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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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Is @jamesdean Twitter Handle Violating Trademark Law ?
Its not just domain names where people seem to make a stretch with regards to trademarks. Wendy Davis wrote a piece a few hours ago on MediaPost about Twitter... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
BidPal Inc. Decides to Take Their UDRP Loss to Court
There was an article published today by Gerald Levine on Ip Legal Corner, that highlights what is a disturbing trend for domain owners who have legitimate right... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Figaro.Tv Saved In UDRP Because The Domain Owner Died
Société Du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, just lost its bid to grab the domain figaro.tv from a dead guy - The Respondent is Cut Company of Krefeld, Germany; -... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Glenn Hayward, Formerly With Nominet, Joins CentralNic’s Board & Becomes Its CFO
CentralNic (AIM:CNIC), today announces that Glenn Hayward has joined the Board of CentralNic plc as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
CNBC “New Internet Domains Are Coming, and Small Biz Needs to Be Wary”
Cadie Thompson wrote a piece for CNBC earlier today that included comments from Kathy Nielsen from Sedo. The article focuses on the potential problems that a... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN Says Brands Are At Risk of Domain Abuse
AdWeek did a piece on ICANN and their statement that brands are at risk of domain abuse. They are warning brands to protect their intellectual property by... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD’s Aftermarket: Sedo Is Ready & Has New gTLD’s For Sale; Afternic Does...
I did a check to see if the major aftermarket houses were ready and listing new gTLD’s for sale. The short and simply answer: Sedo.com is. Afternic.com is not. Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String Confusion...
The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Guru Passes 20,000 Registrations: Now Has More Than .Travel & .Aero
The new gTLD .Guru added over 6,000 registration yesterday giving the extension almost 21,000 registered domain names. .Guru yesterday also passed .Travel and . Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains
Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
German Court Says Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website
A ruling came out of Germany that could make registrars have to do a lot more work to earn their pay. Loek Essers wrote an article today on PC Advisor covering... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Did Someone Let Cm.com Drop and Who Owns It?
The rare two letter domain name Cm.com appears to have dropped back 2013. The last record for the domain according to DomainTools.com is from May 2013: Record... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
LinkedIn Acquires Bright.com
LinkedIn made their largest acquistion yet acquiring Bright.com. Tech Crunch covered the acquisition which coincided with LinkedIn reporting earnings on... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign CEO: “I Don’t See Anybody Who’s Going to Abandon The .Com For a New gTLD
The CEO and President of Verisign James Bidzos had some pretty interesting comments regarding the new gTLD’s and the effect they may have on .com and .net... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Filed Against Garry Chernoff 19 Year Old Domain Gauntlet.com By Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc filed a UDRP on the domain name Gauntlet.com today which is owned by domain investor Garry Chernoff’s company NetIncome Ventures... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Versign Reports: 127.2 Million .Com/.Net Domains, Revenue up 10%; Has $1.7...
VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ :VRSN ) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. VeriSign, Inc. Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
On The Day New gTLD Picked Up 19,163 New Registrations, .Com Picked Up 37,782
Plenty of new and buzz was created yesterday when new gTLD’s generated 19,163 new domain registrations led by .Guru However in all fairness we need to point... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Slam Strategy “Dotcom Means Nothing to the Consumer”
Shaun Le Cornu from Slam Strategy wrote a piece today on their blog about why a dotbrand is better than a brand.com. The article is worth a read as it shows... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD’s Take Over The Home Page Of Godaddy
Godaddy has been changing their home page quite a bit over the last couple of months, with one blogger noticing that all references to new gTLD’s were dropped... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
CornerstoneHomes.com Sells For $150K on Sedo
Just crossing the Sedo.com sales wire today is the domain name CornerstoneHomes.com which sold for $150,000 The domain name was owned by Cornerstone Home... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2014 BUSINESS, TECH