Le Figaro: French giant’s UDPR for Figaro.Club was denied

Le Figaro is a French giant in the media industry; their newspaper has been publishing a daily edition under the historic name LE FIGARO in France since the 1800’s. Not only do they own a bunch of trademarks, but these marks are strong, established and famous outside of France. It was therefore logical that they […]

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Bina Bitterman: 50 Shades of Domaining begins at the RedRoom.com

Hello domainer darlings, this is Bina Bitterman – the Domain Socialite, and I’m feeling so hot and bothered tonight. I had a fantastic time at NamesCon last month, and finally got to meet some great domain investors. Sipping my third Mai Tai of the evening, and I was rather bored, quite frankly. I could not […]

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Marrakesh and ICANN52: No Ebola here, Singapore people!

Marrakesh in Morocco was scheduled to be the host of ICANN 52; the host city was moved to Singapore, under pressure for the Ebola outbreak in Africa. But was that move by ICANN exaggerated or was it a valid precaution? The organizers of the Marrakesh conference most likely lost large amounts of money from not […]

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Chinese domain market – Week of February 8, 2015

Starting a new, weekly column on the domain acquisitions made by Chinese companies, and what a better time to begin when the sale of 360.com for $17 million dollars occurred. We’ll also include domains that are made freshly available in the Chinese domain market, in case you’re interested in making such investments. This week’s discoveries […]

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Domain broker who handled the record sale of 360.com comes forward!

The expert domain broker who handled the record-setting sale of 360.com has come forward. Sold for $17,000,000 dollars, the domain 360.com changed hands last week, after it was moved from Vodaphone’s possession to that of the Chinese company Qihoo. We are confident that the same domain broker might have handled several other sizable sales on […]

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ICANN considers limitation of domain registrations to 100 per person!

Following on the footsteps of a recent interview to Sputnik News, ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé comes up with yet another shocker for the domainer community. Expectations about the multi-stakeholder model are running high, and the issue of Internet governance is one hot potato currently; the dessert is yet to come. According to sources, ICANN is […]

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DNPost launches aggregator of domain news feeds

DNPost, the new kid on the domain forum block, has quietly launched a domain news aggregator. Aptly branded as DNPostNews, the “soft launch” of the news portal incorporates the usual domain-related news feeds, along with other resources related to the domain industry, including tweets and other social media announcements. Furthermore, the portal integrates with DNPost […]

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Not just numerics: China gobbling up LLL .com domains as well

The appetite of Chinese companies for numeric domains is definitely increasing; the sale of 360.com to Qihoo for $17 million dollars is merely the tip of the iceberg. It’s not just the volume of numeric domains and their acquisition prices, but the overall business attitude that dictates that a company must own its matching .com […]

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Update: CCT.com has been retrieved – No longer a stolen domain!

Great news for Dean Vlahos, legitimate owner of the domain CCT.com – it has been returned to his possession, and it has been transferred back to Network Solutions. CCT.com had been reported stolen in mid December, and had been transferred to Ename.com, a domain registrar popular with domain thieves in China. It is almost certain […]

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Porno.com domain seller now an unemployed degree holder!

Life just isn’t fair. The student who sold the domain Porno.com to Rick Schwartz in 1997 for $42,000 is now an unemployed engineer, struggling under the current bout of bad economy as a homeless man. Eighteen years ago, Lawrence Morgan “mad dog” Jones was a promising college student that researched the Internet as a pastime. […]

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Well-done USPTO: US Patent and Trademark Office web site redesigned

At long last! After years of displaying a mediocre web site, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sports a spiffy, well-designed web site. The layout utilizes sharp, clean font types and a contrasting color scheme to deliver lots of well-organized content about trademarks, service marks and patents. Most major links are one click away, […]

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The Domain King’s numeric domains: A fine collection of NNN .com and others

The numeric domain market is on fire, after reports of the biggest domain sale of all time place 360.com at the #1 spot for $17 million dollars. Just days before that announcement, the Domain King, Rick Schwartz, revealed through his sale of Porno.com for $8,888,888 dollars that he’s about to put some of his numeric […]

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