A federal judge dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Rosetta Stone Inc against Google back in July 2009, for selling keywords containing its trademark. Rosetta complained that consumers who search for "Rosetta Stone" on Google could click on a "sponsored ad" and visit the site of "a software pirate that purports to be Rosetta, but in reality sells a sub-standard … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
Jeftovic On Circle ID: Domain Names Are Not Investments, They Are “Just Speculation”
In a scathing post on domain names as an investment written by Mark Jeftovic on Circle Id, said: "This is the reality that domainers have to face: Most of the activity in the space that is considered "investing" isn't." ""In the domainer space, it's all about speculation. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But let's call it for what it is."" ""I can't bear to see the word … [Read more...]
Verisign: A New Record, 8.1 Million New Domain Registrations in Q1: Revenue Up 4%, But How Much Did They Leave On The .TV Table
VeriSign Inc. reported earnings after the markets closed. VeriSign's 1Q profit fell 21% from last year. GAAP net income for the first quarter was $51.4 million or $0.28 per share, compared to $65.0 million or $0.34 per share for the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the first quarter however rose 4% to $264.40 million from $253.56 million in the same quarter last year. First quarter … [Read more...]
Latonas.com .Tv Domain Auction, Starts With Bids At $49
Latonas.com is holding an .TV domain name Auction with starting bids of just $49 each. The auction started tonight and ends on May 5th. "Most of these .TV domains have never before been on the market with standard renewal fees as they were formally premium priced domains before VeriSign released their inventory on 3/18/10. Therefore, these prime .TV domains are now standard priced to own … [Read more...]
Additional Domains Added To This Morning’s RickLatona Live TRAFFIC Auction
RickLatona just sent out a notice adding the following domains to his premier live domain auction from Milan and they are all good domain names: CY.com 20.001 - 100.000 € (CY is the country code for Cyprus) Browns.com 20.001 - 100.000 € xx.org 20.001 - 100.000 € BankForeclosure.com 20.001 - 100.000 € Driveways.com 5001 - 20.000 € EasternEurope.com 5001 - 20.000 € Oncologist.com … [Read more...]
Our Picks From The RickLatona TRAFFIC Milan Premier Auction
The RickLatona.com Live Premier auction from TRAFFIC Milan kicks off at 10 am EST on April 28th with remote bidding on proxibid.com. One of the problems that I had picking out domains for this auction are that some of the price ranges are quite wide such as the 20,000- 100,000 range. For example a domain like thick.com is listed as having a reserve range starting between 20,000 and 100,000 … [Read more...]
Our Picks From The RickLatona.com .EU TRAFFIC Auction For Tuesday
The RickLatona.com .EU auction at the TRAFFIC show is scheduled to kick off at 9:45 am EST Tuesday April 27th with remote bidding available on proxibid.com All domain names have a 500 Euro reserve. Here are our favorites from this … [Read more...]