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Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2022, at 12:39 pm

No longer to be known as Canvas at Canvas.com, a company whose rented domain gave it trouble performs domain rebranding, once again. In May 2021, a recruiting company known as “Jumpstart” at the time, decided to beef up its brand and domain. For that purpose, they leased the domain Canvas.com, switching to “Canvas” as their […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Canvas, Canvas.com, Jumpstart, Jumpstart.me, Untapped, Untapped.io, domain rebranding

Brindeed.com #UDRP unveils common practice of subdomain squatting

Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2022, at 10:18 am

Indeed, Inc. is the world’s largest job site, with over 200 million unique visitors every month from over 60 different countries. The UDRP filed against the domain name Brindeed.com was triggered by a common practice, that of subdomain squatting. Indeed uses subdomains for its regional web sites and in the case of this UDRP filing […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Brindeed.com, Domainers, Domains, Indeed, UDRP, br.indeed.com, grant transfer, subdomain squatting

Metamates.com: Meta employees are now called #Metamates

Posted by DomainGang on February 16, 2022, at 2:38 pm

Meta, the mother company of Facebook, announced that as part of a new era in corporate culture, employees are to be referred to as “Metamates.” An apparent portmanteau of “Meta” and “teammates” the Metamates reference was made by Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg: Be Direct and Respect Your Colleagues is about creating a culture where we […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Meta domains, Metamates, Metamates.com, meta

Polkadot.com UDRP: Respondent wanted $80 million dollars, says Complainant

Posted by DomainGang on February 16, 2022, at 12:34 pm

Web 3.0 Technologies Foundation, Switzerland, filed a UDRP against the domain Polkadot.com. According to the Complaint, the domain was acquired by the Respondent after the Complainant acquired its POLKADOT mark. The Complainant states that while the domain Polkadot.com was registered in 1995, a third party acquired it while Complainant was already in negotiations with the […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Polkadot, UDRP, WIPO

#Domain first names: Nat Cohen has acquired Nat.com

Posted by DomainGang on February 16, 2022, at 10:13 am

Do you own your first name as a .com? Nat Cohen, founder of Telepathy, Inc., does; the domain Nat.com has changed hands after a transaction that span several months, apparently. Nat.com now forwards to Nat Cohen’s LinkedIn profile. And that’s a great use of a three letter .com domain, as a URL forward! Registered in […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Doma, Domainers, Domains, Nat Cohen, Nat.com, North American Title, Telepathy Inc, Telepathy.com, domain investors

WordPlay.com: Interview with Dharmesh Shah on his #domain acquisition at Sedo

Posted by DomainGang on February 16, 2022, at 8:48 am

The six figure sale of WordPlay.com stood out as this week’s top domain sale at Sedo. The domain was acquired by Mr. Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO of HubSpot, a popular developer and marketer of software products for inbound marketing, sales, and customer service. Despite the $100,000 dollar ticket price, this transaction did not involve […]

Filed under Famous Domainers · Tagged with Dharmesh Shah, Domainers, Domains, FirstWord.com, Grader.com, HubSpot, Sedo, WordPlay, WordPlay.com, WordPlay.today, Wordle

Who owns the #domain name Ukraine.com?

Posted by DomainGang on February 15, 2022, at 2:24 pm

Ukraine is a beautiful country with an ancient history; the former Soviet republic declared its independence on August 24, 1991. In old times parts of Ukraine were ruled by the Cimmerians and the Greeks colonized the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine around 700 BC. These days, Ukraine shares a long history with Russia but maintains its […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Kyiv, NewMedia Holdings, Ukraine.com, ukraine

#Sedo : Domain sales report for February 14, 2022 — Wordplay.com sold for $100,000

Posted by DomainGang on February 15, 2022, at 10:41 am

Sedo domain sales report: Top sale that of Wordplay.com at $100,000 dollars. Welcome to the latest domain sales report by Sedo; this time we cover sales week ending on February 14, 2022. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The Sedo marketplace sells great domains 24/7 providing a great service. Sedo […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Sedo, Sedo domains, Sedo sales, Sedo sales report, Sedo.com, domain sales, sedo domain sales

OOVO.com: #Ukrainian attorney secured Reverse Domain Name Hijacking result

Posted by DomainGang on February 15, 2022, at 9:06 am

The domain OOVO.com was hit with a UDRP, filed by Vacation Pig, LLC d.b.a OOVO. The Complainant asserted rights to the OOVO mark since its registration in 2020, while the Respondent acquired this domain in 2014; OOVO.com was registered in 2004. According to NameBio, OOVO.com was sold for $2,024 dollars via GoDaddy on September 12, […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Dmitriy Chyrkin, Domains, Forum, NAF, OOVO.com, RDNH, UDRP, reverse domain name hijacking

#Worldle: New geography riddle arrives with no #domain of its own

Posted by DomainGang on February 14, 2022, at 4:59 pm

If you’re hooked on Wordle, the word puzzle, here comes Worldle—the geography riddle. Currently serving almost 600,000 instances a day, the game’s objective is to identify the country from its silhouette shape. Typing a country’s name and hitting the “guess” button will return its distance in kilometers from the center of the target country, the […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Wordle, Worldle, fuck Putin

Therapist.com: #Domain operators apply for the registration of the matching trademark

Posted by DomainGang on February 14, 2022, at 2:47 pm

Wisconsin-based PESI, INC., operators of the domain Therapist.com, have filed an application for the registration of the matching mark, THERAPIST.COM. The mark is applied for the following services: Providing information about and making referrals in the field of rehabilitation, behavioral health, mental health, counseling, and therapy services; providing information about professionals in the field of […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domains, Therapist.com, USPTO, therapist, trademarks

Illegal streaming services domains suspended

Posted by DomainGang on February 14, 2022, at 11:08 am

During the past few days a number of pirate IPTV-related domains began redirecting to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) website, an indication that these domains’ services were suspended by their registrars. ACE and MPA are on a mission to eliminate online streaming of pirated movies and TV shows, from providers such as Disney, […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with ACE, Cloudflare, Domains, Illegal streaming services, MPA, MarkMonitor, pirate domains

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