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ICANN Tells POLITICO On Closed Generic gTLD’s: “The Train is Leaving the Station”
Politico has posted about the new gTLD closed generic controversy asking “should a company be allowed to run a generic term such as tire, insurance or book as a domain and wall off its use from competitors?” In response, Akram Atallah, I...
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ICANN Tells POLITICO On Closed Generic gTLD’s: “The Train is Leaving the Station”
Politico has posted about the new gTLD closed generic controversy asking “should a company be allowed to run a generic term such as tire, insurance or book as a domain and wall off its use from competitors?” In response, Akram Atallah, I...
Discussion
February 20, 2013, 10:28 am
The Domains
AnyDoc.com Saved In UDRP Despite Predated Trademark and Non-Use
Microsystems Technology, Inc. d/b/a ANYDOC of Tampa, Florida just lost a UDRP on the domain AnyDoc.com which is owned by Matthew Lamb, despite having a trademark on the term since 2004 and despite the fact that since the domain holder acquired it at ...
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AnyDoc.com Saved In UDRP Despite Predated Trademark and Non-Use
Microsystems Technology, Inc. d/b/a ANYDOC of Tampa, Florida just lost a UDRP on the domain AnyDoc.com which is owned by Matthew Lamb, despite having a trademark on the term since 2004 and despite the fact that since the domain holder acquired it at ...
Discussion
February 20, 2013, 9:31 am
The Domains
Ruling is Out: After Spending $60K To Acquire GED.Net, Domain Lost In UDRP
Yesterday we let you know that A UDRP panel awarded the domain name GED.net to the company that administers the exam and owns the trademark on the term Today we have the actual opinion and additional facts. The first big surprise for me is that the d...
Discussion
Ruling is Out: After Spending $60K To Acquire GED.Net, Domain Lost In UDRP
Yesterday we let you know that A UDRP panel awarded the domain name GED.net to the company that administers the exam and owns the trademark on the term Today we have the actual opinion and additional facts. The first big surprise for me is that the d...
Discussion
February 20, 2013, 9:13 am
The Domains
Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7 Million
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand’s statement that they are considering spiting the company into to different public comp...
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Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7 Million
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand’s statement that they are considering spiting the company into to different public comp...
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 4:32 pm
The Domains
Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket
Demand Media (DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content creation platform t...
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Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket
Demand Media (DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content creation platform t...
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 4:20 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions for The Week Total $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transactions, in all 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.2m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include...
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Sedo.com Transactions for The Week Total $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transactions, in all 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.2m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include...
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 4:15 pm
The Domains
Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led by DiscountLoans.com At $39,000
Afternic.com just published it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/11/13 – 2/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,083,230 Sales were led by DiscountLoans.com at $3...
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Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led by DiscountLoans.com At $39,000
Afternic.com just published it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/11/13 – 2/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,083,230 Sales were led by DiscountLoans.com at $3...
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February 19, 2013, 3:51 pm
The Domains
Chad Folkening’s New Reality Show: Using Premium Domains to Build A Successful Business In 8 Weeks
According to his Facebook page Chad Folkening, a very successful domainer and a co-founder of Domain Holdings, announced his latest project, VentureCamp, a live/work incubator/accelerator/reality show. “Join other like minded entrepreneurs and ...
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Chad Folkening’s New Reality Show: Using Premium Domains to Build A Successful Business In 8 Weeks
According to his Facebook page Chad Folkening, a very successful domainer and a co-founder of Domain Holdings, announced his latest project, VentureCamp, a live/work incubator/accelerator/reality show. “Join other like minded entrepreneurs and ...
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 3:05 pm
The Domains
GED.net Lost In UDRP
The domain name GED.net has been lost in a UDRP in a case filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) We first wrote about this case when it was filed in November, noting at the time the domain name wasn’t a parked page...
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GED.net Lost In UDRP
The domain name GED.net has been lost in a UDRP in a case filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) We first wrote about this case when it was filed in November, noting at the time the domain name wasn’t a parked page...
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 11:50 am
The Domains
UDRP Filed On Two Letter .Org: RT.Org
A two letter .Org domain name has just been hit with a UDRP…
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UDRP Filed On Two Letter .Org: RT.Org
A two letter .Org domain name has just been hit with a UDRP…
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 10:29 am
