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Domain Name Wire
Patent troll goes after GoDaddy in latest suit
GoDaddy joins the likes of Google and Yahoo as defendants in cloud storage patent troll lawsuits. A non-practicing entity, a.k.a. patent troll, has filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy for allegedly infringing some of its cloud storage patents. The suit, ...
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Patent troll goes after GoDaddy in latest suit
GoDaddy joins the likes of Google and Yahoo as defendants in cloud storage patent troll lawsuits. A non-practicing entity, a.k.a. patent troll, has filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy for allegedly infringing some of its cloud storage patents. The suit, ...
Discussion
April 5, 2012, 11:33 am
Elliot's Blog
Sedari Thought Piece “Feared by the Bad, loved by the Good: Robin Hood”
The following is a “a sketch-style article on the allocation method recently announced by ICANN for allocating the processing order of applications for new domain names” written and distributed by Sedari, a gTLD consulting firm. The eccen...
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Sedari Thought Piece “Feared by the Bad, loved by the Good: Robin Hood”
The following is a “a sketch-style article on the allocation method recently announced by ICANN for allocating the processing order of applications for new domain names” written and distributed by Sedari, a gTLD consulting firm. The eccen...
Discussion
April 5, 2012, 11:30 am
Domain Name News
DomainTools to releases new Marketplace Search
DomainTools has always included affiliate links to domains listed in various marketplaces in their search results before, but has now enhanced the search functionality for domain markplace listings. As the company’s Mark Kendrick writes: ...
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DomainTools to releases new Marketplace Search
DomainTools has always included affiliate links to domains listed in various marketplaces in their search results before, but has now enhanced the search functionality for domain markplace listings. As the company’s Mark Kendrick writes: ...
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April 5, 2012, 9:55 am
The Domains
ICANN Report For December Is Out & 106,500 .XXX Domain Names Got Registered
The monthly ICANN Registry reports are now live for December and it shows that ICM registry the owners of the .XXX extension registered 106,549 domain names in its first month of operation. This 106,549 does NOT include those domain names registered ...
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ICANN Report For December Is Out & 106,500 .XXX Domain Names Got Registered
The monthly ICANN Registry reports are now live for December and it shows that ICM registry the owners of the .XXX extension registered 106,549 domain names in its first month of operation. This 106,549 does NOT include those domain names registered ...
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April 5, 2012, 9:25 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 4-5-12
It couldn’t get much worse than yesterday’s choice of domains. It was like going to a dance and trying to pick a girl to dance with. The first round you don’t really find anyone you like so you start over from the beginning and lowe...
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Thursday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 4-5-12
It couldn’t get much worse than yesterday’s choice of domains. It was like going to a dance and trying to pick a girl to dance with. The first round you don’t really find anyone you like so you start over from the beginning and lowe...
Discussion
April 5, 2012, 6:18 am
The Domains
Fox News: WIPO (Largest UDRP Provider) Violates U.N. Ban & Sends Sophisticated Computers To North Korea
According to Fox News, WIPO “shipped sophisticated computer servers to the government of North Korea, despite ongoing U.N. sanctions against the regime for its efforts to build nuclear weapons.” WIPO is the number one provide...
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Fox News: WIPO (Largest UDRP Provider) Violates U.N. Ban & Sends Sophisticated Computers To North Korea
According to Fox News, WIPO “shipped sophisticated computer servers to the government of North Korea, despite ongoing U.N. sanctions against the regime for its efforts to build nuclear weapons.” WIPO is the number one provide...
Discussion
April 4, 2012, 8:25 pm
The Domains
National Arbitration Forum Says Cases Are Up 18% From 2009 But Down 4% From 2010
In a press release today the The National Arbitration Forum (NAF), “announced that a total of 2,082 cases were filed in its domain name dispute resolution program in 2011, up 18 percent from 2009 (1,759 cases) and down four percent from 2...
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National Arbitration Forum Says Cases Are Up 18% From 2009 But Down 4% From 2010
In a press release today the The National Arbitration Forum (NAF), “announced that a total of 2,082 cases were filed in its domain name dispute resolution program in 2011, up 18 percent from 2009 (1,759 cases) and down four percent from 2...
Discussion
April 4, 2012, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Check out these 16 end user domain buys from the past week
From cocktails to public advocacy, here are 16 recent end user domain sales. Here are 16 end user sales that took place through Afternic and Sedo over the past week. All sales were at Afternic unless noted as Sedo. Lakewood Weightloss and Wellness bo...
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Check out these 16 end user domain buys from the past week
From cocktails to public advocacy, here are 16 recent end user domain sales. Here are 16 end user sales that took place through Afternic and Sedo over the past week. All sales were at Afternic unless noted as Sedo. Lakewood Weightloss and Wellness bo...
Discussion
April 4, 2012, 2:13 pm
Elliot's Blog
Ask For a Deal and You May Receive It
One gripe I seem to read quite a bit is that more successful (and generally the wealthy) domain investors get all the breaks and special deals from companies with whom they do business. If you look at this objectively, it makes sense, because th...
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Ask For a Deal and You May Receive It
One gripe I seem to read quite a bit is that more successful (and generally the wealthy) domain investors get all the breaks and special deals from companies with whom they do business. If you look at this objectively, it makes sense, because th...
Discussion
April 4, 2012, 1:35 pm
Domain Shane
Let’s Change Things Up: I Will Pay $25 For The Worst Domain You Own
I’m going to bail somebody out of a terrible domain purchase. Every day I get domain name appraisal requests and the name absolutely suck. I figure if those are the names that they think are great, I REALLY want to see the names the...
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Let’s Change Things Up: I Will Pay $25 For The Worst Domain You Own
I’m going to bail somebody out of a terrible domain purchase. Every day I get domain name appraisal requests and the name absolutely suck. I figure if those are the names that they think are great, I REALLY want to see the names the...
Discussion
April 4, 2012, 1:05 pm
