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• Even at Grassroots Level Trademark Disputes Can Get Ugly

  Trademark disputes and bad blood just don’t happen on the big corporate stage. It happens at the grassroots level where people tend to romanticize that... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Movers: Game.com, Meetings.com, Say.com and More

  In this series of Domain Movers I once again have detected many great domain names on the move with most being acquired by large companies. Game.com,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Escrow.com Purchased for $7.5million

  Freelancer.com announces the acquisition of Escrow.com and completion of capital raising Some big news for a Sunday night, Escrow.com getting acquired by... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Majority of Our Poll Respondents See New Gtld Registrations Ending 2015 on a Sou...

  We started a poll two months ago that asked, “How Many New gTLD Registrations Will There Be By The End of 2015?” Currently there are over 5 million new gtld... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• German Court Rules in Favor of AdBlock Plus

  A German Court has determined AdBlock Plus is not illegal. AdBlock Plus – which is owned by the Cologne-based firm Eyeo – faces three separate but related... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Associations Not Allowed to Display Listings Under .realtor Domain

  There is a rift between Move Inc. and the National Association of Realtors, Inman.com reports that associations will not be able to display or even link to... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• 52.com Sells for $1.775 Million

  According to a post on Namepros by member Vicho, The Second Beijing Domain Auction was successfully held in Beijing, China on April 24, 2015. The auction... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Activist Buys Up Domain Names of Politicians Who Voted for Indiana’s Anti-Gay Law

  PinkNews.com reported that an activist Konrad Juengling bought up domains related to politicians who voted for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• How the Blockchain Could Change the Domain Business

  Mike Ward wrote a very interesting piece on Coin Telegraph with regards to the Blockchain and domain names. Ward takes a look at how the DNS can run on a... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Web.com Awarded Netsol.Domains in UDRP

  A one member panel ruled in favor of Web.com with regards to the domain name Netsol.domains. The registrant was based out of Spain and it seems tried to sell th... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Walmart Files UDRP on New gTLD Domain Walmart.LGBT

  

  Walmart has filed a UDRP on the new gTLD domain Walmart.lgbt. The new domain extension .LGBT, for those that may not know, “is the first internet address create... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Reports: Paid Clicks up 13% but Cost Per Click Down 7%: Revenue up 12%

  Google reported its earnings for the 1st Quarter of 2015 after the market closed today. Google reported revenue in the three months ended in March 31st, rose... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4%; .Com/.Net Increase 3.1%: Has $1.9 Billion In Th...

  VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2015 after the market closed. Verisign Registry Services added 1.51 million... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Will New gTLDs Be to the Internet What Cable Was to Television ?

  Jennifer Wolfe published an article on ClickZ that used an analogy that I myself have thought about to a certain degree when it comes to the new gtlds. Will... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• 14 Year Old 4 Letter .Com Lost in UDRP To Trademark Filed in 2012: GECU.com

  A one member UDRP panel has just handed over a 14 year old, four letter .com domain, GECU.com to GECU of Texas The domain holder registered the domain gecu.com... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Movers: Blocker.com, MaxGrip.com and More

  Large companies are acquiring, registering and moving domain name all the time but these domains often go undetected until I do the deep digging and find them!... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Controversial Bill To Fight Piracy Passes in Florida Senate

  The Florida state Senate has passed a bill that would require websites who distribute commercial movies and music to give out the identity of their owners.... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domains.com Moving To A Couple New Web Addresses

  

  Domains.com is moving to a new name, not a .domains name or a .website, but rather to a .net, for existing customers and GetYour.com for new customers. When... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD’s Hit The Big Screen As The Official Site For The New Ryan Reynolds...

  

  The new gTLD’s have made it to the big screen. Big Screen, as in a Movie trailer that a reader of TheDomains.com was nice enough to send me. The movie is... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Owner of WordPress Hit With UDRP On The Domain Name Thesis.com

  The owner of WordPress.com, Automattic, Inc, has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name Thesis.com which they seemed to have acquired in September 2014. The... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH