Sedo.com just released its weekly sales report. In all 946 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling over $2.0 million. 33.1% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .com: smartstop.com at 59,000 USD · Top ccTLD: couponcodes.co.uk at 22,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: routenplaner.net at 12,000 … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2012
ICM & Name.com Announce Details Of “Adult Performer Program” & 3,500 .XXX Domain Names
According to a Press release we just received from ICM Registry, the company behind the new .XXX Top Level Domain, they just announced today "details of the highly anticipated Adult Performer Program, which releases more than 3,500 .XXX domain names that were initially held in reserve to protect the individual name interests of performers and personalities within the adult entertainment … [Read more...]
Manwin Amends Complaint Against ICM & ICANN & Drops 2 State Claims & Talks Of Settlement
According to a Press Release by Manwin Licensing International, they filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit for antitrust violations against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ICM Registry (ICM). In the PR Manwin says that the amended complaint drops two related state law claims against ICM and ICANN. "While Manwin believes that it would have prevailed on … [Read more...]
PrivateJet.com Sold For $30 Million In What Maybe The Highest Priced Pure Domain Sale Ever
According to a Press release just out ""Nations Luxury Transportation, LLC (Nations) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Nations has acquired the domain name http://www.PrivateJet.com, from privately held Don't Look Media.com, a leading intellectual property holding company, for $30.18 million in cash and stock."" The domain name PrivateJet.com appears … [Read more...]
FCC Commissioner Warns Of Treaty That Would Move Control Over Domains From ICANN To The UN & Worse
In a op-ed piece written by Robert M. McDowell who is a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for the New York Times Today, Mr. McDowell warns of an international movement afoot to give take control to regulate the domain name system away from ICANN and the US and hand it over to the United Nations. As the NYT story is by subscription only we can't quote much from the story but … [Read more...]
Over 225,000 Domain Names Are On Godaddy Owned SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM, Like JotForm.com Was
In reading one of the many stories about Jotform.com the site whose domain was seized and then returned by the Government for reasons still unexplained and therefore unknown reasons last week. I came across the servers SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM on which the domain name Jotform.com was placed on a few days ago and then removed from on Friday. According to DailyChanges.com, There are currently over … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Paul Keating On UDRP’s: “Why Panel Certification is Important” The Case Of HardwareResources.Org
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 HardwareResources.org. We are publishing the post unedited: ""Although the UDRP has functioned for over a decade, the evidence continues to mount in favor of a … [Read more...]