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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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Marchex & Berryhill Win Another UDRP This Time On Guarani.com
The Complainant Guarani S.A. of Sao Paolo, Brazil brought this UDRP against Marchex Sales, Inc, who as usual was represented by John Berryhill, Ph.D. Esq. on th... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Despite TM Going Back To 1998 & Parked Page UDRP Rejected on In-Case.com
The Complainant Incase Designs Corp. of Chino, California, lost a UDRP to get the domain name In-Case.com, despite the fact that complainant had a trademark in... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Discover Card Buys Discoverit.com
Discover Credit Card which already owns Discover.com, quietly acquired the domain name Discoverit.com back in July of last year. Read more
Posted on 08 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Name.com Screws Up On Promo Code & Gives “Thousands” Of Free .Com/Net’s
Prior to the announced sale of Name.com to Demand Media, Inc, it appears Name.com had an issue with a promo code which allowed “thousands” of .com and . Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Despite Attempted Sale For $57K, General Motors Loses UDRP Bid To Get...
General Motors just lost a UDRP on the domain name mycadillac.com desipte the domain holder offering to sell the domain to GM for as much as almost $57,000... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Purchased for Less Than $5K In May, SnapChat.com Is The “2013′s Billion Dollar...
BusinessInsider.comjust covered SnapChat.com which it just called “2013′s Billion Dollar Startup” What the article didn’t tell you is that the domain nam... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
IAC Acquires Tutor.com
IAC (NASDAQ: IACI) today announced the company has completed the acquisition of Tutor.com, an online tutoring solution. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Breaking: Demand Media Acquires Name.com
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) , announced the acquisition of Denver-based Name.com an ICANN accredited registrar with almost 1.5 Million domains under registration... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Tucows Spends Over $6.1M Buying Over 4 Million Of Its Owns Shares At $1.50
Tucows, Inc., (AMEX: TCX) (TSX:TC), announced today the preliminary results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
After Filing Over 500 UDRP’s & 15 Years, Lego Finally Wins Rights To Lego.net
Anyone who follows UDRP files will tell you that the toy maker Lego is one of the most prolific filers of UDRP’s I count over 500 UDRP’s on domain names filed... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Filed On Generic Kinder-chocolate.com By Owner Of Kinderchocolate.com...
A UDRP has just been filed by Ferrero S.p.A. on the Generic domain name kinder-chocolate.com If you don’t know “kinder” is German for “children”. Read more
Posted on 06 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Barron’s: “The Dot-Com Era Finally Comes to an End”
Barron’s, the weekly publication that has changed the fate of public companies and the direction of markets for over 50 years just covered the new gTLD’s in a... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Baron’s: “The Dot-Com Era Finally Comes to an End”
Baron’s, the weekly publication that has changed the fate of public companies and the direction of markets for over 50 years just covered the new gTLD’s in a... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet.com “Pausing” Affiliate Program Effective January 12th
We just received this notice from Essociate.com, the company administrating the NameJet.com affiliate program. According to the notice “”On Friday January 12th... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICM & Lawley Makes XBIZ Top 100 List of NewsMakers of 2012
Xbiz.com a publication on the adult industry issued its top 100 list of news makers of 2012 and ICM Registry, the company that operates the .XXX TLD made the... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
After Buying IRA.com, Jackness Hits Gold Again With Purchase Of Treadmill.com Fo...
He maybe the best domainer you never heard of Michael Jackness. In May 2011 we reported on how who Mr. Jackness who had just purchased the domain name... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Bidding Opens On DomainMarket’s Snapnames Auction Including HappyBirthday.com
Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com Showcase auction on SnapNames just opened today for bidding. The auction features some great domain names including... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Berryhill Gets Finding Of Reverse Domain Hijacking For Marchex On PetExpress.com
Marchex represented by John Berryhill got a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name petexpress.com, in what could be the longest... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Co Registry Lands On ABC/Univision: “The Americas: 13 to Watch in 2013″ List
In a story just out by ABCNews/Univision entitled “The Americas: 13 to Watch in 2013” sitting among people and topics like the President of Mexico Enrique Peña... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
1st .XXX Domain Sale Of The Year Turns Out To Defensive As Well: Loft.com Buys...
Yesterday we wrote about what looks to be the 1st .XXX domain sale of the year, coming across Sedo.com sales wire at very respectable $17,000 Yesterday when we... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH
