Mike Mann's company, Domain Asset Holdings, LLC of Potomac, Maryland, USA. just lost the domain name Lifetimeassistance.com in a one person UDRP panel decision. The domain name at issue was owned by the complainant and dropped. Domain Asset Holdings picked to domain name off the drop on the same day Here are the facts and findings of the panel "Complainant’s prior registration of the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
FCM.com “A Domain Acquired In A Phising Scam” Taken In A UDRP
In a one panel decision issued today a the domain name FCM.com was handed over to the previous owner of the domain name. Its an interesting decision because other panels have refused to allow the UDRP system to recover domain names that were allegedly stolen. In this case its not even clear that the complainant had a trademark on the term FCM. Here are the relevant facts and … [Read more...]
Neustar & National Small Business Association Team Up To Promote .Biz
According to a press release out today, Neustar, Inc., the operator of the .biz registry announced a partnership today with the National Small Business Association (NSBA) to promote .Biz domains. “Recent research by 1&1 Internet shows that many small businesses still don’t have a website” “In today’s world, doing business online is a critical component of any small-business strategy,” … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling: “Google Has Never Been More Committed To The Domain Name Channel.”
In the wake of the news that Google was terminating their own Domain parking program, Frank Schilling wrote today on this blog: "Google has never been more committed to the domain name channel." Frank went on to say on his blog about domain name parking: "The innovations I see Google bringing – the sincerity, intelligence and seniority of the Googler’s managing this channel and the … [Read more...]
If You Don’t Understand The Value of Domain Names, Maybe You Will Understand Comic Books
A few days ago we wrote about and compared the price and increase in value of Taxi Medallions to domain names. Today I read a story about another commodity-collectable that sold originally for just a few dollars that fetched over $3,500,000 at auction. Foxnews.com tells the story about a recent auction of Comic Books selling for a total of $3.5 Million dollars. Needless to say the … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Paul Keating ON “ABUSIVE SUPPLEMENTAL FILINGS” The UDRP Case Of AutoOwnersInsurance.com
This Guest Post was written by Paul Raynor Keating, Esq.[1] one of the preeminent attorney’s practicing in the domain industry. Paul has handled many UDRP’s and had some thoughts about a recent UDRP involving the domain name autoownersinsurance.com. Paul's post appears unedited: ""The recent decision in autoownersinsurance.com is a perfect example of things going from worse to horrible. … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names Led by Dream.Org At $25K
Afternic.com just published its weekly sales report and in all sold just over $1 Million Dollars in domain names. The reportable sales was led by a .Org domain, Dream.org The highest .com sale of the week off the reportable list was JunkDrawer.com for $20K .com … [Read more...]