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20 end user domain sales from Sedo
A list of 20 end user domain buys at Sedo last week. Perhaps the most recognizable end user buyer at Sedo last week was Korbel, maker of sparkling wine. But also take a look at click-to-call.com, which shows a whois address at Sedo’s office in ...
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20 end user domain sales from Sedo
A list of 20 end user domain buys at Sedo last week. Perhaps the most recognizable end user buyer at Sedo last week was Korbel, maker of sparkling wine. But also take a look at click-to-call.com, which shows a whois address at Sedo’s office in ...
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May 1, 2013, 4:43 pm

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Go Daddy Auctions sells 39,488 domains in April
Go Daddy Auctions sold close to 40,000 domains last month. Go Daddy has updated its Domain Market Report to reflect April numbers. In total, Go Daddy Auctions sold 39,488 domains during the month. This number is typically revised up after the initial...
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 39,488 domains in April
Go Daddy Auctions sold close to 40,000 domains last month. Go Daddy has updated its Domain Market Report to reflect April numbers. In total, Go Daddy Auctions sold 39,488 domains during the month. This number is typically revised up after the initial...
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May 1, 2013, 3:10 pm

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Sex-settlement: Manwin and ICM Registry come to terms
Deal settles antitrust lawsuit and countersuit between adult site operator and .xxx domain registry. .XXX domain name registry ICM Registry and adult site operator Manwin have settled their legal battle, the companies announced today. As part of the ...
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Sex-settlement: Manwin and ICM Registry come to terms
Deal settles antitrust lawsuit and countersuit between adult site operator and .xxx domain registry. .XXX domain name registry ICM Registry and adult site operator Manwin have settled their legal battle, the companies announced today. As part of the ...
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May 1, 2013, 12:00 pm

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Law firm sues company for sending deceptive trademark renewal notices
Law firm sues to stop company that it alleges sends misleading trademark notices. Domain name owners often receive official looking notices by snail mail warning them that their domains are about to expire and asking them to renew. Often times these ...
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Law firm sues company for sending deceptive trademark renewal notices
Law firm sues to stop company that it alleges sends misleading trademark notices. Domain name owners often receive official looking notices by snail mail warning them that their domains are about to expire and asking them to renew. Often times these ...
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May 1, 2013, 11:45 am

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Slow learners: The Snugg is about to lose its 2nd UDRP
Company files case against Roy Messer’s Snug.com. Some people just don’t get it. Consider Charon International Trading Limited, makers of The Snugg iPad cases. The company owns TheSnugg.com, and desperately wants a shorter domain. So in F...
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Slow learners: The Snugg is about to lose its 2nd UDRP
Company files case against Roy Messer’s Snug.com. Some people just don’t get it. Consider Charon International Trading Limited, makers of The Snugg iPad cases. The company owns TheSnugg.com, and desperately wants a shorter domain. So in F...
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May 1, 2013, 9:51 am

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Verisign gets patent for triggering web crawling based on registry data
.Com registry awarded patent for using registry data to trigger web crawling. With Verisign analyzing how to profit from its patent portfolio, competitors should pay close attention to the company’s new patents. Today Verisign was awarded U.S. ...
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Verisign gets patent for triggering web crawling based on registry data
.Com registry awarded patent for using registry data to trigger web crawling. With Verisign analyzing how to profit from its patent portfolio, competitors should pay close attention to the company’s new patents. Today Verisign was awarded U.S. ...
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April 30, 2013, 12:14 pm

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pair Networks sues PairShare for trademark infringement
pair Networks takes issue with music app called PairShare. Web hosting company pair Networks has sued Pairshare, LLC for trademark infringement. PairShare offers an app that lets people share music between iPhones, iPods, and iPads via bluetooth. In ...
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pair Networks sues PairShare for trademark infringement
pair Networks takes issue with music app called PairShare. Web hosting company pair Networks has sued Pairshare, LLC for trademark infringement. PairShare offers an app that lets people share music between iPhones, iPods, and iPads via bluetooth. In ...
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April 30, 2013, 11:04 am

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Top Level Domain Holdings releases financials through December
TLDH releases annual report and earnings. Top Level Domain Holdings, the only publicly traded pure-play top level domain applicant, today released its annual report and audited financials for the fourteen month period ending December 2012 (pdf). The ...
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Top Level Domain Holdings releases financials through December
TLDH releases annual report and earnings. Top Level Domain Holdings, the only publicly traded pure-play top level domain applicant, today released its annual report and audited financials for the fourteen month period ending December 2012 (pdf). The ...
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April 30, 2013, 9:30 am

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7 end users who bought domains from Marchex last quarter
P&G, TomTom among companies that sprung for big ticket domains last quarter. Earlier today Marchex posted its top 20 domain sales for last quarter (sans price tags). As with the company’s prior list of top 500 all time domain sales, the sal...
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7 end users who bought domains from Marchex last quarter
P&G, TomTom among companies that sprung for big ticket domains last quarter. Earlier today Marchex posted its top 20 domain sales for last quarter (sans price tags). As with the company’s prior list of top 500 all time domain sales, the sal...
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April 29, 2013, 3:20 pm

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After being found guilty of RDNH, Procter & Gamble pays up for Swash.com
P&G buys Swash.com after embarrassing legal approach. Last month Procter & Gamble became one of the largest companies to be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after losing a domain dispute for Swash.com. Among the company’s m...
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After being found guilty of RDNH, Procter & Gamble pays up for Swash.com
P&G buys Swash.com after embarrassing legal approach. Last month Procter & Gamble became one of the largest companies to be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after losing a domain dispute for Swash.com. Among the company’s m...
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April 29, 2013, 9:51 am