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Powerley.com Owner Hit for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
December 16, 2016 @ 8:06 AMCompany filed UDRP against domain name registered over a decade before it claims rights to the brand. Insight Energy Ventures, the company that offers home energy management systems at Powerley.com, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Powerly.com (without an ‘e’). This is despite the owner of…
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Neustar Agrees to Go Private in $2.9 Billion Deal
December 16, 2016 @ 7:13 AMStruggling infrastructure services firm and domain registry Neustar is set to go private in a $2.9 billion deal. The company, best known for .biz, .co and .us, has agreed to be bought out by a group led by Golden Gate Capital. The $33.50-per-share offer, announced on Wednesday and which Neustar’s board has approved, is a…
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After Zika Threat Passes, ICANN Confirms Return to Puerto Rico
December 16, 2016 @ 4:16 AMICANN will hold its first public meeting of 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which was originally supposed to the venue for this October’s meeting. ICANN moved ICANN 57 from San Juan to Hyderabad, India in May, at the height of the scare about the Zika virus. Zika is spread by mosquitoes and sex and…
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Go Daddy's Merdinger Named DNA Chair
December 16, 2016 @ 3:32 AMGo Daddy VP of domains Rich Merdinger has been appointed interim chair of the Domain Name Association, replacing Neustar’s Adrian Kinderis. In a blog post, Merdinger said the DNA will become more “vocal” under its new leadership and outlined three priorities for 2017 — awareness, adoption and access. He said the DNA will share ways…
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Donuts Acquires Stagnant .irish TLD
December 16, 2016 @ 2:18 AMDonuts has acquired the new gTLD .irish, which is struggling to gain volume after about 18 months on the market. The gTLD was applied for and operated by Dot-Irish LLC, a US company founded by Irish and Northern Irish entrepreneurs. Since going to general availability in June last year, it managed to grow its zone…
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Michael Cyger Interview – All About Domain Names
December 15, 2016 @ 11:59 PMWhether you are a start-up looking for you first domain or a skilled “domainer” (domain investor), there is always a lot to learn about domains and the domain industry. Michael Cyger has been at the forefront of providing practical, real-world domain knowledge to people at all levels of experience, centered around his flagship DomainSherpa. His efforts have been repeatedly recognized by the domaining industry and his awards include: Blog of the Year, Developer of the Year, and induction into the Domain Name Hall of Fame. Michael shares with me the interesting path he has taken to get where he is today, how he sees the domain industry evolving, and his newest projects and future plans for DomainSherpa.
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Parent Co. of Sedo & 1and1 Buys Hosting Co. Strato From Deutsche Telekom for $629 Million Cash
December 15, 2016 @ 2:21 PMUnited Internet, the parent company of Sedo & 1and1.com among other companies, agreed to buy web hosting business Strato from Deutsche Telekom for around 600 million euros (US$629 million) in cash today. According to reports “Deutsche Telekom bought Strato for €275 million ($287 million) in 2009. Strato employs about 500 people in Germany and the…
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Donuts Acquires .irish Top Level Domain Name
December 15, 2016 @ 11:40 AMDonuts has 198 top level domain names after acquiring .Irish. Back in May, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura told me his company would love to acquire more top level domain names. He was just waiting for TLD operators to have “sane” price expectations. Apparently the team behind .Irish is sane; Donuts has just acquired the top…
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White Castle Loses Urs On Whitecastle.space
December 15, 2016 @ 8:39 AMWhite Castle just lost case under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy for the domain name WhiteCastle.Space and the domain holder didn’t even respond. The Examiner although recognized that WHITE CASTLE has trademark rights in the United States long before the domain holder registered the domain name on October 27, 2016. However the domain name…
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Rex Tillerson Goes On Defensive Domain Buying Spree...a Couple Days Too Late
December 15, 2016 @ 6:39 AMHe buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and variations of his name, such as RexTilerson.com (one ‘l’), RexTilllerson.com (three ‘l’s)…
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