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Corbin Fisher Names Brian Dunlap Chief Business Development Officer

Brian Dunlap, until recently, Chief Operations Officer for Corbin Fisher, has been named Chief Business Development Officer, the company announced today.

Moniker, SnapNames Sold to KeyDrive

Luxembourg-based KeyDrive has purchased Moniker and SnapNames, two of the top providers of Internet products and services.

Arbitrator Rules in 1st .XXX UDRP Case

An arbitrator last week ruled in the first .XXX ruling in a uniform domain name dispute resolution case, siding with San Antonio, Texas-based HEB Grocery Co. over an Atlanta resident who registered HEB.xxx.

Raging Stallion Inks Deal With Derek Parker

Raging Stallion Studios today announced that it has signed a long-term exclusive contract with porn newcomer, Derek Parker.

Alabama’s Pleasures Store Hosting 2nd Annual Guns for Toys Event

Pleasures store owner Sherri Williams has announced the second annual Guns for Toys event, set for Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Domain News

Grocery chain wins first .XXX UDRP case

HEB gets HEB.xxx. HEB Grocery Company, headquartered in San Antonio, is the first complainant to win a uniform domain name dispute resolution (UDRP) case for a .xxx domain name. Atlanta resident Eric Gonzales registered the domain name after he claims to have contacted the grocery chain to see if they were going to register it. [...]

DealDash buys defunct Swoopo.com domain name (and 22 other end user sales)

DealDash buys defunct rival’s domain name. Remember Swoopo.com, the auction site where you had to pay for each bid? It shut down amidst controversy, and now a competitor has purchased its domain name via Sedo. UK based DealDash Ltd paid 10,000 euros for Swoopo.com and now forwards it to DealDash.com. This was just one of [...]

2012 Domain Name Wire Survey…the results are in

A look at who took this year’s survey. Domain Name Wire’s 7th annual domain name industry survey has concluded with over 1,500 participants. I’m busy collating and analyzing the results, which will be posted on Domain Name Wire throughout the month of February. Here are data about the participants in this year’s survey: 1,593 survey [...]

Hey NAF, this is a classic example of reverse domain hijacking

Respondent wins but should have gotten more than that. National Arbitration Forum panelist Beatrice Onica Jarka got the “answer” correct in a recent UDRP case. But she really should have considered reverse domain name hijacking. The case was brought by deals site Shopzooey, Inc. Shopzooey, Inc was founded in 2011. Upon finding the domain name [...]

.Kyoto top level domain in the works

.Kyoto may join .Tokyo as top level domain. It appears that .kyoto may be one of the location specific top level domains that will hit the web in coming years. The announcement is in Japanese and all translations I’ve seen are rather jumbled, but it appears that GMO Registry is behind the effort. [Update: I've [...]

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