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Godaddy.com Sells Over 42K Domain Names In March
Godaddy.com posted its sales totals for March 2013, reporting 42,600 domain sold on its platform in March. This is a substantial increase over February where Godaddy.com reported 34,985 Of the 42K+ sales: 762 Offer/Counter-Offer 22,566 Auction 19,332...
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Godaddy.com Sells Over 42K Domain Names In March
Godaddy.com posted its sales totals for March 2013, reporting 42,600 domain sold on its platform in March. This is a substantial increase over February where Godaddy.com reported 34,985 Of the 42K+ sales: 762 Offer/Counter-Offer 22,566 Auction 19,332...
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April 1, 2013, 9:24 am

The Domains
King.com Drops The .Com & Rebrands As King
According to Socialnewsdaily.com, King.com has re-branded itself by dropping the .com and going with just King, to celebrate it 10 year anniversary. Here is how the site used to look: Th...
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King.com Drops The .Com & Rebrands As King
According to Socialnewsdaily.com, King.com has re-branded itself by dropping the .com and going with just King, to celebrate it 10 year anniversary. Here is how the site used to look: Th...
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March 31, 2013, 11:45 am

The Domains
JD.com Bought by China’s Jingdong Which Has 35 Million Active Users
The domain name JD.com has been purchased by China’s leading direct B2C e-commerce company, Jingdong , who announced today that effective immediately, it’s current domain, 360buy.com, will redirect users to JD.com According...
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JD.com Bought by China’s Jingdong Which Has 35 Million Active Users
The domain name JD.com has been purchased by China’s leading direct B2C e-commerce company, Jingdong , who announced today that effective immediately, it’s current domain, 360buy.com, will redirect users to JD.com According...
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March 30, 2013, 10:46 am

The Domains
27 More New gTLD Applications Pass Initial Evaluation
ICANN just passed 27 more new gTLD applications today bringing the total of passed applications to 52. Included in today list an application from Verisign another application for Donuts and One From Google, Amazon, and Afilias. This batch...
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27 More New gTLD Applications Pass Initial Evaluation
ICANN just passed 27 more new gTLD applications today bringing the total of passed applications to 52. Included in today list an application from Verisign another application for Donuts and One From Google, Amazon, and Afilias. This batch...
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March 29, 2013, 2:45 pm

The Domains
UDRP Panel Gives 50 Rock/SNL Star Tracy Morgan Control Of TracyMorgan.com
A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP panel just awarded the domain name TracyMorgan.com to 50 Rock and former SNL star, Tracy Morgan. Tracy Morgan’s official site is currently TracyMorgan.net According to DomainTools.com, the ...
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UDRP Panel Gives 50 Rock/SNL Star Tracy Morgan Control Of TracyMorgan.com
A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP panel just awarded the domain name TracyMorgan.com to 50 Rock and former SNL star, Tracy Morgan. Tracy Morgan’s official site is currently TracyMorgan.net According to DomainTools.com, the ...
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March 29, 2013, 10:42 am

The Domains
WIPO: UDRP 2012: Complainants Win 91%; Parties Settle 20% of Cases
Here are UDRP stats of cases filed under WIPO in 2012: Trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the WIPO Center under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (...
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WIPO: UDRP 2012: Complainants Win 91%; Parties Settle 20% of Cases
Here are UDRP stats of cases filed under WIPO in 2012: Trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the WIPO Center under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (...
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March 29, 2013, 9:19 am

The Domains
Add Edward Smith To The Reverse Domain Hijacking List
A three member UDRP panel has found Edward Smith of California is guilt of reverse Domain Name Hijacking in the attempt grab the domain name joopa.com Mr. Smith which just filed for a trademark on the term Joopa on March 2011 which was granted in Dec...
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Add Edward Smith To The Reverse Domain Hijacking List
A three member UDRP panel has found Edward Smith of California is guilt of reverse Domain Name Hijacking in the attempt grab the domain name joopa.com Mr. Smith which just filed for a trademark on the term Joopa on March 2011 which was granted in Dec...
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March 28, 2013, 5:41 pm

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After Offering To Buy Domain For $15K, 6 Years Ago TM Holder Loses UDRP
Zija International, Inc. of Utah just lost its UDRP bid to get control of the domain name zija.com, a domain it repeatedly tried to buy from the domain holder for $15,000 since 2006. Yes way back in 2006 after a series of letters back and forth...
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After Offering To Buy Domain For $15K, 6 Years Ago TM Holder Loses UDRP
Zija International, Inc. of Utah just lost its UDRP bid to get control of the domain name zija.com, a domain it repeatedly tried to buy from the domain holder for $15,000 since 2006. Yes way back in 2006 after a series of letters back and forth...
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March 28, 2013, 2:40 pm

The Domains
Motorola Objects To Demand Media’s Application for .Moto
Motorola Trademark Holdings LLC has filed a Legal Rights Objection to Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) application for the new gTLD domain name .Moto Motorola Trademark Holdings LLC is owned by Google which also applied to for the .Moto new gTLD....
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Motorola Objects To Demand Media’s Application for .Moto
Motorola Trademark Holdings LLC has filed a Legal Rights Objection to Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) application for the new gTLD domain name .Moto Motorola Trademark Holdings LLC is owned by Google which also applied to for the .Moto new gTLD....
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March 28, 2013, 2:23 pm

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2K+ Domains Frozen By Court In Joel Williams Case: Is One Of Your’s On The List?
A Tennessee State Chancery Court issued a temporary injunction freezing almost 2,200 domain names. Many of the domains subject to the court order yesterday are not owned by any party to the lawsuit. In fact at least two of the domain’s on the l...
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2K+ Domains Frozen By Court In Joel Williams Case: Is One Of Your’s On The List?
A Tennessee State Chancery Court issued a temporary injunction freezing almost 2,200 domain names. Many of the domains subject to the court order yesterday are not owned by any party to the lawsuit. In fact at least two of the domain’s on the l...
Discussion
March 28, 2013, 9:26 am