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• UrbanHome.com Registered in 1999, Lost In UDRP To TM Registered in 2012

  In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Menu One Of The First New gTLD That Should Launch Goes With Namejet/Afternic

  WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet and Afternic to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, and offer premiu... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• BankRate.com Buys CardOffers.com & Spends $34 Million On Domains & TM’s In 2012

  Bankrate.com (RATE) spent almost $34 Million Dollars on Domain names and trademarks in 2012. One of the 2012 acquisitions appears to be the large lead generatio... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Hottest Craze Is The Harlem Shake: Frank Schilling Knew About It Years Ago

  The hottest craze in pop culture the past few weeks is the Harlem Shake which is certainly this years, Gangnam Style. If you Search YouTube for the Harlem... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google’s Matt Cutts: Not All ccTLD’s Are Created Equally In Generic Search...

  There is a very interesting video posted on YouTube.com from Matt Cutts of Google who answered the question about how ccTLD’s are viewed by Google especially... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• WNP.com Saved In UDRP By The Czech Arbitration Court

  The domain name WNP.com was saved in a UDRP decided by the ADR Center of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). The UDRP was actually filed on several domain... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Pokerstars & Full Tilt Buys Altantic City Casino & Applies For License

  According to Mashable.com, The Rational Group, which owns Pokerstars and Full Tilt, has filed a petition with the state gaming commission for an Interim Casio... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• GoDaddy.com Aftermarket Sells 34,132 Domain Names In February

  Godaddy.com sold 34,132 domain names through its auction system in February down slightly from January when it sold 35,803. February sales were led by Xe. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Generic Domain Name Opulence.com Hit With UDRP

  The domain name Opulence.com has been hit with a UDRP. With almost 8,000,000 references in Google opulence is a dictionary word that has been registered since a... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• CEO Of Marchex: We Don’t Believe The New TLDs Are A Significant Factor In Value...

  In the Marchex (MCHX) earnings call today a question was asked about how the new gTLD’s will effect .com’s values specifically those domains held by Marchex. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Fallout From Contention Sets: .Law/.Lawyer; .Hotel/.Hotels; .Car/.Cars & Many...

  Now that ICANN has stuck to its guns and only placed 4 new gTLD’s strings that look confusingly similar into contention sets, rather than those that sound... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Nominet Haults Plan For .Uk Domain Names, For Now

  According to a post on its blog, Nominet.org.uk, is stopping with its plan to sell  the shorter, “direct.uk,  domain names for now. Nominet says there will be... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Ron Paul Now Files UDRP For RonPaul.Org

  

  A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Breaking: ICANN Publishes Contention Sets & Only Puts Four Non-Match gTLD’s...

  ICANN just published it long awaited New gTLD String Similarity Contention Sets fand quite surprisingly just put four non-matching applications into two... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Microsoft Releases ccTLD Registry Security Assessment Service To Find & Fix...

  Microsoft released the Microsoft Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Registry Security Assessment Service at the RSA Conference today in San Francisco: The ne... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Brands Are Missing The Boat Catching Cheap TM Domains On The Drop & Saving UDRP...

  Brands which have endlessly expressed their concerns over cybersquatting in the new gTLD’s space and complained about the cost of enforcement of their trademark... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• TLDH (Minds + Machines) Gets Additional $15M In Funding For New gTLD Auctions

  According to a press release we were sent today by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH), better known to the domain community as Mind + Machines, the... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Melbourne IT Promises A “Huge Dividend” From New gTLD Defensive Registrations

  According to ComputerWorld.com.au, on a conference call with media after reporting its financial results for 2012 resulting in revenue and profit declines,... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Despite Trademark, Artek.com Saved In UDRP

  A one member WIPO panel ruled in the favor of the domain holder in a case published today on the domain name Artek.com The complaint was brought by Artek oy ab... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Now That uBank Got A $8M Investment They Will Buy The Domain uBank.com

  According to Quintura.com, “The Russian venture capital firm Runa Capital has invested $8 million in uBank, a Russian mobile payment provider”. “uBank offers a... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH