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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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HipHop.com Redirecting to KanyeWest.com
Back on March 4 we posted an article about the owner of Loser.com redirecting that domain to the Wikipedia page of Kanye West. Elliot Silver actually spoke to... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Can Hollywood Stop Popcorn Time ?
Andy Greenberg did a story on Wired that was a great read for those interested in the intellectual property battles around the Internet when it comes to piracy... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Major League Baseball (MLB) Wins the New Domain Extension .Baseball Beating...
In what only can be described as win for the new gTLD program, Major League Baseball (MLB) has won the rights to operate the new domain name extension .Baseball... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts Wins New gTLD .GMBH Beating Google & 3 Other Applicants
Donuts has won the rights to the new domain extension .GMBH beating Google, Straat (.Co) as well as InterNetWire Web-Development GmbH, and TLDDOT GmbH which... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Scripps Networks Wins .DIY Beating Google: Now Owns 11 gTLD’s
Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc. part of the Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., and Scripps Networks, LLC (“Scripps”) won the rights to operate the new domain... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts Beats Google To .MBA; Google Wins .PHD
Two more new gTLD strings that were scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resort Auction next week, have been settled privately. Donuts won rights to operate the . Read more
Posted on 18 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Panel Denies TractorSupply.com Bid To Get Rights To The Word “Traveller”
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, which has a long history of UDRP wins on “Tractor Supply” domains just lost its attempt to grab the new gTLD domain... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 Million Led by TheRecRoom.com at $89,888
Over the past week, 675 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Malaysia To Invest Billions In New Airline “FlyMojo” But Fails To Secure The .Com
According to BBC.com, “Malaysia’s government has unveiled plans to create a new airline and signed a $1.5 Billion dollar deal to purchase 20 new planes from... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Military Intelligence Officer Turned Domainer Launches Domain.Buzz
An interesting story was published in the form a press release today about the Domain.Buzz which was recently launched by acquired by Tim Culpepper, a Military... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Worst UDRP Decision Of The Year? Panel Gives Away Domain Registered Before TM Wa...
A one member UDRP panel has awarded a domain name purchased in 2010, TheLightBlubStore.com, to Lumen Inc. based off a trademark filed in 2011, after the owner... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Mr. Page Howe, Chief Engagement Officer for .LA Is Going to Washington
Mr. Page Howe, the newly hired “Chief Engagement Officer” for the .LA Registry is heading to Washington DC to lobby and promote an aggressive Technology and... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
SXSW Finalist For Wearables Tech; Feetz.co Buys Feetz.com
Feetz.co a finalist for at SXSW in the Wearable Tech category, who has been using the domain name Feetz.co has just purchased Feetz.com Feetz is a Platform to... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Will .Com Even Be A Thing in 50 Years ?
CNN.com published an article on the 30 year anniversary of .com and at the end asked if .com would even be a thing in 50 years ? New gtlds and ecommerce over... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Shocker? Latin American Telecom LLC Beats Google To The .Tube New gTLD
Here is a shocker for you, Latin American Telecom LLC (LTC) has beaten Google to the new gTLD .Tube Donuts was the other applicant for the new domain extension... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Telegraph.co.uk – “Cyber-squatting Disputes up 313% Amid Web Address Explosion”
Telegraph.co.uk is out with an article that there has been an over 300% increase in the number of TM disputes. The article equates the increase in disputes... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts Wins The New Domain Extension .Family Beating Google & Uniregistry The...
Donuts has won the right to operate another new gTLD extension .Family beating Google and Uniregistry. Uniregistry just won the rights to operate the new gTLD... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts To Initiate First Advertising Campaign
MediaPost published an article a couple hours ago on Donuts initiating its first advertising campaign. Comments from Jeff Davidoff the CMO at Donuts are quoted... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Why Did It Take This TM Holder 10 Years To File A UDRP On The Parked Domain...
Human Rights Watch was awarded the domain name HumanRightsWatch.com in a otherwise unremarkable UDRP opinion. “The organization has a United States Trademark... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Amazon Wins The .Free New Domain Extension Beating Google, Donuts, Uniregistry...
Amazon has won the rights to operate the .Free new gTLD. Amazon beat Google, Donuts, Minds +Machines, and Uniregistry in a private auction to win the rights to... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2015 BUSINESS, TECH
