Donuts Inc., a company that has applied for 307 new gTLD strings, issued a reply to a GAC early warning made by the Government of Greece regarding the new gTLD .BASKETBALL. There are 3 applicants …
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UDRP complaint denied for Frank Schilling’s ColdFront.com – Complainant guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Frank Schilling’s domain ColdFront.com gets a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling as John Berryhill gets this complaint dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The Complainant was formed in 2009 and filed for a USPTO registration of …
Read More »ICANN launches Speakers Bureau to help ICANN’s expert speakers to participate in events
ICANN announced that they have added a new online service to help community members request expert speakers from ICANN to participate in events worldwide. The Speakers Bureau Request form, accessible through the CONTACT page on …
Read More »ICM Registry sells Mobil.xxx for $2,805 and Interactive.xxx for $2,145
ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. This week 2 more domains have been sold (whois has not been updated): Mobil.xxx for $2,805 and Interactive.xxx for …
Read More »UDRP complaint for TheIDShop.com is dismissed because of the doctrine of laches
UDRP complaint for TheIDShop.com was dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The decision of the panel was that the Complaint should be barred by the doctrine of laches. Respondent raised the issue of laches as a …
Read More »The 2nd premium .info auction is live at GoDaddy – Social.info already at $5,505
After the success of the first .info premium auction last month, Afilias and Go daddy are now running a new .info auction featuring 135 domain names that were reserved since 2001. The auction includes premium …
Read More »Pool remains in the dropcatching business but will anybody use it?
Pool announced on the 20th of December that it is shutting down many of it’s registrars effective January 10, 2013. This did not come as a big surprise as Pool has not been very successful …
Read More »Outdoor-Fitness.com gets hit with a UDRP complaint
A UDRP complaint was filed for the domain name Outdoor-Fitness.com at the National Arbitration Forum. NAF doesn’t reveal the Complainant before the decision is in but the most obvious Complainant is the owner of the …
Read More »Sedo sells 1055 domains worth $1.78 million: Wolfgangs.com sells for 50,000 USD and MyFastPC.com for 35,000 USD – Week 8/1-14/1 2013
This week, 1055 transactions (670 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.78 million ($.87 last week). Only 300 domains (194 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other domains …
Read More »PetHotels.com didn’t sell at NameJet – Reserve was not met
The domain name PetHotels.com didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $40,000 but the reserve wasn’t met. The auction had 337 bids from 321 bidders. There were 7 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. There …
Read More »Pool’s domains will be transfered to NamesBeyond
Pool announced on the 20th of December that it is shutting down many of it’s registrars effective January 10, 2013. Pool’s move to shut down registrars left thousands of domains in limbo. Today Pool send an …
Read More »Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales January Update
Frank Schilling send the January update for Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales yesterday. On Friday the broker directory on the DomainNameSales.com site was rolled out. The broker directory will let any serious broker, any salesperson, from any platform …
Read More »Sedo Partners With Chinese Registrar 66.cn
Sedo’s latest partnership is with Chinese registrar 66.cn. Customers searching for domains at 66.cn’s site will see premium domain listings available for purchase at Sedo, and be redirected to the Sedo website via a “for …
Read More »Will Twitter Win The UDRP Complaint For Twitter.org?
Twitter, Inc filed a UDRP dispute with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name twitter.org. The domain was registered in October 2005 and Twitter didn’t even exist as an idea at that …
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