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United Press UDRP For UpiPhoto.com Denied Based On Laches
United Press International, Inc. attempt to grab the domain name upiphoto.com from the United Photographers Internationals of Greece was just denied by a one member UDRP panel to which the domain holder didn’t even respond. It seems the panel o...
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United Press UDRP For UpiPhoto.com Denied Based On Laches
United Press International, Inc. attempt to grab the domain name upiphoto.com from the United Photographers Internationals of Greece was just denied by a one member UDRP panel to which the domain holder didn’t even respond. It seems the panel o...
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May 14, 2013, 6:01 pm

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Afternic Sells $1M In Domain Names Led By FreeBackup.com For $45K
Afternic’s just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/06/13 – 5/12/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,009,097 Sales were led by FreeBackup.com wh...
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Afternic Sells $1M In Domain Names Led By FreeBackup.com For $45K
Afternic’s just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/06/13 – 5/12/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,009,097 Sales were led by FreeBackup.com wh...
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May 14, 2013, 5:03 pm

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Guy Registers TM Infringing Domain At The Same Registrar The Domain Infringes On
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) just won a UDRP on the domain name TheBulkRegister.com against The Bulk Register of Ontario, Canada. Demand Media, Inc. owns Enom which also owns BulkRegister.com Its a pretty easy win for Demand as it has a trademark f...
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Guy Registers TM Infringing Domain At The Same Registrar The Domain Infringes On
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) just won a UDRP on the domain name TheBulkRegister.com against The Bulk Register of Ontario, Canada. Demand Media, Inc. owns Enom which also owns BulkRegister.com Its a pretty easy win for Demand as it has a trademark f...
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May 14, 2013, 4:31 pm

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Sedo Transactions Totoal $1.15M Led By iPark.com For $23K
Sedo just reported that 677 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.15m for last week. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · ...
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Sedo Transactions Totoal $1.15M Led By iPark.com For $23K
Sedo just reported that 677 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.15m for last week. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · ...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 4:13 pm

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Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP Challenge On WebAnywhere.com
Marchex Sales, LLC (“Respondent”), represented by John Berryhill just beat back a UDRP on the domain name WebAnywhere.com that was brought by Webanywhere Ltd of the UK. At the end of the day this was a slam dunk case decided by a th...
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Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP Challenge On WebAnywhere.com
Marchex Sales, LLC (“Respondent”), represented by John Berryhill just beat back a UDRP on the domain name WebAnywhere.com that was brought by Webanywhere Ltd of the UK. At the end of the day this was a slam dunk case decided by a th...
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May 14, 2013, 4:09 pm

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How Can It Take Over 5 Months For A UDRP Decision?
Its over 5 months now since a UDRP was filed on the two letter domain name, YU.com. The complaint which was filed on December 11, 2012 with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We wrote about the UDRP when it was filed back in Decembe...
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How Can It Take Over 5 Months For A UDRP Decision?
Its over 5 months now since a UDRP was filed on the two letter domain name, YU.com. The complaint which was filed on December 11, 2012 with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We wrote about the UDRP when it was filed back in Decembe...
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May 14, 2013, 2:35 pm

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.Lu (Luxembourg) Domain Names Subject To A 1 Year Freeze Upon Complaint
According to Lexology.com, starting on June 11, 2013, the .Lu registry will “freeze” a .lu domain name, preventing it from being transferred, sold or traded to another party for an initial period of 1 year upon receipt of a dispute...
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.Lu (Luxembourg) Domain Names Subject To A 1 Year Freeze Upon Complaint
According to Lexology.com, starting on June 11, 2013, the .Lu registry will “freeze” a .lu domain name, preventing it from being transferred, sold or traded to another party for an initial period of 1 year upon receipt of a dispute...
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May 14, 2013, 1:20 pm

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According To Estibot.com TRAFFIC Auction List Is Valued At $1,850,000
Today the organizers of TRAFFIC released the list of domain names to be auctioned off during the TRAFFIC Vegas conference. The auction will be held on May 30th from 2PM-4PM Local time, in Las Vegas. “More than 50% of the list has NO RESER...
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According To Estibot.com TRAFFIC Auction List Is Valued At $1,850,000
Today the organizers of TRAFFIC released the list of domain names to be auctioned off during the TRAFFIC Vegas conference. The auction will be held on May 30th from 2PM-4PM Local time, in Las Vegas. “More than 50% of the list has NO RESER...
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May 14, 2013, 11:25 am

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Sedo Reports: Domain Revenue Down 14%; Domains For Sale Up Tp 16.6 M
Sedo Holding AG published its consolidated financial results for first three months 2013. Revenue grew of 7.3% to EUR 36.9 million. This growth was particularly driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment. “The Domain Marketing segment remai...
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Sedo Reports: Domain Revenue Down 14%; Domains For Sale Up Tp 16.6 M
Sedo Holding AG published its consolidated financial results for first three months 2013. Revenue grew of 7.3% to EUR 36.9 million. This growth was particularly driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment. “The Domain Marketing segment remai...
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May 14, 2013, 10:40 am

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Radix Withdraws New gTLD Application For .Movie
Radix which had applied for 31 new gTLD’s has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Movie. Radix application for .Movie had a prioritization number of 592. There are 7 other applicants for the .movie new gTLD including Google, Amazon, Fam...
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Radix Withdraws New gTLD Application For .Movie
Radix which had applied for 31 new gTLD’s has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Movie. Radix application for .Movie had a prioritization number of 592. There are 7 other applicants for the .movie new gTLD including Google, Amazon, Fam...
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May 14, 2013, 2:15 am