Comments on: Yahoo Does It Again: Launches A New Product Without Owning The Domain: SearchPad.com Or The Trademark?

By: wones

wones — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:05:43 +0000

Samething here too!!! luck me

PeopleSearches.com

By: Srividhya

Srividhya — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:56:07 +0000

You are right that SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LTD. would have sold both the product and trademark to Yahoo for a decent amount since the company (Satyam) was under severe agitation few months back. Just Google to read few stories.

By: MHB

MHB — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:01:13 +0000

Tony

I’m sure the domain could have been had in the low 4 figures before Yahoo made its product announcement and even not what the hell is $21K to a public company which is rolling out a product to protect its “precious brand.

After reading yesterday’s comments by large corporations to ICANN in support of the URS I found a continuing theme, even at $200 a name, these corporations think its too expensive.

So they don’t want to pay to protect themselves, they want it for free.

By: MHB

MHB — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:58:02 +0000

Jamie

I thought of that as well.

It could be the case that Yahoo got the trademark, but since you can only trademark an existing use not a proposed use, you would think the India company had an actual product to go along with the trademark, which does basically what Yahoo program does, and would have sold both to Yahoo in which case there would have been an announcement on that, which I couldn’t find.

By: Jamie Zoch

Jamie Zoch — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:40:44 +0000

One of these days, one of these companies will launch a service without owning the domain name and I will own it ! We can all hope anyway.

One question Michael: Could the “CHANGE IN REGISTRATION HAS OCCURRED” mean that the trademark has changed ownership? Maybe to Yahoo? I have not seen that wording before in a trademark but it simply could of been a simple change to wording at any point in the TM since 1997 I guess.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:00:14 +0000

The owner wants $21,000 for it via Sedo. That was his counteroffer to me.

By: Rick Schwartz

Rick Schwartz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:26:53 +0000

When are REAL businessmen going to start running these companies? This is about as dumb as it gets.

By: Domain Investor

Domain Investor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:12:16 +0000

“$750 owner is taking offers starting at that amount at Sedo”

I suspect his BIN just went up.

At least, they didn’t call it some kind of fruit.