The SF Examiner is reporting that a federal judge granted Ohio States motion to Shut down the website buckeyeillustrated.com. Ohio States nickname is the Buckeyes Ohio State accused GDS Marketing Inc. the company that owned and operated the domain and site, of trying to produce electronic versions of gameday programs, along with printed versions for distribution in Columbus. The U.S. … [Read more...]
Can You Guess Who Will Receive Epik.com’s 1st Pioneer Award?
Rob Monster, Chairman and CEO of Epik, a domain development firm in Seattle, confirmed today that the 2010 Pioneer Award will be given away at the 1st Annual Epik.com Domain Developer Conference. The official Press relase appears below, but I can tell you that I was excite to be part of the selection process and therefore know who the winner of the award is. Not only is the winner of this … [Read more...]
Facebook Sues Teachbook: Why Is The Media & The Blogosphere So Upset? Will This Help To Change Trademark Laws?
The media seems to be ripping Facebook.com apart for defending its trademark rights against a new site TeachBook.com. Mainstream media, welcome to our world. Facebook.com filed suit again a new site called TeachBook.com this week and I have seen over 200 articles mostly all of which are highly critical of Facebook for the suit. Moreover Facebook.com has apperately taken over a previous … [Read more...]
Record Breaker: .CO Land Rush Auctions Ring Up Another $208,000 In Sales
The .CO registry just announced more results of recently concluded Land Rush auctions today and the results are very impressive. (You can see lists of previous results here & here) 52 domain are included in this report accounting for $208,000 in sales. This list has it all, geo domains, category killers, 3 letter domains, hacks, even hyphenated domain names going for a several thousand … [Read more...]
The Little Guy Wins One As WIPO Allows Him To Keep His Family Name Despite Trademark
In a WIPO decision handed down today, the sole panelist found that Bob Pflueger could keep this family domain, Pflueger.com despite the fact that the complaint held a trademark on this term since 1908. Here are the edited facts and highlights of the decision: "The PFLUEGER marks and trade name have achieved widespread recognition and secondary meaning as a result of Complainant’s extensive … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Releases Live Auction List For German DomainvermarkterForum September 3
Moniker.com will be holding a live domain name auction as part of the 6th DomainvermarkterForum, taking place next week at the five-star Hotel Sofitel Bayerpost Munich on September 2nd and 3rd, 2010. This show is "Germany’s only dedicated domain name conference" "Representatives of the largest German registrars, online advertising and parking companies are expected to attend as well as … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many Domains Do You Own?
Well we are quickly approaching our 3rd anniversary and thought it would be a good idea to see how many domains our readers own. So the question is how many total domains do you own? If you work for a company, then you can enter in the number of domains your company owns. Vote on the right and post your comments below … [Read more...]