, Google and more
August was a busy month in the domain name industry. Business usually grinds to a halt in August. Families head out on vacation and kids enjoy their last weeks of freedom before heading back to school. But it wasn’t a slow month in the domain n...
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September 4, 2014, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISIS chooses Softcard over Willow and Zoma for new brand
Domain name registrations suggested ISIS considered several new names before settling on Softcard. If you watch the news lately, you think of ISIS as a terrorist group. That’s unfortunate for the global mobile payments service ISIS. So ISIS (th...
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ISIS chooses Softcard over Willow and Zoma for new brand
Domain name registrations suggested ISIS considered several new names before settling on Softcard. If you watch the news lately, you think of ISIS as a terrorist group. That’s unfortunate for the global mobile payments service ISIS. So ISIS (th...
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September 3, 2014, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Grand Funk Railroad wins case for GrandFunk.com
Popular band from the 70s catches up to the 2010′s after winning domain name case. Rock bank Grand Funk Railroad, which was very popular back in the 70s, has won rights to the domain name GrandFunk.com through a UDRP. Even if you’re too y...
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Grand Funk Railroad wins case for GrandFunk.com
Popular band from the 70s catches up to the 2010′s after winning domain name case. Rock bank Grand Funk Railroad, which was very popular back in the 70s, has won rights to the domain name GrandFunk.com through a UDRP. Even if you’re too y...
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September 3, 2014, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Was Daimler the reason for RideScout’s $80k domain name purchase?
A subsidiary of Daimler has acquired RideScout, a company that just paid 60,000 euros for a domain name. Last week I wrote about how RideScout, a company that helps map out the best transportation options for a route, purchased the domain name RideSc...
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Was Daimler the reason for RideScout’s $80k domain name purchase?
A subsidiary of Daimler has acquired RideScout, a company that just paid 60,000 euros for a domain name. Last week I wrote about how RideScout, a company that helps map out the best transportation options for a route, purchased the domain name RideSc...
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September 3, 2014, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
This domain name business switched to a new TLD
A domain name business adopts a .domains domain name. New top level domain name registries have been looking for examples of companies adopting their domain names. They don’t have to look too far: a domain name software company is among those t...
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This domain name business switched to a new TLD
A domain name business adopts a .domains domain name. New top level domain name registries have been looking for examples of companies adopting their domain names. They don’t have to look too far: a domain name software company is among those t...
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September 3, 2014, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed over .email domain names
Yoyo.email files lawsuit after barrage of URS and UDRP complaints. Last month I wrote about Yoyo.email Ltd, a company that has found itself in legal hot water after registering over 4,000 .email domain names. Many of the domain names match well known...
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Lawsuit filed over .email domain names
Yoyo.email files lawsuit after barrage of URS and UDRP complaints. Last month I wrote about Yoyo.email Ltd, a company that has found itself in legal hot water after registering over 4,000 .email domain names. Many of the domain names match well known...
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September 2, 2014, 4:27 pm
