Manwin International the owner of some of the most visited adult sites on the net, including Youporn.com and PornHub.com, which has filed a couple of UDRP of their own as a complainant, has just been hit with a UDRP on a domain name they own, Xart.com While the complainant of the UDRP is not showing up yet, I found one trademark on the term Xart in the US Trademark database, and it was just … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
The Following, The Job; The Taste, The Americans; Newest March To “The” Branding
This month 4 new television shows are airing all starting with the word "the". The Following, The Taste, The Job and The Americans join a slew of other shows already on air all starting with the word "the" Here is our current list of Television shows airing on major networks all starting with the word "the" The View The Talk The Voice The Taste The Job The Following The … [Read more...]
Two Parked Pages: McLaren.net Lost In A UDRP; McLaren.biz Saved in UDRP
In two separate UDRP decision are out today, one on the domain name McLaren.net the other on the domain name McLaren.biz, the two separate UDRP panels awarded one of the domains and refused to transfer the other to the same complainant, Of course the most famous trademark holder of the term "Mclaren", is the car maker, but they didn't bring the complaints. Instead the complaints were brought … [Read more...]
US Government Opens Comment Period On .US ccTLD: Contract Expires On 8/31
The United States Department of Commerce's (Department) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) which administers the contract for the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, “.US” (usTLD) has opened up the comment period on the contract to run the .US extension. The current contract expires on August 31, 2013. Neustar, Inc (NSR) operates the … [Read more...]
DomainTools.com Releases Domain Report
According to a Press Release we received tonight DomainTools, launched it newest product Domain Report, which promised to change "how individuals and businesses access domain information". "A Domain Report creates a thorough, customized report that utilizes the world’s most comprehensive database on domains to generate an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive snapshot of domain data". "In … [Read more...]
.Shop Applicant Tells ICANN On String Similarity There are Only 56 Unique Generic Strings
A letter sent by one of the .Shop applicants to ICANN chats about what I see as the next big issue for the ICANN new gTLD process which is String Similarity. The letter was written by Jeffrey Smith, CEO Commercial Connect, an applicant for .Shop, who not only applied for the new gTLD .Shop but was an applicant for .Shop way back in 2000, we have edited the letter to keep it on point but you … [Read more...]
Best Selling Author Kevin Trudeau Saves 18 Year Old Domain Trudeau.com From UDRP
The domain name of a common last name Trudeau.com was saved in a UDRP today. How common is the name "Trudeau"? Consider that Pierre Trudeau was twice the prime minster of Canada and hat the domain holder is the best selling author Mr. Kevin Trudeau and that the founder of the company filing the complaint was a Mr. Joseph-Arthur Trudeau. The domain name Trudeau.com was registered on … [Read more...]