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Demand Media Paid $18 Million For Name.com Registrar
According to a 10-K report filed with the SEC by Demand Media (DMD) (page F-31) the company paid $18 Million dollars for the domain name registrar Name.com “”On December 31, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of the net assets of...
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Demand Media Paid $18 Million For Name.com Registrar
According to a 10-K report filed with the SEC by Demand Media (DMD) (page F-31) the company paid $18 Million dollars for the domain name registrar Name.com “”On December 31, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of the net assets of...
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March 24, 2013, 10:54 am
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New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App. .App you my recall had the most applications submitted to ICANN during the new gTLD program with 13 ap...
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New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App. .App you my recall had the most applications submitted to ICANN during the new gTLD program with 13 ap...
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March 23, 2013, 9:16 am
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Guest Post: Tom Barrett: ICANN Expands Trademark Claims Do the Ends Justify the Means?
This is a guest post by Tom Barrett who is the founder of EnCirca, an ICANN Registrar, and TM.Biz, a brand protection platform and TM.Biz provided trademark validation services for the .XXX and .PW TLD’s and will be offering pre-validation serv...
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Guest Post: Tom Barrett: ICANN Expands Trademark Claims Do the Ends Justify the Means?
This is a guest post by Tom Barrett who is the founder of EnCirca, an ICANN Registrar, and TM.Biz, a brand protection platform and TM.Biz provided trademark validation services for the .XXX and .PW TLD’s and will be offering pre-validation serv...
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March 23, 2013, 8:45 am
The Domains
Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s site, this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn The application for 盛貿飯店 (“tradershotels” in traditional Chinese) filed by Shangr...
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Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s site, this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn The application for 盛貿飯店 (“tradershotels” in traditional Chinese) filed by Shangr...
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March 22, 2013, 5:35 pm
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Breaking: Donuts Passes ICANN Initial Evaluation For New gTLD’s
Donuts the largest applicant for new gTLD applications has passed the Initial Evaluation of ICANN new gTLD program. Donuts has applied for 307 new gTLD domain names including the IDN for the string: 商店 As part of the initial evaluation ICANN had ...
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Breaking: Donuts Passes ICANN Initial Evaluation For New gTLD’s
Donuts the largest applicant for new gTLD applications has passed the Initial Evaluation of ICANN new gTLD program. Donuts has applied for 307 new gTLD domain names including the IDN for the string: 商店 As part of the initial evaluation ICANN had ...
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March 22, 2013, 3:08 pm
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UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Typo’s Of TireChian.com and TireChians.com
South Fork Hardware, Inc., DBA TireChain.com Lost a UDRP decision today on the typo’s on tirechian.com and tirechians.com Complainant has used TIRECHAIN.COM and TIRECHAINS.COM (“the asserted Marks”) since 1998. It uses the TIRECHAIN...
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UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Typo’s Of TireChian.com and TireChians.com
South Fork Hardware, Inc., DBA TireChain.com Lost a UDRP decision today on the typo’s on tirechian.com and tirechians.com Complainant has used TIRECHAIN.COM and TIRECHAINS.COM (“the asserted Marks”) since 1998. It uses the TIRECHAIN...
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March 22, 2013, 1:53 pm
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CORRECTION: Famous Four Did Not File Any Objections To .Music or .Song
Earlier today we incorrectly reported that Famous Four filed an objection to the other 7 applicants for the .Music gTLD’s and to the .Song new gTLD filed by Amazon. Famous Four did not file the objections. The Objection were filed by DotM...
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CORRECTION: Famous Four Did Not File Any Objections To .Music or .Song
Earlier today we incorrectly reported that Famous Four filed an objection to the other 7 applicants for the .Music gTLD’s and to the .Song new gTLD filed by Amazon. Famous Four did not file the objections. The Objection were filed by DotM...
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March 22, 2013, 1:05 pm
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Watergate Holdings Files A UDRP On TheWatergateHotel.com & WatergateHotel.com
Euro Watergate Hotel Residences, LLC Watergate Holdings, LLC, filed a UDRP on the domain names TheWatergateHotel.com and WaterGateHotel.com with the World In...
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Watergate Holdings Files A UDRP On TheWatergateHotel.com & WatergateHotel.com
Euro Watergate Hotel Residences, LLC Watergate Holdings, LLC, filed a UDRP on the domain names TheWatergateHotel.com and WaterGateHotel.com with the World In...
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March 22, 2013, 10:36 am
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Snapname/Afternic Auction Ends Today & Has Over $50K In Bids
The Afternic.com spring auction closes today on Snapnames.com today at 3:15pm EST As of publication with 6 hours to go there are over $50,000 in bids. There are some nice domains in the auction including the three letter domains of gfa.com, vgv...
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Snapname/Afternic Auction Ends Today & Has Over $50K In Bids
The Afternic.com spring auction closes today on Snapnames.com today at 3:15pm EST As of publication with 6 hours to go there are over $50,000 in bids. There are some nice domains in the auction including the three letter domains of gfa.com, vgv...
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March 22, 2013, 9:19 am
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Famous Four Applicant for .Music Files 8 Legal Rights Objections At WIPO On New gTLD’s
10 more Legal Rights Objections were filed at WIPO today as part of the ICANN new gTLD program. On of the applicants for .Music, DotMusic Limited ,which is owned by Famous Four, an applicant for 61 new gTLD’s filed objections to the other 7 app...
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Famous Four Applicant for .Music Files 8 Legal Rights Objections At WIPO On New gTLD’s
10 more Legal Rights Objections were filed at WIPO today as part of the ICANN new gTLD program. On of the applicants for .Music, DotMusic Limited ,which is owned by Famous Four, an applicant for 61 new gTLD’s filed objections to the other 7 app...
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March 22, 2013, 9:08 am
