I have been in the market for a new laptop for a couples of months. 17″ notebooks are just to heavy and big to carry around, and the 11″-13″ although light and…
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.
Microsoft Sues Domain Name Registrar
Today Microsoft filed suit against a domain registrar, Red Registrar for allegedly registering and profiting from 125 domains “confusingly similar to Microsoft’s Marks”, including windowslivecare.com, msnmesnger.com, and ageofmathology.com Although the domains…
Australia Take a Crack at Regulating the Web
A new law in Australia take effect January 20, 2008, which imposes age verification on publishes either online or mobile content. Here are the rules Sexually explicit content is prohibited (X18+, and…
Biggest Threat to the Domain Industry
What is the biggest threat to the Domain Industry? That government action or over reaction to attempt to deal with trademark infringement issues is the biggest issue we face as an industry….
PPC Companies Agree to Pay Fine for Gambling Ads
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo agreed to pay a civil fine totaling 31.5 million dollars for carrying PPC ads for gambling, going back to 2000. Microsoft paid 21 million, Yahoo share…
FTC OK’S Google DoubleClick Deal
The FTC said today that they will NOT block the proposed acquisition of Double Click by Google for 3.1 Billion Dollars saying that the deal is “unlikely to substantially lessen competition” Full…