According to Allthingsd.com, A San Francisco judge awarded Pinterest $7.2 million in damages and legal fees against a Chinese cybersquatter Qian Jin, over 100 domain names including pinterests.com, pimterest.com and pinterost.com. The judge found the infringement to be “willful and serial,” noting, “There is no indication of good faith mistake or excusable neglect justifying defendant’s … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website
Verisign released the results of a global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses (SMB) with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferences for creating an online presence. The results of the survey found that in the U.S., 9 out of 10 small businesses with an online presence prefer a .com … [Read more...]
Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million
Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV "an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. "The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Interactive Software, as well as existing investors Alsop Louie Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. "The company, which sees more than 45 million unique … [Read more...]
Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000
The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mythology, Moneta was a title given to two separate goddesses: the goddess of memory and an epithet of Juno, called Juno Moneta More currently it … [Read more...]
Is There Any Value In ACA (Obamacare) Related Domains?
This is a guest post by Sean Sullivan who is responsible for the content. Sean Sullivan is Founder & CEO of BankAds a monetization solutions provider for financial related domains. Sean is also the owner of several other companies within digital advertising in a number of verticals, including Coups.com, a digital coupon services company. Sean and his wife Erika, are also founders of … [Read more...]
Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi
Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The company will now move forward uncontested with the ICANN process with a target launch date sometime in the first half of 2014. According to the … [Read more...]
Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a Domain Other Than .Com
Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013, and whether they plan to take advantage of these new web addresses. I was at on Friday at a presentation by Sedo.com, on the subject and these are some of the results in … [Read more...]