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Wages.com sold for $41,000 at Namejet today. The auction had 353 bids from 309 bidders. There were 7 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. The domain name was sold by Tucows.com. $40k+ seems to be a …

On 26 March 2013, ICANN will unveil a global repository for trademark data, the first of its kind in the domain name space. The Trademark Clearinghouse will enable companies and individuals to protect their trademarks, …

FairWinds Partners consulting firm has written a blog post criticizing General Motors’ decision to withdraw three of its five new gTLD applications. GM withdrew 2 new gTLD applications last week and another one the week …

StubHub Inc., that is owned by Ebay, filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The complaint was filed for 123 domain names, all relating to StubHub. All are StubHub.com typos such …

This past week 4 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. All 4 were brand new gTLDs. General Motors LLC withdrew 2 more gTLDs after …

Ambitions to create a genuinely multilingual Internet are being frustrated by technical gridlocks and the solid dominance of Latin script and the English language. Internet domains offering content in local languages and scripts need to …

A few days back I wrote how I almost lost my blog while it was hosted on WordPress hosting at Go Daddy. I was lucky and got all my files, and within a few hours …

Today, February 22 2013, Neustar Inc. announced to all of the .biz accredited registrars and ICANN that they will be increasing the annual wholesale .BIZ domain registry fee, effective September 1, 2013, following the required …

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. So far 54 domain names have been removed from this list and have been sold or a sale is …

DomainNameSales.com has added a new “Escrow Integration” tab in the “Settings” section at Internet Traffic accounts. This allows DNS to integrate with Escrow.com for quicker, easier closing with your buyers. The New “Escrow Integration” tab …