The application was filed by TBGK Trademark Holdings,  Beyoncé’s company to cover all things fashion as well as baby carriages, baby cosmetics, and diaper bags.

The article goes on to say that two other trademark applications filed after the babies birth have already been turned down:

“Fashion designer Joseph Mbeh, who submitted an application to trademark “Blue Ivy Carter NYC” on Jan. 11 — just four days after the baby was born. Another applicant filed on Jan. 20 for “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV” to use on a line of fragrances. The trademark office has already denied both filings, saying the name belonged to a “very famous infant ” and consumers would falsely assume that the products were approved by the celebrity parents”

Of course since we are a publication concentrated on domain names, we checked it out and the domain name BlueIvy.com was registered way back in 1999 and goes to a placeholder for the registrar.

The domain name BlueIvyCarter.com on the other hand was registered on January 8th, 2012.

The baby was born on Saturday night January 7th and announced to the world on January 8th along with the name of the baby.

Were some of the most successful people in the entertainment world with their own highly successful businesses on top of the domain game and smart enough to register the .com domain name of their baby?

Look like they were not.

The domain name is under privacy at Godaddy.com, but if you check DomainTools.com to see the original registration it looks like the parents missed on registering the .com version of their baby’s name that they just trademarked.

The domain name BlueIvyCarter.com is going to a Godaddy default registrar PPC page.

BlueIvyCarter.net was also registered on January 8th and is going to a “tribute page” which indicates the domain is for sale.

The same person that registered the .net also registered the .org but that domain is going to the Godaddy default PPC page.

BlueIvyCarter.me didn’t get registered until January 13th, also not owned by the parents.

As for BlueIvyCarter.xxx that domain was registered on January 11th to an address in NY.

Hum

That domain does not resolve.

The bottom line this is a good lesson for all celebrities actually all parents,  maybe you should secure the matching .com domain name of your baby before announcing it to the world, especially if your planning on trademarking the name.…

“The service called Drive”….will allow users to upload photos, documents, and videos to Google servers for sharing with others and later retrieval”"

Drive, which is expected to launch in the coming months, will be free for most consumers and business, with a premium service offered for those who want to store a large amount of files, the paper reported.

The domain name Drive.com has been owned for many years under semi privavy with a Paul Ginsburg listed as Administrative contact.

The domain name Drive.com inexplicably is going and has been going to a Network Solutions holding page.  The domain does get traffic with an Alexa rank of 2.1m, and gets according to compete.com between 1K-5K per month.  Of course that was before the news that Google is going with Drive.

The domain name TheDrive.com, is owned by Marchex.

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“In fact, we are prepared to transform our domain from a great place to find out everything you need to know about baseball’s past, present and future, and virtually become the “Facebook” of the baseball genre!”

“It is the wish of everyone here at Baseball.net to create a place for baseball lovers to share their videos, news, pictures, and other information. It is our hope that you will publish an article about Baseball.net to help us in our efforts to introduce our site to the baseball-loving masses.”

The domain name last sold in 2008 for $52,500

At the time, in 2008 many thought Baseball.net at $52,500 was a steal.

Although Arbel wouldn’t say how much he paid for the domain, the price was in the five figures.

It’s obviously a great domain name.

We congratulate them on the acquisition and wish them the best of luck in creating a must visit site for all baseball lovers.…

“”Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as “Blip.”

I went to DomainTools.com and see that Blip Networks, Inc.  acquired the domain name Blip.com in August of 2011 from Marvel Characters, Inc.

Of course we don’t know what Blip paid for Blip.com but now that they own both the .Com and .Tv domain name they simply changed their domain to Blip which they couldn’t have done if they didn’t own the .com

Interestingly enough Blip.com forwards to Blip.Tv not the other way around.

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The buyer of the domain appears to be the German Computer store, notebooksbilliger.de

The domain name NBB.com is just being forwarding to the .de site.

The site notebooksbilliger.de gets plenty of traffic already, has a PR of 5, an Alexa rank of 4,318 worldwide

Since buying the domain name last year, Notebooksbilliger.de AG , applied for a US trademark on the term NBB on March 22, 2011 for the class:

“Data processing equipment and computers, in particular desktop computers and laptop computers”

This is a good example of how to properly use domains and trademark law to protect your IP.

Congrats to the buyers on a domain that now looks like a cheap acquisition.

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I know these lists are auto generated based on the number of back orders placed for a certain day but come on guys, can’t someone just eyeball it over at Pool.com before sending it out to everyone in the mailing list?

And before we lay too much blame at Pool.com lets not forget they wouldn’t be on the list if no one back ordered them.

The fact is that there people still trying to get a hold of these typo domains.

And not only at Pool.com but also at NameJet.com (see below)

No Bueno

TOP DELETING DOMAINS FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

You can also check out NameJet.com list of “Top 50 pending delete domains” for tomorrow where there are 33 Facebook typo domain names listed

afecbook.com    facesbook.com
airphil.com    facevbook.com
catpartsplus.com    fadcebook.com
extendedstays.com    faebok.com
facebbo.com    faecebook.com
facebbok.com    fasebook.com
facebeook.com    favcebook.com
facebhook.com    fcacebook.com
facebiik.com    feacbook.com
facebiook.com    feacebook.com
faceblook.com    fecbook.com
facebnook.com    frev.com
faceboog.com    grandfather-clock-repair.com
facebpook.com    happycatadoptions.com
facebppk.com    ice2008rio.com
facebvook.com    idealalign.com
facecook.com    keithurbantickets.com
facedbook.com    martinmanser.com
facedook.com    necklacependants.com
facefook.com    newjerseylimousineservice.com
facegook.com    nimbuz.com
faceobook.com    nwenergysummit2009.com
faceoo.com    sbtonline.com
faceoobk.com    sharpplus.com
faceook.com    snoogmobile.com…

It certainly is a huge category in the education field.

