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Sedo sold Guagua.com (several meanings possible) for $100,000. Other notable sales include risultati.it (Results in Italian) for 32,000 Euro (appx. $43,000) Gastronomie.com (gastronomy in German) for 35,000 Euro (appx. 47,500 USD) and Pepe.com for $45,000. According to Domain Name Wire, the domain name had been bought by Francois of Domaining.com on Bido for $15,000 just a few months ago and then was listed on Mocus where it was sold with the help of a Sedo broker.

See the full sales list and some translations after the jump.

Domain name	Date	Price	Currency	Translation
.COMs
guagua.com	2010-03-02	100,000	USD
pepe.com	2010-03-05	45,000	EUR
gastronomie.com	2010-03-02	35,000	EUR	Gastronomy in German
telemar.com	2010-03-05	12,000	EUR
xtrader.com	2010-03-04	10,000	USD
afx.com	2010-03-02	8,100	USD
mallchina.com	2010-03-07	6,000	EUR
buffalogroup.com	2010-03-03	5,432	USD
cosmetiques.com	2010-03-03	5,150	USD	Cosmetics in French
okta.com	2010-03-07	5,100	USD
bookmate.com	2010-03-08	5,000	EUR
jpsports.com	2010-03-04	5,000	USD
qualcos.com	2010-03-03	5,000	USD
landingpagedesign.com	2010-03-05	5,000	GBP
stayfair.com	2010-03-08	5,000	USD
tridien.com	2010-03-04	5,000	USD
clientstream.com	2010-03-04	4,985	USD
zli.com	2010-03-03	4,500	USD
poppunk.com	2010-03-01	4,100	USD
jechange.com	2010-03-04	4,000	EUR
shareprice.com	2010-03-03	4,000	USD
freisein.com	2010-03-01	3,854	USD	Being Free in German
tracktec.com	2010-03-02	3,388	USD
techi.com	2010-03-05	3,388	USD
speedchat.com	2010-03-07	3,300	USD
newsfromhome.com	2010-03-02	3,000	USD
whatsstoppingyou.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
rockaoke.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
allotments.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
totophoto.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
mobiledistribution.com	2010-03-03	2,788	USD
allsleep.com	2010-03-05	2,600	USD
phimosis.com	2010-03-03	2,550	USD
domainapps.com	2010-03-05	2,500	USD
comparus.com	2010-03-08	2,500	EUR
mailsuite.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
mandaris.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
stylejobs.com	2010-03-03	2,500	EUR
tachan.com	2010-03-04	2,500	EUR
summitbrokers.com	2010-03-02	2,500	USD
yborcigars.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
ditosama.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
pureaqua.com	2010-03-05	2,500	USD
vps247.com	2010-03-01	2,499	USD
theroute.com	2010-03-02	2,488	USD
finntours.com	2010-03-05	2,488	USD
jobverse.com	2010-03-05	2,295	USD
neuhoff.com	2010-03-05	2,250	EUR
patentinsurance.com	2010-03-04	2,200	USD
langzeitmieten.com	2010-03-02	2,142	EUR	Long Term Rentals in German
hiding.com	2010-03-03	2,055	USD
inktree.com	2010-03-08	2,000	USD
gameslaboratory.com	2010-03-02	2,000	USD
fusee.com	2010-03-08	2,000	EUR
casinotrac.com	2010-03-03	2,000	USD
flatmatch.com	2010-03-05	2,000	USD
koshki.com	2010-03-01	2,000	USD
ocsports.com	2010-03-02	2,000	USD
visionhunter.com	2010-03-03	2,000	USD
mobiledollars.com	2010-03-04	2,000	USD
g-tour.com	2010-03-08	2,000	EUR
wattclub.com	2010-03-05	2,000	USD
ccTLDs
risultati.it	2010-03-03	32,000	EUR	Results in Italian
energieagentur.de	2010-03-08	21,500	EUR	Energy Agency in German
escortservice.de	2010-03-04	16,660	EUR
transpower.nl	2010-03-05	15,500	EUR
ioffer.co.uk	2010-03-05	11,500	USD
jb.de	2010-03-01	9,500	EUR
stelle.it	2010-03-05	8,000	EUR
shirts.co.za	2010-03-05	8,000	USD
73.de	2010-03-03	7,500	EUR
87.de	2010-03-03	7,500	EUR
call.at	2010-03-04	6,750	EUR
drucker-toner.de	2010-03-03	6,500	EUR	Printer Toner in German
carworld.eu	2010-03-05	6,000	EUR
designshop.ch	2010-03-08	6,000	EUR
luxury.co.za	2010-03-05	6,000	USD
tmb.de	2010-03-03	5,950	EUR
healing.de	2010-03-05	5,950	EUR
mamme.it	2010-03-05	5,900	USD
xa.de	2010-03-02	5,700	EUR
hurghada.ch	2010-03-03	5,000	EUR
hausfinanzierung.de	2010-03-04	4,600	EUR	Home Financing in German
greencar.de	2010-03-05	4,000	EUR
cyclette.it	2010-03-08	3,600	EUR	Bike in Italian
volksversicherung.de	2010-03-02	3,500	EUR	“Population Insurance” in German
extra.be	2010-03-05	3,000	EUR
freienstein.de	2010-03-01	2,600	EUR
staatsanleihen.de	2010-03-02	2,550	EUR	government bonds in German
bookwithme.co.uk	2010-03-05	2,500	GBP
