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The Domains
Did NamesCon Buy DomainFest.com?
I was going through the schedule for the Namescon conference taking place in January 2015 at Las Vegas and found this session: Sunday, January 11 • 10:00am – 10:15am (which is the 1st day of NameCon) “Welcome to DomainFest @NamesCon!...
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Did NamesCon Buy DomainFest.com?
I was going through the schedule for the Namescon conference taking place in January 2015 at Las Vegas and found this session: Sunday, January 11 • 10:00am – 10:15am (which is the 1st day of NameCon) “Welcome to DomainFest @NamesCon!...
Discussion
December 15, 2014, 9:53 pm
The Domains
ICANN Denies Allegation That New gTLD Have Widespread Phishing & Malware Sites
According to a company blog post out today, by brand protection company CSC, citing Amy Mushahwar, counsel and Chief Information Security Officer at Washington, D.C. law firm ZwillGen PLLC, says: “New domains (new gTLD’s) are being regist...
Discussion
ICANN Denies Allegation That New gTLD Have Widespread Phishing & Malware Sites
According to a company blog post out today, by brand protection company CSC, citing Amy Mushahwar, counsel and Chief Information Security Officer at Washington, D.C. law firm ZwillGen PLLC, says: “New domains (new gTLD’s) are being regist...
Discussion
December 15, 2014, 7:08 pm
The Domains
Guess I Was Wrong There Is A Lot Of Cybersquatting Going On In The New gTLD’s: 15X As Much?
Well it seems as the trademark lobby predicted there isa lot of cybersquatting going on in the new gTLD space, a lot more than I thought we would ever see. I was one who thought there would be a negligible amount of trademark infringing domain names ...
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Guess I Was Wrong There Is A Lot Of Cybersquatting Going On In The New gTLD’s: 15X As Much?
Well it seems as the trademark lobby predicted there isa lot of cybersquatting going on in the new gTLD space, a lot more than I thought we would ever see. I was one who thought there would be a negligible amount of trademark infringing domain names ...
Discussion
December 15, 2014, 4:14 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Gives EasyGroup Rights To The Word “Easy”? Awards Domain It Let Expire In 2009
A one member UDRP panel, of William R. Towns seemingly granted EasyGroup Limited of London, the right to all domain names that start with the word “easy” that the company has or will trademark in the future. EasyGroup is the owner of a Co...
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UDRP Panel Gives EasyGroup Rights To The Word “Easy”? Awards Domain It Let Expire In 2009
A one member UDRP panel, of William R. Towns seemingly granted EasyGroup Limited of London, the right to all domain names that start with the word “easy” that the company has or will trademark in the future. EasyGroup is the owner of a Co...
Discussion
December 15, 2014, 2:54 pm
The Domains
Monster.com (Jobs) Beats out Monster, Inc. (High End Audio Co.) For The gTLD .Monster
Monster.com, (NYSE:MWW), the job site has beaten out Monster, Inc. the company that makes high end audio cables and other equipment for the new gTLD .Monster. The contension set was scheuled to do to the ICANN last resort auction next week but ...
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Monster.com (Jobs) Beats out Monster, Inc. (High End Audio Co.) For The gTLD .Monster
Monster.com, (NYSE:MWW), the job site has beaten out Monster, Inc. the company that makes high end audio cables and other equipment for the new gTLD .Monster. The contension set was scheuled to do to the ICANN last resort auction next week but ...
Discussion
December 13, 2014, 5:04 pm
The Domains
After 7 Years, This Is Where Thedomains.com Has Been & Where it’s Going
Our first post was made on December 4th, 2007 so amazingly enough we have been hard at work over here at thedomains.com for 7 years. I have no idea where the time has gone, but it went, and a lot of it. We have published over 7,700 posts and just und...
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After 7 Years, This Is Where Thedomains.com Has Been & Where it’s Going
Our first post was made on December 4th, 2007 so amazingly enough we have been hard at work over here at thedomains.com for 7 years. I have no idea where the time has gone, but it went, and a lot of it. We have published over 7,700 posts and just und...
Discussion
December 12, 2014, 5:19 pm
The Domains
Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Ever: Asia Charts Of Singapore Guilty & 1st For Asian UDRP Provider
The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (Kuala Lumpur Office) has returned what we believe is that providers first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling on the domain name AsiaCharts.com, and its on the exact type of case that we have been com...
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Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Ever: Asia Charts Of Singapore Guilty & 1st For Asian UDRP Provider
The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (Kuala Lumpur Office) has returned what we believe is that providers first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling on the domain name AsiaCharts.com, and its on the exact type of case that we have been com...
Discussion
December 12, 2014, 3:38 pm
The Domains
It’s Go Buddy Time: Say Hello To The Star Of Godaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial “Buddy”
As any frequent reader to TheDomains.com knows, there isn’t many things I love more than Dogs so I’m really looking forward to this years Godaddy Super Bo...
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It’s Go Buddy Time: Say Hello To The Star Of Godaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial “Buddy”
As any frequent reader to TheDomains.com knows, there isn’t many things I love more than Dogs so I’m really looking forward to this years Godaddy Super Bo...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 8:17 pm
The Domains
New Poll Says 25% Think Organic Co. Should Have .Organic Domain: But Only 396 Have Been Registered
.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of a poll in which “nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reli...
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New Poll Says 25% Think Organic Co. Should Have .Organic Domain: But Only 396 Have Been Registered
.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of a poll in which “nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reli...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 4:04 pm
The Domains
16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not the Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate
TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (“ADNDRC”). Some of the language in the decision is ...
Discussion
16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not the Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate
TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (“ADNDRC”). Some of the language in the decision is ...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 3:08 pm
