About 6 weeks ago we did a poll on how much industry participants actually believe what they hear and read. 50% was the most popular response, 25% of the 190 voters picked 50%. There were 8 voters who believe nothing, nada, zilch. At the other end of the spectrum 3 voters believe everything they read and hear. How Much of What You Read Do You Believe ? 0 - 8 votes -4% 10% - 13 … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Muhammad Ali Enterprises Files 1st UDRP To Gain Control of Domain TheGreatestAli.com
Muhammad Ali Enterprises has filed its first UDRP to Gain Control of the domain name TheGreatestAli.com. The domain name TheGreatestAli.com was registered by Michael Green of Austin Texas on his date of death June 3, 2016. The domain is going to a site containing pictures of Muhammad Ali and is selling all sorts of Ali merchandise from t-shirts to autographed boxing gloves. The UDRP … [Read more...]
Donuts Offers To Buy All Of Rightside new gTLD’s For $70 Million Cash
Donuts Inc., publicly announced its interest in acquiring Rightside Group, Ltd.'s (NAME) entire registry of generic top-level domains (gTLDs, also known as domain extensions) and related assets for $70 million in an all-cash deal. According to a press release out today, Donuts said "this move is in keeping with Donuts' stated strategy of expanding its selection of not-com domain extensions, … [Read more...]
791.com Sells for 1.62 million CNY
There have been some decent numeric sales over the last few days in China. 791.com sold for $246,400. The sale was reported on Ename.cn. English translation from Kassey Lee of Coreile.com: 791.com sold for 1.62m CNY in recent auction. 9 is a lucky number and 791 is the dialing code of 南昌 (Nanchang). Similar domain names already developed into websites are PT791.com and … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Mallorca.net
Over the past week, 492 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: arbeitskleidung.com (workwear in German) at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: ksiegiwieczyste.pl (land registers in Polish) at 13,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: mallorca.net at 30,000 EUR .COMs … [Read more...]
After Letting Meryl.com Drop 10 Years Ago, TM Holder Loses UDRP
NYLSTAR S.A. of Blanes, Girona, Spain lost its bid to gain control of the domain name Meryl.com The complainant registered the Domain Name on September 26, 1997 and let it lapse and drop in November 2006. The current domain owner, is Meryl Blog of St-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada, which was represented by ESQwire.com A majority of the three member panel Clive Elliott Q.C., and The Hon Neil … [Read more...]
Senators To NTIA: Agency Violated Fed Law Using Fed Funds To Relinquish U.S. Oversight
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), today sent a letter to NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling, questioning the agency’s apparent violation of federal law in using federal funds to relinquish U.S. oversight of the Internet. Here is the letter The Honorable Lawrence Strickling Assistant Secretary for … [Read more...]