The USPTO has just opened up a comment period for an Examination Guide on trademark applications for new gTLD's. The comment period closes on September 8th 2013 The examination guide is called "Applications for Marks Comprised of gTLDs for Domain Name Registration or Registry Services," and the USPTO is looking for "constructive input on examination guides before they are finalized, a draft … [Read more...]
CentralNic Planning September IPO On London Stock Exchange With a Valuation of More Than £30m
According to telegraph.co.uk, CentralNic will announce its intention to go public on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow. CentralNic is the backend provider for "at least 25 new gTLD's including .college and .wiki as well as addresses on a portfolio of 24 website endings including .uk.com and .us.com and .La. CentralNic, plans to raise £5m in an initial public offering that would … [Read more...]
BulletproofVest.com Acquired By End user For $7,500
PriveCo Inc. a company that makes Bullet Proof Vest a product called Bullsafe announced today that they have acquired the domain name BulletproofVest.com "for $7,500 from a domain name investor". What a bargain. According to the press release "PriveCo has purchased premium domain names for up to $1,000,000" in the past. "PriveCo has run internet web stores since 1998, and understands the … [Read more...]
Lisa Box Formerly Of Moniker Becomes Senior Director of Domains For Endurance (Domain.com)
Endurance International Group announced today that Lisa Box formerly of Moniker, SnapNames, a member of the KeyDrive Group, has become the Senior Director of Domains. Endurance owns a bunch of domain name registrars including Domain.com and Dotster.com and a bunch of hosting companies including; Bluehost, HostGator, FatCow, iPower, Homestead and iPage. "Lisa will help us incorporate generic … [Read more...]
Scripps Loses Legal Rights Objection To Google’s new gTLD App For .DIY
A WIPO panel has rejected Scripps Networks Legal Rights Objection to Google’s New gTLD application of .diy Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The Objector holds United States Registration No. 2457989 (registered June 5, 2001) for DIY. The mark is registered in International Class 042 as a standard-character service mark for “providing a website of information about … [Read more...]
13 Year Old Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com Dropping
Since publishing thedomains.com for what will soon be our 6th anniversary we have published posts about some very strange old domain names as they drop. Add Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com to that list of domains. Originally registered in 2000, someone has been paying the renewal fees on this one for 13 years. Its the word purchase repeated 7 times. If your … [Read more...]
Onions.com After Selling At NameJet A 4 Days Ago For $19K Put Up For Sale For $90K
The domain name Onions.com sold on Namejet.com last week for $19,100. There were 289 bidders in the domain auction of those only 4 bid $10,000 or more. The domain was highly promoted by NameJet.com. Today the Onions.com is up for sale in at TobyClements.com and in his daily newsletter. I'm certainly not against someone trying to flip the domain name in a week for a 70K profit but I … [Read more...]