According to Steven Kennedy, President of SK Creations, Inc., which owns the name:

“The generic domain name DistanceLearning.com can help position any company as a market leader with the unique branding opportunity it provides along with its thousands of targeted visitors,”

“According to Google’s numbers, there are more than 800,000 online searches a month for the phrase “distance learning,” and competition is extremely high among advertisers for the term. As an exact match domain name, DistanceLearning.com is specially positioned to take advantage of the opportunity for free organic traffic.”

The press release says that the owner is “currently fielding offers in the high six-figure range.”…

First here is the PR:

“”Internet Express Inc., the company that owns the domain name “newspapers.com” and related website has indicated it will entertain offers for the name and site, according to newspaper brokerage firm Cribb, Greene & Associates who represent the seller in the contemplated transaction.

“Internet Express, Inc. has owned the domain name for seventeen years but has decided not to further develop the accompanying website.”

“Newspapers.com” appears as the first or second result in a Google search for newspapers.”

“This highly visible domain name is attractive to companies that own newspapers or provide services in the newspaper-related industry.”

“Basic information on the domain name and website is available by contacting the Cribb, Greene Montana office: John Cribb, Managing Director, jcribb@cribb.com, 406-586-6621.

“Potential buyers for “newspapers.com” are invited to provide a non-binding expression of interest to include the purchase price, terms, proposed purchase date and any contingencies to closing to jcribb@cribb.com by March 15, 2012. ”

Cribb, Greene & Associates is an eighty-eight year old newspaper brokerage, consulting and appraisal firm with offices in Charlottesville, Virginia and Bozeman, Montana. Contact information for the firm principals is available at cribb.com.

According to one blog post:

The Wisconsin man who has owned Newspapers.com Francis Diederich, is hoping to get up to $1 million for it. ”

“He bought the domain back in 1994 or 1995 and always thought he would do something with it, but he never developed it,” says broker John Cribb, who is handling the sale.

“He turned down big money for it in the old days — he had offers of $750,000 and $1 million,” says Cribb. “My guess is that somewhere between $400,000 and a million is what he’d like to get now.”

“Cribb says newspapers.com appears as the first or second result in a Google search for newspapers. (The New York Times, he notes, owns newspaper.com…

Today the NorthJerseyNews.com told the story behind the sale including how the seller of the domain name, Glen DiGirolamo got the domain as collaterial for a $15K loan.

Its an usual story of how a professional pool player got the biggest payday of his life by selling a domain name.

Here are some quotes of Mr. DiGirolamo from the story which you should read in full.

“”The story behind DiGirolamo’s recent quarter-million-dollar windfall is a window into the weird, arcane and occasionally profitable world of Internet domain names. It began with a bad loan to a billiards player.

Eight years ago, DiGirolamo handed $15,000 to a friend he met while shooting pool. DiGirolamo did not charge any interest, and the friend promised to repay the loan in 60 days.

DiGirolamo never got a penny back. But, as collateral, the friend had given him a custom-made pool cue worth $3,000 to $4,000 and the rights to several Internet domain names.

One of the names seemed at first glance to be as valuable as a piece junk mail — “45.com.”

Who knew?

“It’s crazy,” DiGirolamo said the other day. “It’s just crazy.”"”

“”wasn’t playing pool, he also started dabbling in Internet domain names.

“I used to stay in my office until 2 in the morning and just think of names,” he said.

In several cases, his domain names attracted buyers. For example, an investor in Finland paid $4,000 for DiGirolamo’s “hellpoker.com.” Another investor, in Canada, paid $2,500 for “dovecorp.com.”

It was after a billiards tournament that DiGirolamo met a fellow player who needed a $15,000 loan.

DiGirolamo chuckles now as he remembers the conversation about the loan. He never asked, for example, what the man needed the money for. In fact, what is amazing is how trusting DiGirolamo seemed to be, taking a pool cue stick and the domain name rights as collateral.

After the loan wasn’t paid, DiGirolamo established his own 45.com website for his business. That’s where he attracted attention.

Soon after he established the website, he began to receive hard-to-believe offers to buy the name.

“Someone contacted me and offered $180,000,” he said. “Then I got an offer of $210,000.”

DiGirolamo realized he must have something valuable. Two-digit Web names are a limited commodity. For those with a mystical sense, two-digit names also carry a reputation for luck.

DiGirolamo made a promise to himself — he would not sell the 45.com domain for anything less than $250,000.”"

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Benson seems to have a pretty colorful past which you can read about in the story.

As far as domain names go this certainly caught our eye:

“‘Recently, she bought the domain names cheriknoblauch.com and jordanalenz.com, two of her “Baseball Wives” costars. “Now, they redirect to my web site, annabenson.net,” laughs Benson. “They didn’t think to get ‘em before I did!”

“Because domain squatting is the best revenge.”