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Domain Name Wire
Merck KGaA sues Merk & Co. over .merck top level domain name
Company files two lawsuits in .merck dispute. Merck KGaA, one of the applicants for the .merck top level domain names, has filed two lawsuits against competing applicant Merck & Co. According to a reconsideration request (pdf) Merck KGaA filed wi...
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Merck KGaA sues Merk & Co. over .merck top level domain name
Company files two lawsuits in .merck dispute. Merck KGaA, one of the applicants for the .merck top level domain names, has filed two lawsuits against competing applicant Merck & Co. According to a reconsideration request (pdf) Merck KGaA filed wi...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 11:57 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com appeals silly IDN string confusion objection
Amazon asks ICANN to ignore bad string confusion objection decision. Amazon.com has appealed to ICANN’s board to overrule a decision in a string confusion objection that placed its new TLD application for .通販 in a contention set with .shop....
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Amazon.com appeals silly IDN string confusion objection
Amazon asks ICANN to ignore bad string confusion objection decision. Amazon.com has appealed to ICANN’s board to overrule a decision in a string confusion objection that placed its new TLD application for .通販 in a contention set with .shop....
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories
The New York Times nameserver hijacking dominated last month’s news. Each month I post a list of the top news stories from the prior month. I’m a bit behind for August thanks to the U.S. holiday last week and a trip to visit domain compan...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories
The New York Times nameserver hijacking dominated last month’s news. Each month I post a list of the top news stories from the prior month. I’m a bit behind for August thanks to the U.S. holiday last week and a trip to visit domain compan...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 11:07 am
Domain Name Wire
Is the next Microsoft Surface the Remix?
Microsoft registers Surface Remix domain names. I have to admit I haven’t paid much attention to Microsoft’s tablets. I always see the name Microsoft Surface RT and think “ReTweet”. But Microsoft registered a few domain names ...
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Is the next Microsoft Surface the Remix?
Microsoft registers Surface Remix domain names. I have to admit I haven’t paid much attention to Microsoft’s tablets. I always see the name Microsoft Surface RT and think “ReTweet”. But Microsoft registered a few domain names ...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 10:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Eric Lyon Gives Update on NamePros High Priced Domain Sales Forum
In March of 2011, there was a major change in the domain name sales forums at NamePros. The most noticeable change to me at the time was that NamePros removed the high price domain sales section. With domain sales being important to most people activ...
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Eric Lyon Gives Update on NamePros High Priced Domain Sales Forum
In March of 2011, there was a major change in the domain name sales forums at NamePros. The most noticeable change to me at the time was that NamePros removed the high price domain sales section. With domain sales being important to most people activ...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 10:07 am
The Domains
TechRadar Confuses A Pre-Reservation With An Actual Registration; Telling People new gTLD’s Can Be Registered Today
TechRadar.com covered the new gTLD program telling people that new gTLD are available to be registered now. “New top-level domains now available” “.online, .web, .ltd, .website, and .blog just some of the suffixes available” T...
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TechRadar Confuses A Pre-Reservation With An Actual Registration; Telling People new gTLD’s Can Be Registered Today
TechRadar.com covered the new gTLD program telling people that new gTLD are available to be registered now. “New top-level domains now available” “.online, .web, .ltd, .website, and .blog just some of the suffixes available” T...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 8:38 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 9th, 2013
I don’t ask many favors of people. I don’t hit up my friends for candy or raffle tickets my kid is selling. I just buy all of them to avoid bothering them. But today I have a favor to help a fellow domain investor. And not just A investor...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 9th, 2013
I don’t ask many favors of people. I don’t hit up my friends for candy or raffle tickets my kid is selling. I just buy all of them to avoid bothering them. But today I have a favor to help a fellow domain investor. And not just A investor...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 6:33 am
DomainSherpa
Protecting Your Business Trademarks When New gTLDs Launch – With Jan Corstens
If you run a business and own trademarks for your brand, products or services, you are likely going to be affected by the hundreds of new top level domains that will be coming available over the next few years.For example, I'm concerned that I d...
Discussion
Protecting Your Business Trademarks When New gTLDs Launch – With Jan Corstens
If you run a business and own trademarks for your brand, products or services, you are likely going to be affected by the hundreds of new top level domains that will be coming available over the next few years.For example, I'm concerned that I d...
Discussion
September 9, 2013, 3:30 am
Domain Shane
9 Ways to Get More Money From Your Domains At Auction
There have been a few articles lately about where to sell your domains. In my opinion, if you want to get the greatest amount of quick money for your domain there really are only two options. GoDaddy and Namejet. Sedo...
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9 Ways to Get More Money From Your Domains At Auction
There have been a few articles lately about where to sell your domains. In my opinion, if you want to get the greatest amount of quick money for your domain there really are only two options. GoDaddy and Namejet. Sedo...
Discussion
September 8, 2013, 6:58 pm
Elliot's Blog
1&1 Runs New gTLD Commercial
If you’re watching the NFL today, you may have seen one of (if not the) first new gTLD television commercials. Domain registrar 1&1 ran the commercial I embedded above. It’s all about notifying the general public about the new gTLDs t...
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1&1 Runs New gTLD Commercial
If you’re watching the NFL today, you may have seen one of (if not the) first new gTLD television commercials. Domain registrar 1&1 ran the commercial I embedded above. It’s all about notifying the general public about the new gTLDs t...
Discussion
September 8, 2013, 2:41 pm
