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The Domains
ZeptoLab Seeking to Cancel King.com EU Trademark on Candy
We have written before how King.com the makers of the wildly popular Candy Crush Saga were seeking to trademark Candy for video games and clothing. Last month King.com decided to pull their US application and are no longer seeking to trademark the wo...
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ZeptoLab Seeking to Cancel King.com EU Trademark on Candy
We have written before how King.com the makers of the wildly popular Candy Crush Saga were seeking to trademark Candy for video games and clothing. Last month King.com decided to pull their US application and are no longer seeking to trademark the wo...
Discussion
March 26, 2014, 8:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Famous Four alleges link between panelist and opponent for .Sport
Company says panelist that killed its .sport application had a conflict of interest. Last fall Famous Four Media saw its plans to run a .sport top level domain dashed after a panelist found in favor of rival applicant SportAccord in a community objec...
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Famous Four alleges link between panelist and opponent for .Sport
Company says panelist that killed its .sport application had a conflict of interest. Last fall Famous Four Media saw its plans to run a .sport top level domain dashed after a panelist found in favor of rival applicant SportAccord in a community objec...
Discussion
March 26, 2014, 2:27 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7M Led By ntent.com for $25K
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 692 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · &nb...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.7M Led By ntent.com for $25K
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 692 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · &nb...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 10:46 pm
The Domains
Some Interesting .Email Domain Registrations & The Dallas Cowboys Miss Again
As we said in an earlier post today we went through the zone file for .Email to see what people have been registering. We noticed some interesting registrations. The Dallas Cowboys which had an illustrious history when it comes to domain names, just ...
Discussion
Some Interesting .Email Domain Registrations & The Dallas Cowboys Miss Again
As we said in an earlier post today we went through the zone file for .Email to see what people have been registering. We noticed some interesting registrations. The Dallas Cowboys which had an illustrious history when it comes to domain names, just ...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 9:07 pm
The Domains
Breaking: IRS Rules Bitcoin (virtual Currency) Will Be Treated As Property Not Currency
The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it will treat bitcoin and other virtual currencies like property, not currency, giving a potential boost to investors but imposing extensive record-keeping rules and significant taxes on its use. ...
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Breaking: IRS Rules Bitcoin (virtual Currency) Will Be Treated As Property Not Currency
The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it will treat bitcoin and other virtual currencies like property, not currency, giving a potential boost to investors but imposing extensive record-keeping rules and significant taxes on its use. ...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 6:42 pm
The Domains
Meet The 1st .Email Cybersquatter Grabs Up ESPN, Pepsi, Starbucks, Chevrolet, NFL & More
We just went through the zone file for the .email new gTLD to see what interesting new domain registrations I found. I couldn’t help miss the registrations by a organization out of Los Alamitos, CA named Viva Las Vegas who wound up getting a gr...
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Meet The 1st .Email Cybersquatter Grabs Up ESPN, Pepsi, Starbucks, Chevrolet, NFL & More
We just went through the zone file for the .email new gTLD to see what interesting new domain registrations I found. I couldn’t help miss the registrations by a organization out of Los Alamitos, CA named Viva Las Vegas who wound up getting a gr...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 5:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 more Donuts TLDs available to register tomorrow & .email is the winner so far
.Email has the most registrations so far for this week’s batch. Five more of Donuts’ new top level domain names revert to regular registration pricing tomorrow: .training, .solutions, .support, .builders and .email. So far it looks like ....
Discussion
5 more Donuts TLDs available to register tomorrow & .email is the winner so far
.Email has the most registrations so far for this week’s batch. Five more of Donuts’ new top level domain names revert to regular registration pricing tomorrow: .training, .solutions, .support, .builders and .email. So far it looks like ....
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 5:39 pm
The Domains
TMCH Has Caused More People Not To Register 450K Domains, As New gTLD’s Pass 350K
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) said today that is has delivered 500,000 Claims Notices (CNIS) of which 95% of the queries for trademark terms are not being followed through to a live registration. That means that up to 450,000 new gTLD doma...
Discussion
TMCH Has Caused More People Not To Register 450K Domains, As New gTLD’s Pass 350K
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) said today that is has delivered 500,000 Claims Notices (CNIS) of which 95% of the queries for trademark terms are not being followed through to a live registration. That means that up to 450,000 new gTLD doma...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 2:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
TMCH brags about numbers, but what do they mean?
Trademark Clearinghouse has issued 500,000 claims notices. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) announced today that it has issued 500,000 claims notices to prospective registrants of domains under new top level domain names. The notices are shown when...
Discussion
TMCH brags about numbers, but what do they mean?
Trademark Clearinghouse has issued 500,000 claims notices. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) announced today that it has issued 500,000 claims notices to prospective registrants of domains under new top level domain names. The notices are shown when...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain purchases including EA’s new video game
EA buys a domain name that’s likely for a new video game. Yesterday I published an end user sales list of sales from Sedo. They sent two weekly lists at once and I’m getting caught up, so this morning I’ve got another one for you. Y...
Discussion
16 end user domain purchases including EA’s new video game
EA buys a domain name that’s likely for a new video game. Yesterday I published an end user sales list of sales from Sedo. They sent two weekly lists at once and I’m getting caught up, so this morning I’ve got another one for you. Y...
Discussion
March 25, 2014, 1:35 pm
