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Godaddy Opens Seattle Office Hiring Executives of Microsoft Google & Amazon
Go Daddy announced today that is opening a permanent Seattle-area office in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington n June. According to a Press Release out today, Godaddy is already operating out of a temporary office near Carillon Point in Kirkland,...
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Godaddy Opens Seattle Office Hiring Executives of Microsoft Google & Amazon
Go Daddy announced today that is opening a permanent Seattle-area office in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington n June. According to a Press Release out today, Godaddy is already operating out of a temporary office near Carillon Point in Kirkland,...
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April 16, 2013, 4:30 pm

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Sedo.com Sells Over $1.92MM In Domains Led By breathalyzer.com for $115K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending April 15th, 2013. In all over $1.92MM domains were sold. The top seller was breathalyzer.com at $115,000 followed by irondoors.com for $52,800. In all, 749 transactions took place on Sedo&rsq...
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Sedo.com Sells Over $1.92MM In Domains Led By breathalyzer.com for $115K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending April 15th, 2013. In all over $1.92MM domains were sold. The top seller was breathalyzer.com at $115,000 followed by irondoors.com for $52,800. In all, 749 transactions took place on Sedo&rsq...
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April 16, 2013, 4:01 pm

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1&1 Owner of Mail.com Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Mail
1&1 Mail & Media GmbH, whose parent company is United Internet AG, just withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Mail. I think this is a very meaningful withdrawal because of the fact that as the applicant owns Mail.com and sta...
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1&1 Owner of Mail.com Withdraws Application For New gTLD .Mail
1&1 Mail & Media GmbH, whose parent company is United Internet AG, just withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Mail. I think this is a very meaningful withdrawal because of the fact that as the applicant owns Mail.com and sta...
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April 16, 2013, 10:29 am

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After 5 Wins, A UDRP Panelist Denies Claim of TM For Novartis AG
The global drug company Novartis AG just lost a UDRP on the domain name QuickDailies.com based off a trademark for the term “Dailies”. Apparently the company beliefs its own any domain name that has the word “dailies” in it an...
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After 5 Wins, A UDRP Panelist Denies Claim of TM For Novartis AG
The global drug company Novartis AG just lost a UDRP on the domain name QuickDailies.com based off a trademark for the term “Dailies”. Apparently the company beliefs its own any domain name that has the word “dailies” in it an...
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April 15, 2013, 8:33 pm

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UPDATE: Now Over 70 Domains Related To Boston Explosion Including “Relief” Domains
There are now at least 70 domain names registered relating to the explosions at the Boston Marathon today and most troubling many that look like charitable domains to be used to raise money for the victims. We noted just minutes after the reports of ...
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UPDATE: Now Over 70 Domains Related To Boston Explosion Including “Relief” Domains
There are now at least 70 domain names registered relating to the explosions at the Boston Marathon today and most troubling many that look like charitable domains to be used to raise money for the victims. We noted just minutes after the reports of ...
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April 15, 2013, 5:20 pm

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Mintues After Explosion Domains Registered: bostonexplosion.com, bostonbombing.com
Just minutes after the first report of 2 explosions at the Boston Marathon today, several domain names were already registered and some are already parked. While many of the domains were registered under privacy some of the registrants were brave eno...
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Mintues After Explosion Domains Registered: bostonexplosion.com, bostonbombing.com
Just minutes after the first report of 2 explosions at the Boston Marathon today, several domain names were already registered and some are already parked. While many of the domains were registered under privacy some of the registrants were brave eno...
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April 15, 2013, 4:04 pm

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Regions Bank Fails To Renew Regions.com Taking It Offline For At Least One Day
Regions Bank (RF) failed to timely renew its domain name Regions.com which expired on April 13th sending customers of the bank to a Network Solutions landing page for at least one day. &...
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Regions Bank Fails To Renew Regions.com Taking It Offline For At Least One Day
Regions Bank (RF) failed to timely renew its domain name Regions.com which expired on April 13th sending customers of the bank to a Network Solutions landing page for at least one day. &...
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April 15, 2013, 12:08 pm

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Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses UDRP On universalassistance.com
Universal Assistance S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina, just won a UDRP against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings, LLC on the domain name universalassistance.com Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is...
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Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses UDRP On universalassistance.com
Universal Assistance S.A. of Buenos Aires, Argentina, just won a UDRP against Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings, LLC on the domain name universalassistance.com Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is...
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April 15, 2013, 11:06 am

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5 Arbitration Institutes Team Up To File An UDRP For 17 Domains
Well here is something you don’t see everyday 5 Arbitration Institutes have jointly filed one UDRP seeking 17 domain names which seem to be mainly comprised of the name of the association with the word arbitration added. These are exactly the t...
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5 Arbitration Institutes Team Up To File An UDRP For 17 Domains
Well here is something you don’t see everyday 5 Arbitration Institutes have jointly filed one UDRP seeking 17 domain names which seem to be mainly comprised of the name of the association with the word arbitration added. These are exactly the t...
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April 14, 2013, 10:34 am

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Commercial Connect Leads All New gTLD Objectors With 21; Verisign Files 13
Not counting the ICANN Independent Objector that filed 23 formal objections to new gTLD’s, Commercial Connect LLC and applicant for the new gTLD .Shop filed the most objections to new gTLD applications. Commercial Connect filed objections...
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Commercial Connect Leads All New gTLD Objectors With 21; Verisign Files 13
Not counting the ICANN Independent Objector that filed 23 formal objections to new gTLD’s, Commercial Connect LLC and applicant for the new gTLD .Shop filed the most objections to new gTLD applications. Commercial Connect filed objections...
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April 14, 2013, 9:07 am