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• ICC Rejects Verisign’s String Confusion Objection To .Cam As Being Too...

  One of the more interesting objections filed at the International Centre for Dispute resolution (ICC) based on String Confusion was Verisign’s objection to the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Troubling: Domain Awarded By UDRP With No Trademark Based On $1K Bank Account,...

  In what I consider a very troubling and horrible decision, A one member UDRP panel has awarded a domain names welldonebbqs.com and welldonebbqcleaning. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• CircleId Post Rips The Domain Name IDNX Pricing Index

  Alex Tajirian, CEO at DomainMart in a post on CircleID.com just ripped into the IDNX domain name index backed by Thies Lindenthal and Sedo. “The index is... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rocket Internet Incubator & Accelerator Company Raised $500 Million Since 2012

  In a press release just out today Rocket Internet announced “that it has raised a total of USD $500 million from partners Investment AB Kinnevik and Access... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Publicly Traded Ceat Mahal Of India Files UDRP Against BuyDomains.com On Ceat.org

  Ceat Mahal a tire manufacturer located in India, filed a UDRP against BuyDomains.com on the domain name Ceat.org Buydomains.com appears to have picked up the... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Finalist For Britain’s Million Pound Startup Competition Buys FaceBuy.com For...

  The domain name FaceBuy.com just sold on Sedo for $10,000 and I think the seller may not be thrilled when they realize the buyer is a App developer from... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Looker.com Sold On Godaddy For $50K in 2012 Gets $16 Milion In Series A Funding

  The Term Sheet is reporting that Looker.coma Santa Cruz, Calif.-based business intelligence startup, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Secretaries of All 50 States Tells ICANN To Follow GAC Advice On INC, .LLC, .COR...

  National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is an organization whose members include Secretaries of State and Lieutenant Governors of the 50 U.S. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and...

  

  Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• .XYZ One Of The 1st New gTLD’s To Launch Opens Up Pre-Registration

  The registry for the new gTLD .XYZ has just opened up preregistrations. While preregistrations for new gTLD’s is nothing new the fact that this is being done... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• CentralNic Formally Announces September IPO

  Today CentralNic, formally announced its plans for a September IPO on the AIM Market (“AIM”) of the London Stock Exchange. “CentralNic is a registry service... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo’s 2Q Domain Report: 9,589 Transactions; 53% of Sales $500 Or Under; 95%...

  Sedo, issued its domain market study for the second quarter of 2013 today. Sedo reported that domain name sales  below $500, accounted for 53% of sales. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• TechCrunch Covers Launch Of Pop.co Brought To You By The Founders of .Co

  TechCrunch.com, just covered the launch of Juan Calle latest venture Pop.co “Basically, Pop.co is a bundle of online services” “You just pick the . Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• USPTO: You Will Have To Contract WIth ICANN Before Applying For a Trademark For ...

  Under the USPTO proposed examination guide, entitled “Applications for Marks Comprised of gTLDs for Domain Name Registration or Registry Services,” you will hav... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• USPTO Opens Up Comment Period On Examation Guide For New gTLD’s Trademarks

  The USPTO has just opened up a comment period for an Examination Guide on trademark applications for new gTLD’s. The comment period closes on September 8th... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• CentralNic Planning September IPO On London Stock Exchange With a Valuation of...

  According to telegraph.co.uk CentralNic will announce its intention to go public tomorrow on the London Stock Exchange CentralNic is the backend provider for “a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• BulletproofVest.com Acquired By End User For $7,500

  PriveCo Inc. a company that makes Bullet Proof Vest a product called Bullsafe announced today that they have acquired the domain name  BulletproofVest.com “for... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Lisa Box Formerly Of Moniker Becomes Senior Director of Domains For Endurance...

  Endurance International Group announced today that  Lisa Box formerly of Moniker, SnapNames, a member of the KeyDrive Group, has become the Senior Director of... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Scripps Loses Legal Rights Objection To Google’s New gTLD App For .DIY

  A WIPO panel has rejected Scripps Networks Legal Rights Objection to Google’s New gTLD application of .diy Legal Rights Objection to  Google's Charleston Road... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• 13 Year Old Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com Dropping

  Since publishing thedomains.com for what will soon be our 6th anniversary we have published posts about some very strange old domain names as they drop. Add... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BUSINESS, TECH