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TMCH Has Plenty Of “Trademarks” of Generic Words
In attempting to pre-order some new gTLD’s I have had to review trademarks filed with the Mark: hosting Jurisdiction: Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) Goods: Rubber, guttapercha, gummi, asbest, mica en hieruit vervaardigde produc...
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TMCH Has Plenty Of “Trademarks” of Generic Words
In attempting to pre-order some new gTLD’s I have had to review trademarks filed with the Mark: hosting Jurisdiction: Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) Goods: Rubber, guttapercha, gummi, asbest, mica en hieruit vervaardigde produc...
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March 22, 2014, 3:08 pm
The Domains
German Discount Clothing Company Spends 178,500 Euros to Upgrade to KiK.de
German discount clothing company KiK Textilien which operates at Kik-Textilien.de and .com has stepped up the quality of their domain name and purchased Kik.de for 178,500 Euros ($246,223) The domain did belong to another German company KiK Computer...
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German Discount Clothing Company Spends 178,500 Euros to Upgrade to KiK.de
German discount clothing company KiK Textilien which operates at Kik-Textilien.de and .com has stepped up the quality of their domain name and purchased Kik.de for 178,500 Euros ($246,223) The domain did belong to another German company KiK Computer...
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March 22, 2014, 5:58 am
The Domains
Apple, Yahoo and Google All Reserve The Right To Read Your Email
So there was a story out this week that Microsoft had read the emails of a French blogger who had received code from a former Microsoft employee, the employee has been arrested in Seattle, accused of leaking Windows 8 to the tech blogger. The blogger...
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Apple, Yahoo and Google All Reserve The Right To Read Your Email
So there was a story out this week that Microsoft had read the emails of a French blogger who had received code from a former Microsoft employee, the employee has been arrested in Seattle, accused of leaking Windows 8 to the tech blogger. The blogger...
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March 21, 2014, 8:15 pm
The Domains
Top Level Domain Holdings Starts Trading Under Minds + Machines Today
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (“TLDH”) has officially changed its name to and started trading today under Minds + Machines Group Limited From today, the Company’s shares will trade uwith the EPIC ticker symbol, MMX. Fred Krueger...
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Top Level Domain Holdings Starts Trading Under Minds + Machines Today
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (“TLDH”) has officially changed its name to and started trading today under Minds + Machines Group Limited From today, the Company’s shares will trade uwith the EPIC ticker symbol, MMX. Fred Krueger...
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March 21, 2014, 1:54 pm
The Domains
Sedo Macau Auction Sells $25,388 in Chinese New gTLDs
In what was an interesting way to follow an auction, Sedo concluded their Macau auction this morning and they were updating people on Twitter as the auction ran. They actually set up a Twitter handle for the auction, @twitter.com/macauauction T...
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Sedo Macau Auction Sells $25,388 in Chinese New gTLDs
In what was an interesting way to follow an auction, Sedo concluded their Macau auction this morning and they were updating people on Twitter as the auction ran. They actually set up a Twitter handle for the auction, @twitter.com/macauauction T...
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March 21, 2014, 9:32 am
The Domains
Mt. Gox May Have Found 200,000 Bitcoins
There was a report out last night that bankrupt Bicoin exchange Mt. Gox may have found 200,000 Bitcoins in a forgotten wallet. Pete Rizzo of Coindesk wrote: A new report suggests that Mt. Gox, the now-bankrupt Japan-based exchange said to have lost ...
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Mt. Gox May Have Found 200,000 Bitcoins
There was a report out last night that bankrupt Bicoin exchange Mt. Gox may have found 200,000 Bitcoins in a forgotten wallet. Pete Rizzo of Coindesk wrote: A new report suggests that Mt. Gox, the now-bankrupt Japan-based exchange said to have lost ...
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March 21, 2014, 9:01 am
The Domains
ICANN: Important Corrections To Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement
ICANN in a blog post today, entitled Important Corrections to General Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement and IANA Functions tries to quite the outrage coming from many in the domain community and Congress. Here is some of the...
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ICANN: Important Corrections To Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement
ICANN in a blog post today, entitled Important Corrections to General Inaccuracies and Misconceptions Regarding U.S. Announcement and IANA Functions tries to quite the outrage coming from many in the domain community and Congress. Here is some of the...
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March 21, 2014, 4:55 am
The Domains
Stock Analysis firm Trefis On Verisign: Risk Is ccTLD’s; Doesn’t Mention new gTLD’s
Stock Analysis firm Trefis had some interesting comments on Verisign in a note entitled “Drop In Verisign Shares Highlights Risks Associated With Domain Business” The note went on to say that the biggest risk to the Verisign business is g...
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Stock Analysis firm Trefis On Verisign: Risk Is ccTLD’s; Doesn’t Mention new gTLD’s
Stock Analysis firm Trefis had some interesting comments on Verisign in a note entitled “Drop In Verisign Shares Highlights Risks Associated With Domain Business” The note went on to say that the biggest risk to the Verisign business is g...
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March 20, 2014, 11:38 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Starts Sunrise Today
The .XYZ Sunrise period opened today and will run to May 20, 2014. The company put out a press release with all the details, Beverly Hills, CA (March 20, 2014) — Internet users worldwide will soon see web addresses ending with .xyz – the...
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.XYZ Starts Sunrise Today
The .XYZ Sunrise period opened today and will run to May 20, 2014. The company put out a press release with all the details, Beverly Hills, CA (March 20, 2014) — Internet users worldwide will soon see web addresses ending with .xyz – the...
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March 20, 2014, 11:14 pm
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1st URS Denied: Panel Gets It Right & Denies URS on Branson.Guru
For the first time a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) complaint has been denied. URS panelist Douglas M. Isenberg Denied Virgin Enterprises URS on the domain name Branson.Guru. The domain was registered by Lawrence Fain of Chicago who didn’t eve...
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1st URS Denied: Panel Gets It Right & Denies URS on Branson.Guru
For the first time a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) complaint has been denied. URS panelist Douglas M. Isenberg Denied Virgin Enterprises URS on the domain name Branson.Guru. The domain was registered by Lawrence Fain of Chicago who didn’t eve...
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March 20, 2014, 10:50 pm
