A member at Namepros had a question about a recent dilemma they were facing regarding a LLL.co domain name. I have received an email from my registrar about an LLL.co acronym domain, one big multi billionairy company demanded to give them a domain, that this is their TM, although this is a common acronym. Members chimed in with their opinions and then elmoney included the letter from the … [Read more...]
At what point does it become ok to own a reported stolen domain name?
There is quite the discussion going on at Namepros with regards to a domain name that was first reported stolen in 2007. Provenance is important in things like art and domain names. In an interview with Giuseppe Graziano, Nat Cohen was asked the following? What do you think needs to happen for the domain industry to outgrow its current status and for domains to become a widely held … [Read more...]
Not everyone agrees with GoDaddy’s decision and Google has a lot of work ahead
One of the more prominent domain stories to be discussed in the mainstream has been the game of hot potato being played with The Daily Stormer domain and website. GoDaddy hosted the site and finally made the decision to tell the registrant to transfer their domain out. The Verge reported: Just hours after being dropped by GoDaddy, prominent white nationalist publication The Daily Stormer … [Read more...]
Attorney Who Represented Wi.com in UDRP Offers To File Response For New Owner For Free If Another UDRP is Filed
Yesterday we published a post about the domain name Wi.com which is in auction at Namejet.com and was the subject of an unsuccessful UDRP filed in 2015. The attorney who successfully represented the current owner of the Wi.com, Stevan Lieberman in the 2015 UDRP has just left a comment on TheDomains.com post offering to file a response for the buyer of Wi.com if a UDRP is filed against the … [Read more...]
AU Publication Says Trump Is the World’s Largest Domain Holder with 3,600 Domains
The Australian publication Channelnews.com.au, just declared Donald Trump as the "World’s Biggest Owner Of Domain Names". Yes according to the story, The Donald only has over 3,600 domain names. My God how did no one in the domain industry recognize Mr. Trump as owning the most domain names in the world with 3,600? In the domain industry we know there are companies that own 1 Million + … [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...]
UDRP Battle Between Dating Sites CheekyLovers.com & CheekyDevil.com Results in Punt
Together Networks Holdings Limited which owns the domain name CheekyLovers.com and a trademark on the term CheekyLovers lost a UDRP to grab the domain CheekyDevil.com Complainant is an online dating business and operates a number of websites, including one linked to the domain name, <cheekylovers.com>, which was registered on June 13, 2011. Complainant filed an application on November … [Read more...]
