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October’s Top 5 domain stories

October’s Top 5 domain stories

Lawsuits, an expired domain story and the early days of Netflix were popular stories last month.

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1. Amazon sues “get rich quick” Fulfilled by Amazon course seller – The firm claims these course sellers are misusing its trademarks.

2. Facebook sues domain name registrar OnlineNic – Attorney David Steele is taking on OnlineNic once again, this time over Facebook trademarks.

3. Judge lays down the hammer on Scratch.org owner – Perhaps as a direct result, the domain owner settled the case and transferred the domain.

4. Oops. If you don’t renew your domain name, this could happen – That’s not what the original registrant intended!

5. How Netflix got its name – You won’t believe how little money it could have purchased Rent.com for.

Podcasts:

Paul Nicks talks GoDaddy Aftermarket – DNW Podcast #259

SEO from Expired Domains – DNW Podcast #258

Improving GoDaddy – DNW Podcast #257

ICANN drops the ball – DNW Podcast #256

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

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