The 6th Annual Launch festival is being held in San Fransico on March 4th--6th and their official site is Launch.co The 2013 LAUNCH Festival according to show organizers is "the the best place to launch your startup, raise money and learn about starting a company". The Festival awards prizes and has an impressive list of judges Here are the just some of the prizes: Grand … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
The Academy Awards Rebranded as “The Oscars” Why Isn’t TheOscars.com Working?
I'm sure a lot of you will be watching the Academy Awards' tonight. This is actually the first year in which the award show has been officially Rebranded as The Oscars. The award show is put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences which owns most of all the related domain names, including AcademyAwards.com, Oscar.com, Oscars.com and TheOscars.com All of the domain names … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Should Have Found Reverse Domain Name Hijacking In Case Of simplyinked.com
LD Products, Inc. lost its attempt to steal the domain name simplyinked.com and lucked out without a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) when the domain holder didn't respond to the complaint. Although the Complainant says it was founded in 1999, it just filed for a trademark on the term "SIMPLYINK" on March 30, 2010, which was registered December 20, 2011. The domain holder … [Read more...]
Disney Loses UDRP On 3 Domains Related To The Broadway Musical Aladdin
In a one member panel UDRP decision handed down by the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc lost a UDRP seeking three domain names related to the coming Broadway Musical Aladdin but won 10 other domains related to Disney Broadway shows. All the domain names were parked. The UDRP was filed for a total of 13 domain … [Read more...]
Another Brand New gTLD Applicant Drops Out This Time AIG on .CHARTIS
Another .Brand new gTLD application has been withdrawn. American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has withdrawn its application for .Chartis with ICANN. .Chartis was proposed to be used as a closed registry and becomes the 19th withdrawn new gTLD application posted on ICANN's website. American International Group, Inc. still has a new gTLD application in for .AIG which has a priority number … [Read more...]
Who Would Have Thought .Biz Domains Will Cost More Than .Com
In its letter to ICANN today, Neustar the operator of the .Biz registry, notified ICANN that it will be raising the wholesale cost of a .Biz domain name registration or renewal to $8.63 effective September 1, 2013 Once the increase goes into effect the wholesale cost of a .Biz registration will be higher than the wholesale cost of a .Com Currently the wholesale price of .Biz is exactly the … [Read more...]
Did Someone Today Put At Risk Losing A $100K Domain In A UDRP?
I got the newsletter from Calvin Washington at Perfect Investments about a hour ago and was shocked to see the domain name Ferraris.com as the star of the newsletter with an asking price of $100,000. The domain name goes to a parked page and has links to » Ferrari Photos » Ferrari F430 » Maserati Cars as well as rental car companies. Its a domain name that could be problematic to being with, … [Read more...]