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Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain Registered in 2002
This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner.com by SMART PLANNER SUITE, LLC of Newton Massachusetts for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. §...
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Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain Registered in 2002
This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner.com by SMART PLANNER SUITE, LLC of Newton Massachusetts for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. §...
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August 5, 2014, 8:27 pm

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GCA.com buyer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı
GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is Gürallar Yapı a Turkish real estate developer out of Istanbul. The domain currentl...
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GCA.com buyer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı
GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is Gürallar Yapı a Turkish real estate developer out of Istanbul. The domain currentl...
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August 5, 2014, 6:50 pm

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Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million, Arrest 100
According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over 100 suspects. “The scam company, with over 130 employees, markets itself as a subsid...
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Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million, Arrest 100
According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over 100 suspects. “The scam company, with over 130 employees, markets itself as a subsid...
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August 5, 2014, 5:26 pm

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15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012
The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in 2012 The domain owner was Netico, Inc. of California registered the domain back on March 2...
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15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012
The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in 2012 The domain owner was Netico, Inc. of California registered the domain back on March 2...
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August 5, 2014, 1:58 pm

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Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July
Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or more for the month of July. All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com at $36.100 and Gains.com for $25,500 bigdeals.com $36,100.00 gains.com $25,500.00 pnn.com $23...
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Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July
Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or more for the month of July. All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com at $36.100 and Gains.com for $25,500 bigdeals.com $36,100.00 gains.com $25,500.00 pnn.com $23...
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August 5, 2014, 1:50 pm

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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com
Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back ...
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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com
Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back ...
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August 5, 2014, 1:28 pm

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Inside the BTC.com Sale With Mike Robertson of Domain Guardians
We are talking today with Mike Robertson of Fabulous.com fame and Co – Founder along with Jen Sale of Domain Guardians. Domain Guardians successfully brokered the name BTC.com for seven figures, He was kind enough to give us a few minutes on ju...
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Inside the BTC.com Sale With Mike Robertson of Domain Guardians
We are talking today with Mike Robertson of Fabulous.com fame and Co – Founder along with Jen Sale of Domain Guardians. Domain Guardians successfully brokered the name BTC.com for seven figures, He was kind enough to give us a few minutes on ju...
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August 5, 2014, 12:44 pm

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Rightside Names Board Of Directors
Rightside Group, Ltd., (NAME) today announced through a press release the members of its board of directors and executive management team following the completion of Rightside’s spin-off from Demand Media, Inc.® on August 1, 2014. I R...
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Rightside Names Board Of Directors
Rightside Group, Ltd., (NAME) today announced through a press release the members of its board of directors and executive management team following the completion of Rightside’s spin-off from Demand Media, Inc.® on August 1, 2014. I R...
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August 5, 2014, 12:32 pm

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Virtual Reality Could be the next big thing in Advertising
Cotton Delo published an article on Ad Age that looked at Virtual Reality and its role in advertising. Virtual Reality got a big boost with Facebook purchasing Oculus Rift, the deal closed a couple weeks ago and for a good read on the deal chec...
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Virtual Reality Could be the next big thing in Advertising
Cotton Delo published an article on Ad Age that looked at Virtual Reality and its role in advertising. Virtual Reality got a big boost with Facebook purchasing Oculus Rift, the deal closed a couple weeks ago and for a good read on the deal chec...
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August 4, 2014, 10:48 pm

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Gannett Co. (GCI), owner of USA Today, agrees to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com It Doesn’t Own
According to Bloomberg.com, Gannett Co. (GCI), the owner of USA Today, agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com that it doesn’t already own already Gannett, which already owns about 27%of Cars.com, values the whole business at a...
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Gannett Co. (GCI), owner of USA Today, agrees to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com It Doesn’t Own
According to Bloomberg.com, Gannett Co. (GCI), the owner of USA Today, agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com that it doesn’t already own already Gannett, which already owns about 27%of Cars.com, values the whole business at a...
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August 4, 2014, 9:52 pm