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Canadian Real Estate Association Loses Objection to Afilias’ .mls New Top Level Domain
July 18, 2013 @ 4:53 AMCompeting application loses objection over .mls top level domain name. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has lost its Legal Rights Objection against Afilias’ application to run the .mls domain name. CREA is a competing applicant for the .mls string. It filed two applications for the string, one of which seeks community designation. Afilias tried […]
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.CO TLD Tops .COM, .NET and .ORG in Average Sales Price in First Half of 2013 [PDF]
July 17, 2013 @ 3:59 PMSedo today unveiled a report, detailing the growth and success of the .CO domain extension three years after its launch.
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Lawyers Jump On New gTLD Wagon to Sell Webinar On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection & Application Decisions”
July 17, 2013 @ 12:47 PMWe knew that the new gTLD process would cause a lot of new businesses to spring up but we weren’t counting on this one. A company is selling a Webinar aimed at Attorney’s On “Challenging Unfavorable ICANN Objection and Application Decisions“…
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Body.com Seller Took a Loss, Plus Neustar Buys a .com
July 17, 2013 @ 9:59 AMBody.com sold for a loss, plus the .biz registry buys a .com in this week’s Sedo end user sales roundup. Sedo’s big sales week was led by the $380,000 sale of Body.com. The domain was sold through Sedo’s partnership with GoDaddy. This is the second time Sedo has cashed in selling the domain. In 2009 […]
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Internet Commerce Association: “ICANN Lied About URS Contracts”
July 17, 2013 @ 9:23 AMThe Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to which our company is a Silver Level Supporter of wrote today on its blog that ICANN has gone back on its word that it would create a standardizes contract for all Uniform Rapid Suspension providers to prevent forum shopping…
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PIR: We Think We’ll Get 1 Million .ngo Domain Name Registrations
July 17, 2013 @ 9:17 AM.NGO applicant has goal of a million domain registrations. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry behind the .org domain and the only applicant for the .NGO top level domain name, has some lofty goals for the domain. PIR CEO Brian Cute thinks they’ll get one million .ngo domain name registrations. Speaking to Computerwoche.de (and translated […]
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After 16 Years, Johnson & Johnson Goes After Johnsons.com Domain Name (Again)
July 17, 2013 @ 6:53 AMMany years later, consumer products company decides it wants Johnsons.com domain name. Johnson & Johnson has filed a UDRP for the domain name Johnsons.com, which was registered way back in 1997. UPDATE 2: It turns out this is not the first time Johnson & Johnson has gone after the domain name. It filed a UDRP […]
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GoDaddy Gets Patent for Geo Domain Tool
July 17, 2013 @ 6:34 AMFirst patent related to system for generating geo domain names is granted. Back in 2009 GoDaddy released a geo domain tool that allowed you to find domain names specific to a location, e.g. AustinAllergists.com. Last year I reported that GoDaddy filed three patent applications related to the tool. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has […]
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HugeDomains.com Passes BuyDomains.com to Become Largest Private Domain Holder With Over 1 Million Domains
July 17, 2013 @ 5:17 AMHugeDomains.com has passed NameMedia’s BuyDomains.com to be the largest Privately Owned Domain holder in the world with over 1,000,000 domains owned. The number of domains owned by HugeDomains.com as of today “is about” 1,016,374 according to DomainTools.com…
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TLDH: We’ll Sign Our First New TLD Contracts By End of Q1 2014
July 17, 2013 @ 4:37 AMNew TLD applicants still far from generating revenue. ICANN signed its first registry agreements for new top level domains this week, but a press release from portfolio applicant Top Level Domain Holdings is a reminder that many new TLDs are a long way to fruition. The release states: Top Level Domain Holding anticipates contracts will […]
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