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DNDisputes.com: New Website About UDRP Domain Name Disputes Launches
July 11, 2017 @ 7:58 AMDNDisputes.com, a new website about UDRP domain name disputes has launched. DNDisputes.com is a free website listing all domain name disputes filled in WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and offers some impressive statistics. Although all the data in dndisputes.com is taken from the original WIPO website the people behind the website make some corrections on the data to…
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Billionaire Elon Musk Reacquired X.com
July 11, 2017 @ 7:52 AMBillionaire entrepreneur and PayPal founder Elon Musk has reacquired the domain name x.com for an undisclosed sum. X.com was the domain he acquired in 1999 and originally used for PayPal, before its 2001 rebrand. Musk, who currently runs private space travel trailblazer SpaceX, confirmed the purchase in a tweet today: Thanks PayPal for allowing me…
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Domainers Want The Head of auDA's Chair
July 11, 2017 @ 7:40 AMDisgruntled domainers have managed to arrange for a vote on whether auDA chair Stuart Benjamin should be fired. auDA, the .au ccTLD administrator, has been under fire for many months from registrants who believe the organization is being managed in an increasingly erratic and secretive manner. Now, a campaign and petition at Grumpy.com.au, run by…
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Berkens' Company Sues Musician Bryan Adams Over Bizarre Trademark Claims
July 11, 2017 @ 6:33 AMMusician’s “sheriff” tries to scare the wrong guy. Domain investor Michael Berkens’ company Worldwide Media, Inc. has sued (pdf) musician Bryan Adams and his company Adams Communications Inc after the musician’s representative sent a bizarre demand letter. Berkens bought the domain PointLookout.com in February 2017 when it was auctioned off in an expired domain name…
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Elon Musk Acquires X.com From PayPal (Updated)
July 10, 2017 @ 2:21 PMX.com is one of the few single letter .com domain names, and I would argue that it is one of the most valuable domain names. The X.com domain name was originally a financial services company co-founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk. X.com was the predecessor of PayPal, and it does not look like the domain name has been used independently from PayPal (or Ebay) since then. I recently detected a Whois change involving the X.com domain name (Jamie Zoch also mentioned it on Twitter and in an article on DotWeekly)….
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EverPhone.com UDRP: Despite Front Running, Domain Registrant Prevails
July 7, 2017 @ 8:58 AMFront running is the act of attempting to sell a domain name that is not owned by the person who is making the sale attempt. Unfortunately, front running has become more common, and I wrote about front running during NameJet auctions a few years ago. There was an interesting UDRP decision that domain auction participants will want to note because front running almost cost the domain registrant a domain name. A company called Everphone GmbH filed a UDRP to get the Everphone.com domain name. This domain name sold on NameJet for $842 in January…
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Donuts Files Patent for System to Handle Restricted Domain Names
July 7, 2017 @ 7:11 AMApplication describes ways to handle domain registrations that require validation. New top level domain name company Donuts has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a “Whitelist Domain Name Registry” (pdf). The application describes ways to handle registering domain names that might require some sort of validation or pre-approval of…
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David Duchovny Wins DavidDuchovny.com Domain Name Dispute
July 7, 2017 @ 6:20 AMX-Files actor gets DavidDuchovny.com domain name 21 years after it was registered. Actor David Duchovny has convinced a National Arbitration Forum panelist that the owner of DavidDuchovny.com is cybersquatting. The panel ordered the domain name transferred to the Golden Globe-winning actor. The domain name is owned by Canadian firm Alberta Hot Rods, which has lost…
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NamesCon China Conference Announced
July 7, 2017 @ 5:01 AMIn an email sent to newsletter subscribers, NamesCon organizers announced that NamesCon will be holding an event in China in October. The one-day conference will be held in Shanghai, China on October 12, 2017. The Andaz Shanghai Xintiandi hotel (part of the Hyatt chain) will play host to NamesCon China. Here’s what was said about the event: “NamesCon has partnered with Racënt to bring NamesCon to China for the first time, touching down in Shanghai’s Xintiandi entertainment district on October 12, 2017…
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UDRP Filed Against Thetoolshed.com, Owned By Namefind
July 6, 2017 @ 11:16 AMA UDRP has been filed against the generic-sounding domain name, TheToolShed.com. The UDRP was filed at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF), and it is case #1737883. The UDRP was first spotted by UDRPSearch.com. TheToolshed.com was created in 2003, and the domain name is registered to NameFind, a company that is owned and operated by GoDaddy…
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