Doug Isenberg, Attorney & Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Doug noted,"WIPO statistics do not represent all of the complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) (since there are four other service providers), but WIPO traditionally has been the most popular provider and, in any event, … [Read more...]
Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups
Wired.com just published a post entitled "Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player" highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. "In a recent essay, Paul Graham, venture capitalist and co-founder of the Y Combinator seed capital firm said, “The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness.” It’s no wonder that 100 percent of the top 20 Y … [Read more...]
Donuts Launches DPML Plus To Protect Trademarks & 3 Typos for $9,999 For 10 Yrs
The largest new gTLD operator in terms of number of new domain extensions, Donuts Inc. today announced DPML Plus, an enhancement to its existing Domains Protected Marks List product that it developed in partnership with the IP community. Donuts already has the DPML which allows brand owners to protect their marks across all of Donuts’ current 197 domain name extensions at a fraction of what it … [Read more...]
Actress Anna Faris Acquires The Domain Name Unqualified.com
Actress Anna Faris has acquired the domain name Unqualified.com. The domain name matches the name of her Podcast, which is called "Anna Faris is Unqualified" which started in November 2015. According to the website; " the podcast gives "not-so-great relationship advice from completely unqualified Hollywood types". Ms. Faris uses the Twitter handle @unqualified The domain name was … [Read more...]
Snapchat Rebrands to Snap; Acquired Snap.com Back in June; Spectacles.com in May
Snapchat has rebranded to Snap, Inc. It appears the domain name Snap.com was acquired back in June 2016 when the domain moved over to the corporate domain registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com Snapchat's Twitter handle has changed to @Snap as well. Snap also announced a new product called Spectacles which are a set of $130 sunglasses that sport an integrated video camera … [Read more...]
Huntsville TV Station: “Squatters Are Hijacking Expired Domain Names”
WHNT a television station in Huntsville Alabama doesn't seem to know much about domain names, at least when it comes to domain names that expire. In a story entitled Domain Name Hijacking Is Yours Vulnerable? ""If you own a domain name for your business or hobby, take heed. Domain name squatters are hijacking expired domain names. " "Failing to register your domain name again before it … [Read more...]
Domain Registrations Point To a Downton Abbey Attraction At Universal Studios
Domain registrations by NBC Universal Media, LLC yesterday indicate some sort of attraction maybe coming to Universal Studio Parks based on the television show Downton Abbey. Here are the domain names registered through corporate domain registrar … [Read more...]