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Someone should tell Kanye that Donda is an Italian shoe company
Kayne West launching Donda, but that domain is taken. The web and Twitter have been on fire the past 48 hours about Kanye West’s plans for global business domination. He announced plans in stream-of-conscious tweets for his new company, noting:...
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Someone should tell Kanye that Donda is an Italian shoe company
Kayne West launching Donda, but that domain is taken. The web and Twitter have been on fire the past 48 hours about Kanye West’s plans for global business domination. He announced plans in stream-of-conscious tweets for his new company, noting:...
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January 7, 2012, 11:14 am
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Righthaven.com sells for $3,300
Domain name used by “copyright troll” auctioned off for $3,300. Righthaven.com, the domain name that once belonged to the scourge of the internet, has sold in a public auction at SnapNames for $3,300. The domain name was sold to help cove...
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Righthaven.com sells for $3,300
Domain name used by “copyright troll” auctioned off for $3,300. Righthaven.com, the domain name that once belonged to the scourge of the internet, has sold in a public auction at SnapNames for $3,300. The domain name was sold to help cove...
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January 6, 2012, 5:09 pm
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Court grants preliminary injuction under ACPA for personal name
ACPA can protect your name even if you aren’t a celebrity. I come across a number of lawsuits and UDRPs about celebrities and cybersquatting. But a decision handed down in district court in New York today is notable because it involves a non-ce...
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Court grants preliminary injuction under ACPA for personal name
ACPA can protect your name even if you aren’t a celebrity. I come across a number of lawsuits and UDRPs about celebrities and cybersquatting. But a decision handed down in district court in New York today is notable because it involves a non-ce...
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January 6, 2012, 4:22 pm
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Judge allows fraud claim in Monte Cahn vs. Oversee.net to move forward, nixes two others
Judge tosses two claims, allows fraud claim to move forward. The judge overseeing Monte Cahn vs. Oversee.net has handed down a mixed bag to both parties in his latest ruling. The Honorable Stephen V. Wilson dismissed two of Monte Cahn’s claims ...
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Judge allows fraud claim in Monte Cahn vs. Oversee.net to move forward, nixes two others
Judge tosses two claims, allows fraud claim to move forward. The judge overseeing Monte Cahn vs. Oversee.net has handed down a mixed bag to both parties in his latest ruling. The Honorable Stephen V. Wilson dismissed two of Monte Cahn’s claims ...
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January 6, 2012, 3:36 pm
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Amazon’s Quidsi appears to be working on Casa.com
Quidsi’s latest store is likely Casa.com. Amazon.com’s Quidsi, which runs Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and YoYo.com, appears to be working on something new: Casa.com. The domain name was just transferred to Amazon.com after being prote...
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Amazon’s Quidsi appears to be working on Casa.com
Quidsi’s latest store is likely Casa.com. Amazon.com’s Quidsi, which runs Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and YoYo.com, appears to be working on something new: Casa.com. The domain name was just transferred to Amazon.com after being prote...
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January 6, 2012, 12:32 pm
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Salesforce.com can’t force owner of Forces.com to hand over domain
Salesforce.com loses dispute over Forces.com domain name at National Arbitration Forum. Salesforce.com has lost an attempt to get the domain name Forces.com, which it said was similar to its Force.com domain name. The registrant’s predecessor h...
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Salesforce.com can’t force owner of Forces.com to hand over domain
Salesforce.com loses dispute over Forces.com domain name at National Arbitration Forum. Salesforce.com has lost an attempt to get the domain name Forces.com, which it said was similar to its Force.com domain name. The registrant’s predecessor h...
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January 6, 2012, 8:37 am
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EA loses domain dispute for SSX.com for upcoming SSX launch
Video game maker unsuccessful in challenge to SSX.com domain name. Electronic Arts releases a reinvention of the SSX snowboarding video game next month, but it has failed to convince an arbitration panel that it deserves the domain name SSX.com. The ...
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EA loses domain dispute for SSX.com for upcoming SSX launch
Video game maker unsuccessful in challenge to SSX.com domain name. Electronic Arts releases a reinvention of the SSX snowboarding video game next month, but it has failed to convince an arbitration panel that it deserves the domain name SSX.com. The ...
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January 5, 2012, 5:48 pm
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Ray Ozzie is $33,000 Cocomo.com buyer
Mystery domain buyer is creator of Lotus Notes. I’ve been trying to figure out who bought Cocomo.com ever since Sedo brokered it back in October for $33,000. It appears we now have the answer. Lotus Notes creator and former Microsoft chief soft...
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Ray Ozzie is $33,000 Cocomo.com buyer
Mystery domain buyer is creator of Lotus Notes. I’ve been trying to figure out who bought Cocomo.com ever since Sedo brokered it back in October for $33,000. It appears we now have the answer. Lotus Notes creator and former Microsoft chief soft...
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January 5, 2012, 3:26 pm
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Go Daddy Sells 39k aftermarket domains last month including Honest.com for $180k
Honest.com highlights strong month for GoDaddy’s aftermarket platform. GoDaddy’s monthly “Domain Market Report” is out, and the company reports selling 38,659 domain names last month through its domain aftermarket platform. Th...
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Go Daddy Sells 39k aftermarket domains last month including Honest.com for $180k
Honest.com highlights strong month for GoDaddy’s aftermarket platform. GoDaddy’s monthly “Domain Market Report” is out, and the company reports selling 38,659 domain names last month through its domain aftermarket platform. Th...
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January 5, 2012, 12:42 pm
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United Domains gets Punk’d
Members of ICANN community and competing domain registrars find themselves as new United Domains account holders. Someone is having a laugh at United Domains’ expense. Over the past few days an unknown perpetrator has set up roughly 500 empty a...
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United Domains gets Punk’d
Members of ICANN community and competing domain registrars find themselves as new United Domains account holders. Someone is having a laugh at United Domains’ expense. Over the past few days an unknown perpetrator has set up roughly 500 empty a...
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January 5, 2012, 10:33 am
