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Domain Name Wire
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
Objector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for .d...
Discussion
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
Objector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for .d...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:31 pm
Domain Shane
A Letter To The Editor From the Owner of Apples.com and Onions.com
Yesterday the owner of Apples.com an Onions.com took offense to my list saying that there could be legal problems regarding apples.com and that onions would have the same problems. While I merely meant that the new owner would have to continually mak...
Discussion
A Letter To The Editor From the Owner of Apples.com and Onions.com
Yesterday the owner of Apples.com an Onions.com took offense to my list saying that there could be legal problems regarding apples.com and that onions would have the same problems. While I merely meant that the new owner would have to continually mak...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:14 pm
The Domains
Breaking: WIPO Upholds 1st Legal Rights Objection On .Delmonte
A WIPO panel has just upheld its first Legal Rights Objection (LRO). The WIPO panel upheld the objection of the Del Monte Corporation of San Francisco to the new gTLD application for .Delmonte Here is the discussion of the panel In order to ...
Discussion
Breaking: WIPO Upholds 1st Legal Rights Objection On .Delmonte
A WIPO panel has just upheld its first Legal Rights Objection (LRO). The WIPO panel upheld the objection of the Del Monte Corporation of San Francisco to the new gTLD application for .Delmonte Here is the discussion of the panel In order to ...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
What the heck is a “premium domain”?
A domain that would qualify as premium in .com may not be premium under different extensions. Just like grade inflation, the quality of what people are labeling a “premium domain” has been slipping in recent years. That’s because an...
Discussion
What the heck is a “premium domain”?
A domain that would qualify as premium in .com may not be premium under different extensions. Just like grade inflation, the quality of what people are labeling a “premium domain” has been slipping in recent years. That’s because an...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 12:25 pm
The Domains
ICANN’s Name Collision Study Could Derail 20% Of All Applied For New gTLD Strings
ICANN released the Name Collision Study it commission, which suggests the the applications for the new gTLD’s .Corp and .Home be indefinitely delayed and that 20% of all new gTLD applied for strings be delayed for at least 3-6 months a...
Discussion
ICANN’s Name Collision Study Could Derail 20% Of All Applied For New gTLD Strings
ICANN released the Name Collision Study it commission, which suggests the the applications for the new gTLD’s .Corp and .Home be indefinitely delayed and that 20% of all new gTLD applied for strings be delayed for at least 3-6 months a...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 11:58 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s sales and Nokta’s sales and leases from July
Domain name companies release sales information. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,601 in July, according to the company’s Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. The top sale, which I’ve written about previously, was body.com for $380,000. Here a...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s sales and Nokta’s sales and leases from July
Domain name companies release sales information. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,601 in July, according to the company’s Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. The top sale, which I’ve written about previously, was body.com for $380,000. Here a...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 11:33 am
The Domains
Lawsuits Don’t Scare Cybersquatters As Faceboko.com Sells On SnapNames For $1,516
Despite Facebook bringing federal lawsuits against Cybersquatters, they do not seem scared off as the domain name Faceboko.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for over $1,500. The domain name not surprisingly has has a traffic ranking from Alexa, Co...
Discussion
Lawsuits Don’t Scare Cybersquatters As Faceboko.com Sells On SnapNames For $1,516
Despite Facebook bringing federal lawsuits against Cybersquatters, they do not seem scared off as the domain name Faceboko.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for over $1,500. The domain name not surprisingly has has a traffic ranking from Alexa, Co...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 11:05 am
The Domains
Donuts Appoints Jeff DeCillia Chief Financial Officer
Donuts Inc., the largest applicant for ICANN’s new gTLD program announced that Jeff deCillia has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. deCillia, who brings more than 20 years of financial leadership and public markets experi...
Discussion
Donuts Appoints Jeff DeCillia Chief Financial Officer
Donuts Inc., the largest applicant for ICANN’s new gTLD program announced that Jeff deCillia has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. deCillia, who brings more than 20 years of financial leadership and public markets experi...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 10:29 am
The Domains
NameJet.com Reports $366K in Domain Sales In July
Namejet.com has released its top sales for July 2013 for domains selling for $2,000 or more. All domains sales were led by Meifa.com which sold for $25,655 and MUI.com which was right behind at $24,999 In all 69 domain names sold. Here is the list in...
Discussion
NameJet.com Reports $366K in Domain Sales In July
Namejet.com has released its top sales for July 2013 for domains selling for $2,000 or more. All domains sales were led by Meifa.com which sold for $25,655 and MUI.com which was right behind at $24,999 In all 69 domain names sold. Here is the list in...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 10:13 am
The Domains
ThePrive.com Files UDRP On The Generic Prive.com
The Fortrend Group LlC which owns the domain name ThePrive.com is seeking to upgrade its domain name by filing a UDRP on the generic domain Prive.com Prive is a french word that mean private in English. Armani has a line of clothing name Prive There ...
Discussion
ThePrive.com Files UDRP On The Generic Prive.com
The Fortrend Group LlC which owns the domain name ThePrive.com is seeking to upgrade its domain name by filing a UDRP on the generic domain Prive.com Prive is a french word that mean private in English. Armani has a line of clothing name Prive There ...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 9:35 am
