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UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On ElAbogado.com (The Lawyer.com)
In a UDRP decision released today a one member panel rejected the trademark holder of the “brands 1-800-NY-ABOGADO 1-800-ELABOGADO” to the domain name ElAbogado.com, which translates to “The Lawyer” in English. Here are ...
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UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On ElAbogado.com (The Lawyer.com)
In a UDRP decision released today a one member panel rejected the trademark holder of the “brands 1-800-NY-ABOGADO 1-800-ELABOGADO” to the domain name ElAbogado.com, which translates to “The Lawyer” in English. Here are ...
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September 6, 2012, 8:26 am
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Google Gains Control Of 43 Domain Names In 2 Separate UDRP Decisions
In two separate UDRP decisions handed down today, Google won control of 43 domain names. In the 1st decision Google won control over 25 domain names: googelemaps.com googldocs.com googleail.com googleamail.com googleamaps.com googleboooks.com googlec...
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Google Gains Control Of 43 Domain Names In 2 Separate UDRP Decisions
In two separate UDRP decisions handed down today, Google won control of 43 domain names. In the 1st decision Google won control over 25 domain names: googelemaps.com googldocs.com googleail.com googleamail.com googleamaps.com googleboooks.com googlec...
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September 6, 2012, 8:12 am
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ICANN Announces The 7 Criteria On Whether Changes To New gTLD Applications Will Be Approved
ICANN announced overnight, how will evaluate the requested changes in new gTLD’s applications. ICANN will consider the 7 criteria below and inform the applicant whether the changes are approved or denied. As usually all seems to be left to the ...
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ICANN Announces The 7 Criteria On Whether Changes To New gTLD Applications Will Be Approved
ICANN announced overnight, how will evaluate the requested changes in new gTLD’s applications. ICANN will consider the 7 criteria below and inform the applicant whether the changes are approved or denied. As usually all seems to be left to the ...
Discussion
September 6, 2012, 8:01 am
The Domains
ICANN: 4 New gTLD Applications Withdrawn, 3 By Google
According to ICANN’s site, four applications for new gTLD’s have been withdrawn by the applicants so far, including three by Google. The strings Google has withdrawn its new gTLD application for are: .And .Are .Est All of Google applicati...
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ICANN: 4 New gTLD Applications Withdrawn, 3 By Google
According to ICANN’s site, four applications for new gTLD’s have been withdrawn by the applicants so far, including three by Google. The strings Google has withdrawn its new gTLD application for are: .And .Are .Est All of Google applicati...
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September 5, 2012, 8:40 pm
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TeachBook.com Changes Its Name To TeachQuest.com, Bought For $1,950, As It Settles Its Lawsuit With Facebook.com
Back in August of 2010 we posted about Facebook.com suing the site, TeachBook.com alleging trademark infringement. Today comes word from chicagobusiness.com that TechBook.com has changed their name to TeachQuest.com. “Teachbook, the Northbrook-...
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TeachBook.com Changes Its Name To TeachQuest.com, Bought For $1,950, As It Settles Its Lawsuit With Facebook.com
Back in August of 2010 we posted about Facebook.com suing the site, TeachBook.com alleging trademark infringement. Today comes word from chicagobusiness.com that TechBook.com has changed their name to TeachQuest.com. “Teachbook, the Northbrook-...
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September 5, 2012, 11:07 am
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Top 50 Most Pre-Registered New gTLD’s Domain Names From UnitedDomains.com
UnitedDomains.com an ICANN accredited registrar has taken almost 850,000 “pre-registrations” of new gTLD’s domain names. The registrar has been publishing a top 10 list of the new gTLD’s by number of “pre-registrations&r...
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Top 50 Most Pre-Registered New gTLD’s Domain Names From UnitedDomains.com
UnitedDomains.com an ICANN accredited registrar has taken almost 850,000 “pre-registrations” of new gTLD’s domain names. The registrar has been publishing a top 10 list of the new gTLD’s by number of “pre-registrations&r...
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September 5, 2012, 7:30 am
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Afternic.com Sells $1.08MM in Domains Led By Elysium.com At $30K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,075,466 for the week ending September 2nd, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Elysium.com for $30,000 followed by VideoConverter.com for $20,000. Below is the compl...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.08MM in Domains Led By Elysium.com At $30K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,075,466 for the week ending September 2nd, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Elysium.com for $30,000 followed by VideoConverter.com for $20,000. Below is the compl...
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September 4, 2012, 5:06 pm
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Sedo Transactions For The Week “Total Over $1 Million”
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transaction list. 699 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1 million. (no exact number was furnished) 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highl...
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Sedo Transactions For The Week “Total Over $1 Million”
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transaction list. 699 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1 million. (no exact number was furnished) 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highl...
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September 4, 2012, 3:05 pm
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Fed Court Rules No In Rem Jurisdiction In Washington D.C. For ACPA
A Federal Court ruled that an in rem action under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) cannot be brought in Washington D.C. based off of ICANN having an office in DC since ICANN is not a “domain name authority” as contem...
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Fed Court Rules No In Rem Jurisdiction In Washington D.C. For ACPA
A Federal Court ruled that an in rem action under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) cannot be brought in Washington D.C. based off of ICANN having an office in DC since ICANN is not a “domain name authority” as contem...
Discussion
September 4, 2012, 1:29 pm
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Confirmed: 9 Gambling Domains Previously By US Government Were Sold To A Private Business & Put On Sale
Over the weekend we published a story how 9 gambling related domain names that were seized by the US Government’s Homeland Security division, had been placed up for sale by a private company in Las Vegas. The domain names included TruePoker.com...
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Confirmed: 9 Gambling Domains Previously By US Government Were Sold To A Private Business & Put On Sale
Over the weekend we published a story how 9 gambling related domain names that were seized by the US Government’s Homeland Security division, had been placed up for sale by a private company in Las Vegas. The domain names included TruePoker.com...
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September 4, 2012, 8:18 am
