In a WIPO decision issued today a pretty generic domain domain, 7Days.com was awarded to a the owner of a trademark registered in Greece and Portugal. Although the domain was parked, none of the links were alleged to go to the trademark owners site or competitors site, just a general parking page. ""The Panel finds on the undisputed evidence of the Complainant that the Respondent has not … [Read more...]
Sedo Fined 95,000 Euro’s By A French Court For A Parked Page & Ordered To Post The Verdict
If you think the trademark laws are tough in the United States, you should check out the french laws. If you visit Sedo's home page for France, you will see on the bottom of the front page a judgment of a French court entered against Sedo for a total of 95,000 Euro's for apparently just parking a domain its didn't own. The case involved the domain Euridile.fr, which the court found infringed … [Read more...]
ABC Evening News Covers Domains: .Anythinggoes: “Is This The End Of .Com’s”: Watch Now
ABC evening news has a story on ICANN plan to release an unlimited amount of extensions called ".AnythingGoes". The first line from the story: "Is This The Beginning Of The End For .Com's?" You can watch the whole 1:28 second piece The piece seems to come back around at the end to boost up .Com's after all concluding: "How is anyone ever going to find you if they can't remember your … [Read more...]
I’m A Guru?: Wait Until You See Who Owns The Newest Blog Aggregator Gurus.com
I just literally stumbled across a new blog aggregation service called Gurus.com which is covering the domain industry along with blogs of some other industries. The site is using the Slogan; "one site, all the gurus" Of course most of you are familiar with Domaining.com and NameBee.com which have been serving the domain community quite well as blog aggregators. Gurus.com is categorizing … [Read more...]
Talk About Bad Timing; ChileEarthQuake.com Drops Just Days After The Quake
Talk about having some bad timing. The domain ChileEarthQuake.com dropped just 2 days after the 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile. Today the expired domain was auctioned off and sold on SnapNames.com While we always discourage people from registering domains that take advantage of any disasters we couldn't help but notice the irony that this domain was not renewed by its former owner and then … [Read more...]
GoDaddy.com Passes 40 Million Domain Mark & Has 50% Market Share Of All New Domain Registrations
Go Daddy announced today that it has just surpassed 40 million, registered domain names. Godaddy said it typically registers a million domain names per month. Godaddy also says they have a 50% market share of all active new domains registered in the world and is more than three times the size of its closest competitor. Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons is quoted as saying: ""The Go … [Read more...]
Are “Rating” Sites That Accept Ads Destined To Be Sued, Even For RICO? Welcome to the World of Yelp.com
What happens when a site which is suppose to be giving out unbiased reviews of products is accused of changing it reviews based on ad dollars? Welcome to the world of Yelp.com, which was hit with a second class-action suit this week, alleging that they "extorted" companies by offering to hide bad reviews and promote positive ones in exchange for advertising. The suit, filed by D'Ames Day … [Read more...]