Last week when Verisign released its 3rd Quarter Domain Name Industry Brief everyone focused in on the raw numbers 246 million domain names. However what if I was to tell you that one change made by Verisign has made a huge impact on the overall domain registration numbers. That change was including the .TK registry in the Domain Name Industry Brief. Two quick points. The .TK … [Read more...]
Vietnamese Man Registers TM Domain, Points It To Porn; Company Agrees To Pay $50K & Calls Police
Well not your typical domain story. A Vietnamese man Nguyen Trong Khoahas was summoned by police after a company, Eurowindow Holding accused him of buying four domain names related to the company and directing users of one of the sites to porn in "order to pressure it to buy the domains at exorbitant prices".= According to the story that appeared in tuoitrenews.vn, Khoa registered the … [Read more...]
Alert!! Some Of The Domains You Got At SnapNames.com May Not Be Owned By You
If you use SnapNames.com you need to check the domain names you acquired since October, especially November and December. You may not be the owner of the domain. There are a few issues going on with SnapNames.com which I was first informed about by another large domainer yesterday who asked to remain anonymous. He reported that 10 domains that he got through SnapNames.com in November and … [Read more...]
Getty Images Loses Bid To Trademark Photos.com In The EU, Again
In a long running battle Getty Images just lost its bid to trademark the term Photos.com with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). On September 15th 2009, Getty Images (US), Inc. , filed an application for registration of a Community trademark at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) on the word mark … [Read more...]
Forbes: “Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL”
Forbes.com published a story yesterday entitled "Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL" The story chats about the increase use of social networks, apps and search engines which are increasingly taking away the desire for people to use their browser to navigation across the internet: "One area of the Internet that I think is suffering in the current climate of social media, targeted … [Read more...]
With A $38,500 Offer in Hand, FiscalCliff.com Is On The Brink Of Sale Or Launch
We wrote about the domain name FiscalCliff.com just about a month ago asking if it was the best hand registered domain of 2012. Well we may soon find out how good of a registration it turned out to be. I reached out to the owner of the domain Kenneth P. Carey of Grand Rapids who told me that there are 6 bidders currently for the domain, with a high bid as of time of publication of $38,500 … [Read more...]
Local (LOCM) Granted Patent For Bulk Acquisition & Development of Multiple Domains
Local Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM), a leading online local media company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company patent number 8,312,125, which covers a method and system for the bulk acquisition and development of multiple web domain names. Issued on Nov. 13, 2012, the patent describes a system and method for enabling the bulk acquisition and management … [Read more...]