Internet domain group CentralNic (LON:CNIC) has appointed tech mergers and acquisitions specialist Mike Turner as the internet domain firm’s new non-executive chairman. Turner, a partner and head of technology media and communications…
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.
Apple Sued For Trademark Infringement Over “Ear Pods”
Direct Sound Headphones, LLC, of a Fenton, Missouri has sued Apple for Trademark Infringement over the term “Ear Pods” Plaintiff, (“Direct Sound” or “Plaintiff”) sued Apple for “violations arising under the Trademark…
Godaddy Wins 5 Year Case Against The Oscars (Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS)
According to Variety.com, A federal judge ruled that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) which owns and broadcast the The Oscars award failed to show that GoDaddy (GDDY) acted…
Donuts Gets At Least 20 Two Letter Domain Registrations On Day 1 Of EAP For up To $12,500 Each
Donuts released over 200,000 two character domain names across all of its extensions in its Early Access Program (EAP) and we counted at least 20 registrations, on Day 1 although we are…
Over 200 LLLL.com Low Priced Domains Are in the 4.CN/ROTD Auction Closing Tomorrow
The RightoftheDot.com/4.CN auction starts to close tomorrow morning Thursday September 10, at 8AM EST or 8PM Hong Kong time, over a staggered 4 hour time period with around 115 domain name closing…
Namejet Publishes Almost $400K In Domain Sales In August
Namejet.com issued its reportable sales for August totaling $393,859. Only those domain names that sold and were paid for by the end of August 2015 are included as well as only domain…
Verisign: Trump & Alphabet Both Make top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net In August
The words Bank, Local, Experts, Trump, Scope. Alphabet, Fantasy, Tomorrow, Method and Teeth were the top trending keywords registered in .Com in August according to Verisign the registry for the .com and…