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ICANN Publishes The Final Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements For New gTLD Registries
Today ICANN published the final Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements for new gTLD registries, that enables trademark holders to protect their rights during the Domain Name System expansion. A set of trademark protections were d...
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ICANN Publishes The Final Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements For New gTLD Registries
Today ICANN published the final Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements for new gTLD registries, that enables trademark holders to protect their rights during the Domain Name System expansion. A set of trademark protections were d...
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October 1, 2013, 8:59 am
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How Would you like to earn over $100,000 a year? Domain Holdings Is Hiring
Domain Holdings which is located in Delray Beach Florida, is hiring an Account Executive / Premium Domain Broker / Rock Star According to its listing on Careerbuilder.com “Over the next year the domain name industry will see hundreds of million...
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How Would you like to earn over $100,000 a year? Domain Holdings Is Hiring
Domain Holdings which is located in Delray Beach Florida, is hiring an Account Executive / Premium Domain Broker / Rock Star According to its listing on Careerbuilder.com “Over the next year the domain name industry will see hundreds of million...
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October 1, 2013, 8:48 am
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Pinterest Gets $7.2 Million Dollar Judgement Against Cybersquatter Over 100 Domain Names
According to Allthingsd.com, A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees against a Chinese cybersquatter Qian Jin, over 100 domain names including pinterests.com, pimterest.com and pinterost.com. The judge fou...
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Pinterest Gets $7.2 Million Dollar Judgement Against Cybersquatter Over 100 Domain Names
According to Allthingsd.com, A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees against a Chinese cybersquatter Qian Jin, over 100 domain names including pinterests.com, pimterest.com and pinterost.com. The judge fou...
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September 30, 2013, 7:20 pm
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Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website
Verisign released the results of a global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferenc...
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Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website
Verisign released the results of a global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferenc...
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September 30, 2013, 4:14 pm
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Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million
Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV “an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. “The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Inter...
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Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million
Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV “an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. “The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Inter...
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September 30, 2013, 1:16 pm
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Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000
The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mytholo...
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Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000
The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mytholo...
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September 30, 2013, 12:53 pm
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Is There Any Value In ACA (Obamacare) Related Domains?
This is a guest post by Sean Sullivan who is responsible for the content. Sean Sullivan is Founder & CEO of BankAds a monetization solutions provider for financial related domains. Sean is also the owner of several other companies within digital ...
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Is There Any Value In ACA (Obamacare) Related Domains?
This is a guest post by Sean Sullivan who is responsible for the content. Sean Sullivan is Founder & CEO of BankAds a monetization solutions provider for financial related domains. Sean is also the owner of several other companies within digital ...
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September 30, 2013, 12:34 pm
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First Results Of Private Auction Results Held Last Week: Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi
Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The compan...
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First Results Of Private Auction Results Held Last Week: Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi
Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The compan...
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September 30, 2013, 9:35 am
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Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a Domain Other Than .Com
Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013, and whether they pl...
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Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a Domain Other Than .Com
Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013, and whether they pl...
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September 30, 2013, 9:19 am
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Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association
Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Reg...
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Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association
Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Reg...
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September 30, 2013, 9:12 am
