Yahoo reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. Revenues were $1,732 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, exceeding the top end of the Company’s business outlook range. Revenues decreased 4% from the fourth quarter of 2008 and increased 10% from the third quarter of 2009. Revenues were $6,460 million for 2009, a decrease of 10% … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
No/Low Reserve DomainFest Auction Nets $153K
The No/Reserve live auction from Domainfest just concluded with a total of $152,750 in sales. Love.info lead the way tied with FamilyCounselor.com at $12K each. Here is the full list of domains that sold: … [Read more...]
CADNA Is Bringing The Utah Cybersquatting Bill To Washington On Friday To Criminalize Domaning
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is holding an event in Washington DC Friday to bring the proposed Utah trademark law that we wrote about a month ago to a federal level, or Snow Bill 2. If you look at the inviation and agenda of this meeting you will see that CADNA is going to be pushing hard to get the Utah bill enacted as a precursor to ACPA amendments that define … [Read more...]
Comment Period On Uniform Rapid Suspension Procedure Closes Today: Get Your Comments In
As we discussed the other day, ICANN is considering the recommendation of one of its groups to "create a Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure to protect trademarks" The public comment period ends today , 26 January 2010. You can read the proposal here. (pdf) To see all the comments submitted so far, click here. To make a comment you have to send an e-mail to … [Read more...]
Our Picks For The No/Low Reserve Domainfest Auction For Tuesday
The Domainfest low/no reserve auction will be held on Tuesday at 5pm PST. Remote bidding will be available on snapnames.com. We have gone through the list and this is what we believe are the best buys from the auction The domains reserves as usual are stated in ranges. It's hard to see how you could go wrong with any of these domain names. Good luck to all Sellers and bidders: … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Much WIll The Live Premier Domainfest Auction Gross?
Its Time for your predictions on how much the The Live Premier Auction at Domainfest, which will be held on Thursday January 28th at 2pm PST, will generate. You can check out the Live auction list here. Please vote on the right and feel free to make more specific predictions below. … [Read more...]
Internet Commerce Association: September 2006 – January 2010 R.I.P Dead, Gone & We Are On Our Own?
Is The Internet Commerce Association (the "ICA) dead? Phil Corwin who's Washington Law firm has represented the Association at ICANN meetings, and through its various committees and workshops, and represented domainers interests in matters from the Snowe Bill to the Kentucky Domain Seizure case, to the Uniform Rapid Suspension, contract with the ICA ended on December 31, 2009. No one has … [Read more...]