Category Archives: EN

Wed 1st July 2015
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AlpNames.com Starts Selling Premium .Science, .Party and .Cricket Domains Starting At $230 - AlpNames.com just send out an email announcing they are starting to sell the premium domain names of three Famous Four Domain extension .Science, .Party and .Cricket and launched Premium.AlpNames.com. These are domain name reserved by the registry and were not available for registration. There are several price points for the premium domains: $230 $575 $1,150 $2,875 $5,750 $11,500 itsnotrocket.science will set you back $2,750 The premium domains are being sold for a one time price and then subject ... read more ...
 
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Sex.com Lawsuit: association final domain name over copyright and heading claims - Company demands ownership of Sex.com to settle claims of trademark and copyright infringement. Sex.com is one of the most valuable and storied domain names of all time. A battle over its ownership has resulted in multiple lawsuits, a fugitive hunt and millions of dollars in transactions. The domain name most recently sold for $13 million in 2010. Now a lawsuit is demanding transfer (pdf) of the ownership of the domain name based on copyright and trademark claims. Hydentra Hlp Int. Limited, dba MetArt, ... read more ...
 
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Filament.com for $89,000 and 18 other finish user domain name sales - Company buys Filament.com for new product line. Sedo’s top public end user sale for the past week was Filament.com, which was purchased by a company changing its name and introducing a new product line called Filament Network. The company had some other notable end user sales, including an IOT domain name purchased by a company that’s not an Internet of Things company. They paid a premium because IOT is now a popular acronym. One sale that didn’t make the list, because I can’t confirm it’s ... read more ...
 
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Khloe Kardashian Files UDRP TO Get The Domain Name KhloeKardashian.com - Khloe Kardashian has filed a UDRP TO Get her matching .Com Domain Name KhloeKardashian.com The actual complainant is listed as Khloe Kardashian; Khlomoney, Inc;  Whalerock Celebrity Subscription, LLC. The domain name was registered back in 2007. The domain registered under privacy at publicdomainregistry.com The last time the domain name wasn’t under privacy was in 2008 when the owner was Caribbean Online International Ltd of the Bahamas. The domain name was recently parked and had links directly ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Likely Sells GB.com Domain Name - Early this morning CentralNic published an press release Press Release saying they had sold $1 Million dollars in unidentified domain names and would be using  will use the cash to buy more premium web domain names. In the release CentralNic says they own around 20,000 premium domain names that they started acquiring in the 2nd half of 2014. This morning the domain name GB.com, which they own has changed registrant email address to: kk@sedo.com That registrant email change very likely indicates ... read more ...
 
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Khloe Kardashian final her .com domain name - Better late than never, a Kardashian files request for her .com domain name. Khloe Kardashian, reality TV star and sister of Kim Kardashian, has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of KhloeKardashian.com, demanding that the domain name be turned over to her. The case was just filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization. The domain name was registered in 2007. It’s unclear who owns the domain name because its Whois record is protected by a privacy service. KhloeKardashian.com ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic sells $1 million domain name portfolio - CentralNic sells more domain names from its domain trading business. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it has sold a group of domain names for US $1 million, to be paid over the coming months. The sale comes from CentralNic’s portfolio of over 20,000 domain names. The company started buying and selling domain names in the second half of last year, and reported $2.5 million in sales in December 2014. CentralNic’s biggest value might be in the two letter domain names it owns, such as ... read more ...
 
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Six million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of … - Verisign today announced six million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of six million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.9 percent over the fourth quarter of 2014. Worldwide registrations have grown by 17.8 million, or 6.5 percent, year over ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign records 6 mln domain name additions in Q1 - VeriSign said 6 million domain names were added to the internet in the first quarter, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of 31 March, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase translates into a growth rate of 1.9 percent over the fourth quarter and 17.8 million, or 6.5 percent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in the first quarter, reaching a combined total ... read more ...
Tue 30th June 2015
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June 2015 Update – gTLD Sunrise Periods Now Open - You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. Any legal analysis, legislative updates or other content and links should not be construed ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Domain Report: There Are Now 294 Million Domains As Of March 31 … - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief today for the first quarter of 2015 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the in Q1, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015. The increase of six million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.9% over the fourth quarter of 2014. Worldwide registrations have grown by 17.8 million, or 6.5%, year over ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Inc.: Internet Grows to 294 Million Domain Names in the First Quarter … - Tickers: VRSN MANT YNDX IACI NICE HPQ DELL AKAM  RESTON, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/30/15 -- VeriSign, Inc.(NASDAQ: VRSN) , a global leader in domain names and Internet security, today announced six million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of six ... read more ...
 
