In the wake of this weeks story's on domain theft we reached out to some of the registrars that offer "protection" or domain lock type programs to get details on their products. Here is a list of some of the registrars and the extra level of protection they offer: Fabulous.com: Fabulous.com offers two options customers can choose to enable to protect sensitive areas within their account, … [Read more...]
Days After Vb.LY was Seized, The Libyan Registry Issues a Statement & Warning
Today, days after the domain shorter Vb.ly was basically seized by the registry of the Libyan ccTLD .Ly, we have a statement from the registry regarding this seizure. Basically as you can read below the Libyan government has decided that it wants any .Ly domain with 4 or less letters to be reserved for people and companies located in Libya. This should be a cautionary tale that ccTLD's are … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Finds Bad Faith Must Exist At The Time Of Registration
A WIPO case decided today had some good language concerning the issue of "bad faith" for purposes of UDRP's. Although the facts of this particular case will be of little interest to domain holders as it involved parties that had a history together, the decision contains language helpful to domain holders. When I comes to bad faith there is a divergence between panelists, which of course is … [Read more...]
CollegeNet Sues Google Over SpeedBook But Neither Has The Domain
According to TechEye.net, an Oregon company, CollegeNet filed suit against Google, alleging that they infringed on its trademark of the term "Speedbook". "The lawsuit, claims that Google has filed for a trademark of the same term, which is an infringement of CollegeNET's trademark, and that due to Google's stature in the industry this will cause significant harm to CollegeNET's … [Read more...]
BusinessWeek: How A Small Company With A Great Domain Can Kick The Crap Out Of Amazon: Diapers.com & Soap.com
Businessweek.com just published a story on how a small company with a big idea and a great domain beat Amazon.com at its own game. The Article entitled "What Amazon Fears Most: Diapers" is a very interesting case study in what a category killer domain can do for a business. The article concentrates on the five year old company Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com. The company by … [Read more...]
ParkingSpa.com Wins UDRP on Thea.Com/Net Despite Trademark & Being Parked
Parking Spa and legendary domainer igal won a three person WIPO panel decision today on the domain names Thea.com & Thea.net. The decision is a good one for domainers since the Complainant is a big corporation with trademark on the term Thea, and the domains were going to a parked page advertising adult dating sites. The panel the parked pages to be "a bona fide offering of goods or … [Read more...]
ModelingAgencies.com Sells For $16K On NameJet.com Plus More
The domain name ModelingAgencies.com sold today on NameJet.com for $16,300 Its sister domain name that dropped on the same day and was also caught by NameJet.com, ModelAgencies.com sold for just $2,500. It pretty unusually for a longer similar domain to sell for 8X more than the longer version but in this case I think it's warranted. The same bidder Id did not get both domains. Another … [Read more...]