An outrageous UDRP case

Cases shouldn’t be heard if they’re this bad. So this guy William (Bill) Robert Johnson forms a company called Aahara Enterprises Pty.

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An outrageous UDRP case

3 New Party Venues Ready to Welcome Guests at Next Week’s DOMAINfest Global Conference

The DOMAINfest Global 2012 conference will be running next week in Santa Monica, California.

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Perhaps trademark holders should no longer defensively register domains

In the future brand owners may need to change their domain name strategy. With potentially hundreds of new top level domain names heading to the internet as early as 2013, brand owners are crying foul

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Braden Pollock joins ScienceFiction.com as traffic explodes

ScienceFiction.com tops 1 million monthly pageviews and reshuffles its ownership. Domain name investor Braden Pollock is now part owner of ScienceFiction.com, LLC , joining Patrick Ruddell in the online site that wants to be the “TechCrunch of science fiction”. I caught up with Ruddell today to understand what this means for his business and how the site is doing

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Simon & Schuster buys rights to Marc Ostrofsky’s Get Rich Click book

Famous domain investor sells his book to major publishing house. Simon & Schuster has purchased the rights to Marc Ostrofsky’s Get Rich Click book, sending him on new PR rounds.

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Monte Cahn gets a court victory as judge denies summary judgment

Oversee.net’s motion for summary judgment is denied.

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Afilias Urges Businesses to Make Decision on dot Brand domains

Afilias, the domain name registry operations company behind .info, .mobi and 14 other Top Level Domains , is urging brands to ensure they fully understand what the new “dot Brand” Web extensions mean for their business.

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Tim Schumacher announces departure from Sedo

Longtime domain industry vet Tim Schumacher is moving on.

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Domain King Semi-Retires From Blogging So Businessman Rick Schwartz Can Fully Blossom

For over a decade now domain industry pioneer Rick Schwartz has been sharing his knowledge & advice about the business on an almost daily basis. Rick’s Blog had been one of the most popular (and certainly the most controversial) soapbox anyone in this business has ever stood on but he won’t be on it daily anymore.

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New generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)

What it means for your business…

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Domainer Colin Pape Files Complaint with FTC Over Google

Claims Google unfairly promoted its own web properties. Someone close do the domain name industry is getting lots of press today. ShopCity, led by Colin Pape, filed a complaint with the U.S.

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P&G and HP Say They Won’t Register Their Own TLDs

…but these companies have a good reason not to. Bloomberg BusinessWeek just published an article that says representatives from P&G and HP have confirmed the companies don’t plan to apply for new top level domain names. A couple observations: 1.

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Google Adds 100+ Domains, Signals Plans For National Small Biz Push

Google appears to be readying plans to roll out its “Get Your Business Online” program across the U.S.

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Dot-Anything Domains are Coming: 4 Things You Need to Know

If you’ve ever searched for the perfect domain name for your business, you know there’s a problem. All the good .com domains are taken. And nobody really wants a .biz or .net domain.

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TheKnot.com and Ask.com Make Domain Purchases

End users line up to find the perfect domain name. There were a lot of great end user domain purchases at Afternic this week. Here’s a look at some of the ones that caught my eye.

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When a Business Relationship Goes Sour, Make Sure You Own the Domain Name

Another lawsuit shows that domain names are important intellectual property. I’ve written numerous times about web design companies holding a client’s domain name hostage

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Google to Listen In? Company Buys Listen.in

Company acquires Listen.in domain name. Google has made a curious domain acquisition — Listen.in

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Google to Listen In? Company Buys Listen.in

Company acquires Listen.in domain name. Google has made a curious domain acquisition — Listen.in

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