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UDRP Panel Hands Over 12 Year Old Domain AmericanConnection.com To AA
A one member UDRP panel has awarded the 12 year old domain name americanconnection.com to American Airlines (AA) The domain holder who is a Canadian Citizen... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences. Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Oktogo.Ru Acquires & Rebrands As Travel.Ru
TechCrunch.com just covered Oktogo, “one of the larger hotel-booking sites in Russia which acquired , acquired Travel.ru, for around $2 million”. Travel.Ru was ... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is Irrelevant
The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX (Sint Maarten) to the .pe... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Overstock.com Sues NoMoreRack.com For Trademark Infringement For Buying Keyword...
Overstock.com filed suit in the Federal Court for Utah for trademark infringement against NoMoreRack.com apparently over NoMoreRack. Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Godaddy.com Warns Customers That .Vg & .Tc Domains May Not Be Renewed & Will Be...
In any email Godaddy.com warns customers that they might not be able to renew .VG domain names or .TC domain names. If they are able to renew them they are not... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Bob Parsons Pledges Half of His Fortune to Charity
Huffington Post reports that Bob Parsons the founder of Go Daddy will give half of his fortune to charity. According to Forbes that net worth is $1.9 Billion.... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
5.co.uk Sells For $67,611 on NameJet.com
The domain name 5.co.uk sold for a very nice $67,611 on NameJet.com today, leading all .co.uk sales for the month on that platform. There have been quite a few... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
From a $25K Domain Sale To $18 Million In Funding, One Of Our Domain Sales;...
Techcrunch.com just covered Raise.com, a domain name that I sold at a live Moniker.com/TRAFFIC auction many years ago for $25,000. The company has gone from... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
BioPlus Loses UDRP To Grab Bioplus.com After Refusing to Pay the “Exorbitant...
BIOPLUS SPECIALTY PHARMACY SERVICES, INC. just lost its bid to grab the domain name Bioplus.com after refusing to pay the “exorbitant price of $20,000. Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
dotShabaka Chooses Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Aucitons
The newest of the new gTLDs, ‘شبكة.’ (translates to .web in English) announced today that they have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Land Rush auction... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Godaddy Opens Up Pre-Registrations on 14 Donuts New gTLD’s With 6 Levels Up to...
Godaddy.com is now taking Pre-registrations on 14 new gTLD’s of Donuts. The new names are .ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GURU, .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GALLERY,... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Godaddy/Afternic Sells $1.76 In Domains Led By HealthAdvisor.com For $40K
Here is GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 12/2/13 – 12/8/13 Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,760,202 All sales... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
SnapNames.com Add .Co.Uk and .Cn Dropping Domains To Their System
SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S. announced today that the ccTLD domain names for the United Kingdom, .CO.UK and for China, .CN are now available for backorder services. Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Art.com Build On Category Killer Domain Planning On Going Public in 2014; Godadd...
USAToday.com, is reporting that Art.com, a leading online seller of prints, posters, frames and canvas, is discuss plans for a possible initial public offering... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Uno Starts Sunrise Period, Runs Until February 6, 2014
Dot Latin LLC, the .UNO Domain Registry, announces today that their 60-Day Sunrise Period starts and runs until February 6, 2014. Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Aero Club of New Delhi, India Gulty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on 14 Year...
Aero Club of New Delhi, India, represented by Lall & Sethi Advocates, India was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one person UDRP... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Panel Fails To Order Transfer Of Domain Back From Ex-Employee
The Law Firm Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, just lost its bid to get the domain name lfkan.com in a UDRP The Complainant is a law firm... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Technology Companies Propose Plan on Reforming Government Surveillance
Today a coalition of Technology companies released their plan for reforming how the government conducts surveillance. See below for the full press release. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Looks Like Godaddy Charges Some Customers $50 If They Get Hit With A UDRP
It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP. One customer is complaining on his own blog. Daniel Paden tells... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, TECH
