World Trademark Review Conducting Survey About New TLDs Survey seeks opinions on new top level domain names. World Trademark Review is currently running a survey to understand attitudes and plans around the launch of new top level domain names. The survey is targeted to three groups: In-house trademark lawyers, private practice trademark lawyers, and marketing, web, and communications pro...
Domain Name Wire - 22 hr 40 min ago
DreamHost.co and AOLmail.co Among First .Co Domains Hit with UDRP Trademark owners go after their names on .co. A dozen companies have filed 13 .co domain name arbitration disputes since the relaunch of .co as a a generic domain name. The most recent UDRP filing was for Dreamhost.co by the owner of the large web host DreamHost.com. This is a somewhat surprising case given that
Domain Name Wire - 23 hr 46 min ago
Cost-Per-Action Search Engine Patent Headed to Auction Block Patent could potentially target Google and Microsoft. A U.S. patent directed at cost-per-action advertising on search engines as well as cash-back search is headed to the auction block. Sunnyvale, California based AnchorFree Inc. has enlisted ICAP Ocean Tomo to auction off U.S. patent number 7,647,305 (pdf) at its November 11 intelle...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 10:7
CareerBuilder and Monster Want to Stop .Jobs Domain Expansion Group forms to object to .jobs expansion. A group calling itself The .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition is asking ICANN’s board to reconsider its decision to open up the .jobs top level domain name to non-company name registrations. The coalition’s members include major employment web sites such as Monster and CareerBuild...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 17:32
DomainName.com Domain and Registrar Sells DomainConsultant.com reports that domain sold during auction today. DomainConsultant.com, which organized an auction today for DomainName.com, is reporting that the name has sold. Due to non-disclosure requests on both sides, we unfortunately cannot publish buyer or final selling price. We can tell you that, as predicted, DomainName....
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 17:11
NBC Tries to Wriggle Out Of $1 Million Women.com Sale NBC wants lawsuit over domain name dismissed. NBC Universal has filed a motion to dismiss (pdf) a lawsuit filed by DONE! Ventures over DONE!’s failed purchase of Women.com. DONE! claims it had an agreement to buy women.com and women.net from NBC, and that NBC later backed out of the deal that was brokered by Sedo.
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 17:2
Sedo Retools Domain Searching Domain marketplace release new search system. Sedo has released new searching tools that make it much easier to sift through the site’s 7 million domain names for sale. The new search allows you to add and change search criteria and get updated results on the fly. Limit the number of words in domains, price range,
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 15:13
Angels.com Sells for $200,000 Broker sells Angels.com domain name. Sedo has sold the domain name Angels.com for $200,000 according to the company’s updated sales feed. The domain name is currently pending transfer. Earlier this month I pointed out that the domain being listed for auction presented another chance for Major League Baseball to pick up the doma...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 13:32
MyHealth.com Saved at National Arbitration Forum Case over generic domain name denied. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has rejected a company’s claim to the domain name MyHealth.com. My Health, Inc registered its mark for “My Health” in 2009. But the registrant of the domain name acquired it prior to that (in 2007) for $150,000. Making matters worse, when My...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:9
A Look at Go Daddy’s Growth (in Numbers) An official look at Go Daddy’s revenue numbers. I still remember a conversation just before the Super Bowl in 2005. I was eating lunch with a bunch of techies and the topic of Super Bowl commercials came up. Someone asked “who is this Go Daddy company, anyway?” Flash forward to 2010. If you ask someone
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 11:34
Michael Phelps Foundation Sues Over Domain Name Swimmer’s foundation goes after domain name owner. The non-profit Michael Phelps Foundation, established by the Olympic swimmer, has sued to get the domain name MichaelPhelpsFoundation.com. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maine, names Domains by Proxy, Inc., a domain whois proxy service, and Does 1-10 as defendants. I...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 15:56
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 15:42
Court Wants Explanation for Conflict of Interest over TRAFFIC Auction Court asks for explanation, but it’s probably a moot point anyway. United States District Judge Susan Illston has asked DS Holdings and The United States to file a response to accusations that auctioning off domains previously held by John Zuccarini at a TRAFFIC auction would be a conflict of interest. Zuccarini complained to t...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 12:29
German Domain Conference Kicks Off Thursday German domain conference and auction takes place this week. Germany’s only dedicated domain name conference, DomainvermarkterForum, will take place this Thursday and Friday in Munich. The event is at the five-star Hotel Sofitel Bayerpost. Gold sponsors for the event include PartnerGate and, as you might guess given its German h...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 11:4
Muscovitch: Canadian ccTLD Registry Rules in Need of an Overhaul by Zak Muscovitch [In this guest article, Zak Muscovitch argues that the .ca domain name needs to be liberalized. Muscovitch is a domain attorney who is running for a seat on CIRA's 2010 Board of Directors. -Andrew] While many countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and India, have opened up their ccTLD registries to
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 10:36
DNCruise Giving Away Free Pass and Airfare Cruise for domain industry sets sail in 6 weeks. The inaugural DNCruise sets sail October 11, and show organizer Chef Patrick is offering a free pass plus airfare to one lucky guest. In a post on his blog today, Patrick explains what you have to do to win the free pass. You’ll have to state
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 10:16
DomainName.com To Be Auctioned Tuesday Generic domain name for domain industry goes on the block Tuesday. DomainConsultant.com’s auction of DomainName.com is taking place on Tuesday, August 31. This isn’t just an auction for the domain name — it includes an ICANN accredited registrar with an active customer base and about 8,000 domain registrations. That...
Domain Name Wire - Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 14:45
White House Wants to Meet with Registrars and ICANN Over Counterfeit Drugs Obama administration wants to address illegal online pharmacies. The White House has called for a meeting with domain name registrars, registries, and ICANN to discuss rouge online pharmacies. According to an email obtained by Krebs on Security, White House Senior Adviser for Intellectual Property Enforcement Andrew J. Klein sent a l...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 27, 2010 - 14:14
Domain Name Industry Week in Review A week of news while I was away on vacation. I’m back from an enjoyable family vacation at Disneyland. If you ever make the trip, I highly recommend staying at this house — the kids will love it! Also, a quick shout out to my daughter, who just turned 4 last week yet braved Space
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 27, 2010 - 10:47
Warning: Registering a Domain While On The Toilet Could Be $10,000 Mistake One man’s story should serve as a warning to domain name registrants. Blake Smith is a savvy internet user. After all, he runs a web consulting business. In his role he’s ordered dozens of domain names from GoDaddy for both himself and his clients. One of his clients orders domains at GoDaddy frequently enough that
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 27, 2010 - 10:19
