Comedian Kathy Griffin filed a lawsuit against a company that owns KathyGriffin.com, claiming they are making money off her name and image. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on September…
Author: Michael Berkens
Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.
Moniker Traffic Auction Nets Almost $3 Million
The Moniker.com domain auction at the TRAFFIC New York Show just concluded and the sale grossed a total of just under $3 Million. .me was the darling of the show, with all…
Kentucky Hearing Postponed Until Tomorrow
News just in from Kentucky that the hearing scheduled for today has been postponed until tomorrow Friday and will be held at 3:30pm. The court released the following: “””Please be advised that…
Observations From The Auctions
Yesterday was an historic day at the TRAFFIC conference. For the first time an auction was held not run by moniker.com. Actually there were 2. The first held by Rick Latona was…
While we Attend TRAFFIC in NY, CADNA Meet’s in Atlanta
CADNA issued a press release today. The release appears below and our comments follow: The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) held its eighth educational forum on online Brand Abuses and Internet…
Yahoo Going After AOL?
According to numerous reports Yahoo maybe looking to acquire AOL. Yahoo’s board, according to reports are in negotiations for a combination Yahoo and AOL. A deal between Yahoo and AOL might derail…
Yahoo Introduces Digital Advertising Platform
Yahoo introduced its digital advertising platform for publishers, called APT. The new Apt from Yahoo platform will initially involve newspapers in a 2-year-old consortium led by Yahoo. The platform promises to make…