Yesterday we let you know that A UDRP panel awarded the domain name GED.net to the company that administers the exam and owns the trademark on the term Today we have the actual opinion of the UDRP panel and with it additional facts. The first big surprise for me is that the domain holder failed to demand a three member panel and allowed to take the luck of the draw with a one member … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket
Demand Media(DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content creation platform that organically grows its audience, leading web properties that reach over 100 million monthly unique visitors, and an integrated monetization … [Read more...]
Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7 Million
Demand Media, Inc.(DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand's statement that they are considering spiting the company into to different public companies, shares are up over 17% in after hours trading. Q4 2012 Financial Summary: Content & Media revenue ex-TAC grew 25% year-over-year, driven by 24% page … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Transactions for The Week Total $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just reported its weekly transactions, in all 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.2m. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .com: partners.com at 125,000 USD · Top ccTLD: videoshop.tv at 14,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: assurance.org at … [Read more...]
Afternic Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led by DiscountLoans.com At $39,000
Afternic.com just published it reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/11/13 – 2/17/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,083,230 Sales were led by DiscountLoans.com at $39,000 and Clearwireless.com which sold for $12,000 probably to clearwire.com although the whois hasn't updated yet. Non-.com's were led by Hey.co … [Read more...]
GED.net Lost In UDRP
The domain name GED.net has been lost in a UDRP in a case filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) We first wrote about this case when it was filed in November, noting at the time the domain name wasn't a parked page but an informational site about the exam. The complainant is the American Council on Education GED Testing Service LLC whose official site is Acenet.edu … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On Two Letter .Org: RT.Org
A two letter .Org domain name has just been hit with a UDRP. The domain name is RT.Org The domain is owned by Alexa Properties, LLC and goes to a Sedo parked page. The complaint was filed by The Restored Church of God whose site is at RCG.org The complainant, The Restored Church of God has a trademark on the term, The Restored Church of God which was filed in 2008. The complainant … [Read more...]