rückenprobleme.ch	2010-03-04	2,500	EUR	Back Problems in German
kabellos.de	2010-03-02	2,500	EUR
diabetes-shop.de	2010-03-04	2,360	EUR
dinnerfortwo.de	2010-03-04	2,350	EUR
goodies.de	2010-03-03	2,223	EUR
easysports.de	2010-03-08	2,222	EUR
swx.de	2010-03-04	2,200	EUR
xxl-print.de	2010-03-03	2,100	EUR
unternehmen-zukunft.de	2010-03-02	2,083	EUR	Future Enterprise in German
schwibbogen.de	2010-03-05	2,083	EUR
vivabingo.es	2010-03-03	2,000	EUR
autoexport.eu	2010-03-02	2,000	EUR
salvia.fr	2010-03-05	2,000	EUR
badplatsen.se	2010-03-01	2,000	EUR
staffshop.co.uk	2010-03-03	2,000	GBP
edreams.com.au	2010-03-08	2,000	USD
gaudin.fr	2010-03-03	2,000	EUR
congress.co.uk	2010-03-03	1,900	GBP
checkin.at	2010-03-02	1,800	EUR
decorating.co.za	2010-03-08	1,800	USD
alkoholproblem.de	2010-03-01	1,750	EUR	Acohol Problem in German
fotopuzzel.de	2010-03-04	1,650	EUR	Photo Puzzle in German
tgm.co.uk	2010-03-04	1,650	GBP
evict.co.uk	2010-03-02	1,600	GBP
zwi.de	2010-03-05	1,600	EUR
dach-spezialist.de	2010-03-02	1,555	EUR	Roofing Specialist in German
viaggio.eu	2010-03-04	1,500	EUR
wep.ch	2010-03-02	1,500	EUR
leihfahrrad.de	2010-03-02	1,500	EUR	Rental Bike in German
eurostores.eu	2010-03-08	1,500	EUR
stayalive.de	2010-03-04	1,452	EUR
hooks.co.uk	2010-03-05	1,450	GBP
tabak-pfeife.de	2010-03-02	1,312	EUR
virtusa.co.uk	2010-03-04	1,250	USD
onshop.de	2010-03-04	1,250	EUR
hytteforum.no	2010-03-03	1,200	EUR
webac.co.uk	2010-03-04	1,200	EUR
geschaedigtenforum.de	2010-03-02	1,200	EUR	Injured Party Forum in German
ildolcetto.it	2010-03-08	1,200	EUR
hunde-futter.de	2010-03-04	1,200	EUR	Dog Food in German
trachtenmode.eu	2010-03-04	1,200	EUR	Costume Fashion in German
rugs.ws	2010-03-05	1,200	USD
inews.co.uk	2010-03-02	1,200	GBP
möbel-kempf.de	2010-03-02	1,100	EUR	Furniture Kempf in German
powernap.de	2010-03-02	1,100	EUR
schichtdicke.de	2010-03-05	1,050	EUR	Coat Thickness in German
xyros.de	2010-03-08	1,050	EUR
alternate.pl	2010-03-08	1,040	USD
blue-ray.de	2010-03-04	1,000	EUR
passaggi.it	2010-03-08	1,000	EUR
medinfo.ch	2010-03-03	1,000	EUR
gesundheit-aktiv.de	2010-03-04	1,000	EUR	Health – Activ in German
topviaggi.it	2010-03-05	1,000	GBP
newyork-hotels.de	2010-03-02	1,000	EUR
inspe.de	2010-03-02	1,000	EUR
esense.de	2010-03-05	1,000	EUR
jjc.eu	2010-03-04	1,000	USD
religion.eu	2010-03-04	999	EUR
maldini.de	2010-03-08	950	EUR
highrollercasino.co.uk	2010-03-03	950	EUR
mediamonitoring.de	2010-03-04	950	EUR
übersetzer.eu	2010-03-01	900	EUR	Translator in German
friendfinder.it	2010-03-08	900	EUR
infection.ch	2010-03-03	900	EUR
emobility.ch	2010-03-02	875	EUR
zürich.eu	2010-03-03	850	EUR	Zurich in German
dampfdusche.eu	2010-03-02	850	EUR	Steam Shower in German
enterprises.ws	2010-03-02	850	USD
übersetzungen.eu	2010-03-01	827	EUR	Translations in German
sks.at	2010-03-03	800	EUR
de-brief.de	2010-03-05	800	EUR
unidata.de	2010-03-05	775	EUR
klangkoerper.de	2010-03-02	750	EUR	Orchester in German
webagency.nl	2010-03-04	750	EUR
metalldichtungen.de	2010-03-03	750	EUR	Metal Gasket in German
kleinfeldtore.de	2010-03-04	700	EUR
adventuretravel.tv	2010-03-02	700	USD
webimmo.fr	2010-03-05	700	EUR
Other
sys.net	2010-03-08	12,500	USD
open.org	2010-03-03	6,200	USD
analytics.info	2010-03-02	5,000	USD
docs.net	2010-03-01	5,000	USD
al3aab.net	2010-03-03	4,000	USD
billigfliegen.net	2010-03-03	3,500	EUR	Fly Cheap in German
probefahrt.org	2010-03-02	3,500	EUR
telefon.info	2010-03-04	3,050	EUR	Telephone in German
wvtv.org	2010-03-02	2,300	USD
adultdatingsites.org	2010-03-03	2,300	USD
luminaires.org	2010-03-01	1,800	USD
relatos.org	2010-03-05	1,750	EUR
feel.net	2010-03-03	1,750	USD
surgeon.pro	2010-03-05	1,750	USD
surgery.pro	2010-03-04	1,750	USD
bookstores.org	2010-03-03	1,500	USD
thecombine.org	2010-03-05	1,500	USD
videoporno.org	2010-03-05	1,400	USD
careeraptitudetest.net	2010-03-01	1,300	USD
englishtown.net	2010-03-03	1,275	USD
950.net	2010-03-01	1,250	USD
enaplus.net	2010-03-05	1,100	EUR
fgt.org	2010-03-02	1,100	USD
thek.net	2010-03-03	1,046	USD
amarket.net	2010-03-01	1,041	USD
rideaux.net	2010-03-04	1,000	EUR
reinigung.org	2010-03-03	1,000	EUR	Dry-Cleaner in German
vijay.org	2010-03-02	900	USD
autoverhuur.info	2010-03-04	800	EUR	Car Rental in Dutch
firstmedical.org	2010-03-01	795	USD
cutterbuck.info	2010-03-04	790	USD
grattage.org	2010-03-08	700	EUR

