Aida Cruises whose website is Aida.de just lost a UDRP on the domain name Aida.me. Although the complainant had a registered trademark on the term Aida the domain holder registered the domain name for his daughter which won him the UDRP: "The Respondent submits that his daughter, born December 15, 2010, is named “Aida”. The Respondent has three other children named Zakaria, Danyaal and … [Read more...]
Hunting Moon GFY Adult Domain Auction Is Live With Over 700 Domains
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of primarily adult domain names in conjunction with GFY (Gof*ckyourself.com) also in conjunction with the Webmaster Access Amsterdam 2013 conference. There are 710 domain names in the auction with a total reserve price of over $12,000,000. The auction seems to just have a starting bid for each domain rather than a reserve price or reserve … [Read more...]
Marchex Pulls Plan To Spin Off Archeo Into Separate Public Company But Plans To Issues Dividends
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced that it will not pursue a spin-off its domains-related assets into a stand-alone, publicly-traded company at this time and that Archeo will continue to operate as an independent division of Marchex. Marchex came to this conclusion as part of a recent strategic review which began this summer after Marchex sold certain pay-per-click … [Read more...]
Godaddy.com Also Acquires Domain Parking Service SmartName.com From Name Media
As part of the press release just sent out by Godaddy.com announcing its purchase of Afternic.com from Name Media, Godaddy reveals it is also buying the parking company owned by Name Media SmartName.com as part of the purchase: Industry partners Web.com, operator of Network Solutions and Register.com, and Tucows.com fully support GoDaddy’s new registrar-led model. "GoDaddy is also acquiring … [Read more...]
Breaking: Afternic.com Acquired By Godaddy
In a email that just went out to customers of Afternic.com, the online domain name marketplace owned by Name Media, Godaddy has acquired Afternic. According to the email, Name Media which owns Afternic.com, is just selling Afternic.com the marketplace and not BuyDomains.com another company owned by NameMedia which owns and operates reportedly some 1 million domain names. It will be … [Read more...]
12 Year Old Domain DIMY.com Saved In UDRP
The Complainant INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE CONFECÇÕES DI MIRMAY LTDA of Brazil, lost its bid to grab the domain name DIMY.com from a chinese registrant. The domain name was registered on November 16, 2001. The Complainant was founded in 1994. Here are the relevant findings of the one member panel: It manufactures and sells a wide range of fashion products under the Trade Mark and the … [Read more...]
Hitting Like Button Is Protected Free Speech Says The US Court Of Appeals
Hitting the "Like" button on Facebook is an element of free speech protected by the US constitution, The US Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled yesterday Virginia case involving six people who say Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts fired them for supporting an opponent in his 2009 re-election bid, which he won. The workers sued, saying their First Amendment rights were violated. The … [Read more...]