The domain name NHL.net was lost in a UDRP today. The domain which was registered in 1999 was awarded to the National Hockey League. The one member panel noted the domain name…
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.
TechRepublic.com Publishes Scathing Article on New gTLD’s
TechRepublic.com published a scathing article on the new gTLD program. The story is entitled “ICANN’s generic top-level domain rules cause major headaches for online businesses and confusion for consumers.” Here are some…
Checking Out Some Available “Los Angeles” New gTLD; Priced From $14.88-$55K A Year
I was checking out a new gTLD domain yesterday with the keyword Los Angeles at Uniregistry and I got a bunch of available domain names back with some pretty interesting pricing. I…
Former Founder of InfoSpace Raises $6.7 Million For Blue.Tech
According to the seattletimes.com, entrepreneur Naveen Jain who founded Intelius and InfoSpace, has raised $6.7 million from investors for his newest venture, BlueDot, “which aims to form health-care and energy businesses from…
PlayBuzz.com Raises $15 Million; Domain Bought For $2,900 in 2013
Playbuzz.com is in the news today after raising $15 million dollars. According to VentureBeat.com, the company said it “raised $15 million in funding from Saban Ventures and Disney for its business of…
UPDATE: Domainking.ng Moved To A New Registrar After Rick Schwartz Announced UDRP
The domain name domainking.ng changed registrars yesterday, apparently as a result of our post announcing that Rick Schwartz filed an administrative proceeding similar to a UDRP with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association…
Over 53% Of New gTLD Are Registered In China: Just Over 10% By Those In US
Over 53% of all new gTLD’s are registered to domain holders in China. Only 10.8% of all new gTLD’s are registered to Domain holders in the United States. According to stats newly…