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The Domains
IBM Loses UDRP On OpenPower.org Despite TM Being 5 Years Older Than The Domain
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) just lost a UDRP in an attempted grab of the domain name OpenPower.org against White Label Energy GmbH The UDRP decision was originally published in German. Although IBM had a trademark on the term OP...
Discussion
IBM Loses UDRP On OpenPower.org Despite TM Being 5 Years Older Than The Domain
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) just lost a UDRP in an attempted grab of the domain name OpenPower.org against White Label Energy GmbH The UDRP decision was originally published in German. Although IBM had a trademark on the term OP...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 2:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel (grudgingly) denies UDRP for YahClick.com and YahLive.com
Both complainant and respondent have registered trademarks, so panelist determines UDRP not appropriate mechanism to decide case. WIPO panelist Torsten Bettinger has denied (pdf) a complaint filed against the domain names YahClick.com/.net and YahLiv...
Discussion
WIPO panel (grudgingly) denies UDRP for YahClick.com and YahLive.com
Both complainant and respondent have registered trademarks, so panelist determines UDRP not appropriate mechanism to decide case. WIPO panelist Torsten Bettinger has denied (pdf) a complaint filed against the domain names YahClick.com/.net and YahLiv...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 2:36 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sometimes You Need to Bid in an Auction You Don’t Want to Drive Up The Price
The title of this article may be provocative, but I think bidding up auctions a person has no interest in winning is a wise strategy for specific types of domain names that are similar to names they own. I am absolutely not advocating shill bidding o...
Discussion
Sometimes You Need to Bid in an Auction You Don’t Want to Drive Up The Price
The title of this article may be provocative, but I think bidding up auctions a person has no interest in winning is a wise strategy for specific types of domain names that are similar to names they own. I am absolutely not advocating shill bidding o...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo updates privacy policy due to Google changes
Privacy policy explains that it may release your personal information to Google. Sedo sent a notice to its parking customers today to inform them that it has updated its privacy policy. The company has added a line to its policy that states: It may b...
Discussion
Sedo updates privacy policy due to Google changes
Privacy policy explains that it may release your personal information to Google. Sedo sent a notice to its parking customers today to inform them that it has updated its privacy policy. The company has added a line to its policy that states: It may b...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 12:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
TLD applicants pitch new web addresses at HostingCon
Applicants prepare web hosts and resellers for the coming namespace expansion. The annual HostingCon conference took place in Austin last week, drawing a large contingent of domain name companies to the city. There was a lot of talk about new top lev...
Discussion
TLD applicants pitch new web addresses at HostingCon
Applicants prepare web hosts and resellers for the coming namespace expansion. The annual HostingCon conference took place in Austin last week, drawing a large contingent of domain name companies to the city. There was a lot of talk about new top lev...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 11:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Another domain scam, and this one is sent via fax
Official looking notice warns you about UDRP and urges you to register a .us domain name. There are a number of scams that try to trick unsuspecting domain name owners into paying hefty prices to renew their domains or register new domains. Here&rsqu...
Discussion
Another domain scam, and this one is sent via fax
Official looking notice warns you about UDRP and urges you to register a .us domain name. There are a number of scams that try to trick unsuspecting domain name owners into paying hefty prices to renew their domains or register new domains. Here&rsqu...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 11:05 am
Elliot's Blog
Duck Duck Go Seems to Love Exact Match Domain Names
During the last week, I’ve read a few articles that mentioned Duck Duck Go, a “private” search engine, and I spent a bit of time check out its search results. It’s called “private,” because as Fred Wilson of Union ...
Discussion
Duck Duck Go Seems to Love Exact Match Domain Names
During the last week, I’ve read a few articles that mentioned Duck Duck Go, a “private” search engine, and I spent a bit of time check out its search results. It’s called “private,” because as Fred Wilson of Union ...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 10:33 am
The Domains
Former Founder Of Oversee Launched RTB.com (Real Time Bidding)
According to Mediapost.com, the former co-founder of Oversee.net, Fred Hsu, new company officially launched RTB.com today which stands for Real Time Bidding. The domain name appears have been acquired last year from Telepathy, Inc for what I wo...
Discussion
Former Founder Of Oversee Launched RTB.com (Real Time Bidding)
According to Mediapost.com, the former co-founder of Oversee.net, Fred Hsu, new company officially launched RTB.com today which stands for Real Time Bidding. The domain name appears have been acquired last year from Telepathy, Inc for what I wo...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 8:33 am
The Domains
AtFirstSight.com Purchased For $5,400 Is New App Of Bachelor Host & Demand Co-Founder
“The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison, together with the show’s creator Mike Fleiss and Perceptual Networks, announced the launch of At First Sight, a new dating app that uses video profiles to help members make genuine connections. Th...
Discussion
AtFirstSight.com Purchased For $5,400 Is New App Of Bachelor Host & Demand Co-Founder
“The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison, together with the show’s creator Mike Fleiss and Perceptual Networks, announced the launch of At First Sight, a new dating app that uses video profiles to help members make genuine connections. Th...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 8:12 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th
It was a hectic week last week. The nursery is still busy as hell and my training starting. The two don’t overlap very well. Yesterday I rode 50 miles and then went in to work for 8 hours. And you wonder why my lists have so ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th
It was a hectic week last week. The nursery is still busy as hell and my training starting. The two don’t overlap very well. Yesterday I rode 50 miles and then went in to work for 8 hours. And you wonder why my lists have so ...
Discussion
June 24, 2013, 6:30 am
