In a 3 panelist ruling Vertical Axis holds on to ParkRoyal.com but there is no finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. 1. The Parties 1.1 The Complainants are Grupo Costamex, S.A. de C.V. (“Costamex”) of Mexico City, Mexico and Operación y Supervisión de Hoteles, S.A. de C.V. (“Opyssa”) of Cancun, Mexico, represented internally. 1.2 The Respondent is Vertical Axis Inc. of Barbados, … [Read more...]
Kentucky Appeals Court Overturns Seizure of 132 Gambling Domain Names
TheRepublic.com is reporting that the Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a decision allowing the state to seize 132 gambling domain names and ruled that a trade association may represent the owners of the sites trying to fend off the state. You might remember the commonwealth of Kentucky seized 132 domain names related to gambling almost 6 years ago, some were domains of actually gambling … [Read more...]
Mt. Gox Bitcoin Price Falls Below $100, its Lowest Level Since July
Troubled BitCoin exchange continues to have problems and the price of Bitcoin on their exchange has plunged below $10o Peter Rizzo reported on CoinDesk, The price of bitcoin on Mt. Gox dropped below $100, hitting a low of $91.50 on 20th February. Data from Bitcoincharts indicates it was the lowest total observed on the exchange since 22nd July when the lowest price was $89.80. The … [Read more...]
Google; Linkedin; Amazon; BMW; Dupont; Godaddy; Micosoft; Yahoo All Grab .Menu Domains In Sunrise
An interesting mix of companies applied during Sunrise for .menu domains. While some of the Sunrise domains like nestle.menu; fridays.menu; tgifridays.menu; panerabread.menu; pfchangs.menu; icantbelieveitsnotbutter.menu, joyofcooking.menu; sweettomatoes.menu and kentuckyfriedchicken.menu are bang on for those in the food or restaurant industry, most of the trademarks were by tech companies and … [Read more...]
Best Selling Author & Social Media Expert Gary Vaynerchuk to Keynote DOMAINFest Conference
DomainSponsor just announced that New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author and social media expert Gary Vaynerchuk will be the opening keynoter at this year’s DOMAINFest Hollywood, which will be held from March 31 to April 2, 2014 at the luxurious Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California. As a social media trailblazer, Vaynerchuk began video blogging in 2005 and now has … [Read more...]
Gucci Wins UDRP on 71 Domains Against the Most Ridiculous Domain Holders Of All Time
Gucci won 71 domain names in a UDRP against the most ridiculous domain holders of all time. The Complainant is Guccio Gucci S.p.A. of Florence, Italy, represented by Studio Barbero, Italy. The Respondent is Organization shimici, Here are the domains that Gucci won control over: alwaysmakeyouhappygucci.com, angelgucciuse.com, authenticguccihome.com, bestguccibags.com, bestsellergucci.com, … [Read more...]
Bonnie Wittenburg is new CEO of Moniker
KeyDrive S.A. is pleased to announce that Bonnie Wittenburg has taken the position as CEO of Moniker. Bonnie Wittenburg has been the Executive Vice President of Key Systems since 2009. "Moniker is one of the top 10 ICANN accredited registrars for generic top level domains on the international market and member of the KeyDrive S.A. since January 2012. KeyDrive has more than 6 million domains … [Read more...]