VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that on October 21, 2014, it was granted a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Patent no. 8,868,705, entitled "Agile Network Protocol for Secure Communications Using Secure Domain Names." Multiple applications are in development that run on … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Verisign Launches “Eureka” Campaign To Promote .Com/.Net Domains; Here the 1st Video
Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net announced today it was launching a new campaign to promote .Com and .Net domain names including a series of ""short, humorous videos this month" "As any aspiring entrepreneur knows, great business ideas can come from anywhere, at any time. The Verisign video spots are part of a new online campaign featuring that “eureka” moment that comes with an … [Read more...]
Houston We Have A Problem: 2 URS Examiners Can’t Agree If The Same Company Owns A Trademark
My man Raymond Hackney who writes posts for thedomains.com, as well as his own blog at tldinvestors.com, pointed out two diametrically opposed URS decisions filed by the same complainant Aeropostale Procurement Company, Inc. of New York, one of which concludes they own the trademark to the clothing line of Aeropostale and the other examiner finding they do not. In the Uniform Rapid Suspension … [Read more...]
86% Of Lawyers Not “Eager” to Get a .Lawyer/.Attorney Name? That Only Leave 200K That Want One
My fellow domain Blogger Konstantinos Zournas of OnlineDomain.com cited a poll on his site today in a post entitled: "83% Of Lawyers Not Eager To Get .Lawyer Or .Attorney Domains" Konstantinos which is doing a great job this year on his blog, seemed to have fallen for a poll whose results are statically fatally faulted. Konstantinos did not conduct the poll, the poll was conducted by Law … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million
Sedo.com Released its sale report and over the past week, 484 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: localgenius.com at 14,000 USD · Top ccTLD: slv.fr at 5,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: designs.net at 16,800 USD Domain … [Read more...]
.Vet, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce Launching Tomorrow Have a Total Of Less Than 250 Domains
In addition to .Healthcare, four other new gTLD's are launching tomorrow into General Availability; three are focused on the military, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce & then there is .Vet which could mean Veterans as in those who served in the military or Veterinarians those doctors who treat animals Thought the Sunrise period for trademark holders and the five day Early Access Program for … [Read more...]
Afilias: Joins Minds + Machines & Centralnic To London AIM Exchange To Raise $100 Million
Afilias today announces its intention to apply for admission of its issued and to be issued Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange ("Admission") to raise $100 Million dollars. "The $100 million will be used to: · Acquire contested nTLDs in the upcoming auctions; · Fund attractive acquisition opportunities including existing TLD assets … [Read more...]