According to allhiphop.com Jay-Z sued David Ortiz of the Boston RedSox today, for not only opening a night club in the Dominican Republic using the same name as Jay-Z 's club, 40/40 but for also using the domain name fortyforty.net. According to Jay, Ortiz' club opened in October of this year, while Jay-Z's first 40/40 location in New York opened in June of 2003. Jay-Z claims Ortiz is … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
CIF.com Sells On NameJet For $17K, Again
Like Yoga Berra once said its Deja Vu all over again as the domain name CIF.com went up on NameJet.com today for re-auction after the last winning bidder at $17,001, apparently didn't pay. The domain sold today again for $17K. On the .Me front, the domain Madison.Me sold for $1,115, Robert.Me sold for $1,160, and Richard.me sold for $1,600 and Paul.me sold for $2,100 today. … [Read more...]
Google Revenue Up 23%; Earnings Up 37%; Shares Down $30 After Hours
After the market closed today, Google posted a 23% gain in 1st Q revenue and a 37% increase in earnings. Google posted net income of $1.96 billion, or $6.06 a share, up from $1.42 billion, or $4.49 a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenues in the 1st quarter totaled $6.77 billion, compared with $5.51 billion in the year-ago period. Net revenue, (after payouts to partners only … [Read more...]
.Me First Names Start Picking Up Steam As James.Me Sells For $5K & 39 More Domains Are Added
On the 3rd day, of the 5 day Personal Name auction running on NameJet.com, one domain hit just short of $5K and the registry announced that they were adding 39 new domains to the auction. On today's front, here are results for the domains we were tracking: james.me $4,911 john.me $2,711 jack.me $2,200 madison.me $1,115 johnson.me $760 jose.me … [Read more...]
World Trademark Review Launches Blog
World Trademark Review (WTR) officially launched its blogs today. "The WTR is now the only dedicated trademark publication in the world." ""For eight years WTR has covered the most important trademark stories of the day, and has broken some of the most significant trademark stories of recent times, from exclusive analysis of the ECJ's recent decision in the Google keywords case to news of … [Read more...]
SnapNames “Geo Auction” Is Live With Lisbon.com, Raleigh.com, Bucharest.com, Crete.com All Up For Sale
SnapNames is holding an Online Auction in conjunction with the GeoDomain Expo®. The Auction began yesterday on April 13, 2010 and closes on May 4, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. EST. There are definitely some head turners in this auction including: Lisbon.com Raleigh.com Bucharest.com Crete.com We will of course be be posting our picks the week the auction closes. This is also not to be … [Read more...]
Oversee/Moniker/Snap Reports 42% Increase in Sales in 1st Quarter
Oversee.net tonight reported that sales jumped 42% between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Here is the info from the press release: ""The figure includes premium names sold through the companies’ aftermarket sales channels--DOMAINfest Global’s® Moniker Live Auction in January 2010, Moniker Brokerage Services and SnapNames & Moniker Showcase Auctions. ""Top … [Read more...]