There was a post recently on Namepros that a member was not sure what to do about a demand for a domain name they owned. Some of the comments felt the person should keep the domain, and at the end of the day it's only a UDRP. I posted in the thread that the first rule of domaining is to not take legal advice from domain investors with no background in law. The other thing I mentioned was the … [Read more...]
Drop Catchers Beware: Domain RaiseMe.com Lost in UDRP Despite Lack of Registered Trademark
Raise Labs, Inc (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name RaisemMe.com in a UDRP/ The US-based company did not have an US federally registered trademark. The one member panel of The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC found the company had common law rights to the name in part based on the fact that the Complainant owned the domain but let it lapse in 2013. The decision also … [Read more...]
Las Vegas NHL Owner playing a domain name game of misdirection
Las Vegas is getting an NHL (National Hockey League) team, the approval came a few months back but owner Bill Foley still can't come up with a name. Foley went to West Point and wanted to have something affiliated with Knights, the Army mascot is the Black Knights, it seems like lately Foley has resorted to playing games with potential domain investors who are trying to guess the team … [Read more...]
CentralNic Shares Hits 52 Week Low on More Than 10x Avg Daily Volume
Shares of CentralNic Group Plc (LON:CNIC), sank after releasing its financial results for the six months ending June 30, 2016. After hitting a 52 week low of 38p, shares of CentralNic closed at 39.5p down over 14% from its previous closing price of 46p. Over 1,000,000 shares were traded in the company which has an average daily volume (3m) of just over 84,000 shares. CentralNic has a 52 … [Read more...]
CentralNic Revenue up 100% & Gross Profit Up 19% in 1st Six Months of 2016
CentralNic Group Plc (LON:CNIC), today announced its half year results for the six months ended June 30th 2016. For the six months to June 30, the company reported £45.08mln of billings - the gross amount charged for domains before revenue sharing - which represents an 468% increase compared to the same period of 2015. CentralNic’s revenue amounted to £8.9mln, double the £4.44mln in the … [Read more...]
The Daily Roundup for 9/6/16
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for September 6, 2016 Domain movements spotted by Mike Former Marchex domain names sold by @GoDaddy/ @namefind: Nyboats.com Shellcompany.com Southfloridaluxuryproperties.com Sales by @GoDaddy/@namefind of our old domains: Nevadafamilylaw.com Thisdoesnotsuck.com Chessstars.com Rainonme.com Westudy.com RealEstateIRA.com … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Sales led by Vivado.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales with Vivado.com coming in at the top of the list at 10,000 Euros. The domain has been registered since 2002. VRaudio.com will please the VR investors out there as the domain sold for $8,000. Another VR related name sold with VR4.com going for $2,500. The small numbers of cctld and other tld sales have to make investors take pause. Hopefully things pick up … [Read more...]