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Right of the Dot posts response to private TLD auction antitrust claims
Company says private auctions do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law. Last month new TLD applicant Uniregistry published a press release that announced it would not participate in private auctions for new TLDs due to anti-trust concerns. It ...
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Right of the Dot posts response to private TLD auction antitrust claims
Company says private auctions do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law. Last month new TLD applicant Uniregistry published a press release that announced it would not participate in private auctions for new TLDs due to anti-trust concerns. It ...
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April 4, 2013, 10:30 am
Domain Name Wire
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
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Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:39 am
Domain Name Wire
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
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U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
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April 4, 2013, 9:22 am
Domain Name Wire
34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
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34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
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April 3, 2013, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
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Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
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April 3, 2013, 11:28 am
Domain Name Wire
The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
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The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 10:48 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought last week
Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood...
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What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought last week
Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood...
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April 3, 2013, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Tracy Morgan wins domain name dispute
Comedian Tracy Morgan can now tell jokes at TracyMorgan.com. Comedian Tracy Morgan laughs about a lot of stuff, but not about how he didn’t own the domain TracyMorgan.com. In January I wrote about how the 30 Rock star had filed a UDRP against t...
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Tracy Morgan wins domain name dispute
Comedian Tracy Morgan can now tell jokes at TracyMorgan.com. Comedian Tracy Morgan laughs about a lot of stuff, but not about how he didn’t own the domain TracyMorgan.com. In January I wrote about how the 30 Rock star had filed a UDRP against t...
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April 2, 2013, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Network Solutions gets a continuation patent on URL forwarding
Patent issued today covers forwarding one domain name to another. Domain forwarding, a.k.a. URL forwarding. Every domain registrar offers it, and most give it away for free to their customers. Type in DNW.com and get forwarded to DomainNameWire.com. ...
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Network Solutions gets a continuation patent on URL forwarding
Patent issued today covers forwarding one domain name to another. Domain forwarding, a.k.a. URL forwarding. Every domain registrar offers it, and most give it away for free to their customers. Type in DNW.com and get forwarded to DomainNameWire.com. ...
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April 2, 2013, 11:30 am
Domain Name Wire
TechCrunch fights to take down copycat blog
TechCrunch demands NewTechCrunch.com domain; site owner tries to rebrand. TechCrunch’s parent company AOL has filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum to take down the copycat blog NewTechCrunch.com. As of right now, NewTechCrunch.com ...
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TechCrunch fights to take down copycat blog
TechCrunch demands NewTechCrunch.com domain; site owner tries to rebrand. TechCrunch’s parent company AOL has filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum to take down the copycat blog NewTechCrunch.com. As of right now, NewTechCrunch.com ...
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April 2, 2013, 10:53 am
