Tom Delonge best known as the former guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the American rock band Blink-182 has launched a new site on the new gTLD ToTheStars.Media Mr. Delonge is already running a Twitter account under ToTheStars in which it says: "The Official Twitter for To The Stars.. Alternative Media & Entertainment." Although the Twitter … [Read more...]
16 Yr Old SexyJapanese.com Saved In UDRP But No Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Grigorius Holdings, SIA (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the generic domain name sexyjapanese.com which was registered on January 2, 1998. The one member panel John J. Upchurch found that Complainant failed to establish rights in a trademark that predate the registration of the domain name. However Mr. Upchurch failed to even discuss Reverse Domain Name Hijacking despite finding … [Read more...]
China Dominates 7 Out of Top 10 Trending Keyword Registrations For .Com Domains In March
Verisign’s has posted the top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET for the month of March The word "China" was the top trending keyword for both .com and .net registrations in March. The next three most trending terms in .Com were also Chinese words. So the top 4 keywords registered in .Com were Chinese and 7 of the top 10. Only appliance, Guys and Rehab were non-Chinese … [Read more...]
Sedo Opens Up For Advertising
Sedo.com is now showing advertising rates on its website. I'm not sure how long they have been showing this but I believe its a new feature Here is what the site currently shows: ""Advertise with Sedo to reach the world’s largest audience of domain investors, as well as small business owners, marketing professionals and a wide variety of other consumers all interested in domain-related … [Read more...]
Forget $2,499; Network Solutions Is Charging $4K For A Premium .Sucks Registration
Hundreds of stories have covered the launch of .Sucks and the suggested retail price of $2,499 for a one year registration of a "premium" domain. However all the registry Vox Populi can do is charge the registrars the wholesale cost of the domain names and suggest a retail price. Each domain registrar can then set the price they want to charge their customers for the domain name. We … [Read more...]
Panel Makes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Finding Without Domain Holder Asking For It
NH Resources LLC and Vaughn Crowe of Southlake, Texas, were just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name no-heat.net, despite the fact that the domain holder didn't even ask the panel to make a RDNH finding. The three member panel of John Swinson, Gaynell Methvin and David H. Bernstein rejected the Complainants claim of a common law trade mark rights in … [Read more...]
.Poker Passes 500 Registrations In Sunrise & Landrush
.Poker will launch into general availability on April 21. Through Sunrise and Landrush there are already over 500 .poker domain registrations (506) to be exact I do not thing domain names that got more than one landrush application and therefore heading to auction are included in the totals or in the zone file. Here are the more interesting .poker … [Read more...]