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As reported by Mashable Retweet.com Sold for $250,000 on the Flippa.com market place. After receiving bids by 34 bidders up to $202,000, a new bidder joined the auction and bought the site domain for its listed BIN (buy it now) price of $250,000. The identity of the buyer has yet to be revealed.

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According to the BBC News , ICANN is going to reconsider the .XXX extension on Friday March 12 at its meeting in Nairobi.

The BBC article quotes a representative of ICANN saying:

There is “no indication what action the ICANN board will take”.

“However, it is unlikely to overturn the decision immediately without consulting other members of Icann and the internet community.”

Stay Tuned

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In yet another shoot from the hip WIPO decision this one involving the domain SkyWaterSystems.com, the sole panelist found that even though the Complaint and the Domain Holder were in the same type of business,  there is not necessarily any confusion.

“”"As far as the record here reveals, however, the water-related systems offered by the parties here are not strictly, as Complainant asserts, in direct competition with one another. As the Panel understands it, Complainant produces water from the atmosphere and Respondent purifies existing water.”"

Wow

When domainers are involved panels give the domain to the trademark holder if there is any close proximity of the domain to the trademark in question.

Yet when domainers are out of the picture panelist all of a sudden, can make a distinction between companies products that “produces water from the atmosphere and purifies existing water.”"

This is despite that fact that the panel found that the complainant did have a right to the term in question:

“”"Complainant holds rights in the mark SKYWATER through registration and use. The Domain Name incorporates the mark and adds the word “systems.” In the Panel’s view, the addition of the word “systems” does not diminish the confusing similarity between the mark and the Domain Name. This is because the word “systems” actually partly describes what Complainant sells under the mark.

