Michlick joins domain name marketplace. I caught word earlier this week that domain name industry veteran Frank Michlick had joined Sedo. I emailed him yesterday for the story and today Sedo released a press release about it. Michlick will be working with the SedoMLS team at Sedo. SedoMLS is its domain sale syndication platform. He ...

FairWarning, Inc., a leading supplier of solutions which monitor and protect patient privacy in electronic health records, today announced the acquisition of a collection of domain properties important to the FairWarning brand, including FairWarning.com....

Eminent domain measure will go before charter review commission After several hearings and hours of public testimony, the Howard County Council tabled a resolution Monday that would weaken the county's ability to seize private property....

What do you think of the names and reserves in this auction? This year’s (only) TRAFFIC conference takes place in just a couple weeks in Fort Lauderdale. It will include the first auction run exclusively by TRAFFIC without an outside domain sales company. The list of domains is still fluid, but it seems that Rick ...

Yahoo and ABC News will share content and ad sales resources as part of a new partnership announced this morning. The relationship will include a prominent integration of ABC News across Yahoo's properties, including the launch of Good Morning America on a Yahoo domain at GMA.yahoo.com....

Single letter domain name finally put to good use. It’s a shame to see a single letter .com domain name languish. So it’s good news that PayPal is finally putting its rare single letter domain name X.com back to use. The company, along with parent eBay, launched x.commerce at the domain name last month. The ...

FairWarning, Inc., a leading supplier of solutions which monitor and protect patient privacy in electronic health records, today announced the acquisition of a collection of domain properties important to the FairWarning® brand, including FairWarning.com....

Some companies get short domains through sunrise instead of auctions. While some businesses paid hefty sums to win auctions for one and two character .uk domains recently — £3m in total — a few businesses took a cheaper route. British Airways, Financial Times, and Virgin Enterprises each got their short domain names through a trademark ...

Emma, Inc. pays for not owning Emma.com. A heavyweight battle is about to ensue over the name “Emma”. Email marketing company Emma, Inc., which operates its main web site at MyEmma.com, has sued publicly traded MicroStrategy for trademark infringement (pdf). MicroStrategy has owned the domain name Emma.com since the 1990s but didn’t use it until ...

A look at September in the domain name industry. The baseball playoffs are here, the temperature is cooling down, and the domain name industry is gearing up for an exciting fall. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire over the past month, ranked by page views. 1. Ready to Scream? ...