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Spotted: Four letter .com license plate in Texas
At least two .com license plates exist in Austin. I recently got a DNW.COM license plate thanks to Texas now allowing dots on license plates. This past weekend I was leaving a parking lot when I spied this: Yep, that’s a four character .com lic...
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Spotted: Four letter .com license plate in Texas
At least two .com license plates exist in Austin. I recently got a DNW.COM license plate thanks to Texas now allowing dots on license plates. This past weekend I was leaving a parking lot when I spied this: Yep, that’s a four character .com lic...
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September 4, 2012, 5:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions sells 31,481 domains in August
TeachingJobs.com heads list of domain name sales. The monthly Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report is out, and the headline number is 31,481 domain names sold during August. That’s lower than July’s 33,373 domains. The top sale for Augu...
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 31,481 domains in August
TeachingJobs.com heads list of domain name sales. The monthly Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report is out, and the headline number is 31,481 domain names sold during August. That’s lower than July’s 33,373 domains. The top sale for Augu...
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September 4, 2012, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Formula 1 team woos cybersquatter, then files complaint
After lavishing gifts on cybersquatter, Formula 1 team has a change of heart. With Formula 1 coming to Austin in just two months, I was interested to see this UDRP brought by a Formula 1 team. Force India Formula One Team Limited, which is strangely ...
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Formula 1 team woos cybersquatter, then files complaint
After lavishing gifts on cybersquatter, Formula 1 team has a change of heart. With Formula 1 coming to Austin in just two months, I was interested to see this UDRP brought by a Formula 1 team. Force India Formula One Team Limited, which is strangely ...
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September 4, 2012, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Penn State belatedly registers domains for “Faces of Penn State” campaign
Penn State registers domain name for sensitive PR campaign…after news of the campaign already hit the press. If you’re a PR firm releasing a very sensitive campaign for a client, you better make sure to register the appropriate domain na...
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Penn State belatedly registers domains for “Faces of Penn State” campaign
Penn State registers domain name for sensitive PR campaign…after news of the campaign already hit the press. If you’re a PR firm releasing a very sensitive campaign for a client, you better make sure to register the appropriate domain na...
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September 4, 2012, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Macth.com owner sues Match.com and CitizenHawk after losing UDRP
Domain owner files complaint to halt transfer of domain name after losing UDRP. The owner of Macth.com has sued online dating company Match.com and domain name recovery firm CitizenHawk after losing a UDRP for her domain name. In a complaint filed in...
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Macth.com owner sues Match.com and CitizenHawk after losing UDRP
Domain owner files complaint to halt transfer of domain name after losing UDRP. The owner of Macth.com has sued online dating company Match.com and domain name recovery firm CitizenHawk after losing a UDRP for her domain name. In a complaint filed in...
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August 31, 2012, 11:15 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP cybersquatting complaints increase in first half of 2012
Two largest UDRP services saw increased activity in first half of the year. The number of cybersquatting complaints filed in the first half of 2012 was up 9% compared to the first half of 2011. That’s according to data provided by World Intelle...
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UDRP cybersquatting complaints increase in first half of 2012
Two largest UDRP services saw increased activity in first half of the year. The number of cybersquatting complaints filed in the first half of 2012 was up 9% compared to the first half of 2011. That’s according to data provided by World Intelle...
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August 30, 2012, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Where do most cybersquatters live?
A lot in the U.S. and China, but there are some important caveats. World Intellectual Property Organization, unlike its big peer, publishes robust statistics about the UDRP cases it hears. One of the more interesting stats is the location of responde...
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Where do most cybersquatters live?
A lot in the U.S. and China, but there are some important caveats. World Intellectual Property Organization, unlike its big peer, publishes robust statistics about the UDRP cases it hears. One of the more interesting stats is the location of responde...
Discussion
August 30, 2012, 10:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Do automated appraisals work?
Sometimes, but there are notable limits. It’s one of the great debates in the domain name industry: do automated domain name appraisals work? Are any domain appraisals (even from humans) accurate? I thought about this again today as I put toget...
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Do automated appraisals work?
Sometimes, but there are notable limits. It’s one of the great debates in the domain name industry: do automated domain name appraisals work? Are any domain appraisals (even from humans) accurate? I thought about this again today as I put toget...
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August 29, 2012, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
19 smart end user domain buys from the past week
From governments to app developers, here are 19 end users that bought domain names over the past week. I’ve nineteen end user sales on the list this week. Enjoy. Afternic Direct response marketing company Ontel Products Corporation bought Sound...
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19 smart end user domain buys from the past week
From governments to app developers, here are 19 end users that bought domain names over the past week. I’ve nineteen end user sales on the list this week. Enjoy. Afternic Direct response marketing company Ontel Products Corporation bought Sound...
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August 29, 2012, 11:05 am
Domain Name Wire
Rising Star AG forgets to renew RisingStar.com, files UDRP 2 years later (and loses)
Rising star or a falling star? Here’s an interesting UDRP over a great generic domain name, RisingStar.com. Investment company Rising Star AG, which owns RisingStar.ch, bought the domain name RisingStar.com for $5,000 in 2006. It forgot to rene...
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Rising Star AG forgets to renew RisingStar.com, files UDRP 2 years later (and loses)
Rising star or a falling star? Here’s an interesting UDRP over a great generic domain name, RisingStar.com. Investment company Rising Star AG, which owns RisingStar.ch, bought the domain name RisingStar.com for $5,000 in 2006. It forgot to rene...
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August 29, 2012, 9:36 am
