The 4th Circuit of Appeals has just upheld the ruling of a lower court against the domain holder of NewportNews.com awarding the domain to the trademark holder . (pdf) Virtual City Vision…
GAC Publishes Remaining Points of Difference Between ICANN Board and the GAC On New gTLD Rights Protection
The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC) issued a paper today of the “remaining Points of Difference Between The ICANN Board and the GAC on New gTLD Rights Protection” Rights protections= trademark holders rights…
Yahoo Revenue Down 6%; Earnings Down 28%; Search Advertising Down 19%: Stock Up 3%
Yahoo reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, after the market closed today. “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,064 million for the first quarter of 2011, a…
Afternic.com Sells $635k In Domains Led By ringer.com For $40k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 17th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totaled $635,000. The top seller of the week was Ringer.com at $40,500 followed…
MSNBC.com Covers National A-1 & PrimeTel: “Phone-Sex Company” Owns 20% Of All 800 Numbers
MSNBC.com just published a story on National A-1 a company known for owning buying and selling some of the best domain names on the planet. However this story was about a company…
TechCrunch: Huge Gaming & Domain Buyer HallPass Media Bought By MindJolt.com Today
TechCrunch.com is reporting that HallPass Media was bought today by MindJolt. HallPass Media is a gaming company that has purchased millions of dollars of names over the years including cookinggames.com last year…
Connectv.com Sells For $45K on Sedo.com
The domain name Connectv.com just sold on Sedo for $45K. The domain is currently at Godaddy.com on privacy. Obviously an end user sale, with the mostly likely buyer being Connectv.ca In a…