Accordingly, the Panel finds that Policy paragraph 4(a)(i) is satisfied.”"

The panel even found:

“”The Panel believes it conceivable that there could well be consumer confusion as between the source of goods offered via the Domain Name.”

Yet the panel held in favor of the domain holder finding that the very unique term Skywater was NOT distinctive:

“”"On the spectrum of inherent distinctiveness, the trademark SKYWATER to identify a system that produces water from the atmosphere in this Panel’s view can hardly be regarded as fanciful or even arbitrary. It is, for this Panel rather, suggestive at best and even arguably descriptive.”"”

“”"It is not implausible under the circumstances for Respondent to have adopted the term “sky water” as a DBA or a domain name without having any awareness of Complainant or its goods.”"

How can a panel find a domain like Sky Water is not distinctive when they found LH to be distinctive?

Here is the kicker.

Remember all the decisions where domainers are held to be on constructive notice of not just every trademark in the United States but even of those of other countries?

Here the panel said:

“”"In the Panel’s view, constructive notice by itself does not form the basis for a bad faith finding under the Policy.”

This fly’s in the face of a ton of decisions that puts the burden of constructive notice squarely on the shoulders of domainers.

Finally the panelist recognizing he was way over his head just threw up his hands and said:

“”The issues raised in the Complaint and Response are best left to a court of law.”

“This is not a clear case of cybersquatting, which is the type of case the Policy is intended to address.”

“”A court of law is the proper forum to sort out this clash of alleged trademark rights.”

The problem is this case doesn’t involve a “clash of trademarks” as the domain holder doesn’t have one.

To have a “clash of trademarks” wouldn’t both parties have to have one?

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A major new market survey of American advertisers and marketers says this will be the year when digital advertising finally passes print media in ad revenue for the first time. Also today, the .CO registry announces its upcoming launch plan including a new Founders Program for early adopters that opened today.

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SocialDomainers.com, a new social network for Social Domainers has just been launched by Tony Kanakaris, a Long Island, New York based domainer. The network was set up in order to help local domainers meet and connect. For today’s launch, the site is giving away an Apple iPad for the 1,000th member to sign up for the site, which has been running in a private beta for a while.

[Update] Tony just told DNN that two more lucky members who sign up before April 1st, 2010 will also have the chance to win an iPad.

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The .Co registry announced today what it is calling the .CO Founders Program

Starting today, the registry is starting to accept applications, for “the .CO Founders Program, an initiative designed to help qualified “first movers” to proactively develop and maintain domains with the .CO extension prior to the public launch in July. The .CO Founders Program is open to all interested applicants from individuals to businesses and big brands.”"

“The .CO Founders Program provides an excellent opportunity for early adopters to secure short and memorable domain names and truly help shape the .CO name space,” said Juan Diego Calle, CEO of .CO Internet. “Participants in the program will benefit by potentially being featured in an aggressive .CO advertising and marketing program; likewise they will be expected to actively promote their domain to benefit the broader .COmmunity,” added Calle.”"

“”"How to Apply for The .CO Founders Program

“”Applicants can submit an application to the registry, explaining the .CO domain they’d like to develop, as well as additional details about themselves and their launch proposal. .CO Internet will then review the applications and approve those that will best contribute to the .CO community. .CO Internet will award domains, at their discretion, subject to certain terms and conditions.”"

.CO in addition to being the country code for Columbia, is also being marketed to be used as a mainstream extension to represent the words “COmpany,” “COrporation” and “COmmerce” and social networking sites to represent the terms COmmunicate and COllaborate”.

As for all other .CO domains the registry also announced the time scheduled for rollout:

Sunrise will take place from April 26 through June 10, allowing eligible trademark holders the right to apply for the .CO domain names corresponding to their marks before registration is open to the general public.

Landrush will occur from June 21 through July 13, and will be open to anyone interested in registering certain high priority domain names.

General availability will begin on July 20, opening the .CO domain for registrations on a first-come, first-served basis around the world.

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Following the course of other TLDs, such as .DE, Nominet has posted a document for their members and registrars proposing the release of single and double character domain names in the third level of the .UK domain (under co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk and .net.uk). The release would exclude some domains that have been registered before the establishing of Nominet as the registry operator in 1996. According to the consultation, Nominet is considering releasing the domains in two phases: A first round for trademark holders, followed by a Dutch Auction (starting with a high price being reduced until a buyer is found, similar to the release of second level .MX domains).

The corresponding consultation runs for three months, from 8 March 2010 until 8 June 2010.  To provide your feedback, you can either complete the online survey or email your answers to shortdomains@nominet.org.uk.

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