Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) is a publicly traded company on the London AIM, the company came out with a press release today which details a lot of things going on for the company. It placed shares at 12pence and surprisingly traded up after the placement. Elliot Noss the CEO of Tucows will join the board, and they are doing a name change to Minds + Machines Limited Top Level Domain … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Owns it Role in the Twitter @N Case – Paypal Does Not
Go Daddy admits that it was at fault in the @N case. Paypal denied any fault. ItWorld covered the story that has been going on for a few days with regards to Naoki Hiroshima, his Twitter handle @N and his Go Daddy account. The story has been covered inside the domain world and out and now comes an acknowledgement from Go Daddy and a denial from Paypal. — GoDaddy has acknowledged that one of … [Read more...]
Zynga Purchases Natural Motion for $527 Million – Stock up after hours on earnings
It was a busy day for game maker Zynga, the company reported earnings and laid of 15 % of their workforce. Then they announced the acquisition of Natural Motion for $527 million. Tech Crunch covered the Natural Motion acquisition : Zynga has long been famous (or infamous?) for its data-driven approach to game design. The company never focused on building strong character IP, or intellectual … [Read more...]
Google Finally Agree To Its 1st Stock Spilt
Google (GOOG) announced a stock split by creating "Class C" shares which will carry no voting power. The stock split which is Google's 1st, is set for April 2nd. One share of C stock will be distributed for each share of voting Class A stock owned as of March 27. Initially, the value of the current stock will be divided equally between the two types of shares. But they will then trade … [Read more...]
Pre-Seed.com Lost In UDRP To Trademark Filed Two Years After Domain
Lil' Drug Store Products, Inc. just won control of the domain name pre-seed.com in a one member panel UDRP. The domain holder did not respond. The factual findings pertinent to the decision in this case are that: 1. Complainant has since 2003 sold fertility enhancement preparations including non-spermicidal personal lubricants and moisturizers by reference to the trademark PRE-SEED; 2. … [Read more...]
Google Reports: Paid Clicks Up 31%; Cost Per Click Down 11%
Google reported its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 after the market closed today Google's consolidated net income was $3.38 billion, or $9.90 per share, compared to $2.89 billion, or $8.62 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding certain items, Google said it earned $12.01 per share. Google's consolidated revenue, rose to $16.86 billion from $14.42 billion … [Read more...]
Day 1 Donuts Trademark Review: Only 12 of 28 Top Brands Bought The Donuts Block (DPML)
According to the WorldtrademarkReview.com, (WTR) only 12 of the 28 top public companies the publication tracked apparently purchased the Donuts’ domain protected marks list (DPML) trademark blocking product. 7 New gTLD strings all by Donuts went live yesterday. .bike, clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles and .ventures According to the WTR; Apple, Microsoft, Walmart, Samsung, … [Read more...]