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Town of Secaucus Files UDRP Against SecaucusNJ.org (Updated)

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March 5, 2020

Secaucus, New Jersey is a relatively small town that is close in proximity to New York City. While looking at UDRPSearch.com this afternoon, I noticed the Town of Secaucus filed a UDRP against the SecaucusNJ.org domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization. It is WIPO Case D2020-0509.

From the looks of it, this does not appear to be a typical UDRP filing. In looking through Screenshots.com, it appears that this was a developed website, and I believe it was operated by the town of Secaucus. A Google search also shows the town operates the matching .gov domain name for its website – SecaucusNJ.gov. It is unclear whether the town operated two distinct websites, and if so, for how long.

Coronavirus.com is Owned by GoDaddy

Elliot Silver

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February 27, 2020

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One of the top news stories the past several weeks is the Coronavirus outbreak that has been making people sick throughout the world. Officially known as COVID-19, the novel coronavirus has sickened over 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 people. The continuing spread of the coronavirus is a scary situation that seems to be getting worse each day. It has also caused concern for people around the world who are searching online to learn about coronavirus and want to protect themselves from becoming infected.

I was curious to see who owns Coronavirus.com. I can see the domain name is registered to an entity called NameFind Cayman Islands LTD. As mentioned in an article yesterday, this company is associated with GoDaddy, so effectively, GoDaddy owns Coronavirus.com.

NameFind Cayman Islands LTD. Registrant of Name Administration Domains

Elliot Silver

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February 26, 2020

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While looking through my DomainTools Registrant Alert email yesterday morning, I noticed domain names from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. transferred to a company called NameFind Cayman Islands LTD. The domain names are still registered at Uniregistrar Corp. (Uniregistry). I assume GoDaddy created this entity in the wake of its deal to acquire Frank Schilling’s company and the reported 350,000+ domain names in Frank’s portfolio.

GoDaddy has a domain name portfolio holding company called NameFind LLC. As far as I am aware, the bulk of domain names acquired by GoDaddy in various portfolio deals have moved into the NameFind LLC account. The NameFind LLC company has a mailing address in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is the same address as Afternic’s office.

NameFind Cayman Islands LTD. has a Whois registrant address in the Cayman Islands:

Brandsight to Host 2019 Domain Name Year in Review Webinar

Elliot Silver

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February 25, 2020

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Brandsight, the corporate domain name management company that was acquired by GoDaddy in a deal announced earlier this month, will be hosting a free webinar, 2019 Domain Name Year in Review. The webinar is probably not geared towards domain investors, but it would likely be of interest to people who manage large domain name portfolios.

The topics that will be covered by Matt Serlin and Elisa Cooper include the ten biggest domain name stories from last year, including:

GoDaddy 2019 Annual Report Reveals Uniregistry Deal Value

Elliot Silver

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February 21, 2020

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Ten days ago, GoDaddy announced it will be acquiring Uniregistry. The deal terms and value were not announced by either company, and I do not anticipate the exact details of the sale will be shared by GoDaddy, Uniregistry, or Uniregistry Founder Frank Schilling. It does appear that we now have a price range for the deal based on GoDaddy’s 2019 Annual Report.

Here’s an excerpt from the report that references the acquisitions GoDaddy recently made:

ElevenJames.com – Eleven James Domain Name in Expiry Auction

Elliot Silver

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February 20, 2020

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Eleven James Domain Name

While looking through a list of domain names coming up for auction at GoDaddy Auctions this morning, I came across ElevenJames.com. The name rang a bell to me and a quick Google search revealed why. Eleven James was once a popular subscription watch service that offered members the chance to use high end timepieces from high end watchmakers including Rolex, Patek, AP, Breitling, and others.

According to an article on Bloomberg, the business apparently shut down due to an inability to get more funding. Here’s an excerpt from the Bloomberg article detailing the issue faced by the company: