Many in the domain community think that companies in the space do not try to reach out to "End Users" or non-domain tech companies enough. However this week several company's from the domain space are attending the Parallels Summit here in South Beach. Speaking at the conference include companies in the domain space including: Demand Media/Enom co-founder Shawn Colo. Sedo.com, Mark … [Read more...]
3 Shows In 3 Weeks, 3 Completely Different Experiences
About a month ago I wrote a post about my plans to attend 3 trade shows in 3 weeks. When I first planned on hitting all three shows, TRAFFIC Vegas, DomainFest and Domainer Mardi Gras, I thought to myself there was going to be a lot of repetition, lots of the same people, lots more of the same. But in fact the three shows couldn't have been more different. Three shows, three completely … [Read more...]
Report Finds Against ICANN In Denying The .XXX Extension & Charges Them The $475K Cost
Yesterday an independent panel, the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (pdf) found in a 80 page decision, in favor of the ICM Registry against ICANN for its decision to eventually reject the .xxx extension and ruled that ICANN had to pick up all the costs of the independent panel to the tune of $475K and reimburse ICM the fees it paid for the application to the tune of another $241K. (ICM … [Read more...]
Why Sex.com May Not Sell In The Foreclosure Auction
As Elliot's Blog discovered yesterday, the domain Sex.com is heading to a foreclosure auction on March 18th. However, just because the domain name is heading to auction, it doesn't mean the domain is going to sell. For one this is not an absolute auction where the highest bidder gets the domain. Rather, the auction notice, clearly states that the secured party, reportedly Domain … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines: New gTLD’s Will Cause Only 316 New Cases Of CyberSquatting
A report released tonight by Minds+Machines, (pdf) predicts that the proposed gTLD's will only cause 316 new cases of CyberSquatting and that the cost to trademark holders worldwide will be "less than $.10". How does the authors of the report come to that conclusion? They look at the percentage of UDRP cases coming from .com's, .net and .org against those in the "new" extensions, .info, … [Read more...]
Marchex Reports Revenues Down 33% for 2009
Marchex reported earnings after the market closed today and although revenues for both the 4th Q of 2009 and the year ending December 31, 2009 were down, they beat the street estimate by $.01. Revenue for the 4th Q of 2009 was $23.4 million, compared to $34.8 million for the same period of 2008. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 was $93.3 million, compared to $146.4 million for … [Read more...]
This Sound Familiar? AdvertisingMagic.com Loses Trademark Claim Against AdMagic.com
As most domainers know there is an ongoing dispute between AOL's Advertsing.com in its claim of right against Ad.com and Advertise.com. In a case that strikes us a being very similar, a federal jury has decided in favor of New Jersey based Ad Magic ruling that its corporate name and Web sites, admagic.com, admagic-inc.com, admagicadvertising.com, and admagic.org, do not infringe upon the … [Read more...]