Its great to see my friend and neighbor Sahar blogging again on Conceptualist.com, and today he raised a huge issue of importance to every domainer, misrepresentation of buyers. In his post today, Sahar talks about a domain name that Facebook may have purchased on the cheap based on the buyer misrepresenting himself. We generally receive 10-15 offers a day, everyday so several thousand a … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
Quick Poll: What Was The Best Buy From The Sedo .Me Auction
The .me registry auctioned off its owned domain names today on Sedo.com generating some $400,000 in sales. Now its time for you to weigh in on how which domains you thought were the best buy. You get to chose 2 this time out of our list of 20 domains. If you think a different .me that sold was better than one's we selected you can pick "something else" and if you don't like any you can … [Read more...]
Sedo .Me Domain Auction Nets $400K In Sales: Here Are The Results
The auction for the registry owned .me domains ended on Sedo.com today with the auction ringing up $400K in sales. The auction was lead by Like.me a killer domain. The 2nd highest priced domain, I simply don't get which was contacts.me at $15,600. Contact.me I get Contacts.me I don't get at all. We wound up picking up 4 domains. Congrats to all winners. Here is the UNOFFICIAL … [Read more...]
Like.Me Sells For $26,500 On Sedo
The premium .me registry owned domain auction is winding down on Sedo.com, but the domain name Like.Me just sold for $26,500. With the "like" button all across the Internet thanks to Facebook it isn't surprising that this domain wound up being the highest priced domain. There are 2 trademarks registered on the term "like me" including one by likeme, Inc. We will be back with the full … [Read more...]
Senate Panel Pass Law Allowing Seizure of Domain Names
The bill entitled: "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act" sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) passed a US Senate panel this morning by a 19-0 vote. Such organizations such as Electronic Frontier Foundation eBay, Amazon.com, Bloomberg, Google and Wikipedia were against the bill and warned that the bill would give federal law enforcement too much power to police infringing … [Read more...]
Federal Court Awards Domain Holder Common Law Trademark Right & Orders Registrar To Return Domains
In what could be one of the most important legal decisions of the year for domain holders, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that a domainer hold acquired common-law trademark rights by simple ownership and usage in domain names he owned, even though they corresponded to well-known trademarked brand names. The ruling for domain holders is a result of a default … [Read more...]
Sex.com Sale For $13M Completes; Previous Purchase Price Was $11.5 Million
Sedo.com just put out a press release announcing the completion of the sale the domain name Sex.com for $13 Million Dollars cash. We pretty much knew that, but the press release did contain some real news. The previous purchase of Sex.com in 2006, which was always rumored to be in the price range of $10 Million to $14 Million, but never had a definitive price, was confirmed by the press … [Read more...]