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DataGenetics’ fascinating look at domain name data
Slicing and dicing domain name data. This in-depth post from DataGenetics is a couple months old, but a reader just sent it to me today. It’s a fascinating look at domain names. Some of the findings help you draw conclusions about the domain ma...
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DataGenetics’ fascinating look at domain name data
Slicing and dicing domain name data. This in-depth post from DataGenetics is a couple months old, but a reader just sent it to me today. It’s a fascinating look at domain names. Some of the findings help you draw conclusions about the domain ma...
Discussion
June 8, 2012, 11:59 am

Domain Name Wire
Economist on Digital Archery: “Frankly, anything is better than this”
Thies Lindenthal finds fault with ICANN’s digital archery. Plenty of people have come out against ICANN’s digital archery plan for new top level domains. Digital archery will determine the batch in which a new TLD application is reviewed ...
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Economist on Digital Archery: “Frankly, anything is better than this”
Thies Lindenthal finds fault with ICANN’s digital archery. Plenty of people have come out against ICANN’s digital archery plan for new top level domains. Digital archery will determine the batch in which a new TLD application is reviewed ...
Discussion
June 8, 2012, 11:38 am

Domain Name Wire
Instrumentation Northwest should ask its lawyer for its money back
It just wasted money filing a frivolous complaint over INW.com. The results are in on Instrumentation Northwest’s case against Nat Cohen’s Telepathy for the domain INW.com. No surprise here. With the help of domain attorney Ari Goldberger...
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Instrumentation Northwest should ask its lawyer for its money back
It just wasted money filing a frivolous complaint over INW.com. The results are in on Instrumentation Northwest’s case against Nat Cohen’s Telepathy for the domain INW.com. No surprise here. With the help of domain attorney Ari Goldberger...
Discussion
June 8, 2012, 11:20 am

Domain Name Wire
5 more experts weigh in: what do new TLDs mean for domainers?
What domainers should think about as the new TLD launch approaches. Yesterday I published the comments of seven domain experts on what they think new TLDs will mean for domainers. Today I’ve rounded up five more experts from various parts of th...
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5 more experts weigh in: what do new TLDs mean for domainers?
What domainers should think about as the new TLD launch approaches. Yesterday I published the comments of seven domain experts on what they think new TLDs will mean for domainers. Today I’ve rounded up five more experts from various parts of th...
Discussion
June 8, 2012, 8:56 am

Domain Name Wire
.XXX up to 137k active registrations, 220k total, and new $630k premium sale
.XXX registry about to announce details of premium sale as registration count continues to grow. The .xxx domain name now has 137,000 active registrations, ICM Registry founder Stuart Lawley told Domain Name Wire today. The latest official ICANN numb...
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.XXX up to 137k active registrations, 220k total, and new $630k premium sale
.XXX registry about to announce details of premium sale as registration count continues to grow. The .xxx domain name now has 137,000 active registrations, ICM Registry founder Stuart Lawley told Domain Name Wire today. The latest official ICANN numb...
Discussion
June 7, 2012, 4:03 pm

Domain Name Wire
Experts weigh in: what do new TLDs mean for domainers?
What should domain investors think about as new TLDs come to market? Companies have submitted close to 2,000 applications to ICANN to run new top level domains covering everything from .app to .zippo. What will this mean for domainers as we watch a f...
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Experts weigh in: what do new TLDs mean for domainers?
What should domain investors think about as new TLDs come to market? Companies have submitted close to 2,000 applications to ICANN to run new top level domains covering everything from .app to .zippo. What will this mean for domainers as we watch a f...
Discussion
June 7, 2012, 12:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
Fate of new TLD order determined by click of a button and location
ICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa… ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD ap...
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Fate of new TLD order determined by click of a button and location
ICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa… ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD ap...
Discussion
June 7, 2012, 10:33 am

Domain Name Wire
Apple wins aplestore.com, its first UDRP victory of the year
Apple wins its first domain arbitration case of the year. Apple has won a dispute over the domain name aplestore.com as a World Intellectual Property Organization panel ordered the domain name transferred to the iPhone maker. The typo of AppleStore.c...
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Apple wins aplestore.com, its first UDRP victory of the year
Apple wins its first domain arbitration case of the year. Apple has won a dispute over the domain name aplestore.com as a World Intellectual Property Organization panel ordered the domain name transferred to the iPhone maker. The typo of AppleStore.c...
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June 7, 2012, 10:03 am

Domain Name Wire
An interesting UDRP decision against a criticism site
Dar Al-Arkan gets a domain, but doesn’t solve its problem. So-called gripe sites, which are critical of a company or person, are handled differently by various UDRP panels. A recent case brought by Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate ...
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An interesting UDRP decision against a criticism site
Dar Al-Arkan gets a domain, but doesn’t solve its problem. So-called gripe sites, which are critical of a company or person, are handled differently by various UDRP panels. A recent case brought by Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate ...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 5:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
Chicago.com applies for dotchicago trademark
…but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for t...
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Chicago.com applies for dotchicago trademark
…but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for t...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 2:04 pm