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Pair Networks Sues Pairshare for Trademark Infringement
April 30, 2013 @ 12:04 AMpair Networks takes issue with music app called PairShare. Web hosting company pair Networks has sued Pairshare, LLC for trademark infringement. PairShare offers an app that lets people share music between iPhones, iPods, and iPads via bluetooth. In the lawsuit (pdf), pair Networks argues that PairShare violates its trademarks, including for the term “Pair”. Although […]
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Top Level Domain Holdings Releases Financials Through December
April 29, 2013 @ 10:30 PMTLDH releases annual report and earnings. Top Level Domain Holdings, the only publicly traded pure-play top level domain applicant, today released its annual report and audited financials for the fourteen month period ending December 2012 (pdf). The company ended 2012 with £2.418 million in cash and cash equivalents on its books. That’s down from £7.074 […]
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Afternic BIN Domains to Appear On Namejet.com
April 29, 2013 @ 10:24 PMAfternic, today announced that NameJet will join the Afternic reseller network as a Premium Partner. NameJet, a leading domain name aftermarket auction company co-owned by eNom and Web.com, will now offer Afternic’s portfolio of high quality premium domains with “Buy it Now” prices to its rapidly-growing customer base.
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Rv.com Bought By Good Sam
April 29, 2013 @ 9:55 PMRV.com was purchased by Good Sam according to a press release out this morning.
According to the release Good Sam is “the world’s leading provider of products and services for the RV and outdoor recreation consumer”. The domain name was purchased from Dometic Group who according to domaintools.com has owned the domain name since at least 2001. -
Unrest Remains Despite New New gTLD Contract
April 29, 2013 @ 5:47 PMICANN has proposed big changes to how it will handle premium domain names, dot-brands, mergers and acquisitions and mandatory fees in new gTLDs. It published a new version of the proposed Registry Agreement for new gTLD operators this morning, saying that it is the product of months of “negotiations” with applicants and registries. But some […]
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After being found guilty of RDNH, Procter & Gamble pays up for Swash.com
April 29, 2013 @ 12:46 PMP&G buys Swash.com after embarrassing legal approach. Last month Procter & Gamble became one of the largest companies to be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after losing a domain dispute for Swash.com.
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Uniregistry, TLDH strike deal to run .country
April 29, 2013 @ 11:46 AMTwo companies will take equal equity in joint venture to run .country top level domain name. The two applicants for the top level domain name .country have entered into an agreement to partner, rather than fight, over .country.
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Philadelphia 76ers buy Sevens.com from Warren Royal for new D-League franchise
April 29, 2013 @ 9:47 AMYesterday the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team announced that it acquired the operating rights for a team in the National Basketball Association Development League. The team will play in Delaware and be called the Delaware 87ers. Their nickname will be the “Sevens”.
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Moffitt Company Owns House, Senate Domain Names
April 29, 2013 @ 6:22 AMSay what you will about Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe — and detractors say plenty — but he is a savvy businessman. Moffitt says he simply employed some of that business acumen in his latest venture: securing the domain names for all 170 state House and Senate districts and selling website, Twitter and Facebook services to his fellow lawmakers. Moffitt said about 40 legislators, all Republicans, have signed up with InTouchNC.
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6 New gTLDs Applications Withdrawn for .online, .llp, .ltd, .inc, .llc, and .corp (Total at 51)
April 29, 2013 @ 4:21 AMThis past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 51. Fairwinds Partners’s customers from the US …
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