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Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP
s Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant asser...
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Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP
s Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant asser...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Paris Hilton wins case to take down sex video site
Arbitration panel sides with celebrity in domain name dispute. Socialite Paris Hilton has won a cybersquatting case she filed against the owner of a site that offered her sex tapes. Hilton filed the case with World Intellectual Property Organization ...
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Paris Hilton wins case to take down sex video site
Arbitration panel sides with celebrity in domain name dispute. Socialite Paris Hilton has won a cybersquatting case she filed against the owner of a site that offered her sex tapes. Hilton filed the case with World Intellectual Property Organization ...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 takeaways from new top level domain name sunrise periods so far
Here are ten things to think about after 15 top level domain names have completed their sunrise periods. 14 of Donuts’ domain names as well as شبكة. have gone through sunrise so far. Only one of the fifteen domains received more than 200 su...
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10 takeaways from new top level domain name sunrise periods so far
Here are ten things to think about after 15 top level domain names have completed their sunrise periods. 14 of Donuts’ domain names as well as شبكة. have gone through sunrise so far. Only one of the fifteen domains received more than 200 su...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 4:06 pm
The Domains
Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New gTLD’s
Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to bring its portfolio of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) to market. More than 40 ...
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Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New gTLD’s
Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to bring its portfolio of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) to market. More than 40 ...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
30 end user domain name sales
A water company, soundproofer, and African conglomerate all bought domain names last week. Here are 30 end user domain names sales that occurred on Afternic or GoDaddy last week. You can see previous end user sales reports here. SavannahGroup.com $1,...
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30 end user domain name sales
A water company, soundproofer, and African conglomerate all bought domain names last week. Here are 30 end user domain names sales that occurred on Afternic or GoDaddy last week. You can see previous end user sales reports here. SavannahGroup.com $1,...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 3:25 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 5th, 2014
I was telling a friend that’s a broker yesterday that I think that the economy is going to take a big hit here in the US because of the weather. Other than supplies, purchasing is WAAAAAYYY down. Weather effects mood and the weather in th...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 5th, 2014
I was telling a friend that’s a broker yesterday that I think that the economy is going to take a big hit here in the US because of the weather. Other than supplies, purchasing is WAAAAAYYY down. Weather effects mood and the weather in th...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 11:34 am
The Domains
Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in January 2014
NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less, including the top 7 sales. January sales above $2,000: liu.com $155,688.00 bak.com $50,...
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Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in January 2014
NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less, including the top 7 sales. January sales above $2,000: liu.com $155,688.00 bak.com $50,...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 10:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ next 7 sunrises: only 2 top 100 domain names
Based on zone files, only two of Donuts’ second batch of TLDs to go through sunrise topped 100 registrations. Last week I wrote about Donuts’ first seven sunrises, each of which typically resulted in about 100-200 registrations. The next ...
Discussion
Donuts’ next 7 sunrises: only 2 top 100 domain names
Based on zone files, only two of Donuts’ second batch of TLDs to go through sunrise topped 100 registrations. Last week I wrote about Donuts’ first seven sunrises, each of which typically resulted in about 100-200 registrations. The next ...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 2:53 am
The Domains
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10′s Of Million In Upside
On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN...
Discussion
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10′s Of Million In Upside
On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 11:42 pm
The Domains
Are The Days Of Outrageously Expensive Super Bowl Commercials Over ?
Avi Dan wrote a piece for Forbes on whether the days of big money ads on Super Bowl Sunday are over. Of course looking at a game that was a blowout makes those people who had an ad running in the fourth quarter cringe. They paid the big bucks ...
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Are The Days Of Outrageously Expensive Super Bowl Commercials Over ?
Avi Dan wrote a piece for Forbes on whether the days of big money ads on Super Bowl Sunday are over. Of course looking at a game that was a blowout makes those people who had an ad running in the fourth quarter cringe. They paid the big bucks ...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 9:37 pm
