Recent domain name news from the last week: Web domain transfer market defies the recession The number of domain names being sold continues to defy the economic downturn, according to the latest figures from domain name marketplace Sedo.  The firm’s Secondary Domain Market Study Q3 2009 found that the number of domains, or properties, being exchanged had increased

... Circuit Court on behalf of lead Plaintiff Carlos A. Cueto and others who participated in online auctions for domain names. In the lawsuit, Mr. Cueto alleges that an executive of the company conducting the auctions acted as a shill bidder to manipulate bids. The domain names were auctioned online by Oversee.Net, Inc. subsidiary SnapNames ... More on this domain related news...

... Cleanup in Progress – wow, was that really just last month? So much has happened since the news broke on November 4. 4. WalMart Goes After PeopleofWalMart.com Typo – WalMart has filed a domain dispute against a typo of overnight sensation PeopleofWalMart.com. Here ... on the web. 5. Pssst. No One Cares About the Domain Industry. – a bit of a rant about the reaction to the ...

Domain industry news website Domain Name Wire is reporting that Janet won the domain name RhythmNation1814.com at an arbitration hearing on Monday. A person unaffiliated with Janet purchased the domain name in 2004, however Janet filed an arbitration case at the National Arbitration Forum and won after the registrant did not respond to the case. The files from the case can be ...

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