In a decision which should serve as a cautionary tale for all domainers, a LLLL domain was awarded this week to the complainant because of the domain owners reputation and history. For all of you domainers that don't think your reputation or history follow you into a UDRP or WIPO action, this case demonstrates quite clearly that you are sadly mistaken. The case involved the domain CPQD.com, … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2009
Peruvian.com Sells For $8K On NameJet.com
The domain Peruvian.com sold for $8,103 on NameJet.com today. Here are some other notable sales from NameJet.com this week: quickcashadvanceloan.com $4,500 sqp.com $4,401 santacostume.com $4,350 activate.net $3,000 hablaespanol.com $2,600 mortgagedallas.com $2,550 icaan.org $2,200 (typo for ICANN.org, not the smartest purchase of 2009) pizzaspecials.com … [Read more...]
This Time Its Microsoft That’s Sued For TradeMark Infringement For Bing: Good Thing For MSFT There Is No Quick Take down Procedure In Place, YET
A St. Louis company Bing! Information Design filed suit this week against Microsoft for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition, over Microsoft’s used of the term "Bing" as its new search engine. Bing! Information Design is a small, privately held information graphics and multimedia design company and use's bing.biz at its web address. The company says it has used the mark … [Read more...]
VeriSign Sends You An Early Christmas Present: .Com and .Net Fees To Increase 7%
I Guess VeriSign just sent all of us an early Christmas present. My registrar just informed me that they received a notice today from VeriSign today that they were raising their fees by 7% on July 1, 2010. VeriSign fees for .com registrations and renewals will be increasing to $7.34 from its current $6.86 and .Net fees for registrations and renewals will be increased to $4.65 per … [Read more...]
ComScore: Down Goes Yahoo, Down Goes Yahoo
The title of this blog is a homage to one of the great sports announcing calls of my lifetime when Howard Cosell called the Ali-Fraser fight. However in this case it looks like Yahoo is losing the fight for search engine share. According to comScore Yahoo's search market share in November fell to 17.5% from 18% in October marking the the lowest share ever recorded for Yaho. Yahoo has lost … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling & Ron Sheridan Named PITCHFEST Judges As DomainFest Agenda Is Released
DOMAINfest unveiled its agenda for the show taking place on January 26-28, 2010 in Santa Monica, Calif. PITCHfest and LAUNCHfest Contests The PITCHfest contest will uncover new, innovative products or services designed to enhance the value of parked or developed domain names by driving increased traffic and revenue. The prize, the DOMAINfest Global 2010 PITCHfest Service Innovator trophy, … [Read more...]
Kentucky Files New Motions In Domain Seizure Case, To Add New Parties & Amend Its Complaint
According to the pokernewsdaily.com, the Commonwealth of Kentucky filed a motion today "to add parties to its case and amend its original complaint." In September 2008, the Commonwealth seized 141 domains and several hearing and appeals later the battle goes on. The Supreme Court of Kentucky heard oral arguments on the case in October and the decision is expected shortly. (You can read … [Read more...]