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How Companies and SEOs are Winning With New TLDs - 2014 was a big year in the TLD landscape, as batches of new TLDs were released into the wild by ICANN. In a nutshell, rather than the ability to register just the typical .com, .net, .org, .info etc, along with country specific TLDs such as .ca (Canada), .au (Australia), .fr (France) and so on, at this point through 2015, individuals looking to register a new domain name have hundreds of options available to them. New TLDs are being released for registration pretty much on a monthly basis, ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Domain Report: There Are Now 294 Million Domains As Of Mar 31, 2015 - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief today for the first quarter of 2015 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the in Q1, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015. The increase of six million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.9% over the fourth quarter of 2014. Worldwide registrations have grown by 17.8 million, or 6.5%, year over ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1 Million led by Filament.com - Sedo total transactions totaled $1 Million this week. In all 508 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.    Top .com: filament.com at 89,000 USD Top ccTLD: s1.tv at 8,400 USD Top “other” TLD: ccc.net at 17,888 USD Number 3 on the .Com charts was HotMiami.com for $15,000, which  was sold by Michael’s company Most Wanted Domains. Interviewed.com at $9,900 was one Mike thought looked cheap. I thought S1.tv at ... read more ...
 
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Paypal Tells Sellers to Provide Compelling Evidence to Fight Buyer Dispute - Paypal is getting ready to be set free from Ebay and be a public entity again. This will be the second IPO for the company. Back in 2002 the company went public under the symbol PYPL. Here is a look at the terms back in 2002 courtesy of Nasdaq.com Company Description PayPal enables any business or consumer with email to send and receive online payments securely, conveniently and cost-effectively. Our network builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards to create ... read more ...
 
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The .BANK domain is the future of online security - With the arrival last week of the brand new .bank (or .BANK) top-level domain (TLD), everything to do with global online banking is about to get more expensive, more complex but, the experts claim, a lot more secure for both banks and consumers. Never heard of .bank or have any idea how it or any other secured .TLD will improve the world? Join a long queue made up mostly of consumers who have grown used to a chaotic world in which telling real bank domains from fraudulent ones is pretty much impossible. ... read more ...
 
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.LGBT Pride Program Launched: $20 Per Domain Registration Will Be … - The .LGBT domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the right to marriage equality in the US, and Ireland’s legalization of same-sex civil marriage. From today through October 11, 2015, National Coming Out Day, every new .LGBT web address registered will trigger a US$20 donation from Afilias to the It Gets Better Project. .LGBT is the new and the only top ... read more ...
 
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In Celebration of Marriage Equality: Each New .LGBT Name Donates $20 to the … - WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--.LGBT (dotLGBT) domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the right to marriage equality in the US, and Ireland’s legalization of same-sex civil marriage. From today through October 11, 2015 – National Coming Out Day – every new .LGBT web address registered will trigger a US$20 ... read more ...
 
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.Bank opens for business - Domains in the .bank TLD, targeted at financial institutions worldwide, are now available. The .bank TLD has strong industry support with more than 4,000 names already requested, according to registrar CentralNic FinTech. It also has the backing of the British Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Institute of International Bankers and the International Banking Federation. CentralNic CEO Ben Crawford, commented: "As the internet becomes increasingly ... read more ...
 
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8,000 Premium .Club domains accessible by registrars tomorrow - .Club to begin selling premium domain names through domain name registrars. Starting July 1, you’ll be able to buy premium .Club domain names through the registrar channel. Much like premium domain names offered by other registries, customers will see that the .Club domain name is available but will have to pay a higher price. There’s a key difference between .Club’s premium domains and those from other registries: the premium price is a one time fee. The domain names renew at regular prices. About ... read more ...
 
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.LGBT Pride Program Launched: $20 Per Domain Registration Will Be Contributed To The "It Gets Better Project" - The .LGBT domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the right to marriage equality in the US, and Ireland’s legalization of same-sex civil marriage. From today through October 11, 2015, National Coming Out Day, every new .LGBT web address registered will trigger a US$20 donation from Afilias to the It Gets Better Project. .LGBT is the new and the only top ... read more ...
 
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Slotting fees and retailer rebates in a domain name industry - The domain name registration business has some similarities to rebate policies in the grocery business. You have to pay for eye-level exposure.I read an article in The Economist over the weekend about grocery chains and supplier rebates, and it had a number of parallels to the domain name industry. Grocery stores make profits in two ways other than from the margin on selling food. First, they get slotting fees from food manufacturers that want shelf space, with higher prices for better space. As ... read more ...
 
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By A 2-1 Vote Plumbing Site RooterRooter.com Is Saved From Roto-Rooter in UDRP - Roto-Rooter Corporation just lost its bid to grain control of the domain name RooterRooter.com by a 2-1 vote of a three member UDRP panel. Panelists Richard Hill and David P. Miranda, Esq voted in favor of the domain holder while G. Gervaise Davis, Esq. would have transferred the domain name to the trademark holder. A majority of the Panel found that the term of the the rooterrooter.com domain name is common and generic/descriptive, and therefore the Complainant does not have an exclusive monopoly ... read more ...
 
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UPDATED: Cisco Is Buying OpenDNS For $635 Million - According to a post on its company blog, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is buying OpenDNS. According to VentureBeat.com, the deal is valued at $635 Million.  OpenDNS has raised north of $50 million in funding to date, including a $35 million round last May.” This is from the Cisco blog post: I am pleased to announce our intent to acquire OpenDNS, a leading provider of advanced threat protection for any device, anywhere, anytime, delivered in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. The acquisition will extend ... read more ...