A one member panel just denied the UDRP complaint of Elevation Bed, LLC, on the domain name Craftmaticbeds.org If you watch any television at all over the last many years you have undoubtedly seen ads for Craftmatic beds. The complainant has a trademark for Craftmatic since 1985 and they make beds so this should have been a no-brainier decision in favor of the complainant. Especially when … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Cnet.com: Facebook In Negoitations To Buy Face.com for $80 Million To $100 Million
According to CNET.COM, Facebook.com is in deep negotiations to buy Face.com for $80 Million To $100 Million Dollars. Now before any domainer gets too wound up lets just say right away that Face.com is not only a full developed sit, its a facial-recognition technology company. ""The technology made a splash in 2009 when it released Photo Tagger, a free third-party application for Facebook … [Read more...]
LegalSupply.com Lost To eLegalSupply.com: “The Transfer Of A Domain Is Equivalent To A New Registration”
A few weeks ago told you about a UDRP had been filed on the domain name legalsupply.com. At the time there was no indication who filed the UDRP seeking control of the domain, but the decision has just been issued and the complainant is eLegalsupply.com, LLC. And guess what? eLegalSupply.com just took the generic domain name LegalSupply.com away from the domain holder based off a … [Read more...]
BusinessWeek Covers Godaddy.com: “The Challenge of Classing Up GoDaddy”
BusinessWeek.com has just covered the Godaddy.com in an article entitled "The Challenge of Classing Up Go Daddy" Here are a few highlights but you should checkout the original article: "In the 15 years since its founding, Go Daddy has earned more than its fair share of press, much of it acid-tongued." "There were the Super Bowl ads full of scantily clad women which brought charges of … [Read more...]
Apple Does It Again, Files Patent For A New Product, iPen Without Securing The Domain iPen.com 1st
Looks like Apple has done it again. The company know for evolutionary products is also notoriously known for not obtaining the matching domain names to the product sometimes until well after the product has launched. According to Patentlyapple.com, Apple has filed at lease two Patents on what is calling the iPen. iPen.com is owned by someone in Istanbul Turkey. The domain name iPen.com … [Read more...]
GossipGirl.com A Domain Purchased At A Drop Auction In Febuary For $6K, Is Lost In A UDRP
The domain GossipGirl.com dropped in February of this year and went to a drop auction where it eventually sold for and even $6,000. Today a UDRP panel awarded the domain to the complainant Alloy Entertainment LLC the producer of the hit TV show GossipGirl.com It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had the buyer put up a TMZ or Perez Hilton type of Gossip site but … [Read more...]
Google Promises More Transparency For Advertisers
Google has just promised more transparency for advertisers on its blog. (Still nothing for publishers) The new report promisses to: Provides Impression Share at the keyword level A new Auction Insights Report which will provide competitor data. In-depth is the Top of page rate. Here is the post: A key component of developing a search ads strategy is understanding what other … [Read more...]