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• The 6th Annual Launch Festival Gets Started In SF On March 4th: Launch.co

  The 6th Annual Launch festival is being held in San Fransico on March 4th–6th and their official site is Launch.co The 2013 LAUNCH Festival  according to show... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Academy Awards Rebranded as “The Oscars” Why Isn’t TheOscars.com Working?

  I’m sure a lot of you will be watching the Academy Awards’ tonight.  This  is actually the first year in which the award show has been officially Rebranded as... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• UDRP Panel Should Have Found Reverse Domain Name Hijacking In Case Of...

  LD Products, Inc. lost its attempt to steal the domain name simplyinked.com and lucked out without a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) when the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Disney Loses UDRP On 3 Domains Related To The Broadway Musical Aladdin

  In a one member panel UDRP decision handed down by the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc lost a UDRP seeking... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Another Brand New gTLD Applicant Drops Out This Time AIG on .CHARTIS

  Another .Brand new gTLD application has been withdrawn.  American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has withdrawn its application for .Chartis . Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Who Would Have Thought .Biz Domains Will Cost More Than .Com

  In its letter to ICANN today, Neustar the operator of the .Biz registry, notified ICANN that it will be raising the wholesale cost of a .Biz domain name... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Did Someone Today Put At Risk Losing A $100K Domain In A UDRP?

  I got the newsletter from Calvin Washington at Perfect Investments about a hour ago and was shocked to see the domain name Ferraris.com as the star of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• After 75K In Lost Domains, Igal In Death Teaches Us We Need An After Life Plan

  This week the domain industry mourned the death of one of its greats, Igal Lichtman. The tragic loss of Igal, way before his time, is also a cautionary tale... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN Announces Pre-Beijing Meeting Webinar: Here is How You Can Participate

  ICANN just announced that it will be holding a webinar before Beijing Meeting. “Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming ICANN meeting in Beijing remotel... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Acting President & CTO Of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket Resigns

  According to his Facebook Page the Acting President and CTO of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com, Chad Bennett has resigned. Chad Bennett wrote on his Facebook page... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN: Over 22% Of Changes Requests From New gTLD Applicants Not Approved Or...

  According to ICANN’s site, 143 new gTLD application which changes were requested by the evaluators still have either not been update or the changes have not bee... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN Tells POLITICO On Closed Generic gTLD’s: “The Train is Leaving the Station”

  Politico has posted about the new gTLD closed generic controversy asking “should a company be allowed to run a generic term such as tire, insurance or book as... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• AnyDoc.com Saved In UDRP Despite Predated Trademark and Non-Use

  Microsystems Technology, Inc. d/b/a ANYDOC of Tampa, Florida just lost a UDRP on the domain AnyDoc.com which is owned by Matthew Lamb, despite having a trademar... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Ruling is Out: After Spending $60K To Acquire GED.Net, Domain Lost In UDRP

  Yesterday we let you know that A UDRP panel awarded the domain name GED.net to the company that administers the exam and owns the trademark on the term Today... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket

  Demand Media (DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7...

  Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand’s statement... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo.com Transactions for The Week Total $1.2 Million

  Sedo.com just reported its weekly transactions, in all 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.2m. Over 45%... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led by DiscountLoans.com At $39,000

  Afternic.com just published it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/11/13 – 2/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Chad Folkening’s New Reality Show: Using Premium Domains to Build A Successful...

  According to his Facebook page Chad Folkening, a very successful domainer and a co-founder of Domain Holdings, announced his latest project, VentureCamp, a... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• GED.net Lost In UDRP

  The domain name GED.net has been lost  in a UDRP in a case filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) We first wrote about this case when... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH