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Troubling: Domain Awarded By UDRP With No Trademark Based On $1K Bank Account, Flyers & 61 Customers
In what I consider a very troubling and horrible decision, A one member UDRP panel has awarded a domain names welldonebbqs.com and welldonebbqcleaning.com to a Complainant who didn’t have a registered trademark, on the basis doing a whopping $1...
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Troubling: Domain Awarded By UDRP With No Trademark Based On $1K Bank Account, Flyers & 61 Customers
In what I consider a very troubling and horrible decision, A one member UDRP panel has awarded a domain names welldonebbqs.com and welldonebbqcleaning.com to a Complainant who didn’t have a registered trademark, on the basis doing a whopping $1...
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August 14, 2013, 5:45 pm
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CircleId Post Rips The Domain Name IDNX Pricing Index
Alex Tajirian, CEO at DomainMart in a post on CircleID.com just ripped into the IDNX domain name index backed by Thies Lindenthal and Sedo. “The index is intended to be a benchmark for domain owners and investors. “ “But it’s ...
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CircleId Post Rips The Domain Name IDNX Pricing Index
Alex Tajirian, CEO at DomainMart in a post on CircleID.com just ripped into the IDNX domain name index backed by Thies Lindenthal and Sedo. “The index is intended to be a benchmark for domain owners and investors. “ “But it’s ...
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August 14, 2013, 3:57 pm
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Rocket Internet Incubator & Accelerator Company Raised $500 Million Since 2012
In a press release just out today Rocket Internet announced “that it has raised a total of USD $500 million from partners Investment AB Kinnevik and Access Industries since May 2012, representing the largest investment ever made in an internet ...
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Rocket Internet Incubator & Accelerator Company Raised $500 Million Since 2012
In a press release just out today Rocket Internet announced “that it has raised a total of USD $500 million from partners Investment AB Kinnevik and Access Industries since May 2012, representing the largest investment ever made in an internet ...
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August 14, 2013, 12:49 pm
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Publicly Traded Ceat Mahal Of India Files UDRP Against BuyDomains.com On Ceat.org
Ceat Mahal a tire manufacturer located in India, filed a UDRP against BuyDomains.com on the domain name Ceat.org Buydomains.com appears to have picked up the domain name on a drop in late 2012. The Tire manufacturer appears to be a public company and...
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Publicly Traded Ceat Mahal Of India Files UDRP Against BuyDomains.com On Ceat.org
Ceat Mahal a tire manufacturer located in India, filed a UDRP against BuyDomains.com on the domain name Ceat.org Buydomains.com appears to have picked up the domain name on a drop in late 2012. The Tire manufacturer appears to be a public company and...
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August 14, 2013, 10:27 am
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Finalist For Britain’s Million Pound Startup Competition Buys FaceBuy.com For $10K On Sedo
The domain name FaceBuy.com just sold on Sedo for $10,000 and I think the seller may not be thrilled when they realize the buyer is a App developer from Australia who has already gotten some mainstream coverage in the press and whose Facebook page ha...
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Finalist For Britain’s Million Pound Startup Competition Buys FaceBuy.com For $10K On Sedo
The domain name FaceBuy.com just sold on Sedo for $10,000 and I think the seller may not be thrilled when they realize the buyer is a App developer from Australia who has already gotten some mainstream coverage in the press and whose Facebook page ha...
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August 14, 2013, 9:20 am
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1MM Led By PremierOutlets.com For $26K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 08/05/13 – 08/11/13 totaling $1MM. The highest priced transaction was PremierOutlets.com at $26,000 followed by RealGaming.com at $20,000. Over the past week, 673 transactions took p...
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1MM Led By PremierOutlets.com For $26K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 08/05/13 – 08/11/13 totaling $1MM. The highest priced transaction was PremierOutlets.com at $26,000 followed by RealGaming.com at $20,000. Over the past week, 673 transactions took p...
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August 13, 2013, 3:23 pm
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Looker.com Sold On Godaddy For $50K in 2012 Gets $16 Milion In Series A Funding
The Term Sheet is reporting that Looker.coma Santa Cruz, Calif.-based business intelligence startup, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Redpoint Ventures led the round, and was joined by seed backer First Round Capital.” The domain nam...
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Looker.com Sold On Godaddy For $50K in 2012 Gets $16 Milion In Series A Funding
The Term Sheet is reporting that Looker.coma Santa Cruz, Calif.-based business intelligence startup, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Redpoint Ventures led the round, and was joined by seed backer First Round Capital.” The domain nam...
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August 13, 2013, 1:30 pm
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Secretaries of All 50 States Tells ICANN To Follow GAC Advice On INC, .LLC, .CORP and .LLP
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is an organization whose members include Secretaries of State and Lieutenant Governors of the 50 U.S. states and territories send a letter to ICANN in late July that was just published today, that t...
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Secretaries of All 50 States Tells ICANN To Follow GAC Advice On INC, .LLC, .CORP and .LLP
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is an organization whose members include Secretaries of State and Lieutenant Governors of the 50 U.S. states and territories send a letter to ICANN in late July that was just published today, that t...
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August 13, 2013, 12:41 pm
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and BXE.com For $40K
Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,106,700. All sales were led by Xylem.com which sold for $47,100 and...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and BXE.com For $40K
Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,106,700. All sales were led by Xylem.com which sold for $47,100 and...
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August 13, 2013, 12:07 pm
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.XYZ One Of The 1st New gTLD’s To Launch Opens Up Pre-Registration
The registry for the new gTLD .XYZ has just opened up preregistrations. While preregistrations for new gTLD’s is nothing new the fact that this is being done at the registry level is different. Many registrars and auction houses opened up prere...
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.XYZ One Of The 1st New gTLD’s To Launch Opens Up Pre-Registration
The registry for the new gTLD .XYZ has just opened up preregistrations. While preregistrations for new gTLD’s is nothing new the fact that this is being done at the registry level is different. Many registrars and auction houses opened up prere...
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August 13, 2013, 12:03 pm
