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.website Crosses 100,000 Registrations
August 24, 2015 @ 8:56 AMRadix announced that .Website has crossed 100,000 registrations, this makes it the 11th largest new gtld Fun Facts & Figures about .website 2,61,84,980 DNS queries the .website zone receives in 4 days! 18,900 domains have an SEO percentage score of 80% 333+ domains sold at an Annuity Premium price 6th Most Popular nTLD choice of…
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Khloe Kardashian Gets KhloeKardashian.com in Cybersquatting Dispute
August 24, 2015 @ 8:12 AMKhloe will get domain name registered shortly after her first TV appearance. TV celebrity Khloe Kardashian has won a cybersquatting dispute, and will soon by the proud owner of the KhloeKardashian.com domain name. Kardashian and her agents filed the case against the domain name with World Intellectual Property Organization nearly two months ago. The domain…
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A New Platform Benefiting Homeless Dogs; MyRescue.dog Launched By Petfinder & Donuts
August 24, 2015 @ 5:00 AMPetfinder Foundation (in partnership with Donuts Inc.) announced today the launch of MyRescue.dog a website to generate money and awareness for homeless dogs. “MyRescue.dog is a site where adopters can post pictures and short stories about their beloved rescues, and consumers can vote for their favorites through September 26. Each posted picture generates a $10…
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Auto Zone Demanding Small Business Change Name and Give Them Their Domain Names
August 21, 2015 @ 10:26 AMHere is an interesting story on Dcourier.com, Cycle Zone Motorsports & Marine is a family owned Arizona business that has been around since 2012. Auto Zone sent the company a letter demanding they change their name and hand over their domain names. Your use of a name and mark that included the term ZONE to…
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Lawyer Gerald M. Levine Writes The Definitive Book On UDRPs
August 21, 2015 @ 8:05 AMAt well over 500 pages, Gerald M. Levine who is an attorney, and sits on panels of neutral arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association for commercial and IP disputes, has written the definitive book on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, (UDRP). The book is entitled “Domain Name Arbitration: A Practical Guide to Asserting…
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Vegas.com Sold for Up to $38 Million With $15.5 Million in Cash, But.....
August 20, 2015 @ 9:23 PMPublicly traded Remark Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARK) announced today they entered into an agreement to buy Vegas.com in a deal that could be valued up to $38 Million dollars. Vegas.com which is privately owned is a online booking company for all things Vegas. Under The terms of the proposed deal, which is subject to approval…
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Philip Morris Takes Down Gripe Sites in Sloppy Cybersquatting Decision
August 20, 2015 @ 1:18 PMTobacco company convinces arbitration panelist to hand over domain names used to criticize it. Philip Morris has won another cybersquatting complaint against a long time nemesis. The company convinced a single member National Arbitration Forum panelist that David Delman should hand over six domain names he used as gripe sites about smoking: philipmorris.website, philipmorrisviolations.website, philipmorriscigarettediseases.org,…
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Here are The Exhibit and Witness Lists for the Verisign vs XYZ Trial
August 20, 2015 @ 6:31 AMLists will hit home in the domain name industry. Verisign’s lawsuit against XYZ.com, LLC and Daniel Negari continues to move forward at full speed, thanks to the “rocket docket” in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia. Both parties have submitted their proposed exhibit lists and witnesses for the trial. Reviewing the exhibit lists, it’s…
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .taxi 2,167; .dog 1,589; .run 1,260; .hockey 441; .theater 405
August 20, 2015 @ 3:32 AM5 new gTLD’s launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra fee to register domain names ahead of GA in the Early Access Period (EAP) here are…
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Direct .au Regs Closer to Reality
August 20, 2015 @ 12:25 AMAustralians could soon get the ability to register domain names directly under .au for the first time. Following in the footsteps of the UK and New Zealand, a panel of .au policy body auDA has recommended that the second level should be opened up for registrations, pending further consultation. In a consultation paper (pdf), the…
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