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Amazon Files First U.S. Trademark for Its New TLDs: .moi
March 22, 2016 @ 5:48 AMCompany wants to trademark a logo for its new .moi domain name. Amazon Registry Services has filed its first U.S. trademark for an individual top level domain name, a figurative mark for its new .moi domain name (see image). Moi means “me” in French. It has also launched a barebones page at nic.moi. Amazon originally…
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Weird Circumstances in a Wild UDRP Over a Four Letter Domain
March 21, 2016 @ 2:01 PMLawsuit was filed over one domain that was sold in a portfolio sale. A company that recently acquired a portfolio of 41 four letter domain names has defended one of the domains in a UDRP. The circumstances are a bit difficult to follow, and it goes to show how important it can be to save…
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Weird Circumstances in a Wild UDRP Over a Four Letter Domain
March 21, 2016 @ 2:01 PMLawsuit was filed over one domain that was sold in a portfolio sale. A company that recently acquired a portfolio of 41 four letter domain names has defended one of the domains in a UDRP. The circumstances are a bit difficult to follow, and it goes to show how important it can be to save…
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Architelos Files Bankruptcy After Afilias Lawsuit
March 21, 2016 @ 11:22 AMAfilias has managed to bury domain security software provider Architelos, which filed for bankrupcty today. Architelos filed Chapter 7, which basically means the company will close and its assets will be liquidated to pay off creditors. Its only major creditor is Afilias, which won a patent lawsuit against it last August. The jury in the…
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Fuel for Thought Drink Maker is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
March 21, 2016 @ 10:12 AMCompany tries to upgrade to .com using reverse domain name hijacking. Cognate Nutritionals, Inc, maker of a coconut oil supplement called Fuel for Thought, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain name FuelForThought.co, filed a cybersquatting complaint with National Arbitration Forum over the domain name FuelForThought.com. The…
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Lawyers Let Tim Duncan\'s Domain Name Timduncan.com Expire
March 21, 2016 @ 7:51 AMSomeone is asleep at the wheel. A lot of sports stars and celebrities fight hard to get their hands on domain names that match their name. In the case of Tim Duncan, his lawyers are about to let one slip through their hands. [Update: someone renewed the domain after seeing this post.] The 15-time NBA…
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New Landing Pages Usher in Uniregistry Market Roll Out
March 21, 2016 @ 7:16 AMI was making sure one of my landing pages had the proper keywords showing when I saw that DomainNameSales.com updated their parked pages. The first thing you’ll probably notice is the blue hue. Here’s a screenshot of one of my domain names that is parked at DNS: The bright orange “for sale” bar at the top of the landing pages is now blue, and the font on the landing page is also in blue. Clicking through on the “for sale” link brings you to the DNS offer page, which does not appear to have changed (at least not yet)…
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Famous Four Confirms Link to Alpnames, Mass New gTLD Development Project
March 21, 2016 @ 1:13 AMNew gTLD registry Famous Four Media has confirmed its connections to registrar AlpNames and two other Gibraltar-based companies involved in the mass development of new gTLD domains. FFM chief legal officer Oliver Smith said that the company shares owners with AlpNames, A Domains Ltd and a company I’d never heard of before called Socium Networks…
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Escrow.com Introduces New Live Chat Feature
March 18, 2016 @ 11:39 PMEscrow.com started offering live chat support. You just click on “Chat with Escrow.com Support”, when you have logged into your Escrow.com account, and you enter your question. A member of the Escrow.com staff will reply. Just a few weeks back Escrow.com started offering a new Concierge Service that assists sellers and buyers to transfer domain…
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Dreamlines GmbH is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker
March 18, 2016 @ 5:49 AMCompany files cybersquatting complaint on domain registered well before it existed. Cruise booking company Dreamlines GmbH, which has raised over $37 million in investments, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Dreamlines.com. It’s a classic case: a company is founded after a domain is registered. It tries to…
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