Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, which has a long history of UDRP wins on "Tractor Supply" domains just lost its attempt to grab the new gTLD domain traveller.tools The one member panel of Andrew D. S. Lothian didn't buy the argument that the tractor supply company also owned the exclusive rights to the generic term TRAVELLER. I think it's an important case because had the panel found that … [Read more...]
Malaysia To Invest Billions In New Airline “FlyMojo” But Fails To Secure The .Com
According to BBC.com, "Malaysia's government has unveiled plans to create a new airline and signed a $1.5 Billion dollar deal to purchase 20 new planes from Bombardier . The new carrier would be called flymojo and be based out of Johor Bahru in the south and Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia. The deal with Bombardier includes the option to buy 20 more aircraft, taking its value up to $2.9 … [Read more...]
Military Intelligence Officer Turned Domainer Launches Domain.Buzz
An interesting story was published in the form a press release today about the Domain.Buzz which was recently launched by acquired by Tim Culpepper, a Military Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, turned domainer. Domain.Buzz seems to be an aggregator of mostly domain blogs and publications along the lines of Domaining.com and NameBee.com but had sections for domain Sales Reports and … [Read more...]
Worst UDRP Decision Of The Year? Panel Gives Away Domain Registered Before TM Was Filed
A one member UDRP panel has awarded a domain name purchased in 2010, TheLightBlubStore.com, to Lumen Inc. based off a trademark filed in 2011, after the owner wanted to "reselling it for an outrageous profit. Specifically, Respondent offered to sell the disputed domain name for $18,000.00." Hon. Carolyn Marks Johnson was the Panelist who found the Complainant had a common law trademark right … [Read more...]
Mr. Page Howe, Chief Engagement Officer for .LA Is Going to Washington
Mr. Page Howe, the newly hired "Chief Engagement Officer" for the .LA Registry is heading to Washington DC to lobby and promote an aggressive Technology and Initiatives Agenda on behalf of .LA registrants; and technology businesses in and around Los Angeles and Southern California. Page Howe who is a fellow "Domain Sherpa" commented as he left for Washington DC to join 200+ other delegates in … [Read more...]
SXSW Finalist For Wearables Tech; Feetz.co Buys Feetz.com
Feetz.co a finalist for at SXSW in the Wearable Tech category, who has been using the domain name Feetz.co has just purchased Feetz.com Feetz is a Platform to make Customizable 3D Printed shoes. Like another 3D Printed Shoes company, Sols.co who we wrote about in January who upgraded to … [Read more...]
Shocker? Latin American Telecom LLC Beats Google To The .Tube New gTLD
Here is a shocker for you, Latin American Telecom LLC (LTC) has beaten Google to the new gTLD .Tube Donuts was the other applicant for the new domain extension .Tube, has now also withdrawn its application. LTC is represented by Esqwire.com and is run by Rami Schwartz which also owns and operates Mexico.com. It's pretty shocking (at least to me) that Google would have let .Tube go to … [Read more...]