The domain name ButtonMakers.com which was registered by the domain holder in 2007 was just lost in a UDRP to Rockstar Industries, LLP which registered a trademark in 2014. The one member panel of Dr. Katalin Szamosi found the Complainant had established common law trademark rights to the term "Button Makers" as early as September 2004, despite that it's pretty generic as far as I'm … [Read more...]
.Club Rings Up $90K in Premium Domain Sales In February
.Club sold $90,000 in premium domain name sales in February 2016. According to a blog post on it's site, .Club, without any auctions being held during the short month, 17 different registrars and Sedo contributed to a "very respectable Premium Name Sales total of $89,236.65. This brings the total cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB to $3,629,874.44." "During the month of February 2016 … [Read more...]
Domains.Wine Marketplace Launches with over 1,000 Premium .Wine/.Vin Domain Names
According to a press release out today, Domains.wine has launched a marketplace with over 1000 premium wine related domain names. "Domains.wine was created by the domain professional Braden Pollock and wine connoisseur James Bradley Williams to provide the wine industry a place to help them find the perfect wine domain. "With all the buzz about the new .wine extension, I figured that there … [Read more...]
The Dropped Domain Name 55588.com Sells For $91,060
The domain name, 55588.com which just dropped a few days ago, just sold at DropCatch.com for $91,060. The domain name was owned by VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH at the German registrar, Vautron Rechenzentrum AG. VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH owned the domain since at least 2007 according to domaintools.com The domain had a creation date of 02-17-2000 according to DomainTools.com, before it … [Read more...]
Radix Has Record Month With Over 760K Domain Registrations
Domain name registry operator, Radix announced today that it had a record month in February 2016, generating over 760,000 domain registrations across its domain portfolio. February 2016 was its biggest ever month ever in terms of new registrations. Lead by .online, .site, .tech, .pw, Radix saw a record number of 768,683 new registrations in the month. "The boost in registrations is a … [Read more...]
Trump is #1 Trending Keyword in .Com Registrations in February
Verisign the registry for .Com and .Net just published it's Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net domain name registrations in February. Trump ruled the .Com universe coming out as the number one trending keyword for the month while came in 7th for .Net trending keywords. For those registering any "trump" domain names be very careful. Donald Trump and his companies have brought over … [Read more...]
Network Solution Is Stuffing .Design Domains Into Customers Accounts As “Brand Protection”
Network Solutions which stuffed .XYZ domain names into customers account for free, is at it again this time with the new gTLD .Design. Customers of Network Solutions are receiving notices that they are being given a free .Design domain, matching a domain name owned by the customer in a Network Solutions account, under the premise of "Brand Protection" using the "C" word many times; yes … [Read more...]