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How Valuable Would .Mobi Domains Have Been If Apple Named The iPhone The Mobi?
A story in Mashable today tells the tale that Apple was considering many other domain names for the iPhone, including calling it the Mobi. The article former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall, Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and Tele...
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How Valuable Would .Mobi Domains Have Been If Apple Named The iPhone The Mobi?
A story in Mashable today tells the tale that Apple was considering many other domain names for the iPhone, including calling it the Mobi. The article former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall, Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and Tele...
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March 5, 2013, 9:35 am
The Domains
Sears Files URDP For 96 Typo’s Domain Names
Sears filed a UDRP yesterday for 96 domain names which are all variations and typos. Included are typo’s for Sears, Sears credit cards, Sears Outlet, Sears Parts, Sears Optical and variations on its slogan “Shop Your Way” Here are t...
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Sears Files URDP For 96 Typo’s Domain Names
Sears filed a UDRP yesterday for 96 domain names which are all variations and typos. Included are typo’s for Sears, Sears credit cards, Sears Outlet, Sears Parts, Sears Optical and variations on its slogan “Shop Your Way” Here are t...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 8:59 am
The Domains
The Independent Objector For ICANN’s New gTLD Program Decides Not To Object To Anything
As part of the new gTLD program ICANN provided it would establish an Independent Objector who could file an objection to new gTLD strings or applicants and May 14th 2012 on named Professor Alain Pellet as the Independent Objector (IO). &l...
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The Independent Objector For ICANN’s New gTLD Program Decides Not To Object To Anything
As part of the new gTLD program ICANN provided it would establish an Independent Objector who could file an objection to new gTLD strings or applicants and May 14th 2012 on named Professor Alain Pellet as the Independent Objector (IO). &l...
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March 4, 2013, 9:36 pm
The Domains
NiceCar.com For Sale For $100,000 Hit With UDRP
The domain name NiceCar.com was just hit with a UDRP While the domain seems very generic to me, NICE CAR, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado has a trademark which was filed on May 24, 2005 but not granted until February 6, 2007. The domain name has a reg...
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NiceCar.com For Sale For $100,000 Hit With UDRP
The domain name NiceCar.com was just hit with a UDRP While the domain seems very generic to me, NICE CAR, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado has a trademark which was filed on May 24, 2005 but not granted until February 6, 2007. The domain name has a reg...
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March 4, 2013, 4:22 pm
The Domains
NameJet.com Publishes $475K In Domain Sales From February
Namejet.com just released some sales details for domain name that sold through the NameJet.com platform in February 2013. This list was described as the details for the domain sales “we are able to publish for Feb 2013″ Do...
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NameJet.com Publishes $475K In Domain Sales From February
Namejet.com just released some sales details for domain name that sold through the NameJet.com platform in February 2013. This list was described as the details for the domain sales “we are able to publish for Feb 2013″ Do...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 2:30 pm
The Domains
Former State Rep Sells UnderTheDome.com Unknowingly For Spielberg/Stephen King Show
Arkansasbusiness.com, just wrote a story about a former state representative Steve Harrelson, who sold the domain name of his blog UnderTheDome.com, for just $7,800 in January, to what he thought was a New York company that was planning some ...
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Former State Rep Sells UnderTheDome.com Unknowingly For Spielberg/Stephen King Show
Arkansasbusiness.com, just wrote a story about a former state representative Steve Harrelson, who sold the domain name of his blog UnderTheDome.com, for just $7,800 in January, to what he thought was a New York company that was planning some ...
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March 4, 2013, 2:12 pm
The Domains
WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com…
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WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com…
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March 4, 2013, 1:56 pm
The Domains
UrbanHome.com Registered in 1999, Lost In UDRP To TM Registered in 2012
In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. The complainant just got its trademark in 2012. It registered the domain is operates its site at, sho...
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UrbanHome.com Registered in 1999, Lost In UDRP To TM Registered in 2012
In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. The complainant just got its trademark in 2012. It registered the domain is operates its site at, sho...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 12:59 pm
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.Menu One Of The First New gTLD That Should Launch Goes With Namejet/Afternic
WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet and Afternic to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, and offer premium name distribution for the .MENU top level domain (TLD). According to a press release we ...
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.Menu One Of The First New gTLD That Should Launch Goes With Namejet/Afternic
WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet and Afternic to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, and offer premium name distribution for the .MENU top level domain (TLD). According to a press release we ...
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March 4, 2013, 8:59 am
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BankRate.com Buys CardOffers.com & Spends $34 Million On Domains & TM’s In 2012
Bankrate.com (RATE) spent almost $34 Million Dollars on Domain names and trademarks in 2012. One of the 2012 acquisitions appears to be purchased the large lead generation site, CardOffers.com sometime in October 2012. Bankrate.com applied for a trad...
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BankRate.com Buys CardOffers.com & Spends $34 Million On Domains & TM’s In 2012
Bankrate.com (RATE) spent almost $34 Million Dollars on Domain names and trademarks in 2012. One of the 2012 acquisitions appears to be purchased the large lead generation site, CardOffers.com sometime in October 2012. Bankrate.com applied for a trad...
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March 3, 2013, 9:21 am
