According to TechCrunch in a post published today, Demand Media, denies that is being shopped around for $1 billion or more.” However TechCrunch acknowledges “Revenue rumors in the $200 million/year range aren’t…
Month: December 2009
Have a .CN Domain? You Better Get A Business License In China Or You Might Lose It
According to an article today published in the GlobalTimes in China the “The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said that individuals are effectively barred from registering domain names ending with .cn…
In & Out Of Domaining, The Great One’s Make Mistakes & That’s OK
Last week the one of my favorite new blogs, Fusible.com, wrote a short post on how wrong Rick Schwartz’s prediction was on the sales price of Rio.com. Rick predicted an epic auction…
“An Interesting View From Outside The Industry”: Hey New Times, Maybe You Should Have Talked To More People Before Writing
Yesterday I read the post about the reporter from the New Times, Craig Agranoff who reported on the South Domainers meeting, concluding: “””Mingling in the crowd, I found that most domainers are…
In The Trademark World You Might Not Be Able To Do Business Under Your Own Name: The Case Of Larry Flynt
An interesting trademark case was on trial this last week in LA. The trial pitted family members against each other. On one side you had Larry Flynt, one of those people that…
“Much Worse Than The URS”, The Comment Period On The Fast Track UDRP Closes Tomorrow Friday Dec 11
On November 11th the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) proposed a quick, cheap, fast track UDRP process. The ICA says this proposal “is worse than the URS, and a danger to all current…
American Express Does It Again; Launches The “Zinc Card” Without Securing The Domains
Back earlier this year, we told the story how American Express failed to secure the rights to BlackCard.com allowing its main competitor Visa International to grab the domain of one of its…