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The Oscars Files Another Suit Against Godaddy Under ACPA Alleging Continued Violations
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which hands out the Oscars has filed anther lawsuit against Godaddy under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”). This suit filed on Novmeber 15, 2013, “supplements...
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The Oscars Files Another Suit Against Godaddy Under ACPA Alleging Continued Violations
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which hands out the Oscars has filed anther lawsuit against Godaddy under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”). This suit filed on Novmeber 15, 2013, “supplements...
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December 26, 2013, 5:08 pm
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Apple Makes A Nice Catch
9to5Mac.com did an article that they believed Apple acquired Evernote competitor Catch, Apple later confirmed to Allthings D that they did indeed acquire Catch and then the company was closed down. That was reported in TechCrunch in July. Catch.com ...
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Apple Makes A Nice Catch
9to5Mac.com did an article that they believed Apple acquired Evernote competitor Catch, Apple later confirmed to Allthings D that they did indeed acquire Catch and then the company was closed down. That was reported in TechCrunch in July. Catch.com ...
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December 26, 2013, 5:37 am
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Mack Trucks Plays Grinch & Files UDRP On 16 Year Old MackTruck.com
NWC Body Works, Inc. of Elk Grove Illinois just got hit with the proverbial Mack Truck as Mack Trucks filed a UDRP to gain control of the domain name MackTruck.com The domain name was first registered way back in October 1997 which makes the domain m...
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Mack Trucks Plays Grinch & Files UDRP On 16 Year Old MackTruck.com
NWC Body Works, Inc. of Elk Grove Illinois just got hit with the proverbial Mack Truck as Mack Trucks filed a UDRP to gain control of the domain name MackTruck.com The domain name was first registered way back in October 1997 which makes the domain m...
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December 25, 2013, 11:27 pm
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total $1,550,036 Led By Supporter.com For $35K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s released its sales report for the week of 12/16/13 – 12/22/13. Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,550,036. All sales were led by Supporter.com for $35K, followed by uchat.com for $20K. The top non-.com sal...
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total $1,550,036 Led By Supporter.com For $35K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s released its sales report for the week of 12/16/13 – 12/22/13. Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,550,036. All sales were led by Supporter.com for $35K, followed by uchat.com for $20K. The top non-.com sal...
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December 25, 2013, 9:29 pm
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Mama Mia ! Italy Passes the Google Tax
M Italy passes the Google Tax. In what seems to be a law that violates European Union rules the Italian Senate has passed a law that will require companies to purchase their Internet ads locally. Forbes covered it here From the article: The Italian S...
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Mama Mia ! Italy Passes the Google Tax
M Italy passes the Google Tax. In what seems to be a law that violates European Union rules the Italian Senate has passed a law that will require companies to purchase their Internet ads locally. Forbes covered it here From the article: The Italian S...
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December 24, 2013, 11:33 pm
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Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutions Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. Former registrant-customers of...
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Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutions Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. Former registrant-customers of...
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December 24, 2013, 9:28 pm
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88888.com Sold For $245K; 888888888888888888888888.com Is Dropping Tomorrow
The domain name 88888.com was sold for $245,000 just a few weeks ago by Name Administration. At the time we chatted about how the number 8 was super lucky in Chinese Culture so what could be better than five 8′s? How about 24 eight’...
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88888.com Sold For $245K; 888888888888888888888888.com Is Dropping Tomorrow
The domain name 88888.com was sold for $245,000 just a few weeks ago by Name Administration. At the time we chatted about how the number 8 was super lucky in Chinese Culture so what could be better than five 8′s? How about 24 eight’...
Discussion
December 24, 2013, 9:08 pm
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Porn.XXX Ranks On 1st Page Of Google for Porn; Good News For New gTLD’s
Well its taken a while but the bang on domain name Porn.xxx is has made it to the first page of Google for the search term “porn”. As you might imagine, porn its one of the toughest terms to rank on the first page on, with millions of adu...
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Porn.XXX Ranks On 1st Page Of Google for Porn; Good News For New gTLD’s
Well its taken a while but the bang on domain name Porn.xxx is has made it to the first page of Google for the search term “porn”. As you might imagine, porn its one of the toughest terms to rank on the first page on, with millions of adu...
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December 24, 2013, 2:22 pm
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St. Andrews The Golf Course Wins Control of 10 year Old StAndrews.com in UDRP
St Andrews Links Ltd of St Andrews, Fife, the United Kingdom of Great Britain just won control of the domain name standrews.com in a one member UDRP decision. The decision is no surprise, the domain was parked until very recently pull up golf related...
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St. Andrews The Golf Course Wins Control of 10 year Old StAndrews.com in UDRP
St Andrews Links Ltd of St Andrews, Fife, the United Kingdom of Great Britain just won control of the domain name standrews.com in a one member UDRP decision. The decision is no surprise, the domain was parked until very recently pull up golf related...
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December 23, 2013, 4:43 pm
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Is ICANN Going To Hold Registries; The $25K .Sucks One To What They Said In Application??
Vox Populi Registry Inc. (VOX) was in the news last week when it put up a site taking Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain, per year, and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain threatening trademark owners...
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Is ICANN Going To Hold Registries; The $25K .Sucks One To What They Said In Application??
Vox Populi Registry Inc. (VOX) was in the news last week when it put up a site taking Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain, per year, and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain threatening trademark owners...
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December 23, 2013, 1:54 pm
