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Twitter Says In Their S1 That Their Tweet Trademark May Become Unprotectable
According to USA Today, Twitter in its S1 the document it filed for its IPO states “There is a risk that the word “Tweet” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with any short comment posted publicly on the Interne...
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Twitter Says In Their S1 That Their Tweet Trademark May Become Unprotectable
According to USA Today, Twitter in its S1 the document it filed for its IPO states “There is a risk that the word “Tweet” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with any short comment posted publicly on the Interne...
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October 5, 2013, 9:58 am

The Domains
WTF: ChrisKay.com Sells For $30,000 On Sedo After Its Just Dropped One Year Ago
The domain name ChrisKay.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire selling for 22,000 Euro’s or just about $30,000. In 2012 The domain name was owned by Chris Kay of Essex UK and registered at Tucows until it went into redemption and dropped in Marc...
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WTF: ChrisKay.com Sells For $30,000 On Sedo After Its Just Dropped One Year Ago
The domain name ChrisKay.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire selling for 22,000 Euro’s or just about $30,000. In 2012 The domain name was owned by Chris Kay of Essex UK and registered at Tucows until it went into redemption and dropped in Marc...
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October 4, 2013, 12:25 pm

The Domains
USA Today: New Jersey To Start Online Gambling On November 26th
USA Today is reporting that New Jersey will allow Internet gambling starting on Nov. 26. Atlantic City’s 12 casinos may begin a “soft play” period on Nov. 21 for invited guests. If all goes well, the casinos can begin full Internet ...
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USA Today: New Jersey To Start Online Gambling On November 26th
USA Today is reporting that New Jersey will allow Internet gambling starting on Nov. 26. Atlantic City’s 12 casinos may begin a “soft play” period on Nov. 21 for invited guests. If all goes well, the casinos can begin full Internet ...
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October 4, 2013, 10:19 am

The Domains
CBS/Cnet Quitely Sells Events.com To Bump Network & Gets Ready To Launch
CBS Interactive quietly sold the Killer domain name Events.com sometime in late April of this year to BUMP Network, Inc. CBS Interactive is a subsidiary of CBS Corporation which owns CBS. CBS Interactive purchased Cnet in June 2008 and acquired this ...
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CBS/Cnet Quitely Sells Events.com To Bump Network & Gets Ready To Launch
CBS Interactive quietly sold the Killer domain name Events.com sometime in late April of this year to BUMP Network, Inc. CBS Interactive is a subsidiary of CBS Corporation which owns CBS. CBS Interactive purchased Cnet in June 2008 and acquired this ...
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October 3, 2013, 3:16 pm

The Domains
You Can Buy .XYZ Gear Before You Can Buy An .XYZ Domain
Domain investor and new gTLD applicant Daniel Negari has opened up a store to sell some gear for his new gTLD’s of .XYZ and .College The .XYZ store is now opened and selling the “Latest .X...
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You Can Buy .XYZ Gear Before You Can Buy An .XYZ Domain
Domain investor and new gTLD applicant Daniel Negari has opened up a store to sell some gear for his new gTLD’s of .XYZ and .College The .XYZ store is now opened and selling the “Latest .X...
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October 3, 2013, 12:37 pm

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Schilling’s Uniregistry Is Best Positioned To Become The Most Successful New gTLD Registry
We think the Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is uniquely positioned to become, pound for pound the most successful new gTLD operator. So first a disclaimer, we don’t own any part of Uniregistry (unfortunately) and Uniregistry doesn’t ...
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Schilling’s Uniregistry Is Best Positioned To Become The Most Successful New gTLD Registry
We think the Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is uniquely positioned to become, pound for pound the most successful new gTLD operator. So first a disclaimer, we don’t own any part of Uniregistry (unfortunately) and Uniregistry doesn’t ...
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October 3, 2013, 10:12 am

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NameJet.com Announces $312K In Top Domain Sales In September
Namejet.com just announced over $312,000 its “top domain sales” for September 2013. TTM.com led the way selling for $28K and Onions.com which sold for $19,100 Here are the reportable sales of $2K or more for September: Doma...
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NameJet.com Announces $312K In Top Domain Sales In September
Namejet.com just announced over $312,000 its “top domain sales” for September 2013. TTM.com led the way selling for $28K and Onions.com which sold for $19,100 Here are the reportable sales of $2K or more for September: Doma...
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October 2, 2013, 3:17 pm

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Afternic.com Sells $1.3 Milion In Domains Led By One Of Our’s Emancipated.com For $30K
Afternic.com just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 9/23/13 – 9/29/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,296,502. All sales were led by one of our ...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.3 Milion In Domains Led By One Of Our’s Emancipated.com For $30K
Afternic.com just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 9/23/13 – 9/29/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,296,502. All sales were led by one of our ...
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October 2, 2013, 3:06 pm

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Godaddy Acquires Online Invoicing Company Ronin, Its 5th Acquistion in 15 Months
GoDaddy, today announced the acquisition of Ronin, an online invoicing company marking the Tfifth in 15-months, which includes Outright, M.dot, Locu and Afternic. The acquisition, made quietly in April, has been fully integrated into GoDaddy Online ...
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Godaddy Acquires Online Invoicing Company Ronin, Its 5th Acquistion in 15 Months
GoDaddy, today announced the acquisition of Ronin, an online invoicing company marking the Tfifth in 15-months, which includes Outright, M.dot, Locu and Afternic. The acquisition, made quietly in April, has been fully integrated into GoDaddy Online ...
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October 2, 2013, 2:16 pm

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Congnac Maker REMY MARTIN Loses UDRP On TheRemyMartin.com: Domain Holder Is Saved By Social Networks
E. REMY MARTIN & C° of Cognac, France, just lost a UDRP on the domain name TheRemyMartin.com to a “Remy Martin” of Palm Desert, California who appears to have represented himself. The one member panel found that the domain holder ...
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Congnac Maker REMY MARTIN Loses UDRP On TheRemyMartin.com: Domain Holder Is Saved By Social Networks
E. REMY MARTIN & C° of Cognac, France, just lost a UDRP on the domain name TheRemyMartin.com to a “Remy Martin” of Palm Desert, California who appears to have represented himself. The one member panel found that the domain holder ...
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October 2, 2013, 12:33 pm