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UDRP Files Against Two Letter Domain Name SM.net
A UDRP was just filed yesterday the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the domain name SM.net The domain name is owned by a M.A. Stenzel (info@topname.com) of Kahului, Hawaii and has been owned by him since at least 2003 but cou...
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UDRP Files Against Two Letter Domain Name SM.net
A UDRP was just filed yesterday the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the domain name SM.net The domain name is owned by a M.A. Stenzel (info@topname.com) of Kahului, Hawaii and has been owned by him since at least 2003 but cou...
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May 12, 2013, 10:03 am

The Domains
Quick Poll: How Many Domain Names Will Exist By The End of 2016?
Yesterday we published a blog post about Pinky Brand’s prediction for how many domain names will be in existence by the end of 2016 Pinky’s prediction was 403.5 Million domain names in the zone files by the end of 2016 including 73 millio...
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Quick Poll: How Many Domain Names Will Exist By The End of 2016?
Yesterday we published a blog post about Pinky Brand’s prediction for how many domain names will be in existence by the end of 2016 Pinky’s prediction was 403.5 Million domain names in the zone files by the end of 2016 including 73 millio...
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May 11, 2013, 9:41 am

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Panel Hands Over Stolen Domain GVP.com In UDRP To Global Village Publishing
Global Village Publishing, Inc. just won the rights to the three letter domain name gvp.com, in a one member panel UDRP decision, a domain which is owned for many years until their Godaddy account was hacked and the domain transferred. Here is what ...
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Panel Hands Over Stolen Domain GVP.com In UDRP To Global Village Publishing
Global Village Publishing, Inc. just won the rights to the three letter domain name gvp.com, in a one member panel UDRP decision, a domain which is owned for many years until their Godaddy account was hacked and the domain transferred. Here is what ...
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May 10, 2013, 9:45 pm

The Domains
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. represented by Matthew H. Swyers of The Trademark Company, LLC, Virginia, USA. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempted theft of the domain names hivinnocencegrouptrut...
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Office of Medical & Scientific Justice Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. represented by Matthew H. Swyers of The Trademark Company, LLC, Virginia, USA. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempted theft of the domain names hivinnocencegrouptrut...
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May 10, 2013, 9:37 pm

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38 More New gTLD Pass IE: .Paris; .Forex; .Cpa; .Airforce, .Guide, .Melbourne
38 More new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation Today. Heading the list are the Geo’s of .Paris (which had been earlier passed over on its turn) .Melbourne and .Durban Other generics passing IE include Amazon’s applica...
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38 More New gTLD Pass IE: .Paris; .Forex; .Cpa; .Airforce, .Guide, .Melbourne
38 More new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation Today. Heading the list are the Geo’s of .Paris (which had been earlier passed over on its turn) .Melbourne and .Durban Other generics passing IE include Amazon’s applica...
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May 10, 2013, 1:30 pm

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.Sexy Is Just For The Sexy People
Unregistry in a Press Release put everyone on notice that the new gTLD .Sexy will be for only the Sexy people: “”Uniregistry, the Cayman based new gTLD applicant, has announced new registration requirements to improve quality and combat a...
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.Sexy Is Just For The Sexy People
Unregistry in a Press Release put everyone on notice that the new gTLD .Sexy will be for only the Sexy people: “”Uniregistry, the Cayman based new gTLD applicant, has announced new registration requirements to improve quality and combat a...
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May 10, 2013, 1:13 pm

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Pinky Brand Predicts 408.5 Million Domains By The End Of 2016, 73.6M New gTLD’s
Pinky Brand just published some bold predictions for the number of domain names that will exist in 2016 including registrations from new gTLD’s. For those that don’t know Pinky is one of the founders of .mobi, which is “today ranked...
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Pinky Brand Predicts 408.5 Million Domains By The End Of 2016, 73.6M New gTLD’s
Pinky Brand just published some bold predictions for the number of domain names that will exist in 2016 including registrations from new gTLD’s. For those that don’t know Pinky is one of the founders of .mobi, which is “today ranked...
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May 10, 2013, 12:12 pm

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Mashable Covers Startup Good.Co
Mashable.com published a nice feature story on Good.co last night as part of its Launchpad series. The site Good.co launched in Beta last month classifies job hunters and companies into different personality types based on a proprietary algorithm and...
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Mashable Covers Startup Good.Co
Mashable.com published a nice feature story on Good.co last night as part of its Launchpad series. The site Good.co launched in Beta last month classifies job hunters and companies into different personality types based on a proprietary algorithm and...
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May 9, 2013, 9:30 am

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Yahoo Wants Out Of Its Bing Deal & Move To Google & Why That’s Bad News For Domainers
According several sources, Yahoo would like to get out of its deal with Microsoft and let Google Monetize their search results. Yahoo entered into a 10 year search deal in 2010 and uses Bing search engine to power search results on Yahoo sites. Micro...
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Yahoo Wants Out Of Its Bing Deal & Move To Google & Why That’s Bad News For Domainers
According several sources, Yahoo would like to get out of its deal with Microsoft and let Google Monetize their search results. Yahoo entered into a 10 year search deal in 2010 and uses Bing search engine to power search results on Yahoo sites. Micro...
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May 9, 2013, 9:13 am

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Zynga Launches Its Newest Game Running With Friends Without The Domain
Zynga newest game is Running With Friends. The domain name RunningwithFriends.com is owned by a charity out of Arizona. The domain is owned under privacy at Godaddy.com but forwards to UnitedFriendsSchool.org The United Friends School (UFS) &ldq...
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Zynga Launches Its Newest Game Running With Friends Without The Domain
Zynga newest game is Running With Friends. The domain name RunningwithFriends.com is owned by a charity out of Arizona. The domain is owned under privacy at Godaddy.com but forwards to UnitedFriendsSchool.org The United Friends School (UFS) &ldq...
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May 9, 2013, 8:44 am