According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 1st quarter 2013 Internet Ad revenue hit an all time record with $9.6 billion in sales representing a 15.6% increase over the $8.3 billion figure reported in the first quarter 2012. “Internet advertising revenue continues to exhibit double-digit growth, even as the business matures,” said Sherrill Mane, Senior Vice President, Research, … [Read more...]
Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As URL Shortener
According to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as "social media with a mission" that appeals to the The Daily Show" generation", has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener. The domain name U.pw was acquired from the .Pw registry for an undisclosed price. Prior to the acquisition of u.pw the company was using the domain name upwr.me for its … [Read more...]
Bidding on MUI.com Hits $25K On Namejet With a Day To Go
The domain name MUI.com is at auction at NameJet.com and bidding and already has a high bid of $24,999. The auction has 265 bidders and there are 15 bidders that placed a bid of $1,000 or more. The domain name MUI.com is owned by Tucows.com but was placed into the NameJet.com auction with No Reserve. The domain currently is going to a landing page all related to Microsoft. Like any … [Read more...]
Samsung Loses UDRP On SamsungHub.com
Sansung has just lost a UDRP on the domain name SamsungHub.com which is being used as a re-directed domain to a site that has Adwords. Samsung does have a product named Samsung Hub but that just rolled out in 2011, the domain name was registered in 2006 Here are the relevant facts and findings from the one member panel: "The Complainant is the owner of a number of trademarks consisting of … [Read more...]
Private New gTLD Auctions Are Underway
According to ApplicantAuction.com the first private auction for new gTLD strings are underway. Although other than .Club which publicly announced it would be participating in the auction which started today, there hasn't been any public announcement on how many other auctions are going on or what the string are. Both Donuts and Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) announced it was entering the private … [Read more...]
German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringement of the rights of the state Berlin in the name under Sec. 12 of the German Civil Code. The domain name Berlin.com was registered on June 23rd, … [Read more...]
TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions
Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marketing of .london. ""The Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), is pleased to announce that the Company has today conditionally placed … [Read more...]