The domain name Disco.com sold at Domainfest, New York in September of last year for $255,000. Disco.com was ranked by DnJournal.com as the 31st highest domain sale of 2010. The domain name is now owned by Google and has been launched as a Group Texting site. ""Group Texting on Any Phone Now that's groovy!"" says the sign up form. And yes there is an App for that. And its free and … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
Violet.com Sells For $65K on Sedo.com
The domain name Violet.com just sold for $65,000 on Sedo.com The domain currently forwards to a site called pinstripegifts.com. It seems like a good web 2.0 domain. Congrats to the buyer and seller … [Read more...]
Trademark Office Again Rejects AOL’s Attempt To Trademark Ad.com
In yet another finding by the USPTO dated march 21st 2011, AOL.com application to trademark Ad.com was rejected. "In the present case, the proposed mark is generic because it consists of the generic term 'AD" combined with the top level domain (TLD), ".com", which is perceived by the public to indicate an Internet address. The compound term AD.COM is thus generic of the applicant's services. … [Read more...]
Is This A Good Way To Sell Domains? “This Domain Is Not For Sale (unless you know us)
I came across an quite different domain for sale banner on top of the parked page for MoneyBrokers.com the other day. As you can see below the top of the page has a banner that says, THIS DOMAIN IS NOT FOR SALE (unless you know us). If you click the link on "unless you know us" it takes you to domainbuyingservices.com, which is a domain under privacy at Moniker.com. So do you think this … [Read more...]
HireAHitman.Net Taken Down After Someone Pays Someone $19K For A Hit & Is Now A Landing Page
According to Cnet.com, HireaHitman.net was a site where you could do just exactly that, Hire a guy to whack someone (and the government thought Craigslist was bad). So according to the story Marissa Mark of Jersey City, N.J. was arrested yesterday accused of hiring a hitman to kill someone using the site Hireahitman.net. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, "the site was created … [Read more...]
Apple Starts Enforcing Its “App Store” Trademark Against Amazon & Adult App Site Even Though Microsoft Is Appealing The Trademark
Apple seems to have gone on the offensive to defend it App Store trademark, although the mark has not been approved and actually has a pending objection from Microsoft. According to Bloomberg.com, Apple Inc. filed suit against Amazon.com, "saying the online retailer is using Apple’s “App Store” trademark to sell software applications for mobile devices." The case is Apple Inc. v. … [Read more...]
CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street” Covers New gTLD’s & .XXX Staring The Heads Of Central Nic & CADNA: “Has The Internet Out Grown .Com?”
CNBC Had a 5 minutes + segment on Squawk On The Street" on the new gTLD program and .XXX on Tuesday entitled "Has the Internet outgrown .Com" "The segment discussed whether adding more domains for websites will have big implications for both consumers and companies." Ben Crawford of Central Nic and Dot Brand Solutions and Josh Bourne, the head of the The Coalition Against Domain Name … [Read more...]