Watching Big Brown win the Preakness yesterday reminded me how many similarities there is between the horse industry and the domain industry. Like the domain industry, where we acquire our portfolio’s basically…
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.
If we only knew then, 2006 TRAFFIC Auctions revisited
Star Date: 2006, place: Hollywood Florida, Las Vegas Nevanda Event: Live Moniker auction. Though it might be interesting with TRAFFIC east 2008 getting ready to start and take a look back at…
State of the Law of .in domains
The inforum published an interview with Pravin Anand, a leading IP attorney in india. In the interview he laid out the state of the law in india regarding .in domains and is…
TRAFFIC Auction makes headlines in JERUSALEM
The moniker.com live TRAFFIC auction now has made news half way across the world in the THE JERUSALEM POST, whcih reported on the auciton of israel.com. Its good to see that the…
Gay Marriage Ban struck down in California: Good news if your gay or if you own GayMarriage.com
The California Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage Thursday, saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, “does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold…
CBS Acquires Online Network CNET & and Super Premium Domain Portfolio
In the second major Internet acquisition of the day, CBS Corp. agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. for about $1.75 billion or $11.50 per share. The…
Ask.com goes on a .com Shopping Spree
Ask.com bought several reference sites including Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group LLC. Terms of the deal, set to be announced Thursday, aren’t being disclosed. Dictionary.com is…