The International Trademark Association (INTA) is meeting next month on September 21 & 22nd in Washington and the new Chairman of ICANN Stephen Crocker. Here are some of the topics up for discussion at this conference: At this advanced–level conference, learn from distinguished authorities everything that you need to know about developing and protecting your clients’ brands on the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Bnet.com: Demand Media’s Dodgy Accounting Decoded: It May Never Make a Profit
A blog post published on BNet.com, entitled "Demand Media’s Dodgy Accounting Decoded: It May Never Make a Profit", caught my attention especially on a day that Demand Shares hit an all time low of $7.12. Basically the author says that "Demand amortizes its editorial budget rather than expensing it on a quarterly basis as the cash is spent , is not helping the company achieve … [Read more...]
National A-1 Takes Down Escort.com & Escorts.com
We haven't heard much since Federal and State law enforcement raided the offices of National A-1 in October 2010. At the time we noted that one of National A-1 sites, escorts.com might have been the subject of the probe and it now appears that both Escort.com and Escorts.com, both owned by National A1, are offline. Both Sites now return a white page with only these words appearing on … [Read more...]
Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) Adds Registrars Key-Systems and DomainMonster.com
According to a Press Release today: Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) signed up two new registrars: German-based Key-Systems and UK-based MeshDigital which owns DomainMonster.com Key-Systems is Europe’s second largest ICANN-accredited registrar, and a top twenty global registrar, with 1,700 worldwide resellers and more than 3,000,000 domains under management in the portals RRPproxy.net, … [Read more...]
What Is The Domain Market Worth? Ex-ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush Says Its “Worth $12 Billion”
Peter Dengate Thrush former Chairman of the Board of ICANN told reporters today that the "current domain name market is worth about $12 Billion Dollars". "We think it will expand by some $3-4bn with the new gTLDs." Mr. Thrush told a reporter for cityam.com So what do you think of Mr. Thrushes estimate of the value of the domain name market? High, low or just about right? … [Read more...]
Tasers.com Sells For $12K On NameJet and WoodFloor.com Sells For $11K
The domain name Tasers.com sold on NameJet.com for $12,900 Its a interesting domain as Taser is trademarked many times over including by the manufacturer of the device. WoodFloor.com sold for $11,300. It's certainly a nice product name well worth the money. Fenhong.com sold for $8,988 CarShowroom.com sold for $2K in what I think was a nice buy . … [Read more...]
VC Fund Buys 5.3% Of Verisign or More Than $250 Million Worth
According to Theflyonthewall.com, a Venture Capital firm has taken a 5.3% equity interest in Verisign. The company is ValueAct and at the closing price of VeriSign of around $30 a share Verisign has a $5 Billion dollar market cap the investment is worth more than $250 Million. According to the company's website, Value Act: ValueAct Capital was initially formed in June 2000 to … [Read more...]