The Huffington Post just seems have discovered people really do type in domain names into the navigation bar and it seems there is even money to be made in owning domain names. Wow Who would have thought? In an article entitled "Why Your URL Bar Matters, and Why Silicon Valley Should Take Note" goes on to say: "If you use the Internet, you've likely used something in the last month, … [Read more...]
Zynga Files A Lawsuit Over BangWithFriends.com For Trademark Infringement
According to Bloomberg.com, Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California against the maker of the “Bang With Friends” claiming it infringes on Zynga’s trademark for its “with friends” family of games. Zynga alleges the company “selected the name ‘Bang With Friends’ with Zynga’s game trademarks fully in mind, further claiming … [Read more...]
Constantinos Roussos Of DotMusic Limited: “The Entire WIPO LRO Process Was Set-up To Fail By ICANN”
Constantinos Roussos Of DotMusic Limited has responded to our post about the 1st WIPO decision denying the Legal Rights Objections filed against an applicant for .Music It should be noted as of time of publication of the 25 objections filed with WIPO all 25 have been denied. 0-25 Here is Mr. Roussos statement: ""We are certainly very disappointed with this decision. " "There are … [Read more...]
WIPO Rejects Objection Of DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos To Googles App For .Music
A WIPO panel has rejected the Legal Rights Objection filed by DotMusic Limited/Constantinos Roussos against Google's application for the new gTLD .Music This was the first decision handed down on objections to the .Music gTLD for which DotMusic filed objections to all other 7 applicants. DotMusic Limited Legal Rights Objections to the applications of .tunes and .song has already been … [Read more...]
Where Will Registrants For New gTLD’s Come From?
Last week Andrew from DomainNameWire asked in a blog post "Whats The Market Size For A Top Level Domain". The post basically asked where are the new gTLD's going to get their registrants from, so I thought I would join the conversation. Here is where I see registrations for new gTLD's coming from: Domainers Yes I know existing domainers think all new gTLD's are crap and will all wind up … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Much Will Apples.com Sell For On Namejet.com?
The domain names Apples.com and onions.com are at auction at Namejet.com As of time of publication the high bids are $6,666 for Apples.com and $2,500 for Onions.com The Auction for Apples.com has an undisclosed reserve but has not been reached at $6,666. The domain name Onions.com is being auctioned with no reserve. The poll question is how much will the domain name Apples.com sell … [Read more...]
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARD Nominations for 2013 Are Open & Close On Friday
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference announced this morning that nominations for the 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARDS are now open. Nominations will remain open until Friday. August 2nd at 6 P.M. EDT. All those that are eligible to vote should have received an email this morning containing the ballot and some new rules: "We have added a few new guidelines this year to maintain the integrity of … [Read more...]