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The Domains
Another UDRP FAIL! As Panel Refuses to Transfer a Domain Used for Phishing
Another interesting UDRP where a domain name was found to be used for Phishing and fraud but the panel refuses to transfer it because the trademark wasn’t identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant had ...
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Another UDRP FAIL! As Panel Refuses to Transfer a Domain Used for Phishing
Another interesting UDRP where a domain name was found to be used for Phishing and fraud but the panel refuses to transfer it because the trademark wasn’t identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant had ...
Discussion
October 28, 2015, 8:05 pm
The Domains
IBM is Buying Weather.com
According to USAToday.com, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to acquire the Weather Company’s data and digital properties which would include Weather.com Financial terms weren’t disclosed. But the...
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IBM is Buying Weather.com
According to USAToday.com, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to acquire the Weather Company’s data and digital properties which would include Weather.com Financial terms weren’t disclosed. But the...
Discussion
October 28, 2015, 6:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: new TLDs are affecting .Com growth
Company makes admission for first time in latest SEC filing. Verisign made a subtle, but important, change in its risk language in its third quarter 10-Q report filed with the SEC. I picked up on this change using the Intelligize SEC document compari...
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Verisign: new TLDs are affecting .Com growth
Company makes admission for first time in latest SEC filing. Verisign made a subtle, but important, change in its risk language in its third quarter 10-Q report filed with the SEC. I picked up on this change using the Intelligize SEC document compari...
Discussion
October 28, 2015, 5:59 pm
The Domains
CENTR 3Q Report; There Are 298.4 Million Domains up 1.6%
CENTR’spublished its DomainWire Stat Report for the third quarter of 2015, covering status and trends in global top-level domains. CENTR is the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries According to the report the...
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CENTR 3Q Report; There Are 298.4 Million Domains up 1.6%
CENTR’spublished its DomainWire Stat Report for the third quarter of 2015, covering status and trends in global top-level domains. CENTR is the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries According to the report the...
Discussion
October 28, 2015, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Twitter and rival Tencent might have to fight over “Moments”
Tencent files trademark applications, presumably in response to Twitter launching new “Moments” feature. On October 6, Twitter launched “Moments” in an effort to attract more users to trending topics. It’s a pretty cool ...
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Twitter and rival Tencent might have to fight over “Moments”
Tencent files trademark applications, presumably in response to Twitter launching new “Moments” feature. On October 6, Twitter launched “Moments” in an effort to attract more users to trending topics. It’s a pretty cool ...
Discussion
October 28, 2015, 1:29 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
If you’re not in Chinese domains right now you’re out of the wholesale market. 90% of the auction market right now is in Chinese names. If your portfolio doesn’t have any then you don’t get to participate in th...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
If you’re not in Chinese domains right now you’re out of the wholesale market. 90% of the auction market right now is in Chinese names. If your portfolio doesn’t have any then you don’t get to participate in th...
Discussion
October 28, 2015, 10:20 am
The Domains
Expired Domain Drop Catcher BackorderZone.com + 42 Domain Registrars Are for Sale
Backorderzone.com is for sale. Backorderzone.com competes with Namejet.com, Snapnames.com, Pheenix.com and DropCatch.com. Last week Namejet lowered the price of a backorder on a pending delete domain, the only type of domain names BackOrderZone.com c...
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Expired Domain Drop Catcher BackorderZone.com + 42 Domain Registrars Are for Sale
Backorderzone.com is for sale. Backorderzone.com competes with Namejet.com, Snapnames.com, Pheenix.com and DropCatch.com. Last week Namejet lowered the price of a backorder on a pending delete domain, the only type of domain names BackOrderZone.com c...
Discussion
October 27, 2015, 11:05 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Weekdays.com, JT.tv, NHHP.com) and Flops (XUH.com, Hot.co)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips BPCA.com sold for 1,776 USD recently at NameJet, vs 343 USD on 2011-12-12 at NameJet. As is typical lately, there were lots of 5-10x returns on LLLL.c...
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Domain Flips (Weekdays.com, JT.tv, NHHP.com) and Flops (XUH.com, Hot.co)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips BPCA.com sold for 1,776 USD recently at NameJet, vs 343 USD on 2011-12-12 at NameJet. As is typical lately, there were lots of 5-10x returns on LLLL.c...
Discussion
October 27, 2015, 10:48 pm
The Domains
UDRP Filed on Gorgonzola.xyz By Owner of Gorgonzola.com
The “Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola” just filed a UDRP on the domain name Gorgonzola.xyz Gorgonzola of course is a cheese, and Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola translates to “Consortium for the Prot...
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UDRP Filed on Gorgonzola.xyz By Owner of Gorgonzola.com
The “Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola” just filed a UDRP on the domain name Gorgonzola.xyz Gorgonzola of course is a cheese, and Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola translates to “Consortium for the Prot...
Discussion
October 27, 2015, 9:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames is promoting an auction at NameJet for LTD.com
Co-branded auction is likely the first of many. NameJet is currently hosting an auction for LTD.com. This is obviously a good domain name. Not only is it three characters, but it’s also a common company ending for “Limited”. With a ...
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SnapNames is promoting an auction at NameJet for LTD.com
Co-branded auction is likely the first of many. NameJet is currently hosting an auction for LTD.com. This is obviously a good domain name. Not only is it three characters, but it’s also a common company ending for “Limited”. With a ...
Discussion
October 27, 2015, 9:09 pm
