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Breaking: Afternic.com Acquired By Godaddy
In a email that just went out to customers of Afternic.com, the online domain name marketplace owned by Name Media, Godaddy has acquired Afternic. According to the email, Name Media which owns Afternic.com, is just selling Afternic.com the marketplac...
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Breaking: Afternic.com Acquired By Godaddy
In a email that just went out to customers of Afternic.com, the online domain name marketplace owned by Name Media, Godaddy has acquired Afternic. According to the email, Name Media which owns Afternic.com, is just selling Afternic.com the marketplac...
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September 19, 2013, 9:30 am
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12 Year Old Domain DIMY.com Saved In UDRP
The Complainant INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE CONFECÇÕES DI MIRMAY LTDA of Brazil, lost its bid to grab the domain name DIMY.com from a chinese registrant. The domain name was registered on November 16, 2001. The Complainant was...
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12 Year Old Domain DIMY.com Saved In UDRP
The Complainant INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE CONFECÇÕES DI MIRMAY LTDA of Brazil, lost its bid to grab the domain name DIMY.com from a chinese registrant. The domain name was registered on November 16, 2001. The Complainant was...
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September 19, 2013, 9:27 am
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Hitting Like Button Is Protected Free Speech Says The US Court Of Appeals
Hitting the “Like” button on Facebook is an element of free speech protected by the US constitution, The US Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled yesterday Virginia case involving six people who say Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts fi...
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Hitting Like Button Is Protected Free Speech Says The US Court Of Appeals
Hitting the “Like” button on Facebook is an element of free speech protected by the US constitution, The US Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled yesterday Virginia case involving six people who say Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts fi...
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September 19, 2013, 9:16 am
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DomainTools Names Bruce Roberts as VP of Technology & Jeff Day as VP of Marketing and Product & Is Still Hiring
DomainTools®, is pleased to announce the appointments of Bruce Roberts to Vice President of Technology and Jeff Day as Vice President of Marketing and Product. Both Executives bring deep enterprise software experience in growth-company environmen...
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DomainTools Names Bruce Roberts as VP of Technology & Jeff Day as VP of Marketing and Product & Is Still Hiring
DomainTools®, is pleased to announce the appointments of Bruce Roberts to Vice President of Technology and Jeff Day as Vice President of Marketing and Product. Both Executives bring deep enterprise software experience in growth-company environmen...
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September 19, 2013, 9:07 am
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Study On Phishing Attacks In 1st Half Of 2013: Over 58K Domains Used: 82% On .Com, .Tk, .Info
APWG Global reported in its study of phishing attacks in the first six months of 2013 and here are some of the findings of the report especially those that related directly to domain names. There were at least 72,758 unique phishing attacks worldwide...
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Study On Phishing Attacks In 1st Half Of 2013: Over 58K Domains Used: 82% On .Com, .Tk, .Info
APWG Global reported in its study of phishing attacks in the first six months of 2013 and here are some of the findings of the report especially those that related directly to domain names. There were at least 72,758 unique phishing attacks worldwide...
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September 19, 2013, 8:53 am
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Top 125 Domains In Bankrupt Friend Finder’s Network: Cams.com; Amigos.com; Penthouse.com, BDSM.com
FriendFinder Network, Inc. which filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday has some great domain names within their network of company’s. We sold you earlier today that the former public company FriendFinder Network, Inc, (FFN), along with 39 a...
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Top 125 Domains In Bankrupt Friend Finder’s Network: Cams.com; Amigos.com; Penthouse.com, BDSM.com
FriendFinder Network, Inc. which filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday has some great domain names within their network of company’s. We sold you earlier today that the former public company FriendFinder Network, Inc, (FFN), along with 39 a...
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September 18, 2013, 6:48 pm
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Troubling Decision: Tupras.com Registered In 1996 Lost In UDRP To “Trademark” Registered in 2000
In a pretty troubling one member UDRP WIPO decision a trademark holder of a turkey trademark first registered in 2000 was awarded the domain name Tupras.com which was registered in 1996. The panel seemed to award the domain name based solely that the...
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Troubling Decision: Tupras.com Registered In 1996 Lost In UDRP To “Trademark” Registered in 2000
In a pretty troubling one member UDRP WIPO decision a trademark holder of a turkey trademark first registered in 2000 was awarded the domain name Tupras.com which was registered in 1996. The panel seemed to award the domain name based solely that the...
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September 18, 2013, 3:32 pm
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With A Day To Go Sedo .Info Auction Has Less Than $2K In Bids
With just one day to go, the Sedo Premium .info Auction has less than $2,000 in total bids, and only one domain name streets.info has met its reserve price. Not great buy any measure.…
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With A Day To Go Sedo .Info Auction Has Less Than $2K In Bids
With just one day to go, the Sedo Premium .info Auction has less than $2,000 in total bids, and only one domain name streets.info has met its reserve price. Not great buy any measure.…
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September 18, 2013, 11:55 am
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.14 Million
Over the past week, 679 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.14m. This amounts to $48.4m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. “Congratulations to...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.14 Million
Over the past week, 679 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.14m. This amounts to $48.4m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. “Congratulations to...
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September 18, 2013, 11:10 am
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Mountain Time GmbH Owner Of Bergzeit.de: Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Time GmbH of Wooden Churches , Germany , represented by lawyers Riegger , Ludwigsburg, Germany has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name bergzeit.com Bergzeit translates into Mountain Time in German....
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Mountain Time GmbH Owner Of Bergzeit.de: Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Time GmbH of Wooden Churches , Germany , represented by lawyers Riegger , Ludwigsburg, Germany has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name bergzeit.com Bergzeit translates into Mountain Time in German....
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September 18, 2013, 10:54 am
