The clothing company Aeropostale has won what we believe is the first appeal of a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding. Back in April a URS examiner Alan L. Limbury,denied the Complaint of Aeropostale Procurement Company on the domain name aeropostale.uno finding that "Complainant here submitted with its complaint copies of the certificates of registration of seven United States … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Goliath vs Goliath as Google Takes On Hollywood in Piracy Wars
More and more tidbits continue to come out of the Sony leak, The Verge reported on a meeting between Sony, Google and Homeland Security. The Verge a week later ran a story about Google being incensed over Hollywood's anti-piracy measures. Google was especially concerned with "Project Goliath" The project's goal was to find a way to block pirate sites from appearing online. From the … [Read more...]
C-and-A.com Wins UDRP On C-A.Com Purchased For $3K & Offered To .Com Holder For $340K
Cofra Holding AG of Zug, Switzerland which owns the domain name C-and-A.com, just won the rights to the domain name C-A.Com. The three member panel did not like the fact that the domain owner who purchased the domain name C-A.com in January 2014 for $3k was asking for six figures to the .com holder of the domain name CandA.com Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: T the … [Read more...]
DNA’s First Official “State of the Domains” Newsletter Now Published Completely in Chinese!
TLD Registry the company behind Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website, have released a Mandarin version of the State of the Domains quarterly publication that is published by the Domain Name Association. They published on their website: TLD Registry is extremely proud to be responsible for the full layout and design of the Domain Name Association’s (DNA) first official newsletter, … [Read more...]
.Club takes 6 out of the top 10 New gTLD Sales on Sedo in 2014
Sedo reported their top 10 new gTLD sales of 2014 and .club dominated the list with 6 out of 10. Things seem to be on the upswing as the company raised another $3million according to DomainNameWire. Upswing in new gTLDs such as .club and .berlin More than 300 new TLDs have been launched in the market in 2014 and currently there are more than 3.5 million new domains registered. The trading … [Read more...]
Flipboard Wins TM Dispute Leading to Flowboard Changing Their Name
Simon Sage reported for iMore that Flowboard an app that allows you to create presentations lost a trademark dispute with Flipboard. The company has decided to change their name and rebrand to FlowVella. FlowVella CEO, Brent Brookler told Geek Wire the changed had already been in the works, the company will keep the same F in their logo. From the article: Flowboard's slick app for creating … [Read more...]
“SeekingAlpha: Sears & Staples More Valuable As Domain Names Than The Brick & Motar Stores”
SeekingAlpha, just published s story right out of Rick Schwartz Playbook and something he has expressed for years on his blog, that Sears and Staples might be more valuable as domain names than as brick and mortar stores. ""What happens when a brick and mortar retailer's brand becomes more valuable as a domain name than as a chain of stores?"" " We might be seeing the answer to that question … [Read more...]