The Snapnames Monthly Showcase auction for March, closes tomorrow on Tuesday March 16th at 3:15pm EST according to Snapnames.com normally closing rules. We went through the hundreds of domain in this auction and came up to what we think are the most interest domains in the auction: ScreenSavers.com $250,001 - $500,000 Huge price drop ProFootball.com $250,001 - … [Read more...]
Wired.com Covers The 25th Birthday of Domain Names & The Registration of The 1st Symbolics.com
Wired.com just published a story on the 25th Anniversary of the first domain registration, Symbolics.com. The article highlights the history of the first domain registered including up to its recent acquisition by Aron Meystedt, of XF.com last August and well as some other important dates in domain name registration history An interesting article you should check out. Congrats to Aron … [Read more...]
How Much Traffic Do “WWW” Domains Get: A New Study Says At Least 1%
A study released by Corporate Service Company (CSC), a brand protection company, looked at domains that start with "www" to see how much traffic those domains got in relation to the actual domain. """To understand how much traffic these domain variations could potentially drive, CSC analyzed the “wwwcscglobal.com” variation of the “cscglobal.com” domain name. The variation “wwwcscglobal.com” … [Read more...]
Google AdWords Trademark Case Dropped After The Plaintiff Rescuecom Gets Sued For Doing The Same Thing
This week Resuecom which sued Google for selling ads under its trademarked keywords 6 years ago simply dropped the case. Back in April 2009 we wrote about how the appeals court ruled against Google in favor of Resuecom. At the time we wrote: """The 2nd Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled against Google in a trademark lawsuit stemming from AdWords ads, saying that allowing a trademark … [Read more...]
Who Dat? That Who Owns The Rights To It? NFL, WhoDat? Inc, WhoDat.com Or Nobody
As reported by NewOrleans.com a lawsuit was filed yesterday in the United States District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish against the NFL & the Saints. The suit alleges 16 counts of misconduct, including Breach of Contract, Deceptive Advertising, Trademark Infringement and Dilution, Negligence, Conspiracy, and Fraud. The company that filed the suit is a Louisiana company Who Dat, Inc., … [Read more...]
LuxuryNames.com Auction Closing on SnapNames.com at 3:15pm EST
Just as a reminder the LuxuryNames.com auction on Snapnames.com is closing at just a few hours at 3:15pm EST in accordance with snapnames normally closing rules. As of noon there are 3 domains with bids that have met reserve Graduatedegrees.org $2,600 Graduatedegrees.org $2,600 dartmouthhotels.com $525 Here is the list of domains for sale with reserve prices: … [Read more...]
The Domain Qant.as Sells For $1.3 Million Dollars? The Owner Says It Doesn’t Violate Trademark Law
The theaustralian.com.au is reporting that domain name Qant.as, (as in Qantas airlines) sold for a whopping $1.35 million dollars. The .As extension is the ccTLD of American Samoa and I'm willing to go out on a limb and say if true, its a record setting sale. The owner of the domain, Dominic Holland said he held a private auction for the domain this week and futher says bidding started at … [Read more...]