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Us Official Defends Domain Seizures for Copyright Violations - Networkworld.com
January 18, 2011 @ 1:28 PMThe November seizures of more than 80 domain names by two U.S. government agencies were justified and necessary to project U.S. copyright holders, said the director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Nationalmagazinecompany.com On The Market for $350,000
January 18, 2011 @ 12:38 PMDomain Names Traffic owner, Karl Jackson, has placed the domain name, National Magazine Company (Subsidiary of Hearst Corporation) on the market for sale. ‘It is extremely rare when a domain name of this magnitude, NationalMagazineCompany.com becomes available, and we are delighted to be involved in this historic event. To our knowledge, this offering represents a first time in history of the internet that domain names of this caliber have been made available,’ said Karl Jackson, owner, Domain Names Traffic.
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Wipo Panel Takes Away Demand Media's Pep.mobi Domain Name
January 18, 2011 @ 10:50 AMWorld Intellectual Property Organization panelist Warwick A. Rothnie has awarded Demand Media’s PEP.mobi domain name to South African retailer Pepkor. Rothnie determined that the three letter generic domain name was registered in bad faith to target Pepkor’s ‘pep’ mark because some of the ads on the parked pep.mobi page lead to ads targeted to South Africa — not necessarily because of the keywords on the landing page themselves.
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9 Mutable Suggestions of Startup Naming
January 18, 2011 @ 9:42 AMNaming a startup is hard. Very hard. You shouldn’t obssess about your name. But, you also shouldn’t dismiss it as unimportant. Part of the startup game is to try and remove unnecessary friction to your growth. Sure, you could build a spectacularly successful company despite having a lousy name — but why not stack the odds in your favor?
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Universalbusinesslisting.org and Telnic Partner to Integrate .tel Domains in Ubl's Commercial Offerings
January 18, 2011 @ 12:01 AMUniversalBusinessListing.org (UBL) (<a href="https://www.UBL.org" rel="nofollow">https://www.UBL.org</a>), the business identity management service of Name Dynamics Inc, and Telnic Limited (<a href="https://telnic.tel" rel="nofollow">https://telnic.tel</a>), the registry operator for the award-winning communications-focused .tel top level domain, today announced a partnership to integrate .tel domains into UBL’s commercial offerings. UBL provides a single entry point for enhanced business profiles which it distributes to all major search engines, Yellow Pages, social networks, mobile phones, 411 directory assistance, map sites and GPS devices. By integrating .tel domains within the UBL service, businesses will now have a distributed and centralized online presence for their contact information, increasing their discoverability online.
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Wipo Panel Hands Over Vax.com Domain Name
January 17, 2011 @ 10:24 AMThree letter domain won through UDRP. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist J. Nelson Landry has ordered the VAX.com domain name be transferred to floor care products company Vax Limited. Landry noted that the term VAX was a coined term and didn’t consider the potential that it was a generic acronym.
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What's in a Name? is a Hip Startup Name Important?
January 17, 2011 @ 6:33 AMWisdom says you should pick a name that’s memorable, that’s easy-to-read, spell and pronounce, and that’s got an available .com. (Hipster is certainly memorable for a certain population, but it’s worth noting that the domain name in question here is Usehipster.com.)
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North Korean Domain Names Blocked By South Korea
January 17, 2011 @ 1:17 AMThe citizens of South Korea have been blocked from looking at websites that have a North Korean extension. The domain names that were blocked contained the extension (.kp). This extension is strictly for North Korea which the South Koreans believe they are abusing for their own purposes.
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Initial Registration for .emarat Domains Extended
January 17, 2011 @ 1:07 AMThe introductory period for the registration of .emarat domain names, called the Sunrise period, has been extended by six months by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).
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New Domain Name Acquisitions By Asap Ventures Expand Range of Sites
January 17, 2011 @ 1:07 AMOne of the UK’s most prominent consumer website networks, ASAP Ventures Ltd, has acquired new Internet domain names on which to host its latest raft of information websites. The company has purchased Fly.org.uk, Hottub.org.uk and InsurancePolicies.org.uk for unreported sums to launch new sites on.
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