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Here's a look back at the previous month in the domain name business.

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Decembers's Top Stories

Happy New Year! December is typically a slow month as people take time off for vacation, but there was plenty of interesting news in the domain business last month. Highlights include a horrible UDRP (followed by a lawsuit) and GoDaddy buying a domain portfolio. Also be sure to check out the latest podcast episodes!

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1. The late Igal Lichtman, aka Mrs Jello, loses a horrible UDRP decision - fortunately, his heirs are fighting back.

2. GoDaddy acquires Mike Berkens' WorldWide Media domain name portfolio - in a surprising announcement, Michael Berkens almost his entire domain name portfolio to GoDaddy.

3. SEC investigating Endurance International Group - the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the rollup's finances.

4. China to enforce Real Name Verification on .Com Domain Names - it's about to get more difficult to people in China to do business with Chinese domain name registrars.

5. Frank Schilling invests another $1 million in Rightside - Schilling has invested over $8 million in the company.

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