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Check out what this company did with its .Co domain name
It’s not .com. Every once in a while I see a .co domain name around town. One of my favorites is mow.co, which is used by a local lawn mowing service. I was flipping through the Angie’s List magazine last night and saw an ad for a local w...
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Check out what this company did with its .Co domain name
It’s not .com. Every once in a while I see a .co domain name around town. One of my favorites is mow.co, which is used by a local lawn mowing service. I was flipping through the Angie’s List magazine last night and saw an ad for a local w...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club holds winter domain name auction on Sedo
New TLD to hold auction during its sunrise period. New top level domain name .club is holding its first domain name auction on Sedo. The auction features “winter sports” domain names (really it’s Olympic themed, but there are tradem...
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.Club holds winter domain name auction on Sedo
New TLD to hold auction during its sunrise period. New top level domain name .club is holding its first domain name auction on Sedo. The auction features “winter sports” domain names (really it’s Olympic themed, but there are tradem...
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February 11, 2014, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
New top level domain name lawsuit dismissed but leaves door open for ACPA for TLDs
Judge grants motion to dismiss top level domain dispute. A federal district judge has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit brought by Del Monte International against Del Monte Corporation over the top level domain name .delmonte. In doing so, the court also lef...
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New top level domain name lawsuit dismissed but leaves door open for ACPA for TLDs
Judge grants motion to dismiss top level domain dispute. A federal district judge has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit brought by Del Monte International against Del Monte Corporation over the top level domain name .delmonte. In doing so, the court also lef...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reminder: the top level domain name matters in a UDRP
Panels will not always ignore the top level domain name in UDRP cases. With niche top level domain names like .clothing and .plumbing now on the market, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about UDRP and whether the top level domain nam...
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Reminder: the top level domain name matters in a UDRP
Panels will not always ignore the top level domain name in UDRP cases. With niche top level domain names like .clothing and .plumbing now on the market, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about UDRP and whether the top level domain nam...
Discussion
February 11, 2014, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
How common words like Pizza, Money, and Shopping ended up in the Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs
The Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs is giving some people first dibs on domains like realestate.guru and pizza.restaurant. The .info domain name got seriously gamed when it had its trademark sunrise period in 2001. There was no pre-verification ...
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How common words like Pizza, Money, and Shopping ended up in the Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs
The Trademark Clearinghouse for new TLDs is giving some people first dibs on domains like realestate.guru and pizza.restaurant. The .info domain name got seriously gamed when it had its trademark sunrise period in 2001. There was no pre-verification ...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 8:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yes, one letter domain names might be worth less than $1,000
Supply and demand and new TLDs…what once was scarce is no longer. Over the weekend there was quite a hubbub over at DomainInvesting.com about the availability of single letter domain names in new top level domain names. In short: they are avai...
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Yes, one letter domain names might be worth less than $1,000
Supply and demand and new TLDs…what once was scarce is no longer. Over the weekend there was quite a hubbub over at DomainInvesting.com about the availability of single letter domain names in new top level domain names. In short: they are avai...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside Registry offers its own Domain Protected Marks List
Service for blocking trademark domain names is very similar to Donuts’. Rightside Registry announced its own version of the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML) service last week. With the service, trademark owners can block their marks from bein...
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Rightside Registry offers its own Domain Protected Marks List
Service for blocking trademark domain names is very similar to Donuts’. Rightside Registry announced its own version of the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML) service last week. With the service, trademark owners can block their marks from bein...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company uses UDRP to go after dead man’s domain name
French publication files publication to try to get domain name from deceased man. Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, a news publication, has lost a UDRP it filed against a dead man. The group filed the UDRP against the domain name...
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Company uses UDRP to go after dead man’s domain name
French publication files publication to try to get domain name from deceased man. Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, a news publication, has lost a UDRP it filed against a dead man. The group filed the UDRP against the domain name...
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February 10, 2014, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Universal Postal Union loses objections to .mail top level domain name
Group that runs .post fails to end bids for .mail top level domain name. The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has lost community objections against five applications for the .mail top level domain name. UPU filed objections against all five active applic...
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Universal Postal Union loses objections to .mail top level domain name
Group that runs .post fails to end bids for .mail top level domain name. The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has lost community objections against five applications for the .mail top level domain name. UPU filed objections against all five active applic...
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February 10, 2014, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Microsoft, Allstate, and others bought
Big companies made domain name purchases last week. Microsoft and Allstate were among the end users that bought domain names that were reported on Sedo’s sales list last week. Here are some of the end user sales. (You can see previous end user ...
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What domain names Microsoft, Allstate, and others bought
Big companies made domain name purchases last week. Microsoft and Allstate were among the end users that bought domain names that were reported on Sedo’s sales list last week. Here are some of the end user sales. (You can see previous end user ...
Discussion
February 10, 2014, 2:30 pm
