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NameMedia launches discounted domain marketplace DirectDomains.com
NameMedia tries segmenting the buyer market with new domain sales site. NameMedia has launched a new domain name marketplace dedicated solely to lower cost domains. The marketplace, DirectDomains.com, is targeted to domain name investors. Domain name...
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NameMedia launches discounted domain marketplace DirectDomains.com
NameMedia tries segmenting the buyer market with new domain sales site. NameMedia has launched a new domain name marketplace dedicated solely to lower cost domains. The marketplace, DirectDomains.com, is targeted to domain name investors. Domain name...
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August 6, 2012, 10:13 am

Domain Name Wire
Nat Cohen wins reverse domain name hijacking charge against spa for SHA.com
Spanish spa and wellness center brought UDRP in bad faith. Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended the domain name Sha.com from an attack by Albir Hills Resort, S.A., known as SHA Wellness Clinic. The panel also determined that SHA Well...
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Nat Cohen wins reverse domain name hijacking charge against spa for SHA.com
Spanish spa and wellness center brought UDRP in bad faith. Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended the domain name Sha.com from an attack by Albir Hills Resort, S.A., known as SHA Wellness Clinic. The panel also determined that SHA Well...
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August 3, 2012, 11:47 am

Domain Name Wire
Guy mad about CentralNic domains sues ICANN and Network Solutions
Fun Friday reading. I read a lot of lawsuits involving domain name companies. Occasionally I come across a “pro se” suit, in which the plaintiff doesn’t have legal representation. Nine times out of ten these pro se cases I read invo...
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Guy mad about CentralNic domains sues ICANN and Network Solutions
Fun Friday reading. I read a lot of lawsuits involving domain name companies. Occasionally I come across a “pro se” suit, in which the plaintiff doesn’t have legal representation. Nine times out of ten these pro se cases I read invo...
Discussion
August 3, 2012, 11:10 am

Domain Name Wire
Marchex sells record $3.3 million in domains on Q2
Not much else to smile about in its quarterly report. Marchex just released earnings for its second quarter. Most notable to the domain name industry is that the company had a record quarter for domain name sales — $3.3 million. There’s n...
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Marchex sells record $3.3 million in domains on Q2
Not much else to smile about in its quarterly report. Marchex just released earnings for its second quarter. Most notable to the domain name industry is that the company had a record quarter for domain name sales — $3.3 million. There’s n...
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August 2, 2012, 5:12 pm

Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel orders VS4.com transferred
Three character domain name lost in UDRP. A single member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name VS4.com be transferred to adult entertainment company VS Media, Inc. The company claims trademark rights to the term VS. It also owns the domain names VS...
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UDRP panel orders VS4.com transferred
Three character domain name lost in UDRP. A single member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name VS4.com be transferred to adult entertainment company VS Media, Inc. The company claims trademark rights to the term VS. It also owns the domain names VS...
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August 2, 2012, 1:35 pm

Domain Name Wire
Meet the woman who bought a domain name instead of a house
Business founder spent house deposit on a domain name. I got a kick out of an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today. The story features Posse.com founder Rebekah Campbell. Campbell bought the Posse.com domain name with $28,000 of her savings. &l...
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Meet the woman who bought a domain name instead of a house
Business founder spent house deposit on a domain name. I got a kick out of an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today. The story features Posse.com founder Rebekah Campbell. Campbell bought the Posse.com domain name with $28,000 of her savings. &l...
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August 2, 2012, 12:05 pm

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Top 5 Domain Name Wire posts of July 2012
CEO shuffle, G.me, and oogle.com among the most read stories on DNW last month. July’s big news came in at the end of the month: Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stepping down from the CEO post he took in December. Here’s a quick run down of t...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire posts of July 2012
CEO shuffle, G.me, and oogle.com among the most read stories on DNW last month. July’s big news came in at the end of the month: Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman stepping down from the CEO post he took in December. Here’s a quick run down of t...
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August 2, 2012, 11:18 am

Domain Name Wire
Ari Goldberger gets another UDRP win for Kevin Ham
Vertical Axis can keep Detur.com domain name. Kevin Ham’s Vertical Axis has won a UDRP over the domain name Detur.com with the help of domain name attorney Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The complaint was brought by Detur International B.V., a ...
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Ari Goldberger gets another UDRP win for Kevin Ham
Vertical Axis can keep Detur.com domain name. Kevin Ham’s Vertical Axis has won a UDRP over the domain name Detur.com with the help of domain name attorney Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The complaint was brought by Detur International B.V., a ...
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August 2, 2012, 10:24 am

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Demand Media and Donuts respond to lawyer’s accusations about TLD eligibility
Companies respond to allegations about their eligibility to run top level domain names. This morning I (and a handful of other bloggers) received a copy of a letter written by McCarter & English partner Jeffrey Stoler calling into question Demand...
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Demand Media and Donuts respond to lawyer’s accusations about TLD eligibility
Companies respond to allegations about their eligibility to run top level domain names. This morning I (and a handful of other bloggers) received a copy of a letter written by McCarter & English partner Jeffrey Stoler calling into question Demand...
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August 1, 2012, 4:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
One person submits 467 comments on new top level domain applications
That’s a whole lot of work. If you visit the new top level domain comments site today, you’re going to be doing quite a big of pagination before you see any unique comments. That’s because one person — a trademark manager at S...
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One person submits 467 comments on new top level domain applications
That’s a whole lot of work. If you visit the new top level domain comments site today, you’re going to be doing quite a big of pagination before you see any unique comments. That’s because one person — a trademark manager at S...
Discussion
August 1, 2012, 3:33 pm