While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man's opinion, but John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal disputes. In a series of posts at Namepros John has commented that, "The UDRP rules will never be amended in a manner that is favorable to domain … [Read more...]
Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling
So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things. They also put out a press release. Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court "Booking.com" … [Read more...]
Those Perfect 10 auction proceeds probably should have gone to Giganews
Over the last couple weeks Perfect10.com and PerfectTen.com expired and were acquired at NameJet. Perfect10.com closing at $47,510 and PerfectTen.com closing at $5,308. The former men's magazine went out of business mostly because of lawsuit they lost to Giganews. Giganews published the following on their website back in 2017: We are excited to announce that the United States District … [Read more...]
The rise of branding businesses around Corona/Covid
Branding around Covid? Trademarks, domain registrations and naming your company with Covid continue to move forward. Trademarks filed for things like CovidLivesMatter, (the .com was actually registered in March 2020). ICLG.com published an article that gives a deep dive to all 3 components in one place. The author noted a lot of legal from around the world are condemning these … [Read more...]
BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?
Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote about Barclays redirecting their .com to .barclays. They said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said … [Read more...]
Some interesting coronavirus trademark filings
Intellectual property wise all the discussion regarding Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has centered on domain names. Taking a look at just one day's worth of bad domain name registrations can make one cringe at the waste of money. I took a quick look at the United States Patent and Trademark Office to see what gems are being considered for trademarks. I SURVIVED THE RONA CORONAVIRUS 2020 … [Read more...]
If you are not familiar with The EARN IT Act you might want to get familiar
If you are not familiar with EARN IT a law proposed by Attorney General William Barr and sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), you better get familiar with it. Publications around the world are sounding the alarm bells. EFF - Imagine an Internet where the law required every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. Companies … [Read more...]
