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The Domains
35 Senators Demand Answers On NTIA Plan Of Giving Up Oversight of ICANN
35 U.S. Senators led by John Thune (R-S.D.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), asking a lot of questions (I count...
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35 Senators Demand Answers On NTIA Plan Of Giving Up Oversight of ICANN
35 U.S. Senators led by John Thune (R-S.D.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), asking a lot of questions (I count...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 11:56 pm
The Domains
Vertical Axis Beats Back a UDRP on the Domain ThinkThin.com Registered in 2001
Vertical Axis Inc which was as always represented by Esqwire.com beat back a UDRP on the domain name ThinkThin.com The trademark holder 1st registered their trademark and started selling their product in 2006, somehow they thought they were entitled ...
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Vertical Axis Beats Back a UDRP on the Domain ThinkThin.com Registered in 2001
Vertical Axis Inc which was as always represented by Esqwire.com beat back a UDRP on the domain name ThinkThin.com The trademark holder 1st registered their trademark and started selling their product in 2006, somehow they thought they were entitled ...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 11:22 pm
The Domains
18 Year Old Domain MyMachine.com Saved in UDRP
Sabrage Media, Inc. just lost his attempt to grab the 18 year old domain name mymachine.com through a UDRP to which the domain owner didn’t even bother to defend. The factual findings pertinent to the decision in this case are that: 1. Compl...
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18 Year Old Domain MyMachine.com Saved in UDRP
Sabrage Media, Inc. just lost his attempt to grab the 18 year old domain name mymachine.com through a UDRP to which the domain owner didn’t even bother to defend. The factual findings pertinent to the decision in this case are that: 1. Compl...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 11:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some SnapNames’ caught domains to be managed at NetworkSolutions
Domains caught by SnapName’s own registrars will be managed through Network Solutions. Here’s the first notable change as a result of Web.com acquiring expired domain marketplace SnapNames. SnapNames announced today that domain names acqu...
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Some SnapNames’ caught domains to be managed at NetworkSolutions
Domains caught by SnapName’s own registrars will be managed through Network Solutions. Here’s the first notable change as a result of Web.com acquiring expired domain marketplace SnapNames. SnapNames announced today that domain names acqu...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 9:00 pm
The Domains
Domains Acquired Through SnapNames Creds Will Be Managed By NetworkSolutions.com
Snapnames.com just announced that starting today, “domain names acquired at SnapNames®, through a SnapNames credential, will now be managed through Network Solutions. Before anyone freaks out about the price, these domains will be sub...
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Domains Acquired Through SnapNames Creds Will Be Managed By NetworkSolutions.com
Snapnames.com just announced that starting today, “domain names acquired at SnapNames®, through a SnapNames credential, will now be managed through Network Solutions. Before anyone freaks out about the price, these domains will be sub...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 9:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
No Justin Bieber bashing in new .xyz domain name
Be careful what content you post at JustBieberDruggie.xyz. The .XYZ top level domain name has published its launch policies, and it includes perhaps the most off-the-wall restriction of any new TLD to date: No Bieber-bashing. Oprah, too. Page 22 of t...
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No Justin Bieber bashing in new .xyz domain name
Be careful what content you post at JustBieberDruggie.xyz. The .XYZ top level domain name has published its launch policies, and it includes perhaps the most off-the-wall restriction of any new TLD to date: No Bieber-bashing. Oprah, too. Page 22 of t...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 6:30 pm
The Domains
Stuart Lawley Chats About ICANN & The New gTLD’s On Cavuto Fox Business Show
Stuart Lawley the CEO of the ICM Registry, which operates the .XXX top level domain name extension and an applicant for .sex, .porn and .adult was interviewed by Cavuto, on Fox Business News, in a segment which lasted over five minutes. My favorite q...
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Stuart Lawley Chats About ICANN & The New gTLD’s On Cavuto Fox Business Show
Stuart Lawley the CEO of the ICM Registry, which operates the .XXX top level domain name extension and an applicant for .sex, .porn and .adult was interviewed by Cavuto, on Fox Business News, in a segment which lasted over five minutes. My favorite q...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 5:55 pm
The Domains
BedLinens.com Sells On Namejet For 10% Of What It Sold For 3 /12 Years Ago
One of the domain names in the DomainFest/Namejet.com auction that sold yesterday was BedLinens.com The domain sold yesterday on Namejet.com for $2,411 The same domain BedLinens.com sold back in September 2010 on Namejet.com for $22,322 So we a...
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BedLinens.com Sells On Namejet For 10% Of What It Sold For 3 /12 Years Ago
One of the domain names in the DomainFest/Namejet.com auction that sold yesterday was BedLinens.com The domain sold yesterday on Namejet.com for $2,411 The same domain BedLinens.com sold back in September 2010 on Namejet.com for $22,322 So we a...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 3:55 pm
The Domains
WSJ: If The UN Gets Control Of ICANN Your Domain Registration Fees May Increase, A Lot
The Wall Street Journal just published a story by Karl Borden who is a professor of financial economics at the University of Nebraska who warns that if the US gives up its oversight control over ICANN and the United Nations winds up in that roll, exp...
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WSJ: If The UN Gets Control Of ICANN Your Domain Registration Fees May Increase, A Lot
The Wall Street Journal just published a story by Karl Borden who is a professor of financial economics at the University of Nebraska who warns that if the US gives up its oversight control over ICANN and the United Nations winds up in that roll, exp...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 2:50 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 2nd, 2014
Today is one of the better lists of the year, maybe ever. Between the Namejet/DomainFest auction going on and the BuyDomains auction at Godaddy there are plenty of names to choose from. Here are the names I like . Now taking n...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 2nd, 2014
Today is one of the better lists of the year, maybe ever. Between the Namejet/DomainFest auction going on and the BuyDomains auction at Godaddy there are plenty of names to choose from. Here are the names I like . Now taking n...
Discussion
April 2, 2014, 11:00 am
