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Puma loses cybersquatting dispute for Mexican domain name
Puma went hunting for puma.com.mx and learned that a dictionary word can be a legitimate business in someone else's hands.
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Read the full story.Chess Domains Are Coming with Community Application from FIDE/World Chess Partnership Holding Dominant Board Position
The chess world's governing body and its commercial promoter have filed jointly for .chess — the strongest opening move in ICANN's new TLD round.
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Careful What You Share on Social Media
The cheapest lesson in negotiation is the one you publish yourself.
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Domain investor files lawsuit after losing $53k domain in UDRP
A $53,000 auction win just became a court fight over who actually owns the domain.
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Chess group applies for .chess as community top level domain
The chess world's governing body wants a TLD of its own — .chess is now formally in play.
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Registered Agents Takes a Two-Pronged Approach to New TLDs - Running Their Own and Providing Back-End Services to the Rest
Every new TLD needs a landlord. Registered Agents intends to be the landlord and the property manager.
Domain Name Journal
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by KLO.com
A quiet week on Sedo, but the ledger still says the same thing: short .com names are the only safe collateral.
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TrustName customers report domain thefts after ICANN de-accreditation notice
TrustName had an accreditation problem. Then its customers' domains started moving without permission.
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Registered Agents applies for six top level domains, starts RSP
The registrar is moving up the food chain: Registered Agents wants to own the wholesale layer and the plumbing.
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What domains Maglite and other businesses recently acquired
Maglite, the flashlight maker, just paid retail for a domain it likely needed yesterday.
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Panelist doesn’t take the bait, denies Wal-Mart’s cybersquatting claim
Wal-Mart Mexico took a swing at bait.mx and the panelist let it go.
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Lovable removes excuse for developers to view lingerie site at work
Lovable raised $400 million and finally bought the one thing its AI couldn't generate: its own .com.
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