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Federal Court Throws Out Class Action Against Google Over Parked Domains & AdWords
On January 5th A federal judge tossed out a class action case against Google involving AdWords (Parked Domains). The case is In RE Google Adwords Litigation Case No.: 5: 08-CV-3369 EJD Here are =the relevant facts and findings are quoted from the cou...
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Federal Court Throws Out Class Action Against Google Over Parked Domains & AdWords
On January 5th A federal judge tossed out a class action case against Google involving AdWords (Parked Domains). The case is In RE Google Adwords Litigation Case No.: 5: 08-CV-3369 EJD Here are =the relevant facts and findings are quoted from the cou...
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January 10, 2012, 12:40 pm
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.Co Enters Into Two Year Exclusive Deal To Broker Select Registry Owned Domains
According to a press release today, Sedo, entered into a a two-year exclusive partnership with .CO Internet S.A.S. to provide brokerage of a select set of previously unreleased .CO domain names, including: clothes.co profit.co software.co onlinemusic...
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.Co Enters Into Two Year Exclusive Deal To Broker Select Registry Owned Domains
According to a press release today, Sedo, entered into a a two-year exclusive partnership with .CO Internet S.A.S. to provide brokerage of a select set of previously unreleased .CO domain names, including: clothes.co profit.co software.co onlinemusic...
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January 10, 2012, 10:42 am
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NameJet.com Sales: US Politics.com; DrivingTest.com; idq.com; tqr.com + More
Noktadomains went on a small shopping spree today at Namejet.com picking up the domain name iqd.com for $6,299 and MusicHits.com for $4,900. The owner of CapitalHill.com added to his collection by picking up UsPolitics.com for $6K. A few other sales ...
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NameJet.com Sales: US Politics.com; DrivingTest.com; idq.com; tqr.com + More
Noktadomains went on a small shopping spree today at Namejet.com picking up the domain name iqd.com for $6,299 and MusicHits.com for $4,900. The owner of CapitalHill.com added to his collection by picking up UsPolitics.com for $6K. A few other sales ...
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January 9, 2012, 7:33 pm
The Domains
House Committe Chariman Issa Calls For Hearing On DNS Blocking On Jan 18th & Witness List Is Released
The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformDarrell Issa (R-CA) today announced that the Full Committee will hold a hearing on January 18 to examine the potential impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blockin...
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House Committe Chariman Issa Calls For Hearing On DNS Blocking On Jan 18th & Witness List Is Released
The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformDarrell Issa (R-CA) today announced that the Full Committee will hold a hearing on January 18 to examine the potential impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blockin...
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January 9, 2012, 3:16 pm
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The Domaining.com Special Domain Sale Is Live on Cax.com
DnJournal.com wrote a few weeks ago that Francois of Domaining.com was organizing a Domain Sale which would pay back bloggers by sharing the commissions collected and divide and distribute them to the bloggers that help spread the word about the even...
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The Domaining.com Special Domain Sale Is Live on Cax.com
DnJournal.com wrote a few weeks ago that Francois of Domaining.com was organizing a Domain Sale which would pay back bloggers by sharing the commissions collected and divide and distribute them to the bloggers that help spread the word about the even...
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January 9, 2012, 10:32 am
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Bari Meyerson Is The Moniker Princess No More As Oversee.net Fires More Staff
Oversee.net recently fired some more Moniker.com staff. Included in the recent round is a long time employee (since October 2006) was Account Executive Bari Meyerson. Many of Bari’s clients frequently referred to her affectionately as the &ldqu...
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Bari Meyerson Is The Moniker Princess No More As Oversee.net Fires More Staff
Oversee.net recently fired some more Moniker.com staff. Included in the recent round is a long time employee (since October 2006) was Account Executive Bari Meyerson. Many of Bari’s clients frequently referred to her affectionately as the &ldqu...
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January 9, 2012, 10:01 am
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NameAdminstration Sells BKAV.com For $100,000
According to a story tonight in vietnamnet.vn, BKAV, “a well known Vietnamese anti-virus solution provider announced they bought the domain name, BKAV.com for 2.3 billion Dong or $100,000 US.” The domain name was owned by Fran...
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NameAdminstration Sells BKAV.com For $100,000
According to a story tonight in vietnamnet.vn, BKAV, “a well known Vietnamese anti-virus solution provider announced they bought the domain name, BKAV.com for 2.3 billion Dong or $100,000 US.” The domain name was owned by Fran...
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January 8, 2012, 11:27 pm
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WSJ Covers The New gTLD Program Opening This Week: “”The Race to Nab Web Addresses”"
In a story just published by the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Race To Nab Web Addresses” chats about how this week ICANN will start accepting applications for new gTLD’s “‘This week will bring the long-awaited openi...
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WSJ Covers The New gTLD Program Opening This Week: “”The Race to Nab Web Addresses”"
In a story just published by the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Race To Nab Web Addresses” chats about how this week ICANN will start accepting applications for new gTLD’s “‘This week will bring the long-awaited openi...
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January 8, 2012, 10:15 pm
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Federal Court Holds In Favor Of Godaddy In Suit For Cybersquatting & Contributory Cybersquatting
A Federal Court has held that Godaddy.com was not liable to a trademark holder although the domain was being “forwarded” by Godaddy to the registrants hosting company. The case is of Berhad v. GoDaddy, and the decision was handed do...
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Federal Court Holds In Favor Of Godaddy In Suit For Cybersquatting & Contributory Cybersquatting
A Federal Court has held that Godaddy.com was not liable to a trademark holder although the domain was being “forwarded” by Godaddy to the registrants hosting company. The case is of Berhad v. GoDaddy, and the decision was handed do...
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January 7, 2012, 8:38 pm
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2 Weeks Of SOPA: The Actual Godaddy Numbers: 100K Domains Transferred Out, 117K Domains Transferred In
When the story first broke about the Godaddy boycott or “move your domain away” movement to protest Godaddy’s support of SOPA, it was two weeks ago on December 22nd. A few days later, we released numbers based off of DailyChanges.co...
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2 Weeks Of SOPA: The Actual Godaddy Numbers: 100K Domains Transferred Out, 117K Domains Transferred In
When the story first broke about the Godaddy boycott or “move your domain away” movement to protest Godaddy’s support of SOPA, it was two weeks ago on December 22nd. A few days later, we released numbers based off of DailyChanges.co...
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January 6, 2012, 2:07 pm
