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Company loses UDRP against 20-year-old-domain, but maybe is shouldn’t have.
Panel believes registrant registered domain name over 20 years ago. It didn’t. German company Softway AG has lost a UDRP it filed against the 20-year-old domain name Softway.com. On the surface it appears to be a particularly egregious case. Al...
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Company loses UDRP against 20-year-old-domain, but maybe is shouldn’t have.
Panel believes registrant registered domain name over 20 years ago. It didn’t. German company Softway AG has lost a UDRP it filed against the 20-year-old domain name Softway.com. On the surface it appears to be a particularly egregious case. Al...
Discussion
May 7, 2014, 12:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Survey: domain name sales, marketplaces, and brokers
Will domain values go up? Survey says… This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked a number of questions about how people use domain name marketplaces and brokers. Domain Marketplaces The majority of survey-takers use only one or two domai...
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Survey: domain name sales, marketplaces, and brokers
Will domain values go up? Survey says… This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked a number of questions about how people use domain name marketplaces and brokers. Domain Marketplaces The majority of survey-takers use only one or two domai...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is .expert the next “big” top level domain name?
.Expert is in the same category as .guru. How will the two compare? .Guru continues to lead the new top level domain name charts in terms of number of domain names registered. It currently has about 55,000 registrations and gets hundreds of additiona...
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Is .expert the next “big” top level domain name?
.Expert is in the same category as .guru. How will the two compare? .Guru continues to lead the new top level domain name charts in terms of number of domain names registered. It currently has about 55,000 registrations and gets hundreds of additiona...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Shutterstock worried about a boycott?
Company registers boycott-related domain names. What is stock photo company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) so worried about? The company recently made a number of defensive domain name registrations related to boycotts and three of its brands. All of the ...
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Is Shutterstock worried about a boycott?
Company registers boycott-related domain names. What is stock photo company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) so worried about? The company recently made a number of defensive domain name registrations related to boycotts and three of its brands. All of the ...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
My thoughts on last month’s NameJet domain sales
Some great deals and some questionable purchases. NameJet just released a list of sales over $2,000 from April. Here are my thoughts on some of them…the last one being the most interesting. Certifications.com $17,100 – I like this domain...
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My thoughts on last month’s NameJet domain sales
Some great deals and some questionable purchases. NameJet just released a list of sales over $2,000 from April. Here are my thoughts on some of them…the last one being the most interesting. Certifications.com $17,100 – I like this domain...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain name sales from Sedo
A motorcycle parts company, real estate firm and lawyer make domain name purchases. Sedo’s most recent sales week had $1.1 million worth of domain name sales. Here are some that I identified as “end user” domain name sales. You may ...
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13 end user domain name sales from Sedo
A motorcycle parts company, real estate firm and lawyer make domain name purchases. Sedo’s most recent sales week had $1.1 million worth of domain name sales. Here are some that I identified as “end user” domain name sales. You may ...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Qwalify does’t qualify for transfer in Qualify.com domain name dispute
Panel says Qualify.com wasn’t registered in bad faith to take advantage of Qwalify, Inc. Greg Ricks has successfully defended his third UDRP dispute in under a month. Ricks previously defended JustBelieve.com and Massy.com, and today WIPO issue...
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Qwalify does’t qualify for transfer in Qualify.com domain name dispute
Panel says Qualify.com wasn’t registered in bad faith to take advantage of Qwalify, Inc. Greg Ricks has successfully defended his third UDRP dispute in under a month. Ricks previously defended JustBelieve.com and Massy.com, and today WIPO issue...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from April
April was a notable month in the domain name industry. April showers bring May flowers. Or so they say. Unfortunately, not in Austin this year. The drought continues. But it rained lots of stories in the domain industry last month: a big acquisition,...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from April
April was a notable month in the domain name industry. April showers bring May flowers. Or so they say. Unfortunately, not in Austin this year. The drought continues. But it rained lots of stories in the domain industry last month: a big acquisition,...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Rich still not getting rich
More domains registered…by the registry’s executive director. Last month I wrote about the .rich top level domain name, which had a mere 22 domain names in its zone file. (It was actually just 21 because I counted a registry domain.) Aft...
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.Rich still not getting rich
More domains registered…by the registry’s executive director. Last month I wrote about the .rich top level domain name, which had a mere 22 domain names in its zone file. (It was actually just 21 because I counted a registry domain.) Aft...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Medicare.com domain name sells for $4.8 million
A huge domain name sale: Medicare.com sells for $4.8 million. eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. has acquired the domain name Medicare.com for $4.8 million. On the company’s investor conference call yesterday the company said it paid $4.5 million ...
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Medicare.com domain name sells for $4.8 million
A huge domain name sale: Medicare.com sells for $4.8 million. eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. has acquired the domain name Medicare.com for $4.8 million. On the company’s investor conference call yesterday the company said it paid $4.5 million ...
Discussion
May 2, 2014, 5:50 pm
