Gerald M. Levine is the author of a critically acclaimed treatise on trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, and the creator of a widely read Blog on domain name disputes…
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There is a lot of naming speculation going on in the Sports world
There are a lot of name discussions going on in the world of sports. The Washington Football team retired their name after major brands threatened to pull out of sponsorship deals if…
It’s not just domain squatting but trademark squatting as well
The Washington football team of the NFL will be making an announcement today that they will being moving on from the name “Redskins” The new name will not be announced today but…
Googles vs Google
It seems before the search juggernaut came along there was a children’s company called Googles Children’s Workshop. In 1997 they registered the trademark GOOGLES. They of course also registered the domain name…
“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”
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…
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…
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…