Here's the case of a non-domainer that has been sued by some of the biggest companies in the world for registering variations of their trademarks and seems not to be a bit bothered by the whole thing. Meet, Alf Temme, the owner of a California company that sells an exercise machine for $14,615. In March, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against him and his son Lars over 24 domain names, such as … [Read more...]
After Spending $9 Million Trying To Get The .XXX Extension, ICM Goes On The Offense
The President of the ICM Registry, Stuart Lawley posted an open letter on Circle ID, clearly going on the offense in its bid to get the contract from ICANN to run the proposed .XXX registry. The open letter is addressed to "ICANN and the Internet Community", and is republished below: ICM first applied to run the registry for the .XXX extension in 2000, reapplied in 2004 and is currently … [Read more...]
WTF: GDB.org Sells On NameJet for $13K, Aiba.com For $8K?
The domain name gdb.org sold today on Namejet.com for a staggering $12,906. Close behind in 5 figure sales were katherine.com at $18,150 and Perfecta.com at $10, 200. Aiba.com also sold for 8,100. Bigprizes.com went for $4,700. All WOW. I'm not to proud to admit it. GDB.org for $13K? I don't get it. Aiba.com for $8K? I don't get it. Perfecta.com for $10K I get and … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Which Domain Is Worth More Sex.com or Dating.com?
One of the readers of the blog suggested I ask this question in light of Moniker.com press release today saying that the domain name dating.com would be included in the Domainfest Ft. Lauderdale Auction. As you know Sex.com is now subject to a bankruptcy proceeding. One of the part owners of the company that owns the domain Sex.com has stated that the domain is worth $50 Million. Others … [Read more...]
Moniker Finally Starts Accepting Pre-bidding For Its Live Domain Auctions As Bidding Opened For DomainFest Ft. Lauderdale
Well its taken many years but finally Moniker.com looks like they are going to start open their live domain auctions up for pre-bidding, starting with the Ft. Lauderdale DomainFest one day event and auction on May 13th. This is how it will work according to the press release: ""Pre-bids can be submitted on any domain listed in the auction until May 13 at noon US Eastern time." ""The … [Read more...]
David Ortiz Of The RedSox A CyberSquatter? Jay-Z Says Yes
According to allhiphop.com Jay-Z sued David Ortiz of the Boston RedSox today, for not only opening a night club in the Dominican Republic using the same name as Jay-Z 's club, 40/40 but for also using the domain name fortyforty.net. According to Jay, Ortiz' club opened in October of this year, while Jay-Z's first 40/40 location in New York opened in June of 2003. Jay-Z claims Ortiz is … [Read more...]
CIF.com Sells On NameJet For $17K, Again
Like Yoga Berra once said its Deja Vu all over again as the domain name CIF.com went up on NameJet.com today for re-auction after the last winning bidder at $17,001, apparently didn't pay. The domain sold today again for $17K. On the .Me front, the domain Madison.Me sold for $1,115, Robert.Me sold for $1,160, and Richard.me sold for $1,600 and Paul.me sold for $2,100 today. … [Read more...]